Soon: expo ‘Terra Incognita’ in villa Kranenburgh (KCB)

Vanaf 7 september is de tentoonstelling ‘Terra incognita’ te zien in villa Kranenburgh in Bergen.

De nieuwe tentoonstelling van het KunstenaarsCentrumBergen – KCB is getiteld ‘Terra incognita’.

‘Terra Incognita‘ als thema kan zeer ruim worden opgevat, kunstwerken waar een eigen
ongekende of onbekende wereld zichtbaar, voelbaar, hoorbaar is
gemaakt. Inzoomen op onze aarde op micro niveau, waar in aardlagen
onbekende organismen of structuren voorkomen, chaotisch of geordend.
Landschappen, desolaat of volgebouwd. Of, het andere uiterste, zicht
op het heelal, onbekende werelden, een multidimensionaal denkbeeldig
universum.

Mijn kunstwerken in de tentoonstelling

‘Steeds meer bomen verdwijnen door kap of bosbranden of door een andere kijk op natuurbehoud. Bomen kunnen we helaas niet, zoals bij stenen monumenten, restaureren. Kunnen we monumentale bomen wellicht behouden door ze digitaal op te slaan in Virtual Reality?

Bij het ‘Digitale Bomen Monument’, een project van Nicole Spit,  worden karakteristieke oude bomen gedigitaliseerd door fotogrammetrie en 3D-software, waarna ze bewaard worden in een virtuele droomomgeving. De vervreemding die ontstaat door de kenmerkende ‘vertaalfouten’ van de fotogrammetrie en kenmerken van de 3d software techniek (bijvoorbeeld de driehoekvormen en missende stukken) zijn onderdeel van het gevoel van synthetische natuur wat Nicole met de kunstwerken op wil roepen. Bij ‘De Stronk’ staat de ziel van de boom en bij ‘de Communicator’ staat het contact met het mycelium netwerk in de grond, centraal.’

Bij de tentoonstelling is tevens het ‘Digitaal Bomen Monument boek‘ te verkrijgen met een inkijkje in het proces.

kunstwerken van Nicole Spit uit de tentoonstelling 'Terra incognita' in villa Kranenburgh Bergen



De tentoonstellingen van het KunstenaarCentrumBergen | KCB zijn te zien in de huidige expositie-ruimte op de eerste etage (trap) van Museum Kranenburgh.

KunstenaarsCentrumBergen | KCB
Hoflaan 26
1861 CR Bergen NH

Openingstijden:

Dagelijks 10:30 uur – 17:00 uur
maandag gesloten

Soon: ‘Kunsttafel – MIKC

Vanaf de opening op 6 september 2025 is de expositie ‘Kunsttafel – places’ te zien met kunsttafels van 30 kunstenaars, waaronder Nicole Spit – Studio Dáárheen.

Uitnodiging voor de tentoonstelling 'Kunsttafel -places' van MIKC in Hengelo met o.a Nicole Spit

De expo ‘Kunsttafel – places’ is te zien in het voormalig ‘Kijkshop gebouw’ in Hengelo, tegenover het station.

Programma opening:

Opening: Marie-José Luttikholt, Wethouder Cultuur, gemeente Hengelo
Wanneer: Za. 06 september 2025 om 16.30 uur | Inloop vanaf 16.00 uur
Optreden: Muziek, Elaine Dorlen
Waar: Start ‘Places’ v.m. Kijkshop | Spoorstraat 65, 7551 CM Hengelo (ov)
(tegenover het station) en aansluitend bezichtiging expositie in de v.m. V & D
Brink 110 (drie minuten lopen)
Kunstbuffet: ‘Nomadisch restaurant’ met optreden: Anja Kreysing (sound- and media artist)

MIKC

Kunstenaars initiatief MIKC ( zorgt voor de artistieke invulling van het Kunststation Delden , daarnaast organiseert zij grote kunst projecten op internationaal niveau.

Kunststation Delden is gelegen in de mooie groene omgeving van Delden in de Hof van Twente. Het voormalig stationsgebouw is het onderkomen geworden van Het Kunststation, een vernieuwend sociaal kunstplatform dat gerund wordt door de organisatie MIKC, kunstenaars en vrijwilligers. Het platform richt zich op actuele maatschappij kritische onderwerpen die tot uiting worden gebracht door vernieuwende kunstprojecten, indrukwekkende thema exposities en social design.

In 2017 was mijn solo, BioArt tentoonstelling te zien bij het ‘Kunststation Delden – MIKC’. En in 2019 nam ik deel aan de MIKC groeps tentoonstelling ‘Zuhause / At Home / Thuis (Z.A.T.)’ over het thuisgevoel meenemen, met mijn ‘Synthetic Memory Set’.

De komende expositie ‘Kunsttafels – places’ is te zien in Hengelo (ov)

Previous : ‘Organoids’ at Kaalstaart festival

Kaalstaart is een reizend festival voor bèta kunst, #artscience in en om een aantal historische binnenvaartschepen.

Kunstenaars reflecteren op vragen uit de wetenschap.

