17 – 20 November 2022
Let your body do all the talking
PLAYGROUND FESTIVAL Museum Leuven
sculpture performance / Interactive sculpture
more information soon: https://www.playgroundfestival.be/en/
PAST
2021 Performance at https://www.arti.nl
September – October 2022
Book presentations: Rijksakademie, Amsterdam/ Wiels book Fair, Brussels/ Contemprary Art Centre (CAC) library, Vilnius
Artist Book – ‘How To Make Sculpture Move’ art Ruta Butkute / text Emily Kocken / publisher Jap Sam Books / designer Eva van der Schans
about the book: https://www.japsambooks.nl/products/how-to-make-sculpture-move
Sculpture, choreography, and installation are the main pillars of Ruta Butkute’s art practice. Her method is guided by a reflective approach to the physicality of sculpture and the relation to the performers, audiences, and the spaces in which they interact. She developed a new medium she calls ‘sculptural performance’, which places objects, sculptures, and space in a transformative field, enabling the direction of movement. In this book, a collaboration between Ruta Butkute and Emily Kocken the vital elements of Butkute’s latest work are brought together to create an experience that manifests her unique take on sculpture and performativity. New meanings behind the images unfold via a poetic assemblage of linguistic genres, word play and critical references, culminating in conversations the artist had with her peers on ‘how to make sculpture move’.
How To Make Sculpture Move
Art Ruta Butkute
Text Emily Kocken
Graphic design Eva van der Schans (Inedition) ISBN 978-94-92852-
Price €30.00
Printer die Keure
Binding softcover
Number of pages 112
Book size 21 x 27.5cm
supported by Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst (AFK), Tijl Fonds (Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds), Jaap Harten Fonds (JHF), Mondriaan Fonds (MF)
8 May 2022
Half hitch
performance starts at 17:00
Valkhof Museum (Museum Het Valkhof | Nijmegen)
more information about the performance https://rutabutkute.com/performance/
Artist Ruta Butkute
performer Yurie Umamoto
Curated by Jessica Helbach and Flos Wildschut
A series of five exhibitions entitled Moonshot at Museum Het Valkhof in Nijmegen. The series leads up to the Centennial of Radboud University in 2023
https://www.museumhetvalkhof.nl
PAST
2021 Performance at https://www.arti.nl
1- 17 July 2022
Artist Book/ Exhibition
Friday 1st July 2022, 17:00 – 19:00 Book launch at Bradwolff Projects Amsterdam / Bradwolff Projects Oetewalerstraat 73
How To Make Sculpture Move
Jap Sam Books, artist Ruta Butkute, writer/artist Emily Kocken and designer Eva van der Schans are excited to announce the book launch of
An exhibition / installations by Ruta Butkute and Emily Kocken will be on view on the following days: July 2, 3, 8, 9 & 10 from 13:00 – 17:00 CET
About the publication
Sculpture, choreography, and installation are the main pillars of Ruta Butkute’s art practice. Her method is guided by a reflective approach to the physicality of sculpture and the relation to the performers, audiences, and the spaces in which they interact. She developed a new medium she calls ‘sculptural performance’, which places objects, sculptures, and space in a transformative field, enabling the direction of movement. In this book, a collaboration between Ruta Butkute and Emily Kocken the vital elements of Butkute’s latest work are brought together to create an experience that manifests her unique take on sculpture and performativity. New meanings behind the images unfold via a poetic assemblage of linguistic genres, word play and critical references, culminating in conversations the artist had with her peers on ‘how to make sculpture move’.
How To Make Sculpture Move
Art Ruta Butkute
Text Emily Kocken
Graphic design Eva van der Schans (Inedition) ISBN 978-94-92852-
Price €30.00
Printer die Keure
Binding softcover
Number of pages 112
Book size 21 x 27.5cm
supported by Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst (AFK), Tijl Fonds (Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds), Jaap Harten Fonds (JHF), Mondriaan Fonds (MF)