Tomorrow's Language: Louwrien Wijers, Rory Pilgrim and Philipp Gufler

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A dialogue between Louwrien Wijers, her friend and colleague Rory Pilgrim and initiator Philipp Gufler.

On Saturday June 3rd from 16:00 to 17:30, W139 will host &#x27;<a href="https://w139.nl/en/tomorrows-language/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tomorrow&#x27;s Language</a>&#x27;, a dialogue between Louwrien Wijers, her friend and colleague Rory Pilgrim, and initiating artist Philipp Gufler. Together they will explore Louwrien’s artworks, the significance of food, intergenerational friendships among artists, and the importance of learning from one another. To accompany the discussion, Egon Hanfstingl, chef, artist and longtime collaborator of Louwrien, will be preparing a saffron honey yogurt for all attendees to enjoy.Louwrien Wijers, born January 26 1941. Afraid of being indoctrinated, Louwrien avoided going to art school and instead wrote about art from 14 years of age and visited as many artists as possible in their studios. She started to make art in 1970. 40 woorden (1970-1971) is featured in the permanent Stedelijk Museum show. She continues to make, think, and write about art and artists today.Rory Pilgrim works in a wide range of media including songwriting, composing music, film, music video, text, drawing and live performances. Centered on emancipatory concerns, Pilgrim aims to challenge the nature of how we come together, speak, listen and strive for social change through sharing and voicing personal experience. Strongly influenced by the origins of activist, feminist and socially engaged art, Pilgrim works with others through different methods of dialogue, collaboration and workshops. Philipp Gufler spans various media in his practice, including silkscreen prints on fabric and mirrors, artist books, performances, and video installations. Since 2013 he has been an active member of the archive Forum Queeres Archiv München. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&#x27;Tomorrow&#x27;s Language&#x27; is part of the public programme of W139&#x27;s exhibition, Substitutes, initiated by artist Philipp Gufler and will be on show from 22 April to 18 June 2023. Substitutes engages with queer history and discourses around the body, gender, and sexuality. The artists chosen to present their work in the exhibition work in a variety of mediums that simultaneously contextualise and converse with these discourses. The human body is, paradoxically, both absent and present within the exhibition—questioning the normative frameworks that queer and functionally diverse people are subjected to. The exhibition brings together works of Lorenza Böttner, Johannes Büttner, Johanna Gonschorek, Elisàr von Kupffer, Rabe perplexum, Louwrien Wijers, and Bruno Zhu. By connecting contemporary discussions to historical perspectives, Substitutes aims to create a “living archive” that brings the past to life for current generations.Visual identity by Jacob Hoving.This exhibition is generously supported by Mondriaan Fund, Gieskes-Strijbis Fund, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, Goethe Institut, Centro Elisarion, Pro Elisarion Association, Monacensia im Hildebrandhaus, Forum Queeres Archiv München, Grafisch Atelier Hilversum and Fonds21.

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