PolakVanBekkum
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PolakVanBekkum is a Dutch artist duo consisting of Esther Polak and Ivar van Bekkum, PolakVanBekkum: known for their work on landscape and movement [1] in digital media, using platforms like Google Earth[2] and Google Street View. The pair have been working together as a duo since 2010, and have presented at exhibitions and film festivals both in the Netherlands and abroad.
Biographies
Ivar van Bekkum
Ivar van Bekkum (Rotterdam, 1965) studied at the Academy of Journalism in Kampen (1982-1987). He has been working as a multi-disciplinary artist since 2008.
Esther Polak
Esther Polak (Amsterdam, 1962) studied painting at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and mixed media at the Rijksakademie of Fine Arts in Amsterdam. She works as a multi-disciplinary artist.
Career
The artist duo works with digital media: from performances with sand, [3] to digital prints, installations and films.[4] Initially the work of Esther Polak was seen as part of locative media[5], though in recent years the duo's work has come to be seen within the broader context of contemporary art. Most recently, their work has been presented at IDFA[6], EYE Film Institute Netherlands[7] and Oude Kerk[8] in the Netherlands, and abroad at Chicago Underground Film Festival, Internet of Cars [9] and ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, among others.
Artworks and films
- De Rit / The Ride (2019), installation / film. [10]
- Pendule (2019), performance. [11]
- A Collision of Sorts (2017), short film. [12]
- Gaan Om Te Zijn / Go Move Be (2018), film. [13]
- The Mailman’s Bag (2016), installation / film. [14]
- Spiral Drawing Sunrise (2008-present), performance. [15]
Awards and nominations
- 2017 Golden Calf Nomination for A Collision of Sorts. [16]
- 2016 Special Mention 2Annas FF. [17]
- 2016 The Expanded Media Preis For Network Culture at Stuttgarter Filmwinters - Festival for Expanded Media with The Mailman’s Bag [18]
- 2015 Nomination Academy Prize for Astronomy and Art. [19]
- Golden Nica for Interactive Art at Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria. [20]
Publications and press (selection)
- From Bits To Paper; edited by Filipe Pais, les presses du réel; July 2018
- The City as Performative Object: An Essay in Footsteps 2017
- PAD Public Art Dialogue; Special Issue Digital Public Art Vol 4 Number 1 Spring 2015, Routledge, Down the Rabbit Hole
- Issue 33 Summer 2009, Interview with Esther Polak
- Deep North Transmediale catalogus 2009 Traversing the route : From Mediamarket to Cameroon; Annet Dekker in conversation with Esther Polak
- 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
Further reading
- Exhibition review. PolakvanBekkum’s GPS Art: from a documentary to an artistic medium
- Esther Polak: PolakVanBekkum
- Space Inscribed, Esther Polak and Ivar van Bekkum at HICA – 2010
External links
References
- ↑ LIMA: PolakVanBekkum, Artist in distribution, NL
- ↑ ArteElectronico: The mailman’s Bag PolakVanBekkum
- ↑ Noordhollands DagBlad: ’Groot kunstwerk kun je niet vaak laten zien’; vierde editie Big Art op Hembrugterrein
- ↑ galerie dudokdegroot: PolakVanBekkum
- ↑ 1000things.org: Esther Polak, PolakVanBekkum
- ↑ The Ride
- ↑ EYE: The Ride
- ↑ De Rit
- ↑ Internet of Cars: PolakVanBekkum
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ FilmFestival.nl|A Collision of Sorts
- ↑ FilmFestival.nl|Gaan Om Te Zijn
- ↑ ArteElectronico: The Mailman's Bag PolakVanBekkum
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ FilmFestival.nl|A Collision of Sorts
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ [5]
- ↑ Uitreiking Akademieprijs voor Astronomie en Kunst
- ↑ LIMA: Esther Polak
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