Eventless Events 2

When: 15, 16, 17 and 23 May

The May program of Eventless Events features the opening of Public Library by Laurence Aëgerter from 15 May till 17 May, a screening program selected by Ahmet Ögüt on 16 May and the first Salon organized by Niels Vis on 23 May.

For one weekend the former brothel at the Korsjespoortsteeg 23 will be transformed into Public Library, an installation by Laurence Aëgerter. On the ground floor 40 meters of classified books will be on display on shelves. During opening hours a librarian will be in attendance for visitors while she carries out research into methods of book classification, several of which will be tested at the temporary library, including renowned systems of classification such as Harvard's, as well as alternative systems using principles from mathematics or game theory.

On Saturday 16 May a 12-hour private reading performance will take place in the Reading Room on the second floor. Aëgerter has invited 24 men and 24 women who have never previously met. Each man will be asked to bring a book and to read an extract aloud from it to one of the women for fifteen minutes. The chosen extracts will be collected in an artist’s book. Public Library is the first part of Opening Soon/Opening Now, a series of transformations of Aëgerter’s studio into spaces with different public designations.

In the same weekend, on Saturday 16 May, Ahmet Ögüt will screen a selection of videos from Random Rules: A Channel of Artists’ Selections from You Tube, followed by Underground (1976) by Emilie de Antonio, a documentary which combines interviews with and archival footage of the Weatherman, the militant faction of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) who fought the U.S. government during the 1960s and 1970s.

Eventless Event 2 continues on 23 May with Les Salons by Niels Vis. The first Salon kicks off with an ongoing visual dialog between Niels Vis and Alexis Blake, which will be shown in the front space of their shared studio. Continuing with a brief verbal dialog, they will address an aspect of Blake's research - the rhetoric of images constructed collectively through means of focus groups. In this discussion Vis will look at the specific spatial setting of these focus groups.

Where: 
Public Library by Laurence Aëgerter, Korsjespoortsteeg 23 
Friday 15 May: 10 am - 5 pm 


Saturday 16 May: 11 am - 11 pm 


Sunday 17 May: 10 am - 5 pm

Screening selected by Ahmet Ögüt, Korsjespoortsteeg 12 


Saturday 15 May: 5 – 7pm

Les Salons by Niels Vis, Korsjespoortsteeg 12 


Saturday 23 May: 5 – 7pm

Due to limited space please make a reservation for Ahmet Ögüt’s screening and Niels Vis’ Les Salons via our e-mail address: red.air@online.nl. Thank you.