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 Fang (Beach), Xiamen 2002 |
 Limei, Xiamen 2002 |
 Fang & Limei (Stairs), Xiamen 2002 |
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 Stereo Extrem II, CA 1999 |
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| Gerald Van Der Kaap was born in Enschede, the Netherlands, in
1959. He studied at Academie voor beeldende Kunsten St. Joost, Breda. From 1980 until 1989 he worked as an editor and publisher for different magazines. He has carried out several commissioned art projects. He also works as VJ and is the creator of an “automatic veejay machine” at club 013 in the South of Holland. He has also worked as a producer of art visual magazines such as Zien (1980-86) and Blind (1989). He currently works on a number of assignments and projects which have/will become public shows in the Netherlands. He’s been awarded Capi-Lux Alblas prize in 1996. Gerald Van Der Kaap is one of the world’s leading media artists whose work has caused considerable controversy. Passing the Information (II) is the sequel to a project of the same name, which Van Der Kaap presented in 2002 in Xiamen, China. Van Der Kaap spent three months as artist in residence at the University of Xiamen, a fast growing city on the South China Coast. According to officials, Xiamen is not only the most beautiful but also the cleanest city in China. For his exhibition in Xiamen, Van Der Kaap rebuilt a classroom with traditional Chinese school desks. A white surface was installed as a type of blackboard on which the artist projected video portraits of students he made acquaintance with. Passing the Information does not present teachers in front of the classroom, but students watching students telling jokes or students looking into the camera with a penetrating gaze. In this setting, the entirety of Chinese hierarchy and authority is temporarily neutralized, if not nullified. Without solicitation, Van Der Kaap also organized an outdoor party where he was both VJ and DJ. More than 1000 young people attended the party, which was the first of its kind in China. Part Two consists of a series of works that result from a rigid, almost formal direction. The works explore situations in and around the campus and demonstrate an outstanding quality. They reside in a liminal zone between reality and fiction. The works are neither wholly documentary in nature nor illusions of narcissistic dreams. They are more a reflection of an engaged approach in which people are not models or actors, but participants. No commitment is implied, but Van Der Kaap aims to stimulate, or as he describes it, “pass on information.” If Part One can be qualified as a “Manifestation,” Part Two is certainly a “Manifesto.” According to Van Der Kaap, “these are temporary and autonomous actions. Yet in one way or another they seem to bear consequence in the spheres outside photography. In China at least, they seem to interfere in their reality. Why specifically there? Maybe because such turbulent changes are taking place in China at this time. This work requires a totally new culture…" The leading roles in Passing the Information are interpreted by three Chinese girls: Fang, Limei and Weiwei. Any real-life resemblances is merely coincidental. They play themselves, other people, and their own dreams. Van der Kaap has kept the hundreds of sms-messages and diary notes that he received from China via e-mail for a future publication or film. He may use this material when he returns to Shanghai to make a short film. As the artist said himself, "This is a work-in-progress. The making of as well as the meaning of the work change in time and through passing …let’s make it easy… the information." Bart Vanderbeken |
| Gerald van der Kaap - Selected Group Exhibitions | |
2010 |
Still in Motion - The 10th Anniversary, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Roma (Italy) |
2007 |
The Trip-Pop Game, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Trieste (Italy) |
| Crysalis. Teoria dell'evoluzione, Castello Svevo, Trani, Bari (Italy) | |
| The Suspended Moment. Works from H+F Collection, Centraal Museum, Utrecht (The Netherlands) | |
| Shadows in Paradise, Breendonk Memorial, Willebroek (Belgium) | |
| The Suspended Moment-works from die H+F collection, Cultureel Centrum Hasselt, Hasselt (Belgium) | |
| Dutch Eyes, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam (Netherlands) | |
| Choix d'artistes, Institut Neérlandais, Paris (France) | |
| Festival Pocket Films (screenings), Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) | |
2006 |
Frames Revisited, De Hallen, Haarlem (The Netherlands) |
| Driving Fast Through a Slow-motion Landscape, Crac Alsace, Altkirch (France) | |
| Dutch Installation Arte, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucarest (Rumania) | |
