Bik Van der Pol | What is this world?

Bik Van der Pol, the artist duo consisting of Liesbeth Bik and Jos van der Pol, co-directors of finished temporary program School of Missing Studies (2013–2015), recently exhibited as part of What is this world? at PARK, Tilburg.

What is this world? is a project that is gradually taking shape. It explores and connects a multitude of perspectives on and of the world, in dialogue, in the form of 'talk shows'.

An 8 meter high inflatable ball fills the space and forms a backdrop and background for discussion, and a stand-in for the 'world'. Participants and the public are invited to collaborate with the artists during a series of informal workshops and discussions, to actively contribute against the backdrop of this decor and fill the space with their ideas and imaginations about the current state and future of this world.

As a study object and teaser image, The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch and a new montage of One to One, a video work by Bik Van der Pol, are used to reflect on abundance, unease and loss. What is this world? is inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini's La Rabbia (Rage), which was commissioned by Italian television in 1962 but never shown in public, and John Berger's reflections on this film about fear of war.

See further at: https://park013.nl/nl/activiteiten/what-is-this-world