Esther Polak (1962)
81-86 Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten Den Haag
86-89 Rijksacademie voor Beeldende Kunsten Amsterdam
Ivar van Bekkum (1965)
85-89 Academie voor Journalistiek Kampen
Prijzen en Nominaties:
2016 Special Mention for Concept “Once we get There” 2Annas IFF Riga Letland
2016 Expanded Media Preis für Network Culture 29e Stuttgarter Filmwinters
voor The Mailman’s Bag
2015 nominatie Akademieprijs Astronomie en Kunst / KNAW en de Akademie van Kunsten, Leiden
voor Spiral Drawing Sunrise
2012 “Best Practice rozet Classic” Virtueel Platform AmsterdamREALTIME
2010 “Best Practice rozet” Virtueel Platform NomadicMILK
2009 Nomination Cinekid New Media Award Geotales Warande
2005 Golden Nica Interactive Art. Linz, Austria MILKproject
2004 Gada Balva Prix, Riga, Letland MILKproject
2002 Nomination Open Doors Design Grant Prix, AmsterdamREALTIME
Tentoonstellingen
2019
sept. Big Art @ Hembrugterrein
feb Daily Life at the Crossing Transmediale Berlijn, DE
2018
sept Gaan om te Zijn Nederlands Film Festival Utrecht, NL
juni A Collision of Sorts Chicago Underground Film Festival Chicago, US
jan Grounding the Map | Mapping the Ground Zone2Source Amsterdam
2017
dec You have two cows Kalmar Museum of Art Kalmar, Sw
nov 250MilesCrossing Philadelphia Abington Art Center Philadelphia, US
nov screening “Gaan om te zijn” CBKZO Amsterdam, NL
sept screening “A Collision of Sorts” NFF (in competitie Gouden Kalf)Utrecht, NL
aug screening “A Collision of Sorts” NeMaf Seoul
march screening “A Collision of Sorts” Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin
2016
Oct “The Mailman’s Bag” Visions in the Nunnery; Bowarts London, UK
Sept “Directions” Amsterdam Drawing Amsterdam, NL
Sept Screening “Once We Get There” 2ANNAS filmfestival Riga, LV
Sept “Urban Fruit - Street Wrapper” Open Fields tentoonstelling, Rixc Riga, LV
Aug “Fields Value” Het Valkhof Museum Nijmegen NL
Aug “Driver’s Dog” en “The Mailman’s Bag” bij Zomer aan de Roosloot Bergen NL
July “Once We Get There” Ventriloquies
l’art dans le cinéma, le cinéma dans l’art; FIDMarseille, Marseille, FR
July Let it Blossom group exhibition galerie dudokdegroot Amsterdam, NL
April “The Mailman’s Bag”
Speeding and Breaking Goldsmiths University Londen, UK
mei galerie dudokdegroot Amsterdam ART Fair Amsterdam, NL
maart “Amsterdam Realtime”
Made in Amsterdam Amsterdam Museum Amsterdam, NL
maart “Droit de Suite, tribute to Sophie Calle”
From Bits to Paper, Cardboard and ABS Le Shadok Straatsburg, FR
feb JustMad, Contemporary artfair; Premios EX de arte electrónico experimental Madrid, ES
Jan 29. Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media Stuttgart, DE
2015
nov Solo tentoonstelling galerie dudokdegroot Amsterdam, NL
sept “Spiral Drawing Sunrise” Nominatie Academie prijsvoor kunst en Astronomie Leiden, NL
August “Sandmapping" SEEN Amsterdam in photo’s Amsterdam, NL
