During the Uncertainty Seminars Stroom Den Haag looks at the world around us in an intuitive and unconventional way. The edition US: There, There presents unusual methods to bridge physical, figurative, and metaphorical distances. Artists have long challenged representations of distance depicting the world. Feminist cartographies, speculative mapping, challenge these rational, instrumental representations and can contribute to seeing the world differently. The program' features contributions by a.o.: Open Weather, Shannon Mattern, Eline Benjaminsen and Elias Kimaiyo, Tabita Rezaire, Claudio Ritfeld, and various KABK alumni.

Over the past years, previously conventional notions of distance have been significantly distorted, transformed, and overhauled. The sudden rise of video conferencing apps have attempted to bring about an affective retreat into screens over physical presence. This edition US: There, There takes its title from Gertrude Stein's exclamation on her return to Oakland in 1933: "There is no there, there...." The place that existed in memory, which is still factually there, is in such a state of transformation that the place thought of is in fact no longer in existence. Distance can be felt, a subjective and affective dimension; over and above, the measurement of distance that has long been hailed as the most ‘objective' - the Mercator projection - is an effective distortion of distance that centers and magnifies Europe on any image of the globe.

PROGRAM (t.b.c.)

Full program see: www.stroom.nl

Saturday 9 October, 16:00-19:30* (followed by Museumnacht Den Haag, 20:00-00:00)

In accordance with RIVM mandates for indoor events with seating, a valid Covid QR code will be checked prior to entry.

Open Weather - 'Satellite Seance' (screening)

Shannon Mattern - 'Mapping Nothing' (talk)

Eline Benjaminsen and Elias Kimaiyo - 'Footprints in the Valley' (presentation)

Tabita Rezaire - 'Deep Down Tidal' (screening)

Claudio Ritfeld - 'Identification Obligation pt 2' (performance artwork)

To attend this event on location at Stroom there are 20 tickets available (7,50 incl. dinner). The event can also be followed live via a live stream. Afterwards, during Museum Night The Hague, there is a special film program with work by artists from The Hague centered around the theme of distance. The five works were selected through an open call aimed at KABK alumni.

Open Weather with 'Satellite Séance' (screening)

The video 'Satellite Séance' by Open Weather (Sophie Dyer and Sasha Engelmann), documents electromagnetic experiments and the process of decoding images of weather systems.

Image: 'Satellite Séance' by Open Weather

Tabita Rezaire with 'Deep Down Tidal' (screening)

In the video essay 'Deep Down Tidal', Tabita Rezaire weaves together cosmological, spiritual, political and technological narratives about water and its role in communication, then and now, through tracing the ocean-dwelling 880,000 kilometers of fiber-optic cables.

Image: 'Deep Down Tidal' by Tabita Rezaire

Claudio Ritfeld with 'Identification Obligation pt 2'

'Identification Obligation pt 2' is the second instalment of an explorational journey by Claudio Ritfeld. He nitpicks at notions of assumed cultural identity and his personal aesthetic preferences, - combining this with color therapy by reclaiming the color orange as he displaces its Dutch nationalistic connotation. For part 2, a 30 minute soundscape was recorded in Ritfeld's place of birth.

Image: 'Identification Obligation pt 2' by Claudio Ritfeld