FERAL TONGUES
21.10.2023 / 15:00 - 18:00
Ananda Serné (with Kristen Keegan and Eira Søyseth)
Hamid Waheed
gentian rhosa

Feral Tongues is an afternoon of performances exploring the ecopoetic potential of writing in contemporary art practice. The event brings together artists Ananda Serné, gentian rhosa and Hamid Waheed, whose work examines the interplay of writing with sound, film, installation and
performance to question the limits and embodiment of language. For Feral Tongues, they will each perform a new piece of writing in a different location within central Bergen, summoning non-human presences at the fringes of habitual sites of speech.


Feral Tongues has been produced for Isotop Fellesatelier by artist and curator Alex Hamish Millar. The event has been made possible with project support from Arts Council Norway.

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PELLICULE 

performance at Tou, Stavanger

08.10.2023 / 16:00 and 18:00

While at night many of us are asleep, moths circle around street lights in the darkness outside. By employing robotic flowers, labs are investigating how well moths can see in the dark. The part of the brain that processes visual information slows down at night, allowing the moth's compound eyes to pick up more light, comparable to the long shutter speed of a camera. This will make the photographs brighter, but the slower the shutter speed, the harder it is to get the subject in focus.
The French word "pellicule" refers to a fine membrane that encases parts of plant or animal organisms. "Pellicule" also refers to the analog film used in photography, the thin light-sensitive layer that is to receive the impression. 


Meeting across the fields of visual arts, dance and music, Helene Espedal-Selvåg, Marie Ronold Mathisen, Ananda Serné and John Derek Bishop will work towards a collage-like installation that will be activated through performance.


Supported by Tou, the City of Stavanger, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond and Arts Council Norway.

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23.06.2023 - 25.06.2023: Open Studios Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht.

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17.06.2023: Opening of Microkosmos, outdoor group exhibition in Amersfoort organised by LKG De Ploegh in collaboration with Natuurboerderij De Brinkhorst, curated by Àngels Miralda. 

At 15:15 there will be a performance with the voices of Ilyas Nadjafi and Susanne Ohmann.

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10.06.2023: Altered Breath, Plaatsmaken, Arnhem

With works by: Marijn van Kreij, Ananda Serné, Astrid Nobel, Dorien de Wit, Bernice Nauta, Hannah van Binsbergen, Müge Yilmaz and Vicky Francken

Curated by Wouter Venema

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25.05.2023: I will talk about images related to sleep, the night and my novel Nachtbloeiers at OBA Linnaeus Live, public library Amsterdam.

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May - July 2023: three-month residency at the Jan van Eyck Academie, supported by the Dutch Foundation for Literature.

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06.04.2023: opening of 14th Biennale of Young Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje. 

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April 2023: residency at Ny-Ålesund Centre for Arctic Scientific Research on Svalbard/Spitsbergen, supported by Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond. 

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Nachtbloeiers in New Dutch Fiction by the Dutch Foundation for Literature. 

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11.03.23 - 16.04.23: Dancing Through (Un)common Worlds, group exhibition at De Vishal, Haarlem. 

With works by Sanne Bax, Lola Bezemer, Britt Dorenbosch, Lenny van Gent, Paulina Mellado, Lola Schot, Ananda Serné and Hilla Spitzer. Curated by Lola Bezemer. 

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03.03.2023, Kunstencentrum KAAP, Oostende.

De natuur als spiegel: twee jonge Nederlandse debutanten gaan in gesprek over de fascinerende relatie tussen natuur en mens. Aan de hand van hun beide debuutromans gaan de schrijvers met elkaar in gesprek over hoe de natuur ons een spiegel biedt om onszelf te begrijpen, te omarmen of te vrezen.

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My favourite books about sleep and the night for the website of International Literature Festival Utrecht.

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I spoke about my novel Nachtbloeiers on the Dutch TV show Brommer op zee. 

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Liquid Whistle, solo exhibition at The Norwegian Sculpture Society in Oslo, 02.12.22 – 15.01.23
with a performance at the opening on Friday the 2nd of December 18:00.