August “The Mailman’s Bag” ISEA 2015 Vancouver CA
July “250 Miles Crossing Philadelphia” Global Imaginations; Lakenhal Leiden NL
April Art Along the Avenue of Technology Navigation Documentary Philadelphia, US
April Solo expositie “Fronting Motion” Esther Klein gallery Philadelphia, US
2014
April “Urban Fruit – Street Wrapper”Incredible Travel Experiences CBK Drente Assen, NL
Mei “Fronting Motion” Internet of Cars div. locaties; UK
Jan-Feb Solo expositie Rento Brattinga | gallerie Amsterdam, NL
2013
Dec “Follow Your Instinct” Winterlicht festival Schiedam, NL
Juni “Sandmapping” Kunst aan de Schinkel Amsterdam, NL
April “Urban Fruit – Street Wrapper” Drones / Birds: Princes of Ubiquity Brussel, BE
Apr-Mei “Sandmapping” Openbare ruimte/ Stadsdeel Zuid Amsterdam, NL
2012
Sept “Spiral Drawing Sunrise/Tree Spirograph” Into the Great Wide Open Vlieland NL
Sept “Spiral Drawing Sunrise” “Trage Wegen” kunstroute Turnhout, BE
Verbeke Foundation
Juni Het Nationale Canta Ballet Gashouder Amsterdam NL
April “Seascape” Zuiderzeemuseum Enkhuizen
Feb “Spiral Drawing Sunrise” Marrakesch Bienale Marrakesch MA
Feb L.A Re.Play 2012 CAA 2012 Los Angeles, US
Exhibition of Mobile Media Art
2011
Nov “
” Tracing Mobility Berlijn, DE
Sept “Zeegezicht als Dataverzameling” P.A.I.R. / Satellietgroep Scheveningen, NL
Sept “Spiral Drawing Sunrise” ISEA Istanbul TU
June “AmsterdamREALTIME” Muhka Antwerpen BE
June “Lake Drawing Wind” screening Eye Film Institute Amsterdam, NL
May “Geotales en NomadicMILK” tentoonstelling CCAEA Nairobi, Kenya
2010
Nov. Presentatie “NomadicMILK” African Artist Foundation Lagos, Nigeria
Sept Solo tentoonstelling/ballon performance HICA/Arts Catalist/air show Inverness-shire, UK
June “NomadicMILK” INIVA; “Who’s map is it?” Londen, UK
2009
Okt. “Geotales” Warande Cinekid Amsterdam, NL
April Centro Cultural de Sao Paolo NomadicGrazing performance Sao Paolo, Br
Jan. Transmediale NomadicMILK Nigerian version Berlin, DE
2008
Okt Version bêta Centre for Contemporary images Genève, CH
June “Spiral Drawing Sunrise” Medialab-Prado Madrid, ES
2007
Sept. presentatie “MILKproject” Tiroler Landes Museum Innsbruck, AT
Sept. presentatie “NomadicMILK” UN/FAIR Trade Graz, AT
June “AmsterdamRealTIME”, Festival Pocket Films Centre Pompidou Parijs, FR
2006
April presentatie “MILKproject” Salone del Mobile Milaan, IT
2005
Sept. Ars Electronica, “MILKproject-installation” Cyber Space, Golden Nica Award Linz, AT
July ‘Luidt de Zuidpoort’ Geluid project op locatie Delft, NL
March Presentation “MILKproject” ZKM ‘Making Things Public’ Karlsruhe, DE
Publicaties (selectie)
- From Bits To Paper; edited by Filipe Pais, les presses du réel; July 2018
-L.A. Re.Play: Mobile Network Culture in Placemaking, Leonardo Electronic Almanac, Volume 21 Issue 1 Editors: Lanfranco Aceti, Hana Iverson and Mimi Sheller
-PAD Public Art Dialogue; Special Issue Digital Public Art Vol 4 N. 1 Spring 2015 Routledge Down the Rabbit Hole.
