Visit time: 10 - 20 minutes
Theater Artemis and Design Museum Den Bosch realised the art project I Like School and School Likes Me in the utmost secrecy. Between April 2017 and January 2019, ten different artists stayed at nine secondary schools for three days and three nights each.
I like school and school likes me is a study of the interaction between art and education: is it a confrontation or a dialogue? Filmmaker Melanie Pardoel made a documentary of each performance. These documentaries and the impact of the project form the special presentation I like school and school likes me, which can be seen in the museum until 12 May.
From April 2017 to January 2019, I like school and school likes me took place in the utmost secrecy at secondary schools in Eindhoven, Wolvega, Amsterdam, Culemborg, Ostend (B), Zuid-Scharwoude and Best.
Joseph Beuys’ 1974 performance I like America and America likes me is, for Liesbet Swings – education coordinator at Theater Artemis and initiator of the project – a striking metaphor for the exciting relationship between art and education. Drawing on their respective backgrounds, Theater Artemis and Design Museum Den Bosch sought out ten related (performance) artists or designers who wanted to be inspired to freely reinterpret the work, using a secondary school as the location.
I like school and school likes me is a contemporary re-enactment of Beuys’ performance, in which an artist stays at a secondary school for three days non-stop. Based on his artistic individuality and daily concerns, he tries to build a relationship with the school environment and the pupils and get them moving. How do they respond to this?
NABLIJVEN: a mini-festival on 5 April
At 7.30 p.m., two films will be screened and a short lecture will be given about the project. From 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., the museum will be filled with live music, performances and short films. It will be a colourful evening with performances by young people and artists who participated in the project. The evening will culminate in a party with a DJ and karaoke.
EXPERTMEETING: art and education on 6 April
This meeting is intended for art educators and anyone else interested in art and art education. Together, they will discuss whether there is room in the school system for unpredictable encounters with artists, and what such encounters can yield. With art education experts, participating artists, teachers from the schools involved, the documentary maker and the project’s creator.
ARTISTS Authentic Boys (Boris van Hoof and Aaike Stuart), Maarten Bel, Ben Benaouisse, Vaast Colson, Peter Fengler, Gerard Herman, Manon van Hoeckel, Toine Klaassen, Mariëlle Videler SCHOOLS Van Maerlant Lyceum Eindhoven, Lindecollege Wolvega, AICS Amsterdam, Lek en Linge College VWO Culemborg, Lek en Linge College HAVO Culemborg, Heerbeeck College Best, De Studio Oostende, CSG Jan Arentsz Langedijk Zuid-Scharwoude FILM Melanie Pardoel CONCEPT Liesbet Swings DESIGN PRESENTATION Theun Mosk CO-PRODUCTION Theater Artemis, Design Museum Den Bosch. The project is made possible in part by Impulse Funds from the Province of Brabant and the Pop-Up Culture Fund of the municipality of ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
