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Photo: Peter Cox A very small difference between two homothetiesIn the context of the exhibition Theatre of Thought, taking place at the Bonnefantenmuseum, on the 4th of December Christophe Lemaitre will perform the substitution of two artworks by Éric Baudelaire and Walead Beshty (a first one, already on view, will be substituted by another, a new loan for the rest of the show), during the opening hours of the museum. However, there is a good hope that the exhibition will remain almost identical to itself, both conceptually and formally. Bonnefantenmuseum, Tuesday, 4th of december, afternoon. Avenue Ceramique 250,Maastricht (NL)

Photo: Peter Cox

A very small difference between two homotheties
In the context of the exhibition Theatre of Thought, taking place at the Bonnefantenmuseum, on the 4th of December Christophe Lemaitre will perform the substitution of two artworks by Éric Baudelaire and Walead Beshty (a first one, already on view, will be substituted by another, a new loan for the rest of the show), during the opening hours of the museum. However, there is a good hope that the exhibition will remain almost identical to itself, both conceptually and formally.

Bonnefantenmuseum, Tuesday, 4th of december, afternoon. Avenue Ceramique 250,
Maastricht (NL)

THE JAN VAN EYCK GO BOARDS: Scattered boundaries07.11 At the closing of the year, the Jan van Eyck Go Club will cease to exist. The furniture will be taken away, the game boards will be removed. The whole project will assert itself perhaps even more as a perceptive experience, a mirage. It is hence time to focus, during this third meeting moment, on the context in which such a proposal was made and developed, the Jan van Eyck Academie, its building and the cultural political situation in the Netherlands. The ‘scattered boundaries’ refer to the patterns the stones made on the goban, making up, sketching territories (An aesthetic definition of what a territory is, in the game of Go, could read as such: it is the constitution of a fore- and a background). Starting from this point of departure, the lectures and presentations will attempt to trace an architectural history and typology of exhibition spaces, to debate the conditions for the emergence of a shape, and discuss more generally what a symbolic space is. You are most welcome on Wednesday 7 November, 13:30 — 16:00. Lectures by Rémi Parcollet, François Aubart, Angus Cameron. The Jan van Eyck Go Club is organised by Christophe Lemaitre.

THE JAN VAN EYCK GO BOARDS: Scattered boundaries
07.11 
At the closing of the year, the Jan van Eyck Go Club will cease to exist. The furniture will be taken away, the game boards will be removed. The whole project will assert itself perhaps even more as a perceptive experience, a mirage. It is hence time to focus, during this third meeting moment, on the context in which such a proposal was made and developed, the Jan van Eyck Academie, its building and the cultural political situation in the Netherlands. The ‘scattered boundaries’ refer to the patterns the stones made on the goban, making up, sketching territories (An aesthetic definition of what a territory is, in the game of Go, could read as such: it is the constitution of a fore- and a background). Starting from this point of departure, the lectures and presentations will attempt to trace an architectural history and typology of exhibition spaces, to debate the conditions for the emergence of a shape, and discuss more generally what a symbolic space is.

You are most welcome on Wednesday 7 November, 13:30 — 16:00. Lectures by Rémi Parcollet, François Aubart, Angus Cameron. The Jan van Eyck Go Club is organised by Christophe Lemaitre.

Les Occupantes— 21.12.12Solo project by Christophe Lemaitre and Aurélien Mole at CNEAI (FR), exhibiting a series of glasses and vases (for a unique flower) scattered in the spaces of the art centre, produced recently in the framework of Lemaitre’s research at the Jan van Eyck Academie.

Les Occupantes
— 21.12.12
Solo project by Christophe Lemaitre and Aurélien Mole at CNEAI (FR), exhibiting a series of glasses and vases (for a unique flower) scattered in the spaces of the art centre, produced recently in the framework of Lemaitre’s research at the Jan van Eyck Academie.

La Connaissance des Formes29.09 — 10.11.12Solo show by Christophe Lemaitre at CNEAI (Chatou, FR), with a talk on Sunday 30 September. The show is organised in the framework of the Jan van Eyck go club.  

La Connaissance des Formes
29.09 — 10.11.12
Solo show by Christophe Lemaitre at CNEAI (Chatou, FR), with a talk on Sunday 30 September. The show is organised in the framework of the Jan van Eyck go club.  

