OpZicht: Verena Hahn 'We´ll have time for that later'
2 September - 3 October 2021
Location: Hogewal 1-9, The Hague
Open: Wednesday to Sunday, 12-17 hrs
Presentation by a newly
registered artist from The Hague.
Stroom features the film We'll have time for that later by Verena Hahn. In the work she explores the experience and agency of so-called 'preppers', people who live in the anticipation of a crisis that needs a long-term preparation. For the first time, Verena Hahn shows her film in the context of a sculptural installation of intertwined chairs, designed and produced in collaboration with Berlin-based carpenter and product designer Moritz Müller. The installation explores the competent and dominant, the fit and controlled body that is a repeating motive in the film.
Participants in the practice of ‘prepping' prepare to live a life that is fully self-sustainable and not dependent on any external parties, such as energy and food suppliers, the police, or a community. In We'll have time for that later, Hahn goes beyond prepping as a mere hobby, but regards it as a practice with specific agency of the time we live in. The film traces the connection between the storytelling in prepping and real contemporary conditions that influence and determine the prepper's world view. The film reflects in a subtle but critical manner on the role of the filmmaker and the complexity of documenting certain ideologies.
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OpZicht
OpZicht is a presentation space for promising, newly registered artists from The Hague in the lobby of Stroom Den Haag. Here the invited artists can share their work, passion or interest with the audience. Each presentation runs for approximately 6 weeks.
Archive OpZicht presentations 2013-present
- 02 Sep '21 - 03 Oct '21
- Stroom Den Haag, Hogewal 1-9, The Hague
- Entrance: free