Performers: Hanna Kallestad, Anne Oven and Jo Mikkel Sjaastad Huse
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Reviews of my novel Nachtbloeiers: 

 

De lage landen 

Een roman die het particuliere van een slecht slapende jonge vrouw helemaal overstijgt. Het is een verkenning van de slaapwereld via kunst en literatuur en architectuur. Tegelijk is het een kritiek op het jachtige leven waarvan we collectief het slachtoffer worden, en waaraan we ons zo verdraaid moeilijk kunnen onttrekken.
Door de serene, haast zakelijke stijl van schrijven voelt die kritiek niet eens als kritiek aan. Het lijkt meer op het zachtjes fileren van een systeem dat ons allen richting slapeloosheid en uiteindelijk de sluimerklinieken drijft.

De Morgen 

De Nederlandse debutante Ananda Serné overtuigt volkomen met Nachtbloeiers, een roman die zich afspeelt in het schemergebied tussen waken en slapen. (...) In een onderkoelde verteltoon doorsnijdt Serné haar toch koortsige roman met gortdroge humor en strooit ze die vol met kennis uit de slaapwetenschap, met biologische anekdotes of met kunst- en literatuurverwijzingen. 

NRC ****

Nachtbloeiers is veelomvattender en geraffineerder dan een verslag van een individuele zoektocht. Het bevat tal van nieuwsgierig makende verwijzingen naar kunst en onderzoek op het gebied van slaap, het roept allerlei vragen op. (...) Serné schrijft helder, wat goed te pas komt bij de tastende inhoud van de roman. De dialogen zijn sterk. De roman is bovendien geestig en spannend.

Bazarow 

Serné schrijft zeer geloofwaardig, nergens overdadig. Wat opvalt is daarbij hoe naturel ze dialoog schrijft. De beelden en metaforen die ze gebruikt, zijn het geraamte van het verhaal, maar zonder te nadrukkelijk aanwezig te zijn. 

TZUM 
Een fijn boek, zonder meer, vooral omdat de lezer getroost wordt met de gedachte dat korte nachten of ’s nachts wakker liggen universeler is dan je denkt.

Edith Vroon van Linnaeus Boekhandel in Mezza AD

Ik lig vaak lang wakker. Als ik dan een roman als deze kan lezen, verlang ik er bijna naar. Een prachtig debuut. 

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Insect sing-along will be screened during Orgelnatt: Økologi, Maskinmusikk og Vokalkunst at Stavanger Concert Hall, 01.10.2022
There will be live sound to two of my video works. Music: Gunhild Seim, John Lilja and Nils Henrik Asheim on the organ.

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27.09.2022: My novel Nachtbloeiers is situated in a society that struggles with sleeplessness.
Published by Uitgeverij Cossee in Amsterdam. 

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September 2022: two-week residency at Ny-Ålesund Centre for Arctic Scientific Research on Svalbard/Spitsbergen, supported by Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond.

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The Wiggle of a Worm, together with Marijn van Kreij at Plaatsmaken in Arnhem, 22.07.22 – 11.09.22 
This exhibition is part of Altered Breath, a project on the commons conceived by Wouter Venema. Other participants include: Astrid Nobel, Bernice Nauta, Müge Yilmaz, Hannah van Binsbergen, Vicky Francken and Dorien de Wit.

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Insect sing-along on the cover of Daisyworld Magazine, collaboration with Poyen Wang.

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Insect sing-along at puntWG in Amsterdam, 20.03.22 – 27.03.22
Solo exhibition, curated by Àngels Miralda

At the opening, there will be a peformance made in collaboration with vocal ensemble Genetic Choir

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Artist in residence at airWG in Amsterdam, January – March 2022

During my stay at airWG, I will expand on my earlier work with insects by focusing on insect-inspired robots that are developed for potential use in agriculture and the army. As in my earlier work, I will emphasize insects' cognition and the sound produced by (robotic) insects. I will work together with a group of singers to compose live sound to the video, referring to the live sound that accompanied early silent cinema.

Supported by the Mondriaan Fund. 

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Echoists of the Takase River will be screened during Video Art and Experimental Film at SEA Foundation in Tilburg, 23.09.21 – 25.09.21

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slow-wave, solo exhibition at Bryne Kunstforening, 10.09.21 – 03.10.21

In the installation slow-wave, different voices mimic the sound of water and pronounce water onomatopoeia such as: bloop, splish, splash, sprinkle, drip, drup, drizzle, dryss, drypp and spray. "Slow-wave sleep" is the deepest phase of non-rapid eye movement sleep. 
The colours of the textiles derive from cyanotype, indigo and a blue light-harvesting pigment found in cyanobacteria. The cyanobacteria is the simplest organism currently known to have a day and night rhythm.
The sound piece is made in collaboration with vocal ensemble Song Circus.

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Ut av venterommet, exhibition with artists working at Tou, Stavanger, 12.08.21 – 22.08.21

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During a stay at Velferden Centre for Contemporary Art in Sokndal (NO), I worked with soprano Bodil Arnesen in the darkness of a former iron ore mine.

The video Opera is part of the site-specific collaborative project Book of Sand / Singular Hands with artists Matt Bryans and Håvard Sagen and sociologist Merete Jonvik. Together we explored the dormant mythologies of three artist-run spaces in Rogaland, Norway. These places were situated in a post-mining landscape, a marketplace, and agricultural surroundings.

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Vårutstillingen, group exhibition at Fotogalleriet in Oslo, 08.05.21 – 30.05.21
With: Marit Arnekleiv, Petter Buhagen, Hilde Honerud, Julie Hrnčířová, Kaja Leijon, Mariken Kramer, Greg Pope, Karen Pettersen, Jenny Rydhagen , Yanir Shani, Morten Torgersrud and Kjersti Vetterstad

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Duet/Songs at PARABOL, a collaboration between Kunsthall 3.14 and Lydgalleriet, Bergen, 19.03.21 – 06.06.21

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Kortfilmdagen, Galleri CC, Malmö, Sweden, 12.01.2021
curated by Bahareh Mirhadi

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Awarded Stavanger Artist of the Year 2021

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Artist in residence at Titanik Gallery in Turku, Finland – December 2020

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From the Balcony, group exhibition at Stavanger Art Museum, 07.11.20 – 27.12.20
Curated by Hanne Beate Ueland, Vibece Salthe, Helga Nyman and Jane Sverdrupsen.

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Artist in residence at Nordic Artists' Centre Dale, September 2020

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Vestlandsutstillingen 2020, curated by Elise By Olsen.
Touring exhibition: Kunsthall Stavanger, Sogn and Fjordane Art Museum, Kunstgarasjen Bergen, Kunsthuset Kabuso, Art Museum KUBE

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Duet/Songs, performance at Studio17, Stavanger, 03.09.2020 

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Solo exhibition at Galleri 54 in Göteborg, Sweden 15.11.2019 – 08.12.2019

The city of Göteborg acquired the video A caterpillar is curled in a green ring and added it to their public collection. 

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Artist in residence at Bamboo Curtain Studio in Taipei, Taiwan, 01.05.2019 – 31.07.2019. Supported and organised by the Mondriaan Fund. 

During my residency, I will gather auditory and visual impressions about the ways in which insects navigate a man-made environment like Taipei. I am specifically interested in caterpillars, cocoons, and winged insects. I will focus on their movements and their sense of hearing; the sounds they produce in order to communicate. 

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Prospects and Concepts at Van Nellefabriek, Art Rotterdam, 06.02.2019 – 10.02.2019. I will show the tapestries Night-scented Flower I&II that I recently made at the Textile Lab of the Textile Museum in Tilburg. Supported by the Mondriaan Fonds. 


At night, I made infrared photographs of several night-blooming plants that moths feed on. With the help of a computerised Jacquard loom, I then translated these infrared photographs of nocturnally blooming flowers into woven tapestry. The photographs were downloaded into a software program that translated each colour into a combination of threads.

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