Bètakunst laat zich inspireren door wetenschap, techniek en natuur. Beeldende kunst, podiumkunst, onderzoek en nieuwe samenwerkingen worden aan het publiek getoond.

Ja en ik doe ook mee, met mijn ‘Organoids’ -project. ( ‘Organoids’ zijn weefselkweekmodellen voor o.a. medisch onderzoek)

Het Kaalstaart festival is alle weekenden van april 2025 te zien. (voor het volledige programma verwijs ik je naar de Kaalstaart website . https://www.kaalstaart.nl/

Dit jaar zijn we in :

AMERSFOORT | ZWOLLE | GRONINGEN | DOKKUM

Het festival is gratis. Kom ook kijken 🙂

Previous exhibition : ‘Salon van de Nieuwe Leden’ bij KCB in Bergen

For the ‘Salon of New Members’ at KunstCentrumBergen, I have selected works from my latest 2024 project: ‘Living imagination, Organoids‘.

This project is inspired by artificially cultured tissue models, known as organoids. In laboratories, these miniature organs, created from cultured cells, are used as research models that lay the foundation for breakthroughs in medical science.

More information on the special press page.

Previous: Exhibition ‘KUNST-KADO’ at KCB Bergen

Kunstwerken van Nicole Spit bij de tentoonstelling Kunst-Kado bij kunstenaarscentrumbergen

My artworks of the ‘Infiltration’ series are on show at the exhibition ‘KUNST-KADO’ at the KCB | KunstenaarCentrumBergen.

“With the exhibition Kunst – Kado (Art – Gift), a tradition from the past is being revived. This gift-themed exhibition, organized with the upcoming holiday season in mind, showcases a wide variety of relatively affordable artworks. You can take them home immediately after purchase—no need to wait until the exhibition ends.

December is almost here, the ultimate gift-giving month. The perfect time to give presents to family and friends. Many artists affiliated with the KCB are participating in this gift exhibition, offering artworks of greatly diverse styles.

For this exhibition, which called for small and affordable artworks, I selected five ‘Infiltration’ pieces. (Unique works—a rare opportunity!)

These ‘Infiltration’ works explore the convergence of the organically grown and the synthetically artificial. Beneath the raw ‘skin,’ another world emerges. This world draws attention with its screen-like appearance, achieved through lenticular techniques (multiple images embedded in a lens-like material). Viewed from different angles, the image shifts, creating an illusion of movement.

The synthetic world sometimes seeps into the organic one, which I represent with plastic tubes, metal components, and, conversely, forms that evoke growth. These elements intertwine, creating a dynamic interplay between the natural and the artificial.”

'Infiltration' kunstwerken van Nicole Spit bij KCB tentoonstelling in kunstenaarscentrumbergen bij de tentoonstelling kunst-kado

Come and take a look, and perhaps purchase one as a gift. At KunstenaarsCentrumBergen. 1st floor van Museum Kranenburgh

Openingstijden:

Dagelijks 10:30 uur – 17:00 uur
maandag gesloten
Hoflaan 26
1861 CR  Bergen NH

I will also be present on the following days:
donderdag 12 december van 10:30u – 14:00u
donderdag 19 december van 10:30u – 14:00u
donderdag   2 januari van van 10:30u – 14:00u
Feel free to drop by!

Studio Dáárheen at mycelium Exhibition ‘METEMPSYCHOSIS’ Berlin

Two artworks by Studio Dáárheen at the Sylia mycelium exhibition 'Metempsyhosis' in Berlin

Two artworks by Studio Dáárheen at the Sylia mycelium exhibition ‘Metempsyhosis’ in Berlin. The artworks contain an AR augmented reality layer with a 15 second animation, made in 3d software. ‘The Communicator’, 40 x 60cm and ‘Mycelium 02’ 30 x 40cm – 2022 – Nicole Spit

Mycelium exhibition and talk series “Metempsychosis”. The event takes place on November 1st and 2nd 2024, in Mollstr. 1, Berlin Mitte. The opening starts at 6PM.

The exhibition and talks aim at celebrating the intersection of art, design, science and ecology, and at exploring how the process of mycofabrication – using fungi as a tool for manufacturing – and multispecies design can reshape our perceptions, inspire new ways of thinking and reconnect us to the environment.

Metempsychosis, the idea of mind transmigration, serves as a metaphor for the transformative journey of creating with living mycelium, which not only serves as a medium but actively participates in the creative process.

Mycelium exhibition 'METEMPSYCHOSIS' by Sylia in Berlin

‘Digital Tree Monument’ at Open monument day

Digital Tree Monument during the Open Monument Days 2024 in Castricum

The art project ‘Digital Trees Monument’ by Nicole Spit will also be featured in the 2024 Open Monuments Days in September. (Openmonumentendag)

What is there to see?

Several scannable artworks (via the AR app ‘Artivive’) from the project will be displayed indoors at ‘Hof van Kijk-Uit’ in Castricum. Oude Schulpweg 4, Castricum.

Additionally, on both Open Monuments Days, September 14 and 15, there will be a special ‘Digital Trees Monument Walk’ at 11:00 AM. (Participation costs €10, which can be booked through the Digital Trees Monument website.) During the forest walk, Nicole will tell you all about the project, show some of the participating trees, and provide background information about the project through laminated visuals.

