Exhibition:

The Higher Office

Lightness week 5 with Richtje Reinsma

26 May 2014
1 Jun 2014

Ex-voto's come in all different shapes and forms. As small objects of devotion and good fortune you can use them to express your wishes and desires. For yourself, or somebody you care for. No matter how big or small the wish, they always make a difference.

Artist and Writer Richtje Reinsma, invites you to visit The Higher Office and create your own personal ex-voto's.

Have a wish? Want something? Afraid, or in need of luck?
Join the exhibition.

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Ex-Voto of Richtje Reinsma - Image for her Lightness week The Higher Office Richtje Reinsma

What is an ex-voto?

An ex-voto is traditionally a text, a painting or an object to express a wish or a request to a divine entity or a higher instance.

What would they look like?

An ex-voto can be very simple, just a piece of text on a sheet of paper, expressed in any language. Or if your ex-voto concerns an extremely important or large wish, you might consider a more elaborate drawing.

For who?

An ex-voto may be devoted to yourself or to someone or something you care about. Or to the whole wide world. It can also express a feeling of gratitude.

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Geen pukkels ex-voto - Ex-voto created for The Higher Office, an exhibition by Richtje Reinsma, as part of the Lightness exhibitions. Expressing a wish for less pimples. Richtje Reinsma

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Leukaemia - Ex-Voto by Richtje Reinsma Richtje Reinsma

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Syria - Ex-Voto by Richtje Reinsma

The Paper Ensemble - Performance #9

Saturday May 31rd there will be a special performance by The Paper Ensemble. The performance, #9, is inspired by the sound of paper and created for one dancer and a gigantic sheet of paper of 100 square meters.

Starts at 16.00

Concept and composition: Jochem van Tol and Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti
Performance: Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti

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The Paper Ensemble - Retrieved from The Pare Ensemble Facebook Page

Lightness

In an age where everyone is affected by the weight of society, the overbearing fears of the economy and the heavy hand of government, 'lightness' is the way forward. Let go of the material and celebrate the ethereal with 11 weeks of 'lightness'. Each week Mediamatic invites a new artist to question the meaning of 'lightness'.

More information

Free entrance for Club Mediamatic members. Mediamatic, VOC-kade 10, Oostenburg Amsterdam. The Higher Office is open from 13.00 - 18.00. On the evening of the 'Ignite' event (28th May) and the 'Take a Stand' presentation (29th May), The Higher Office will remain open. Ex-voto beer by brewery Butcher's Tears will be available at the bar.

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Broken heart - Ex-Voto, Broken heart Richtje Reinsma

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Sponsors for Lightness - Overview of all the sponsors which made Lightness possible.

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Ex-Voto by Richtje Reinsma - Image of Richtje Reinsma and an Ex-Voto created for her Higher Office exhibition, part of Lightness.

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Ex-Voto exhibition, part of the Higher Office week by Richtje Reinsma - Ex-Voto wishes exhibited at the Higher Office week by Richtje Reinsma, part of Lightness.

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The Higher Office exhibition by Richtje Reinsma - Creating an Ex-Voto for the Higher Office exhibition by Richtje Reinsma, part of Lightness.

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Creating Ex-Votos at the Higher Office exhibition by Richtje Reinsma - Drawing Ex-Votos during the Higher Office week of Lightness by Richtje Reinsma.

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The Higher Office exhibition by Richtje Reinsma - Creating an Ex-Voto at The Higher Office exhibition b Richtje Reinsma.

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The Higher Office exhibition by Richtje Reinsma - The Higher Office week by Richtje Reinsma, part of Lightness exhibitions.

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Ex-Voto exhibition by Richtje Reinsma - Ex-Voto exhibition at the Higher Office week by Richtje Reinsma, part of Lightness.

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Creating an Ex-Voto at the The Higher Office exhibition by Richtje Reinsma - Drawing an Ex-Voto for The Higher Office exhibition by Richtje Reinsma, as part of Lightness.

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Ex-Voto workshop at The Higher Office exhibition by Richtje Reinsma - Creating Ex-Votos at the Higher Office week by Richtje Reinsma, part of the Lightness exhibitions.

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Creating an Ex-Voto for The Higher Office exhibition by Richtje Reinsma - Drawing an Ex-Voto for The Higher Office exhibition by Richtje Reinsma, as part of Lightness.