Printable CV

De Geuzen is Riek Sijbring, Femke Snelting and Renee Turner

Projects, programming and exhibitions

2005
13 unknown women, installation and edition, Museum de Ghulden Roos, Roosendaal
Fresh Art, 3 works published at Rhizome Artbase
A Seance with Guy, on line chatbot project
Monument to the Now, workshop, La Cambre, Brussels

2004
Solidarity as ornament / Language as allegiance, workshop, Digitales, Antwerpen
A Seance with Guy, performance at Situationistische Kunst Bestaat Niet, Worm, Rotterdam
The dress of Mrs. Terwen de Loos, off-set print, Constant vzw, Brussels
subRational eRuptions on line exhibition curated by Ryan Griffis for Turbulence.org

2003
The body as billboard, workshop, La Cambre, Brussels
Swap Meet: an exchange of tactical traditions and the politics they represent, contribution to Next 5 Minutes conference, De Balie / on-line, Amsterdam
Looping the Hoep, virtual tour and on-line project, commisioned by SKOR/AFK, Amstelland
Fripperies and Trimmings: Meaning arises through Use, installation and series of workshops, Impakt Festival, Utrecht
Meaning arises through use, presentation/workshop, Transmedia, Brussels
Research Accessories, web-based work / downloadables

2002
Droomgenerator, design for interactive storytelling machine made in collaboration with Airplant, commissioned by SKOR, Amsterdam
Unravelling Histories, installation, Upstream Negotiations, Historisch Museum Amsterdam
unravelling-histories.org, online database made in collaboration with Michael Murtaugh
Geuzennamen.NL, Commitment, Las Palmas, Rotterdam plus web-based project

2001
Inside the archive: the politics and poetics of collecting, series of lectures and presentations featuring contributions by Gruppo A12 + Udo Noll, Inventory, Susan Yelavich and Albert Wulffers
Geuzen D.I.Y. (Instructional Manuals for Popular Use), solo exhibition, Kunstlerhaus Bremen, Germany
Utility and Service (Geuzen Uniform #1), Le Tribu dell'Arte, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
Geuzen D.I.Y. Launch of web-based project
Frivolity and Folly (Geuzen Uniform #2), Bienal de Valencia: El Mundo Nuevo, The Vices and Virtues, Valencia, Spain
D.I.Y. Uniform (Geuzen Uniform #3), E-motion, Bremen

2000
Temporary Archive, installation and repository for gathered information, Manifesta 3, Energies of Defence, Ljubljana Slovenia
The Mobile Lounge, flexible and mobile information unit designed for Tech_nicks workshops, touring project: Site Gallery Sheffield, Lux London, Time Based Arts Hull, England
Democracy, doormat designed for Royal College entrance, Royal College of Art, London, England
Public Possessions and Private Obsessions workshop and symposium, Piet Zwart Institute, Postgraduate Programme in Fine Art and Zaal de Unie, Rotterdam
Geuzen Residency Launch, London, Amsterdam
Situating Technologies, symposium accompanied by video screening, De Balie, Amsterdam

1999
Temporary Sanity: an alternative plea when considering madness and motive, video screening
(En)countering the Culture of the Norm seminar curated in collaboration with Ine Gevers
The Mediated Image: Michel de Certeau and the practice of everyday life, dinner with performative lectures
Re-writing the real: a two-day guide to use and abuse, two day interactive workshop, AKI-2, Enschede, The Netherlands
The Walk-in Reader, installation and thematic archive hosting a variety of lectures, tours, presentations and video screenings, Unlimited.NL/02, De Appel, Amsterdam. In collaboration with Lennaart van Oldenborgh and Apolonija Sustersic
Our Image is Our Own, awareness campaign in collaboration with De Rode Draad, Midnight Walkers, City Sleepers, Amsterdam

1998
All is Quiet on the Domestic Front: a look at intimacy and dwelling, seminar, Amsterdam
Watching Kluge on TV, screening and panel discussion, Amsterdam

1997
A Scenic Detour Through Commodity Culture, curation of exhibition and symposium, Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht
Society of the Spectacle, screening, Amsterdam
Public Invitations to Private Parties, (Part 1 and 2) discussion and presentation, Amsterdam / Amstelveen
From Kindergarten to Total Carnage, presentation on gaming

Lectures and Presentations:
Unravelling Histories [The Lining of forgetting, Jonctions/Verbindingen, Constant, Brussel, 2003]
Looping the hoep [Why don’t we do it in the road? symposium Lectoraat Publieke Ruimte, Amsterdam, 2003]
Presentation of practice [Rijksacademie, Amsterdam, 2003]
From Simmer to Boil [Opening Academisch jaar, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, 2003]
Meer wegen die naar Rome leiden... [Digitalis, Brussel, 2002]
More than one way to skin a cat [Design Re-Cast, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, 2002]
LookAlike Live [Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam, 2002]
Tactical Interfaces II [Critical Design Discourse, De Balie, Amsterdam, 2001]
Instructional Manuals [Kuenstlerhaus Bremen, 2001]
Artistic practices of everyday life [FBAU Porto, Portugal, 2001]
Visual Research [Ribacs, Rotterdam, 2001]
Tactical Interfaces [Re-Thinking Exhibitions, CalArts, Los Angeles, 2001]
Making it! [Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, 2000]
Social Interfacing II [Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten Ljubljana, 2000]
Social Interfacing III [Emma-Forum, HKU Utrecht, 2000]
Interfacing Publics: Social Interfacing [V2 Wiretap, 1999]
Art after Activism debate [N5M3, Amsterdam 1999]

Publications Featuring De Geuzen:
Else/Where: Mapping [Minnesota Design Institute, ed. by Jan Abrams, forthcoming]
Internet Art [Thames and Hudson, ed. by Rachel Green, 2004]
Nat Muller: an interview with De Geuzen [Rhizome, 2003]
Verbindingen / Jonctions 7 [Constant vzw, Brussel, 2004]
Territorial Invasions of the public and private [Piet Zwart Institute Rotterdam, 2002]
Oud & Nieuw [Rijksmuseumbulletin, 2002]
Nooit meer hetzelfde T-shirt! [expresZO, 2002]
Commitment [Fonds BKVB. 2002] (catalogue)
Programming [Kuenstlerhaus Bremen. 2002] (catalogue)
Paper Dolls [Lina Russel, Mute Magazine, 2001]
The 1st Valencia Biennal: Communication between the Arts [2001] (catalogue)
Proposal for sending analog messages [Archis, October 2001]
Le Tribu Dell'Arte [Galleria Communale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporana, Rome, 2001] (catalogue)
Democracy! [Royal College of Art, London, 2000] (catalogue)
Borderline syndrome: energies of defence [Manifesta 3 Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2000] (catalogue)
Blacklight [De Rode Draad, 1999]
A cut and paste interview [Jason Bowman en Renee Turner, Variant, Glasgow, Scotland, 1999]

De Geuzen Publications and Readers:
Testing The Surface [2002]
Public Possessions and Private Obsessions [2000]
Sites and Situations [1999]
All is quiet on the domestic front: a look at intimacy and dwelling, made in collaboration with Annie Toop [1998]
Public Invitations to Private Parties [1997]
Society of the Spectacle [1997]

De Geuzen received grants from the Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst [Werkbeurs 2001 and Basisbeurs 2005-2006]. In 2005 we were awarded witn the Mama Cash Aanmoedigingsprijs.