| The Total Immersion, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucarest (Rumania) | |
| Everyday is Not Like Everyday, tNt (TaotNthea), Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | |
| L'esprit du Nord: Netherlands Now-L'école du Nord, Maison Européenne de la Phtographie, Paris (France) | |
| Whisper Not!, Huis Marseille stichting voor fotografie, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | |
| El momento suspendido. Colleción H&F, MARCO, Vigo (Spain) | |
2005 |
Leporello. Een reis door de collectie, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) |
| In Sight: Contemporary Dutch Photography, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (USA) | |
| Österreichisches Kulturforum Prag, Prague (Czech Republic) | |
| Frames Revisited, Institut Néerlandais, Paris (France) | |
| Le temps suspendu, Crac Alsace, Altkirch (France) | |
| Crysalis 2005, Castello Svevo di Bari, Bari (Italy) | |
| Going Dutch, Museum of New Art, Pontiac, Michigan (USA) | |
| H x B x D, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag (The Netherlands) | |
| Halte Brussels, Vlaams-Nederlands Huis, Brussels (Belgium) | |
2004 |
MiArt, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Milano (Italy) |
| Arco, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Madrid (Spain) | |
| Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italy) | |
| Pretty World, Aeroplastics Contemporary Gallery, Brussels (Belgium) | |
| Take Five!, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | |
| Le cinéma des photographes néerlandais, Maison Européenne de la Phtographie, Paris (France) | |
| The Past of the Present:Encounters with Modernism, Shangai Art Museum, Shanghai (China) | |
| Neverland, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem (The Netherlands) | |
2003 |
Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italy) |
| Arco, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Madrid (Spain) | |
| MiArt, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Milano (Italy) | |
| Experience, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) | |
| Foto Biennale Rotterdam, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) | |
2002 |
Are you experienced, Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) |
| On Track, Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) | |
| Artissima, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Torino (Italy) | |
| Angeli e Demoni, Portfolio in Piazza, Savignano sul Rubicone (Rn) (Italy) | |
| MiArt, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Milano (Italy) | |
| Paris Photo, Torch Gallery, Paris (France) | |
| Film Lounge. Films by Dutch Photographers, Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) | |
2001 |
Photography from the KPN Collection, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) |
| Face Off, Aeroplastics, Brussels (Belgium) | |
| My Generation. 24 hrs of video art, Atlantis Gallery, London (UK) | |
| Trade, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (Switzerland) | |
| Trade, Nederlands Foto Institut, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) | |
| Art Film, Kunsthalle, Basel (Switzerland) | |
2000 |
DEAF_00/Machine Times, V2_/NFI, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) |
| Un autre pays..., Palais des Congres G. Pompidou, Perpignan (France) | |
| Still / Moving, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (Japan) | |
1999 |
Lange Nacht der Museen, VEAG Medienkunstfassade, Berlin (Germany) |
| Video Virtuale. Foto Fictionale, Museum Ludwig, Köln (Germany) | |
| Thin Ice, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | |
| Fireworks, De Appel, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | |
| Lost in Sound, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela (Spain) | |
| The Spiritual Side of Beauty: Dutch Session, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milano (Italy) | |
| aLluciNation, B&D Studio, Milano (Italy) | |
| Erste Triennale der Fotografie 1999, Deichtor Galleries, Hamburg (Germany) | |
1998 |
Re: ZERO = 0, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) |
| The Holy Heart, A project at De Balie, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | |
| World Wide Video Festival, De Melkweg, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | |
| Reservate der Sehnsucht, Dortmunder U, Dortmund (Germany) | |
| Do Normal, SF MOMA, San Francisco (Usa) | |
1997 |
In Context, Groninger Museum, Groningen (The Netherlands) |
| Designprize Rotterdam 1997, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) | |
| Mu, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | |
1996 |
hARTware, Künstlerhaus, Dortmund (Germany) |
| 9th VideoFest, Podewil, Berlin (Germany) | |