Snejanka Mihaylova, Theatre of Thought, designed by Céline Wouters, published by Critique & Humanism. Photo: Jeff Weber Theatre of Thought02.10.12 — 27.01.13Adrian Alecu, Clifford Borress, Christophe Lemaitre, Snejanka Mihaylova, Nathania Rubin en Esmé Valk presenteren hun werk in samenhang met BACA Laureaat Mary Heilmann. De tentoonstelling opent aanstaande zondag in het Bonnefantenmuseum en is nog te zien tot en met 27 januari 2013. Adrian Alecu, Clifford Borress, Christophe Lemaitre, Snejanka Mihaylova, Nathania Rubin and Esmé Valk present their work in connection to BACA Laureate Mary Heilmann. The exhibition opens next Sunday at the Bonnefantenmuseum and will be on show until 27 January 2013.

Snejanka Mihaylova, Theatre of Thought, designed by Céline Wouters, published by Critique & Humanism. Photo: Jeff Weber

Theatre of Thought
02.10.12 — 27.01.13
Adrian Alecu, Clifford Borress, Christophe Lemaitre, Snejanka Mihaylova, Nathania Rubin en Esmé Valk presenteren hun werk in samenhang met BACA Laureaat Mary Heilmann. De tentoonstelling opent aanstaande zondag in het Bonnefantenmuseum en is nog te zien tot en met 27 januari 2013.

Adrian Alecu, Clifford Borress, Christophe Lemaitre, Snejanka Mihaylova, Nathania Rubin and Esmé Valk present their work in connection to BACA Laureate Mary Heilmann. The exhibition opens next Sunday at the Bonnefantenmuseum and will be on show until 27 January 2013.

Jan van Eyck go shapes - solving picturesDinsdag 8 mei verwelkomt de Jan van Eyck go club een tweede reeks gasten: Fan Hui, gekend als de beste go speler in Europa, en Olivier Cochet. Onderwerp van deze bijeenkomst is het element ‘vorm’ en leven en dood-problemen in het go spel, de natuur en de wetenschap. Programma16:30From art to science and back: go, cellular automata and the creation of shapes in NatureLecture by Olivier Cochet17:30ShapeLecture by Fan Hui Deelname is gratis. Voor meer info, contacteer coordinator.events@janvaneyck.nl http://go.janvaneyck.nl Jan van Eyck go shapes - solving picturesOn 8 May, Jan van Eyck go club welcomes a second series of guests. Starting from morphogenesis and the way shapes are generated and constructed by living beings, the talks will tackle the cellular automata studies - especially the Game of Life by John Horton Conway - and the importance of death in modern cell biology (apoptosis). The meeting will try to define the word ‘shape’ in the context of the go game and solve pictures (Tsumego, problems of life and death). Based on this very particular perceptual state that is required for playing the go game, a gestalt for go could be sketched. Programme 16:30From art to science and back: go, cellular automata and the creation of shapes in NatureLecture by Olivier Cochet17:30ShapeLecture by Fan Hui.  Entrance is free. For more info contact coordinator.events@janvaneyck.nl. http://go.janvaneyck.nl

Jan van Eyck go shapes - solving pictures
Dinsdag 8 mei verwelkomt de Jan van Eyck go club een tweede reeks gasten: Fan Hui, gekend als de beste go speler in Europa, en Olivier Cochet. Onderwerp van deze bijeenkomst is het element ‘vorm’ en leven en dood-problemen in het go spel, de natuur en de wetenschap.

Programma
16:30
From art to science and back: go, cellular automata and the creation of shapes in Nature
Lecture by Olivier Cochet
17:30
Shape
Lecture by Fan Hui

Deelname is gratis. Voor meer info, contacteer coordinator.events@janvaneyck.nl

http://go.janvaneyck.nl

Jan van Eyck go shapes - solving pictures
On 8 May, Jan van Eyck go club welcomes a second series of guests. Starting from morphogenesis and the way shapes are generated and constructed by living beings, the talks will tackle the cellular automata studies - especially the Game of Life by John Horton Conway - and the importance of death in modern cell biology (apoptosis). The meeting will try to define the word ‘shape’ in the context of the go game and solve pictures (Tsumego, problems of life and death). Based on this very particular perceptual state that is required for playing the go game, a gestalt for go could be sketched.

Programme 
16:30
From art to science and back: go, cellular automata and the creation of shapes in Nature
Lecture by Olivier Cochet
17:30
Shape
Lecture by Fan Hui. 

