recent work & projects

ARTISt in Residence at Natura Artis Magistra

Added on by Floris Schonfeld.

Am very happy to announce that I have been selected to be ARTISt in residence at ARTIS Zoo Amsterdam for 2023. This The residency programme is a contemporary interpretation of the long-standing connection between the Rijksakademie and ARTIS. Will be working on my project ‘conversations with friends’ that deals with inter-species communication. Stay posted for updates about my plans and presentations.

https://www.rijksakademie.nl/en/news/2023-02-07-floris-schonfeld-new-artist-in-resident

https://www.artis.nl/nl/ontdek/nieuws/2023/02/07/nieuwe-artist-in-resident/

Newly commissioned Discours de Fous work at Tale of a Tub, Rotterdam

Added on by Floris Schonfeld.

Will be presenting a new work within the Discours de Fous project at the group show Grenouille du Sang at Tale of a Tub in Rotterdam together with Gaëlle Choisne, Jean Rouch, Markus Selg and Natalia Sorzano. The work is titled Oratwa pou Mambo Erzulie Dantor and is a functional altar for Haitian vodou lwa or spirit Erzulie Dantor. Am very excited to be working with the wonderful Maria van Daalen again who will consecrate the altar at the opening of the exhibition on the 27th of June. The show runs from the 27th of June until the 23rd of August more info here.

PUK* at Cure Park Amsterdam

Added on by Floris Schonfeld.

The first public encounter with PUK* is possible in the Amsterdamse bos as part of Cure Park. The project will be running as a public experiment from the 29th of June until the 2nd of July 2017.  Please make sure to book a place at info@curepark.nl. 

A Brief History of the Damagomi Group at Survival Kit 8 in Riga

Added on by Floris Schonfeld.

During Survial Kit 8 I will be showing the video piece A Brief History of the Damagomi Group as well as a number of artefacts from the Damagomi Archive. In addition to this, an attempt will be made to reconstruct a Damagomi experiment using apparatus from the collection of the Museum of the History of Medicine Riga. The exhibition runs from the 8th to the 25th of Spetember in Riga. More info here.

Residencies

Added on by Floris Schonfeld.

In the last two months of 2015 I will be in the wintery Vilnius for a residency at Rupert.

Hoorah! 

Also will be heading back to Amsterdam in January 2016 to start a residency at the Rijksakademie.  

Hoorah! Hoorah! 

 

 

The Damagomi Project at Nest, The Hague

Added on by Floris Schonfeld.

The Damagomi Project, a solo show at Nest in The Hague.

The most comprehensive overview of the project to date including a number of major new works.  

17th January to 1st March 2015 

Opening on the 17th of January at 16:00.

Stay posted for events and lectures during the exhibition run.

 

NEST

De Constant Rebecqueplein 20b

2518 RA Den Haag

Further info here: http://nestruimte.nl/nl/nu

Lost & Found at di Rosa

Added on by Floris Schonfeld.

Lost and Found: Elisheva Biernoff and Floris Schönfeld

di Rosa, Napa

February 22 to April 27 2014

This exhibition presents work by two Bay Area-based artists who share a fascination with the overlooked and the unfamiliar. Elisheva Biernoff investigates possible narratives through trompe l’oeil renderings of found and invented artifacts such as postcards and vintage photographs. Floris Schönfeld explores lost histories and the realm of belief through multifaceted research and installation. Together their work infuses wonder to the unknown, questions the relationship between the uncanny and the authentic, and invites discovery.

more information on the di Rosa website.