- Stadsleven door Esther Polak /divers http://www.polakvanbekkum.com/writings/door-esther-polak-nl/
- Stadsleven door Tracy Metz http://stadslevenamsterdam.wordpress.com/2013/12/07/verhalen-vertellen-met-gps-esther-polak/
-Walking and Mapping Artists as cartographers Karen O’Rourke Leonardo book series 2012
Kunnen GPS-data mensen ontroeren? Annet Dekker in gesprek met Esther Polak Tubelight 2012
http://www.tubelight.nl/articles/1353/canta
-Mediações, Tecnologia e Espaço Público, Conrad Livros 2011
-Space inscribed: Esther Polak and Ivar Van Bekkum at HICA; M. Macdonald; HICA Exhibitions publication; 2010
-Art and Electronic Media, Edward Schanken, Paidon 2009
-Neural Issue 33 zomer 2009 Esther Polak interview
-Deep North Transmediale catalogus 2009 Traversing the route : From Mediamarket to Cameroon; Annet Dekker in conversation with Esther Polak
-Virtueel Platform Souvenir Zeeland; het landschap als werkplaats 2008
http://virtueelplatform.nl/kennis/souvenir-zeeland-het-landschap-als-werkplaats/
- Mac Luhan neu lesen, Derrick de Kerckhoven, Martina Leeker, Kerstin Smit edit. Transcript Verlag, 2008;
Kunst und GPS. Esther Polaks lokative Kunst. By Arie Altena
-ELSE/WHERE MAPPING Janet Abrams and Peter Hall ed. University of Minnesota press, 2006
Andere activiteiten(selectie):
- Tutor Interfaculty Art-Science KABK Den Haag 2017 - 2018 (Esther)
- gastdocentschap Minerva akademie ‘off cource’ 2017-18
- Lid Advies Commissie Kunst Amsterdam Zuid 2018 - heden (Esther)
- bestuursfunctie Stichting The Mobile City 2017 - heden (Esther)
- adviseur Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst (Esther)
- lezing Masters of Film Film academie 2017
- deelname research groep LAPS, Research Institute for Art and Public Space 2016-heden (Esther)
- lezing - THE DRIVE OF WALKING - Jan van Eyck Academie. Sept 2016
- artist residence “From Bits to Paper, Cardboard and ABS” Le Shadok Straatsburg FR. 2016 (Ivar)
- gast docentschap project week Minerva Groningen. 2016
- Lezing in de serie “kunst en wetenschap” RUG Groningen. 2015
- Initiator van ArtistTalks 2012-2015
- Workshops “Guiding Voices” First Floor Gallery Harare Zimbabwe/ AHK Amsterdam / Artez Arnhem 2015
- Externe deskundige Eindexamens Minerva Groningen 2015
- ArtistTalk at Eyebeam; New York Nov. 2014
- lecturing and guest teaching at DXART University of Washington Sept 2014
- Artist in Residence; commissioned by the University City Science Center through the Percent for Art Program of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority
- workshop #SandMapping Dance Notations in collaboration with Université Paris Okt. 2013
- workshop Eclectics in collaboration with WAAG Society Amsterdam Sept 2013
- deelname aan de schrijvers pool “weerwoord” Platvorm Beeldende Kunst 2013
- Externe deskundige Eindexamens Art Science KABK Den Haag 2012
- Geotales Workshop DEAF (Dutch Electronic Art Festival) 2012
- GeoTales workshop at NIMk, Amsterdam 2011
- Lezing/performance Zeegezicht als data verzameling – E*cinema Special EYE Film-institute Amsterdam 2012
- deelname THINK FIRST EAT LATER // DESIGN FIRST FOOD LATER project van de Gemeente Zaanstad
voor samenwerking kunstenaars en bedrijven in Food Industry 2012-08-13
- Performance: Performing Streetview, Berlin 2011
- Tutor at KABK, Royal Arts Academy, The Hague, 2011
- Artist In Recidency P.A.I.R. / Badgast Scheveningen
- Lecture on mapping, Arts Catalyst, London, UK, 2011
- Docent at Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen, 2011
- Mapping workshop/lezing, PixelAche, Helsinki, FI, 2011
- Mapping workshop/lezing, University Edinburgh, Edingburgh, UK, 2011
- Docent at Geo Tales workshop, WRO art centre, Wroclaw Poland, 2010
- Deelnemer aan masterclass Mediafonds@Sandberg http://followthemoney.nu Amsterdam, 2010
- Artist in residence Feb-Mei 2009 NIMk (Dutch Institute for Media Art) Amsterdam, NL
- Docent bij GeoTales workshop, Imal, NewBraveWorld Masterclasses, Brussels, DE 2009
- Docent bij Any Media workshop, Mediamatic/IDFA, Amsterdam, NL, 2008