Entrance is free. For more info contact coordinator.events@janvaneyck.nl.

http://go.janvaneyck.nl

Lezing door Pierre LeguillonDe Franse kunstenaar Pierre Leguillon werd in 1969 geboren. Voor zijn lezing aan de Jan van Eyck Academie brengt hij drie belangrijke onderzoeksstromen in zijn werk samen: beelden in performance (de ‘mise en scène’ van beelden); de kunstenaar als instituut; en de overlappende figuren van de kunstenaar en de verzamelaar. De aandacht zal uitgaan naar allerlei verschillende zaken, zoals diavoorstellingen, posters, houten dansstangen, een eendaagse krant, het plein bij het Centre Pompidou, filmtitels, of ansichtkaarten met een gekleurde achtergrond. Leguillon werd door Christophe Lemaitre uitgenodigd voor de afdeling Beeldende Kunst van de Jan van Eyck. Hij presenteert zijn lezing op woensdag 4 april om 18:00. Lecture by Pierre LeguillonFrench artist Pierre Leguillon was born in 1969. For this lecture at the Jan van Eyck Academie, he will develop a talk based on three strong research areas in his work: performing pictures (the ‘mise en scène’ of pictures), the artist as an institution, and the overlapping figures of the artist and the collector. He will discuss a whole range of items, including slideshows, posters, wooden dance bars, a one-day newspaper, the Centre Pompidou piazza, movie titles, or postcards with coloured backgrounds. Leguillon has been invited by Christophe Lemaitre for the Jan van Eyck Fine Art department. He will present his lecture on Wednesday 4 April at 18:00.

Lezing door Pierre Leguillon
De Franse kunstenaar Pierre Leguillon werd in 1969 geboren. Voor zijn lezing aan de Jan van Eyck Academie brengt hij drie belangrijke onderzoeksstromen in zijn werk samen: beelden in performance (de ‘mise en scène’ van beelden); de kunstenaar als instituut; en de overlappende figuren van de kunstenaar en de verzamelaar. De aandacht zal uitgaan naar allerlei verschillende zaken, zoals diavoorstellingen, posters, houten dansstangen, een eendaagse krant, het plein bij het Centre Pompidou, filmtitels, of ansichtkaarten met een gekleurde achtergrond. Leguillon werd door Christophe Lemaitre uitgenodigd voor de afdeling Beeldende Kunst van de Jan van Eyck. Hij presenteert zijn lezing op woensdag 4 april om 18:00.

Lecture by Pierre Leguillon
French artist Pierre Leguillon was born in 1969. For this lecture at the Jan van Eyck Academie, he will develop a talk based on three strong research areas in his work: performing pictures (the ‘mise en scène’ of pictures), the artist as an institution, and the overlapping figures of the artist and the collector. He will discuss a whole range of items, including slideshows, posters, wooden dance bars, a one-day newspaper, the Centre Pompidou piazza, movie titles, or postcards with coloured backgrounds. Leguillon has been invited by Christophe Lemaitre for the Jan van Eyck Fine Art department. He will present his lecture on Wednesday 4 April at 18:00.

Postdocument #3Launch of the third issue of Postdocument, a publication dedicated to the photography of artworks taken in an exhibition context. Christophe Lemaitre is one of the initiators of the project. The launch is scheduled for Wednesday 28 March from 18:30 until 21:00 h. at Rosascape (Paris, FR). 

Postdocument #3
Launch of the third issue of Postdocument, a publication dedicated to the photography of artworks taken in an exhibition context. Christophe Lemaitre is one of the initiators of the project. The launch is scheduled for Wednesday 28 March from 18:30 until 21:00 h. at Rosascape (Paris, FR). 

On the importance of chairs in an exhibitionSolo show by Christophe Lemaitre at Shanaynay project space in Paris (FR) from 24 until 31 March 2012. 

On the importance of chairs in an exhibition
Solo show by Christophe Lemaitre at Shanaynay project space in Paris (FR) from 24 until 31 March 2012. 

Jan van Eyck go stones: pretending art
Op 13 en 14 maart verwelkomt de Jan van Eyck go club haar eerste gasten: Aurélien Froment, Kendall Walton en Aurélien Mole. De eerste bijeenkomst is gericht op de geschiedenis van het spel, het gebruik van speelgoed als instrumenten in de pedagogie en kunst, en de gevolgen voor de manier waarop we kijken naar en omgaan met beelden.

Dinsdag 13 maart 2012
/16:30 
Aurélien Froment
The second gift
— filmvertoning

/17:00 
Kendall Walton
Pictures, fiction and make-believe
— lezing
“Ernst Gombrich zat op het juiste spoor toen hij beelden vergeleek met schommelpaarden. Beelden en andere beschrijvende representaties in het algemeen zijn rekwisieten in subtiele variaties bij fantasiespellen. Als we dit eenmaal begrijpen herkennen we ook dat de fantasie, of fantasieachtige activiteiten ook veel voorkomen in allerlei andere aspecten van het dagelijks leven van volwassenen. Literaire ficties zijn ook rekwisieten van de fantasie, zij het in totaal andere spellen dan die waarin beelden een rol spelen. Ik wil beweren dat sport en competitieve spellen soms fantasie-elementen bevatten. Fantasieactiviteiten zijn vaak erg aangenaam. Ook zijn ze waardevol in cognitieve zin.” K. Walton

