Spring Drink with nadine and a.pass
& launch of a new WAB cycle (Wandering Arts)

We are very happy to launch a new WAB cycle on March 21 during a Spring drink with our friends from a.pass and WAB community.
Helena Dietrich and Annika Katja Boll will present their work in progress, we give a sneak peek of our WAB Spring and the bar at a.pass is open.

*** Helena Dietrich (work in progress, 30min)
Untitled (until it appears) 2025
Between gesture and voice, something emerges. Not yet meaning, not yet language, existing in a fragile interval—a crack where meaning seeps through. Before words solidify into definitions, before gestures become codified signs, there exists this shimmering potential.
In this unfolding, each moment expands into its own universe, terrifying in its nakedness. Traveling toward the center of the now—that impossible point where everything meets nothing.
An improvisation of scores from the new research Tuning – Resonant Bodies Weaving Emergent Ecologies.

*** Annika Katja Boll (work in progress, installation)
“I want to share an exploratory combination of my video and digital-sculptural work. I intend to display looped animations, as Walking Simulator 1 or Simple Simulator 2, which are digital walks in artificial nature scenes. They propose a sort of cyber-flânerie which relates to my interest in ‘Walking as Method’, a concept that suggests walking creates a rhythm of thinking.
Juxtaposed to the screens are sculptural pieces as please don’t water me I’m artificial 1 and 2, which are 3D printed plants being re-motioned over rotating jewellery displays, forming a carousel of lifeless plants. I playfully describe this work between nature and artificiality as digital gardening. Through the visual combination of both I will try to reflect on an upcoming work, windmills of shame/ in Bliss, which aims to reflect on renewable energies and their social image: objects used for decoration as toy windmills, Lazy Susans or traditional German Christmas pyramids will be placed in opposition to a screen displaying the landscape of Bliss, the default Windows XP wallpaper from 1998. The title quotes a statement by AfD politician Alice Weidel, who wants to end the use of “the ugly windmills of shame”, when in power.”

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WAB NEWS

[EN] After a couple years in transition, it’s time for a new WAB cycle! WAB was founded in 2014 by nadine as a ‘wandering arts’ biennial, supporting nomadic art practices, and work in public space. Over the years, WAB became an open platform to a growing network of artists.

This year, we will stretch WAB in time, as a seasonal cycle. Each season, we will organise (semi-)public events and communicate through the lens of what ‘wandering arts’ means for nadine, in that specific moment. In doing so, we want to bring WAB closer to how nadine works (as an arts laboratory), while reflecting on the future of ‘wandering arts’ (as a practice).

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[NL] Na enkele jaren van transitie is het tijd voor een nieuwe WAB cyclus! WAB werd in 2014 door nadine opgericht als ‘wandering arts’ biënnale, om nomadische kunstpraktijken en werk in de publieke ruimte te ondersteunen. In de loop der jaren werd WAB een open platform voor een groeiend netwerk van kunstenaars.

Dit jaar laten we de Biënnale vallen en rekken we WAB op in de tijd. We zien het als een seizoenscyclus waarin we (semi-)publieke evenementen organiseren en communiceren door de lens van wat ‘wandering arts’ voor nadine betekent op dat moment. Op die manier brengen we WAB dichter bij onze manier van werken (als kunstenlaboratorium), en denken we na over de toekomst van ‘wandering arts’ (als praktijk).

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[FR] Après quelques années de transition, il est temps d’ouvrir un nouveau cycle WAB! La WAB a été initiée en 2014 par nadine en tant que biennale des wandering arts, pour soutenir les pratiques artistiques nomades et le travail dans l’espace public. Au fil des années, la WAB est devenue une plateforme ouverte à un réseau croissant d’artistes.

Cette année, nous laisserons de coté le format biennale pour élargir la WAB dans le temps, sous la forme d’un cycle saisonnier. Chaque saison, nous organiserons des événements (semi-)publics et communiquerons à travers le prisme de ce que wandering arts signifie pour nadine à ce moment-là. Ce faisant, nous voulons rapprocher le WAB de la manière dont nadine fonctionne (en tant que laboratoire artistique), tout en réfléchissant au futur des wandering arts (en tant que pratique).