Join us for the walk!

The project in short

‘How could we preserve old, characteristic trees? Over the past few years, many people have felt a need for the energy of nature, forests, and trees around them. Our awareness of the value of trees is changing.

More and more trees are disappearing due to logging, forest fires, or different perspectives on nature conservation. Unfortunately, we cannot restore trees like we do with stone monuments. Perhaps we can preserve monumental trees by digitally storing them in Virtual Reality?

I have captured several characteristic old trees from the municipality of Castricum and the surrounding region by scanning and digitally converting them into 3D software.

For each tree, a digitally rendered photo print with a short digital animation layer can be viewed through a free app, where the tree plays the ‘main role’ in its digital dream world. There are also 3D printed models of the trunks of four trees, in which the seeds can be stored. In September, during the Open Monuments Days, four 2D artworks will be displayed at Hof van Kijk-Uit.

Digital Tree monument scanned with the Augmented Reality app

Using ‘Photogrammetry’ and special software, namely ‘Blender3D’, I have digitally captured the trees in 3D. They live on, so to speak, as digital monuments in a virtual dream world.

September 14th and 15th

Would you like to know more about the background of the art project? Sign up and join us at the ‘Hof van Kijk-Uit’ on September 14 or 15 and join the walk, where I will tell you all about it. (in Dutch) Maximum of 10 people per walk and space is limited!’

Sign up for the ‘Digital Tree Monument artist walk’

See you then!

Nicole

Group exhibition ‘Meeliften/hitching a ride’ at Museum Kranenburgh

On show until June 30 2024. My ‘Giant Nitrogen Nodule’ at KunstenaarsCentrumBergen in Museum Kranenburgh in Bergen Noord-Holland. I am hitching a ride with KCB member Eveline Mooibroek. From april 2024 I have become a member of the KCB KunstenaarsCentrumBergen myself.

For this exhibition, the exhibition committee had conceived a plan to give the artists affiliated with the KCB the opportunity to invite a colleague – who is not a member of the KCB – to “join in.”

The idea was to focus on young or emerging professional artists. Their works did not need to be thematically connected, and all disciplines were welcome. As a result, the exhibition is highly varied and well worth a visit.

The artists participating in “Joining In”:

Dominique Ampe (painter) + Fleur Zee | Harry Beemsterboer (photographer) + Peter van Eekelen | Wil van Blokland (ceramist) + Marianne Blijdensteijn | Eveline Braak (painter) + Emmy Beenken | Joke Burgman (painter) + Walter van Reisen | Sonja Doevendans (painter) + Rosemin Hendriks | Marianne Duif (multimedia) + Layla van der Oord | Angelique Heffelaar (ceramist) + Neely Schaap | Denise Holtkamp (drawer/painter) + André Geertse | Marinus Klap (sculptor) + Daphne Klap | Dorrit Klomp (painter) + Hilly van Eerten | Esther Koeman (mixed media) + Susan van Ham | Gerda Kruimer (drawer, sculptor) + Vincent Uilenbroek | Jawek Kwakman (digital media) + Ilse van der Woude | Eveline Mooibroek (interdisciplinary) + Nicole Spit (speculative designer) | Henk Padt (painter) + Jak Beemsterboer | Marina Rupert (painter) + Nettie Veen | Sies Vrasdonk (ceramist) + Lieselot Moed

They are presenting their work in the KCB exhibition space at Huize Kranenburgh, Cultural Estate in Bergen – address: Hoflaan 26.

Open: Tuesday to Sunday 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM.

Duo-exhibition Nicole Spit and Eveline Mooibroek in June 2024

Duo-exhibition of fine artist and speculative designer Nicole Spit and fine artist Eveline Mooibroek during the art route Castricum

Duo- exhibition ‘KOM dichterbij/ Come closer ‘ at the art route Castricum

‘”You are invited to the joint exhibition of Eveline Mooibroek and Nicole Spit.

This second edition takes place in Eveline’s studio on Pernéstraat. It promises to be another fantastic experience! You’ll see brand new works on display, and perhaps you’ll find new pieces from the collections of both artists for yourself. Their artworks reflect on society, on the human condition, and on possible futures.

Nicole Spit is an artist and speculative (future) designerhttps://art.studiodaarheen.nl/speculative-futures-amsterdam/. Speculative design imagines futures based on current technological and social developments.
A recurring theme in her work is the tension between synthetic nature, manipulated by human intervention, and biologically grown nature.

‘Eveline Mooibroek’s artwork is about our perception, about the functioning of the senses and about appearances and reality. About the feeling of not being completely at ease or at home in the world we have created. Eveline is inspired by the cultivated and manipulated environment. In her work, life is frozen and frozen in an alienating way.
We don’t immediately know what we see. Eveline makes awkward and sometimes incongruous art. Her world is one of contrasts and contradictions.

In Nicole and Eveline’s work, what we see isn’t always immediately clear, so

COME closer.”

When? : Sat 1 and Sun 2 June – 10am/5pm

Where?: Atelier of Eveline Mooibroek, Pernéstraat 31, Castricum