Klaske Oenema is a visual artist and writer. With image, language ánd music, she makes poetic performances and video works in which the voice plays an important role. Central in her work is the question how we give meaning to things, and how meaning is lost. By showing this process in an open, inquisitive manner, she invites the viewer to become aware of their own process of creating meaning.
Her work has been shown on various stages and venues, a.o. Lowlands, De Appel, Centraal Museum Utrecht and art festival Watou. Literary magazines De Gids and Papieren Helden have published stories.
Agenda
4th April 2024: Performance at Slauerhoff-event i.s.m. Uitgeverij het Moet & Feest der Poezie. Location: Ten Club, Nes 116 Amsterdam. Start op program: 20:00.
More info & tickets
23-26th May 2024: text contribution to Een vogel brak de stilte, exhibit by Marit Dik at WG Kunst, Amsterdam. More info to come.
At the moment
I am working on a new album.
Also, I am working on a performance, Ontvouwen en verdwijnen (unfolding and disappearing), in collaboration with Popfabryk, and with the kind support of the province of Fryslân. In the autumn of 2024 we except to present the pilot. Together with musicians Martine Rademakers, Janke Brands and Welmoed Wijma.
In the past
24-25 April: Archipel. Project by publishing house Het Moet, about poet Slauerhoff
20 May: performance at Kunstgarage Franx, Zoetermeer. At opening of show by Anna J. van Stuijvenberg
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Boven mijn hoofd / Above my head
Installation & performances in the Loppersum mill for festival Terug naar het Begin 2022.
photo: Reyer Boxem
For a collaboration project between artists and Dominicans, I made a video work with Suzanna Louwerse, who works for the Salvation Army. View the work here
Comedian Janneke de Bijl asked me to create images for her second show called Dit is het nou.
De show had its premiere on November 16th in De Kleine Komedie. Janneke will be performing the show until 2023. Check out her playlist.
photo: Anne van Zantwijk