informal strategies is currently based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
The collective was founded in the summer of 2011 by Geert van Mil and Doris Denekamp
see for their individual CV's
www.geertvanmil.org and
www.dorisdenekamp.nl
education
Geert van Mil
2013 - 2015 MA Fine Arts at the School of Missing Studies, Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam, NL
2007 – 2009 BA Fine Arts, HKU, Utrecht, NL
2005 – 2007 BA Art and Technology, HKU, Utrecht, NL
Doris Denekamp
2009-2011 Dutch Art Institute, MA Fine Art, NL
2004-2008 BA Fine Art, HKU, Utrecht, NL
Oct-Feb 2007/2008 BA Fine Art, Kunsthochschule Weissensee, Berlin, DE
projects
2014
Noem me Ismael - project at 'Het Vijfde Seizoen', part of the temporary ateliers funded by the Mondriaan Fund.
OPEN/CLOSED - intervention in Amsterdam Noord, part of the program 'De Winkel op de Hoek' initiated by Rhizomatic.
2013
Tower Upside Down - video installation during ‘Scenographies’, a series of solo shows curated by Clare Butcher in Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam
Tower Upside Down, Prelude - video installation and performance at IASPIS during the Open House, Stockholm.
Wishing Well - series of performances during 'Non-Locations', a performance program run by PAE as part of the Enschede Biennale.
Wishing Wells - performance and photography, part of the HKU fina art alumni group show in Ag, Utrecht
Privacy Statement - project in the public space of Zoetermeer, part of the group show 'Zoetermeer Utopia' in Stadsmuseum Zoetermeer. This project is a collaboration with artist duo Elke Uitentuis and Wouter Osterholt.
Wishing Well - performance at PuntWG in Amsterdam. Part of 'Here comes the summer sun'; a week long program curated by Clare Butcher.
3 steps towards a future - poster project in the public space of Athens
Void Zero - video installation, part of the group show 'Thesis' in Metamatic:TAF, Athens
Expedition is its mode - postcard project during the 'Where Are We Going, Walt Whitman?' conference week of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
In collaboration with Clare Butcher and the WAWGWW design team.
Wishing Well - performance during 'Cancelled out by Noises and Whispers' an evening in Het Wilde Weten, organized together with Eva Olthof, Emilio Moreno and Matthijs van Wageningen, Rotterdam
2012
Cancelled out by noises and whispers - performative presentation together with Eva Olthof at INexactely THIS/ de kunstvlaai - Amsterdam - the Netherlands
Our Swedish Neighbor - the proliferation of a multinational - presentation during CONCERN #1 - Stichting Centrum/Villa K - The Hague - the Netherlands
Our Swedish Neighbor - Map of Ever Changing Borders - installation and A3-publication during group exhibition ‘Present!’ - BAK - Utrecht - the Netherlands
Our Swedish Neighbor - Organizing Space - lecture performance and A3-publication - Platforma, MNAC Anexa - Bucharest - Romania
Our Swedish Neighbor - Uniform - project in public space - during an Expodium residency in Kanaleneiland - Utrecht - the Netherlands
older collective projects
2012
Licht, Lucht en Ruimte - Portret van een Wijk - video screening - Sub Urban Video Lounge - Rotterdam - the Netherlands
2011
Kleinpolder in Beweging – project in the public space of Overschie Oost - commissioned by Woonstad Rotterdam - Rotterdam - NL in collaboration with Alex Strik and Mette Sterre
Haunted House – project in the public space of Overschie Oost - commissioned by Woonstad Rotterdam - Rotterdam - NL in collaboration with Alex Strik and Mette Sterre
2010
Licht, Lucht en Ruimte - Portret van een wijk – short film screened in Kleinpolder - commissioned by Woonstad Rotterdam - Rotterdam - NL
ANARCHITECTURE – project in the railway zone in Delft - realized with the support of WESD - Delft - NL
residencies
July-September 2014 - residency at Het Vijfde Seizoen - Den Dolder. This residency is generously funded by the Mondriaan Fund.
July-October 2013 - residency at IASPIS - Stockholm - Sweden. This residency is generously funded by the Mondriaan Fund.
July-August 2012 - residency at Bucharest AIR in Romania
April 2012 - residency at The Good Hatchery - Offaly - Ireland
2011-2012 research period in Kanaleneiland at Expodium - Utrecht - the Netherlands
publications
2013
Our Swedish Neighbor - Published by Expodium as the final outcome of the working period at 'locatie:Kanaleneiland' in Utrecht.
2012
Map of Ever Changing Borders - A3-publication presented during ‘Present!’ in BAK - Utrecht - the Netherlands
Organizing Space - A3-publication presented during a lecture performance at Platforma, MNAC Anexa - Bucharest - Romania
Taxonomy of Tents - informal strategies contribution to the publication ‘Social Housing, Housing the Social’ - published by SKOR
workshops and presentations
2014
presentation 'From concrete to less concrete' as part of 'More future! Or: How we eat ourselves' organized by Expodium during SPRING Utrecht
2013
presentation ‘Tower Upside Down’ for MA artistic research students of the UVA – Amsterdam
2011
presentation of ‘Our Swedish Neighbor’ for MA Fine Arts students of the MAHKU - Utrecht - the Netherlands
selection of followed workshops and seminairs
2014
The Voice, creature of transition, conference week at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
2013
Where Are We Going, Walt Whitman? An ecosophical roadmap for artists and other futurists., conference week at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
2012
Beyond what was contemporary art Continued, 3rd Former West Research Congress, organized by BAK, Utrecht, the Netherlands
What is a ‘postcolonial exhibition’?, organized by SMBA, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Everyone for themselves: discussing the ethics and economics of art, organized by Bik van der Pol in collaboration with Witte de With and de Unie, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2011
Identity Bureau Workshop: How to Make a New Identity, by Heath Bunting, organized by SKOR in collaboration with NIMK, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Autonomy Project Summer School, organized by the Van Abbemuseum in collaboration with the Dutch Arts Institute / ArtEZ, Arnhem, the Netherlands