Lies Aris

Videowork Paradise Lost part of the Labour's of Love expo

Setpicture by Margot van Ham/ actress: Wynn Heliczer / artwork/ idea/ script/ video and installation by me.

My short film Paradise Lost is featured at this expo. It aims to show what could happen if Eva was in charge right from the start: in paradise. Would Paradise then be lost? Feel welcome!

The opening is on 2nd of November/ Opening program

18:30 Introduction of the exhibition by the curator Rachel Walker-Konno
19:00 Performance Embodied Reverence: Weaving Feminism, Spirituality and Earth by Ocean Gezina and Daria Fedorchenko
20:00 Performance I will eat your HATRED by Tomoni Shintaku
20:30 Spoken word performance Softer.. no.. softer! by Divine Nonbinary
21:00 Artists’s tour
22:00 Performance the Witch’s Interrogation of Rachel Walker-Konno

More about the work:

Welcome in Paradise is a videowork and installation that adresses the importance of welcoming (climate crisis) asylum seekers instead of being hostile and focussing on the refusal of refugees in the Netherlands. Lies Aris rewrote the Genesis story, giving Eva the power. Eva, as the archetypal mother figure wants to take care of human race and nature. Instead of sending p[eoplke away: her style of leadeship is welcoming and kind. She represents a new style of leadership. Matriarchy above Patriarchy.

NEW DAY/ NEW SCULPTURE / #NEW EXPO

Treehouse is excited to invite you to the opening of our upcoming exhibition Hear All Voices this Thursday June 22nd at 18h.

In connection with Over Het Ij Festival's theme for this year, this 4-week long exhibition seeks to interrogate how (or if) our democracy supports or does not support the participation of every citizen in it. The 19 participating artists will invite you to reflect on stagnant forms of government and the flaws our democracies have shown in terms of inclusivity, accountability, transparency, environmental responsibility, and social and climate justice. After all, exploration and experimentation through art can bring new imaginaries that may serve as a starting point to build better systems.

Hear All Voices will also include a series of workshops and side-activities organised by the participating artists in relation to their featured pieces and/or their practice.

SIDE-ACTIVITIES AND WORKSHOPS

June 29^th (exhibition open until 22h) | NDSM Get Lost + concert by Alpa Orchestra
July 1^st, 12h - 14h | Can we save the world with memes? - Workshop by Kiril Zakomoldin
July 6^th , 19h - 21h | Video screening night on the subject of democracy + artist talk
July 15^th, 15h - 18h | Voicecatcher - Workshop by Lies Aries and Helga van Stralen
July 14^th and 15^th, 20h | Transperceneige by Flock Theatre – improvisation theatre
July 18^th, 20h - 22h | Evening exhibition tour with the artists for Over Het Ij festival’s audience

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

‍Ornela Alia, Lies Aris, Olga Butenop, Flock Theatre, Antoni Hidalgo, Leslie Lawrence, Rucha Kulkarni, Jennie E. Park, Marcella Perrusquia, Gina Peyran Tan, Ana Pinho, Jean-Michel Rolland, Judith Segers, Sophia Simensky, Helga van Stralen, Mathias Vico Persson, Irene Bruns, Kirill Zakomoldin & Lova Yu.

'Hear all Voices' exhibition was supported by AFK (Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst).

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We look forward to seeing you there!

Treehouse NDSM Team

BARBAPOLPA as a high quality print on dibond - now for sale at NDSM FUSE gallery

From thursday to sunday the exhibition Zeitgeist is still open from 12.00-18.00. Take a peak, and now you can also take one of my 'creatures' home and glance at her at your walls, as this print is now for sale. Only three prints are being sold worldwide. Yeah!