Woensdag 14 maart 2012
/11:00 
Aurélien Mole
A collection of trees is a forest
— presentatie
Franse kunstenaar en curator Aurélien Mole zal een presentatie geven over zijn collectie houten speelgoed. Ook zal hij spreken over zijn uitgeverij van speelgoed gemaakt door kunstenaars.  

http://go.janvaneyck.nl


Jan van Eyck go stones: pretending art
On 13 and 14 March, the Jan van Eyck go club invites her first guests: Aurélien Froment, Kendall Walton, Aurélien Mole. The first meeting will focus on games history, the use of toys as tools for pedagogy, toys made by artists, and the consequences for the way we look at and interact with pictures. From the gifts of Friedrich Froebel - announcing modern art principles fifty years in advance - to the theory of mimesis as make-believe (Kendall Walton).

Tuesday 13 March 2012
/16:30 
Aurélien Froment
The second gift
— screening

/17:00
Kendall Walton
Pictures, fiction and make-believe
— lecture
“Ernst Gombrich was on the right track when he compared pictures to hobby horses. Pictures, and depictive representations in general, are props in sophisticated varieties of make-believe games. Once we recognize this, we will see that make-believe or make-believe-like activities are prevalent in various other aspects of everyday adult life as well. Literary fictions are also make-believe props, although in games that differ importantly from those in which pictures serve. I will suggest that sports and competitive games sometimes involve an element of make-believe. Make-believe activities are often very enjoyable. They are also valuable cognitively.” K. Walton

Wednesday 14 March 2012
/11:00 
Aurélien Mole
A collection of trees is a forest
— presentation
French artist and curator Aurélien Mole will give a presentation of his collection of wooden toys and an introduction to his project of publishing house for toys made by artists.

http://go.janvaneyck.nl

De Jan van Eyck Go Club
Het hele jaar 2012 vindt u op de Jan van Eyck Academie de Jan van Eyck Go Club, opgezet door kunstenaar en onderzoeker Christophe Lemaitre. De Jan van Eyck Go Club focust op het Go spel als artistieke studiopraktijk en als esthetische club. 

Drie keer dit jaar nodigt de Go Club gasten (een kunstenaar, filosoof, wetenschapper, kunsthistoricus en Go-speler) uit om de esthetiek van het Go-spel te exploreren, en het spel te fictionaliseren als een allegorie op de kunst. De eerste bijeenkomst vindt plaats op 13 en 14 maart en is gericht op de geschiedenis van het spel en het gebruik van speelgoed als instrumenten in de pedagogie en kunst. Meer info vind je binnenkort op onze website.

De ruimte en spelborden zijn vrij toegankelijk van maandag tot vrijdag van 9 tot 17u. Details over het project vindt u hier. 
De Jan van Eyck Go Club wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door Institut français de Pays-Bas.  

Wenst u meer informatie of wil u een afspraak om Go te komen spelen, neem dan contact op met Christophe Lemaitre via christophe [at] athousandleaves [dot] org.

http://go.janvaneyck.nl

Photo: Romy Finke / Design: Thomas Petitjean

The Jan van Eyck Go Club
Throughout 2012, the Jan van Eyck Go Club is present at the Jan van Eyck Academie; it has been set up by artist and researcher Christophe Lemaitre.

The project assumes two aspects: first, playing Go as a studio practice, and secondly, the club is to be an aesthetic club. In other words, the Jan van Eyck Go Club is an aesthetic club materialising itself as a Go game club.

Three times this year, the Go Club will invite guests (an artist, philosopher, scientist, art historian and Go player) to explore the aesthetics of the Go game and, in the end, to narrate and fictionalise the game as an allegory of art. The first meeting will be on 13 and 14 March (with Aurélien Froment, Kendall Walton, Aurélien Mole) and will focus on the game’s history, the use of toys as tools for pedagogy and toys made by artists. More information can be found on our website soon.

The space and the game sets are freely accessible from Mondays to Fridays from 9:00 to 17:00.
More details on the project can be found here.
The Jan van Eyck Go Club is supported by Institut français de Pays-Bas.  


If you wish to have more information or make an appointment to play Go, you can contact Christophe Lemaitre at christophe [at] athousandleaves [dot] org.

http://go.janvaneyck.nl

Photo: Romy Finke / Design: Thomas Petitjean

Christophe Lemaitre
Onderzoeker beeldende kunst / Researcher Fine Art
01.01.11 – 31.12.12
christophe [at] athousandleaves [dot] org
www.athousandleaves.org

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