Dimitri van den Wittenboer

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Playing invisible basketball with the people in centre of The Hague to explore human interactions.

Invisible Basketball, 2020
Participatory Performance, ongoing
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The Performance explores possibilities of getting excited together!

The Present , 2019
Participatory Perfromance
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The Performance explores possibilities of getting excited together!

The Present , 2019
Participatory Perfromance, 30 min
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Performative adoption of the Christian Mass with the aim to intensify the religious experience.

Holy Mass, 2019
Participatory Performance, 60 min, 7 days
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Performative adoption of the Christian Mass with the aim to intensify the religious experience.

Holy Mass, 2019
Participatory Performance, 60 min, 7 days
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Giving people free mandarines in the centre of The Hague to explore human interactions.

"Would you like a free mandarine", 2018
Participatory Performance, ongoing
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We are giving free 1 dollar bills to the people in New York (collaboration with homeless people)

Giving Back, 2018
Participatory Performance, ongoing
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What is Food? Performative discourse about the use of substances in our society.

Food, 2018
Participatory Performance, 5 h
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What is Food? Performative discourse about the use of substances in our society.

Food, 2018
Participatory Performance, 5 h
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Leyla's character interacts with the people depending on their attitude towards her.

Touch, 2018
Participatory Performance, 5h, 3 days
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Leyla's character interacts with the people depending on their attitude towards her.

Touch, 2018
Participatory Performance, 5h, 3 days
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Four performers are disclosing their relationship to spirituality and invite the visitors to join.

Altered States , 2018
Participatory Performance, 3 h
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Four performers are disclosing their relationship to spirituality and invite the visitors to join.

Altered States , 2018
Participatory Performance, 3 h

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Site-specific participatory Performance

I work with site-specific performance exploring possible varieties of participation and how they can contribute to our society. What excites me about participation it the commitment which is required from the audience. I believe that this makes the work less consumable. In my recent projects, I was researching ritual in the studies of anthropology. I was curious to learn about the participatory quality of ritual performance and experimented with ways to integrate it into my work. Currently, I am interested in public space. I am looking for a performance practice which is embedded in the social world and has a direct effect. The work is produced in a collaborative back and forth between the participants and the artist.

Websites

personal

dimitrivandenwittenboer.com

Member of Artists’ Initiative/Collective/Incubator

Hgitomi Rosa

Curriculum vitae

Education

2015 - 2019

Fine Arts Den Haag, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten diploma

exhibitions

2019

Graduation Show Royal Academy of Arts Den Haag, Netherlands Group
2019

The Handshake Hgtomi Rosa Den Haag, Netherlands Opening exhibition of our artist initiative based in The Hague. With works by Dimitri Van den Wittenboer, Caroline Straver, Constantijn Scholten, Jan Dirk Adams, Alex Webber, Yukari Nakamichi and Daniele Formica. www.hgtomirosa.com Group
2018

Locatie Z Den Haag, Netherlands Fine Arts Autonome Exhibition. Group
2018

A foreign Affair Helena van doeverenplantsoen 3 The Hague, Netherlands The KABK Fine Art 4th Year Pre-End Exam Expo, www.kabk.nl/agenda/beeldende-kunst-studenten-presenteren-pre-exam-expo-a-foreign-affair Group
2018

Come as you are Trixie Den Haag, Netherlands Group

Projects

2020
Human interaction in Public Space Public Space The Hague, Netherlands dimitrivandenwittenboer.com The public space is an interplay between various elements including architecture, laws, institutions, mental images and social behaviours. Henri Lefebvre explains that cities do not exist per se but are social products of relations of people and the environment. My performative research specifically looks into possible ways of transforming these relations in the context of the city.
2019
Thesis Performance Royal Academy of Art The Hague The Hague, Netherlands Dimitri van den Wittenboer questions the dominance of the written word in our culture. Instead of producing a regular written thesis, he decided to do his graduation thesis in the form of a two-hour theatrical performance. It took place on 8 April 2019 in the Auditorium of the KABK in the attendance of around 25 people. Midway between a modernist theatre play, a workshop and an art performance, the performance was divided into three parts, in which the theories of three avant-garde theatre makers (Antonin Artaud, Jerzy Grotowsky and Augusto Boal) were presented, discussed and demonstrated. Together with two actors, Dimitri managed to raise questions on multiple issues, like the body of the performer, public participation and the political effectiveness of performances. All senses were activated in a total experience, to evoke these questions - seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, smelling. To this end, the auditorium was carefully adjusted. In line with the objective to challenge the dominance of the written word, no audio-visual recordings were made of the performance, nor has the script been made available in a written form. Instead, Dimitri has submitted a list of witnesses and participants in the performance. They can be approached for further information. Their memories document the event. As an example of this mnemonic documentation, Dimitri gave a lesson on 25 April 2019 to the propaedeutic students of the FA department of the KABK, in which he staged the memorising of his performance with his thesis supervisor - the start of an oral narrative.
2018
Giving Back Public Space New York, United States dimitrivandenwittenboer.com/giving-back.html During a visit in New York, I developed a public performance in collaboration with homeless people from the city centre. We were giving free 1 dollar bills to the passing people in the Union Square Park.

International exchanges/Residencies

2020

Dhrupad Institute for Indian Music Bhopal, India Research of the effects of vocal sounds on the human body. dhrupad.org/dhrupad-institute/
2019

Cloud@Danslab Den Haag, Netherlands In collaboration with a dancer I developed I method which can bring the human body in a state of high excitement. www.cloudatdanslab.nl/2019/11/residency-state-of-excitement-research-on-the-numinous-experience-dimitri-v-d-wittenboer/
2017

Cloud@Danslab Den Haag, Netherlands Research of participatory art through immersive games. www.ludiccollective.com/1st-project