{"id":15492,"title":"INBOX: Leo Reijnders — The Cloudknitter","date_begin":"2025-03-28T00:00:00.000+01:00","date_end":"2025-04-20T00:00:00.000+02:00","location":{"readable":"Antwerp","latitude":null,"longitude":null},"assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/094/121/large/campagnebeeld.jpg?1742828908","poster_credits":"© Leo Reinders"},"translations":[{"locale":"en","name":"INBOX: Leo Reijnders — The Cloudknitter","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify;\"\u003eLeo Reijnders’ ever-expanding artistic practice encompasses not only drawing, painting, and animation but also performance, curating, and radio-making. The artistic strategies he employs and the deliberately ambiguous positions he adopts as an artist challenge the conventions of the art world, navigating the boundaries between inside and outside, centre and fringe.\u003cbr\u003eA good example is his pseudonym. De Wolkenbreier [The Cloudknitter] is the title of a painting on a musician friend's garage door. Reijnders adopted it for his radio programme, making himself a character within his own work. He is also the curator who, in passing, uses the exhibition of his own work as an opportunity to organise a music and performance festival in St Petersburg. The dedicated radio producer who guides his guests in creating a live mental self-portrait. The animator who invited dozens of musicians and bands to compose a soundtrack for one of his animations, thereby creating an international digital festival. And the performer who seeks to collaborate with musicians to interpret the sound of the city as if it were a giant vinyl record. One constant always remains: positions shift, roles dissolve.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify;\"\u003eBut at the heart of Reijnders’ practice lies the ever-expanding, fantastical world of drawings and paintings. Former M HKA director Flor Bex once remarked: \"\u003ci\u003eLeo Reijnders conveys a complex world full of ideas through his imagery. A world that emerges in small diary drawings and notes.\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA world of nature, humans, and animals—yet placed in imagination-rich settings. Strange scenes unfold in water, on land, in the sky, and across the cosmos. [...] Leo Reijnders’ oeuvre is filled with imagination, and with a fine sense of humour, he draws our attention to human behaviour and perspectives.”\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify;\"\u003eIn Reijnders’ work, humans, monsters, and animals share the same habitat. Within this joyful chaos, existential questions emerge: Where do we come from? Where are we going? And what on earth are we supposed to do in the meantime? The viewer becomes entangled in the colourful web of associations and imagination that he meticulously weaves onto canvas or paper. After all, isn't getting lost infinitely more interesting than following the beaten path?\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","name":"INBOX: Leo Reijnders — De Wolkenbreier","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe steeds breder uitwaaierende kunstpraktijk van Leo Reijnders omvat naast tekenen, schilderen en animeren ook performen, cureren en radio maken. De artistieke strategieën die hij inzet en de bewust ambigue posities die hij als kunstenaar inneemt, spelen met de conventies van de kunstwereld, met binnen en buiten, met centrum en marge. Een goed voorbeeld is zijn pseudoniem. \u003ci\u003eDe Wolkenbreier\u003c/i\u003e is de titel van een schilderij op de garagepoort van een bevriende muzikant. Reijnders nam deze over voor zijn radioprogramma, en werd hierdoor zelf een figuur uit zijn eigen werk. Hij is ook de curator die van het tentoonstellen van zijn eigen werk en-passant gebruikt maak om een muziek en performance festival te organiseren in Sint-Petersburg. De gedreven radiomaker die zijn gasten begeleidt om live een mentaal zelfportret neer te zetten. De animator die tientallen muzikanten en bands uitnodigde om de soundtrack van één van zijn animaties te voorzien om zo een internationaal, digitaal festival te creëren. En de performer die samen met muzikanten de klank van de stad wil aflezen als was deze een gigantische pick-up plaat. Slecht één constante: posities verwisselen, rollen vervagen.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaar de kern Reijnders’ praktijk is de steeds groeiende fantastische wereld van tekeningen en schilderijen. Voormalig directeur van het M HKA Flor Bex liet hierover het volgende optekenen: \u003ci\u003e“Leo Reijnders verbeeldt met een complexe wereld vol ideeën. Een wereld die verschijnt in kleine dagboektekeningen en notities. Een wereld over natuur, mens en dier, maar dan in verbeelding rijke situaties. Bevreemdende taferelen van leven in het water, op de aarde, in de lucht en in de kosmos. […] Het oeuvre van Leo Reijnders zit vol verbeelding en met een fijne humor wijst hij ons op menselijke gedragingen en zienswijzen.”\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003eIn het werk van Reijnders delen mensen, monsters en dieren dezelfde leefwereld. Binnen deze vrolijk chaos komen existentiële vragen bovendrijven: Waar komen we vandaan? Waar gaan we heen? En wat kunnen we hier in godsnaam uitvreten in de tussentijd? De toeschouwer raakt verstrikt in het kleurrijke web van associaties en verbeelding dat hij zorgvuldig weeft op doek of papier. Want is verdwalen niet onnoemelijk veel interessanter dan een wandeling op het geijkte pad?\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","name":"INBOX: Leo Reijnders — Le tisseur de nuages","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eLa pratique artistique de Leo\u0026nbsp;Reijnders, qui ne cesse de s’étendre, englobe à ce jour, outre le dessin, la peinture et l’animation, la performance, le commissariat d’expositions et la création radiophonique. Les stratégies artistiques qu’il déploie et les positions sciemment ambiguës qu’il prend en sa qualité d’artiste jouent avec les conventions du monde de l’art, avec l’intérieur et l’extérieur, avec le centre et la marge. Son pseudonyme en est un bon exemple\u0026nbsp;: \u003ci\u003eDe Wolkenbreier\u003c/i\u003e [Le Tisseur de Nuages] est le titre d’une peinture réalisée sur la porte de garage d’un ami musicien. Un titre que Reijnders a repris pour son émission de radio, devenant ainsi un personnage de son propre travail. Il est aussi le commissaire qui s’est servi en passant d’une exposition de son travail pour organiser un festival de musique et de performance à Saint-Pétersbourg, ainsi que le producteur enflammé de radio qui guide ses invité·es vers la réalisation en direct d’un autoportrait mental, en plus d’être l’animateur qui a fait appel à des dizaines de musicien·nes et de groupes pour créer la bande sonore de l’une de ses animations afin de lancer un festival numérique international et le performeur qui souhaite lire, au côté de musicien·nes, le son de la ville comme s’il s’agissait d’un disque vinyle géant. Une seule constante\u0026nbsp;: des positions qui changent, des rôles qui s’estompent.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMais l’essentiel de la pratique de Reijnders se situe dans l’univers fantastique et sans cesse croissant de ses dessins et tableaux. Flor\u0026nbsp;Bex, l’ancien directeur du M\u0026nbsp;HKA, a déclaré à ce sujet\u0026nbsp;: «\u0026nbsp;Leo\u0026nbsp;Reijnders représente un monde complexe et débordant d’idées, un monde qui apparaît dans de petits croquis et des notes dans des carnets et autres journaux intimes. Un monde qui traite de la nature, des humains et des animaux, mais dans des situations riches en fantaisie. Des scènes étranges de la vie aquatique, terrestre, céleste et cosmique. […] L’œuvre de Leo\u0026nbsp;Reijnders regorge d’imagination et, avec un sens de l’humour raffiné, l’artiste nous renvoie à nos comportements et à nos points de vue d’êtres humains.\u0026nbsp;»\u003cbr\u003eDans l’œuvre de Reijnders, humains, monstres et animaux partagent le même univers. Dans ce joyeux chaos, des questions existentielles font surface\u0026nbsp;: d’où venons-nous\u0026nbsp;? Où allons-nous\u0026nbsp;? Et que diable pouvons-nous fabriquer ici en attendant\u0026nbsp;? Les spectateur·rices s’empêtrent dans la toile colorée d’associations et de fantaisie qu’il tisse soigneusement sur la toile ou sur le papier. Car, après tout, n’est-ce pas infiniment plus intéressant de s’égarer que de se promener sur les sentiers battus\u0026nbsp;?\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"ru","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[],"items":[{"id":36671,"title":"The Return of the Lam Gods","date_begin":"2024-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/094/166/large/2025_INBOX_Wolkenbreier_TEN_F012.jpeg?1743174565","poster_credits":"©Leo Reijnders","actors":""},{"id":36672,"title":"Lam Gods Kaas","date_begin":"2025-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/094/142/large/IMG_0008.jpeg?1743089663","poster_credits":"©Leo Reinders","actors":""},{"id":36673,"title":"Lam 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