| Burning the Interface, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (Australia) | |
| Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus den Niederlanden, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin (Germany) | |
| Radical Images, Neue Galerie, Graz (Austria) | |
| Under Capricorn. The World Over, Wellington Art Gallery, Wellington (Australia) | |
| Under Capricorn. The World Over, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | |
| 100 Photos, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | |
1995 |
8. VideoFest '95, Podewil, Berlin (Germany) |
| Chromapark '95, E-Werk, Berlin (Germany) | |
| Beyond the Global Village, Triennale di Milano, Milano (Italy) | |
| Sonar '95, CCCB, Barcelona (Spain) | |
| Fotografie nach der Fotografie, Aktionsforum Praterinsel, Munich (Germany) | |
| Fotografie nach der Fotografie, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (Switzerland) | |
| Fotografie nach der Fotografie, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki (Finland) | |
| Fotografie nach der Fotografie, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (Usa) | |
1994 |
RoXY Interactive, Club RoXY, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) |
| Rendez-vous provoqué, Musée National d'Art et d'Historie, (Luxemburg) | |
| Rendez-vous provoqué, De Waag and Leiden (The Netherlands) | |
| Verso l'Europa e oltre, Palazzo Comunale, Modena (Italy) | |
| Hypermedia, Centre G. Pompidou, Paris (France) | |
| Artifices 3, Salle de la Légion d'Honneur, Saint-Denis (France) | |
| Promenade in Asia, Sisheido Gallery, Tokyo (Japan) | |
1993 |
European Media Art Festival, Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück (Germany) |
| Prosthetics. From Extensions to Ecstacy., V2, Den Bosch (The Netherlands) | |
| Art in the Age of Information, Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh (Usa) | |
| Krieg, Neue Galerie, Graz (Austria) | |
1992 |
The Comfort Zone, The Living Room, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) |
| Brain, Beatrixhospital, Gorinchem (The Netherlands) | |
| P.P.O.W., New York (Usa) | |
| Acquisitions 1985-1993, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | |
1991 |
The History of the Electronic Page, ICA, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) |
| New Art from the Netherlands, ART/LA 91, Los Angeles (Usa) | |
| 150 Works from the Collection, Groninger Museum, Groningen (The Netherlands) | |
| XXI São Paulo Biennial: Dutch Entry, Municipal Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (The Netherlands) | |
| Gerald van der Kaap - Selected Solo Exhibitions | |
2007 |
Singer Award 2007: Gerald van der Kaap, Singer Museum, Laren (The Netherlands) |
| Gerald van der Kaap, Frac Nord - Pas de Calais, Dunkerque (France) | |
2004 |
Jump Cut, Camera Austria, Graz (Austria) |
2002 |
Passing the Information (III), LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Trieste (Italy) |
| Passing the Information (II), Torch, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | |
| Passing the Information (I), Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen (China) | |
2001 |
A Compilation (These Are My Intentions), Vooruit, Gent (Belgium) |
2000 |
State of Bliss, SupperClub, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) |
| I Want a Permanent Wave, Dutch Pavillion Expo 2000, Hannover (Germany) | |
| Harder, Better, Stronger. 9-hour live VJ-perf., Horizons @ RAI complex, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | |
1999 |
New Pictures By Me: Some with really stupid titles, Torch, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) |
1998 |
Sixth Sense. 11-hour non-stop live VJ performance, Horizons @ RAI complex, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) |
1996 |
Gerald Van Der Kaap, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) |
1995 |
Wonderland IV, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Den Bosch (The Netherlands) |
1993 |
Life on Mars, Torch, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) |
| The After After Party, SupperClub, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | |
| Disco Infinity Foundation, Club RoXY, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | |
1992 |
ThrustMaster Remixes, Galerie Heijenbrok, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) |
| Van Krimpen, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) | |
| Art & Project, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) | |
| Total Hoverty, Artlab 2 @ New Pier Hall, Tokyo (Japan) | |
| Chill Cave, Torch, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | |
1991 |
Galerie Albrecht, Munich (Germany) |
| Hover Hover, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) | |
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