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The Otto Berchem Show

1995

Installation/Performance

 

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THE OTTO BERCHEM SHOW was a project initially conceived for the three days of the Open Studios of the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam.There was one 50-minutes-long show, with commercials, for each day. Each show he had a different group of guests, discussing a different topic in front of a live audience.The guests were artists, some working at the academy, some from outside the academy.

Each show also included “experts”, who were critics, curators or writers.The audience’s participation was key. For those who were not part of the “live experience”,the show was broadcast within the building to the two coffee corners. There people could watch the show at their own discretion, in a kind of informal green room.

 

The Show:

Showing your knickers (making your privates public)

Guests: Tommy Olsson, Barbara Visser, Lennaart van Oldenborgh

Experts:Anna Tilroe, Bart Cassiman

 

What’s the method to your madness?

Guests: Boy & Erik Stappaerts, Liesbeth Abbenes, Koen Timmermans

Experts: Sjoukie van der Meulen, Hans van Houwelingen

 

Art, life and doing the dishes

Guests: Alicia Framis, Shane Carn, Annie Toop, Jurriaan Molenaar

Experts: Saskia Bos, Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen