What will you be looking for most as a jury member?
Julia: “In an exhibition, I find it important that what is being said is also made visible, and that the chosen form connects to the content. That’s why I’ll be looking not only at what is presented, but also at how it is presented: the layout of the exhibition, how the participants have created space for themselves and for each other, whether there has been experimentation in the way the work is presented, and how this connects to the idea behind the exhibition.”
How did you first come to know Kunstpodium T?
“I studied in Tilburg, so I’ve known Kunstpodium T since that time, initially as a visitor. In 2023, I also returned to Kunstpodium T to curate an exhibition together with Myriam Gras.
UIT ZICHT – the artist as tourist was a duo exhibition featuring Len Creutzburg and Thomas Swinkels, accompanied by a small residency programme, during which we stayed on-site at Kunstpodium T for a week.
As you can see, I know Kunstpodium T in several different ways, and I’m happy to be back now as a jury member.”
Meet Julia Fidder
Julia Fidder is co-founder of Text my Sister, a decentralized platform for contemporary art in North-Brabant, led by three curators. We focus on questions of collectivity and connectedness from a pluriform perspective. Within our program, we depart from collective learning and link this to annually changing focal points, with the program developed as a coherent constellation of research and public activities. Fidder has worked with several art institutions, including the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma and SEA Foundation, and has published texts with Metropolis M, Tokyo Art Beat, Helsinki Biennial, Flash Art CZ, among others.
Photo: The Day it Rains Jellyfish Part III: On re-evaluating value; installation view at Van Abbehuis with SHAME TO PRIDE: CLUB OF OPPORTUNITIES, EPISODE VII, Jakub Jansa.
Photo credits: Lucy Schreurs