studio Claus Wiersma

Tilda Swinton – Ongoing, is an exclusive exhibition dedicated to the celebrated Scottish performer, artist, and fashion icon. This unique and personal exhibition centres on Swinton’s creative collaborations. It showcases new and existing work by eight artistic partners and close friends: Pedro Almodóvar, Luca Guadagnino, Joanna Hogg, Derek Jarman, Jim Jarmusch, Olivier Saillard, Tim Walker and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. This marks the first time that Eye Filmmuseum has devoted such extensive attention to the creative influence of a performer.

“…Eye has given me the opportunity to reflect on the mechanics of my working practice over the past forty years. And to come to rest on the – ever present – bedrock and battery of the close fellowships I found from the very first and continue to rely upon to this day. (…) An ongoing – and unbroken – thread of breadcrumbs through the wood, new leaves on long-established trees. The perpetual seedbed. I should be so lucky, in the gift of such an invitation, in such friends and in such a life.” – Tilda Swinton
(text Eye website)

Eye Filmmuseum presents an exhibition around the work of celebrated filmmaker Werner Herzog. With an unorthodox oeuvre of more than seventy features, documentaries and shorts, Herzog has fascinated audiences with unforgettable stories, images and characters for more than half a century.
This exhibition features an insight into the way Herzog perceives the world. The ‘ecstatic truth’ – that is central to his work – reflects on Herzog’s fundamental quest, how he constructs and stylises images that expose this deeper level of truth: “I’m modifying facts in such a degree that they resemble truth more than reality.”

In his work, Herzog seeks out those places on our planet that seem most other-worldly. He points his camera at people who live and survive in extreme circumstances – from scientists in Antarctica to child soldiers. The filmmaker feels a great affinity with the dreamers, obsessives, the solitary rebels and the marginalised, who for whatever reasons stray from the well-trodden path. By telling the stories of these exceptional individuals, Herzog at the same time manages to tell bigger stories about human existence.

The space is built up around a selection of key scenes from Herzog’s oeuvre, with iconic images from films such as Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht, Fitzcarraldo, Little Dieter Needs to Fly and Grizzly Man. In addition, documents, archival items and props from the Werner Herzog Archive are on display and introduce his team.
(text: website Eye Filmmuseum)

Eye Filmmuseum presents a solo exhibition by artist and filmmaker Janis Rafa.
Rafa’s visual language is filmic and seductive. Yet her work is disquieting: it prompts the viewer to consider pressing questions, such as how humans relate to one another and to the world around them. Her latest works – which premieres at Eye – focus on the tension between care for and exploitation of animals and landscapes, through human inventions and desires.

‘KISS MY SOUL – Heavenly & Earthly Love in Contemporary Art’, at the Dordrechts Museum is an exhibition about the representation of love today. More than 75 works by 30 artists provide an overview of visual art in the 21st century, exuberant and with a warm beating heart.
From body lust to motherly love, from heartbreak to parental love, from brotherly love to love grief. This group exhibition features a mix of internationally renowned artists such as Marlene Dumas and Tracey Emin, alongside emerging talent such as Tanja Ritterbex and Charlott Weise. (copywright Dordrechts Museum)

This permanent exhibition is an expansion of Museum Rotterdam ’40-’45 NU.
14 May 1940, marked a traumatic breaking point in the story of Rotterdam. Bombing, fire, and rubble clearance destroyed a large portion of its built history. During reconstruction, the focus was on turning Rotterdam into a thoroughly modern metropolis.
In this exhibition Rotterdam before May 1940 comes to life in photos, film footage and historical architectural models.