Bar No. 5, an installation and performance by Margriet Craens, will be the eye of the storm against the mass violence in the solo exhibition of Susanna Inglada and the damaged landscapes of the solo exhibition by Jisan Ahn. The visitor can sit down on a bar stool at the black lacquered, shiny bar and talk to the bartender. Through short personal sessions based on the Social Hygiene course, which the artist has also completed herself, the guest can not only discuss issues that are bothering him or her, but also solve them together with the bartender. Unusual glass drink bottles are displayed in the liquor cabinet behind the bar. Each bottle represents an emotion and will be used to support the sessions.
Margriet Craens will release a special edition especially for the Amsterdam Art Gallery Weekend: Bottle no. 21. This Bottle stems from the earlier work Bar no. 5 . The first twenty are placed in the cabinet of Bar No. 5, where they act as a tool to discuss personal experiences of the bar guests.