POST Nijmegen
ECHO
ECHO // Notes on Deep Time
Wednesday 9 July
20.00 - 22.00, doors open 19:45
POST NIJMEGEN: Van Oldenbarneveltstraat 63A, Nijmegen
Language: Dutch
Fee: €5 –, includes one beverage
Studenten: €2,50, includes one beverage
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What stories of the past are buried in the layers of deep time? How can you read the layers of rock? And how does soil change when it suddenly becomes part of an exhibition?
Amid Simone Albers' solo exhibition The Middle Realm, we make connections between art, science, and deep time. Deep time encompasses the vast and expansive timescale of geological processes, reaching far beyond that of humans. For Albers, soil is a place where events from this deep time - including our human past - are stored. Central to her creative process is the realisation that matter, once extracted or formed, can change shape but never completely disappear.
With this premise, the speakers will take you through their reflections on the exhibition through different periods of deep time. For instance, we dive into the habitat of triceratops - a horned dinosaur - with palaeontologist Jimmy de Rooij. He works at Museum de Bastei (Nijmegen). Then Bonny Abercrombie, a member of the Landelijke Vereniging voor Geologische Activiteiten (LVGA - National Association for Geological Activities), leads us through the wonderful world of mineralogy - the science that studies minerals. In her presentation, she teaches us how to unravel the deep time of rocks. We end in the present: Bart Grob and Susanna van Grinsven from Rijksmuseum Boerhaave (Leiden) reflect on the exhibition through a short tour of some of the works in the space created by Albers.
Bart Grob
Bart Grob (NL, he/him) is a conservator at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave in Leiden. He manages collections in life sciences and medicine, with a recent focus on contemporary science. He investigates how modern scientific phenomena – such as a black hole – can be collected and exhibited. Bart studied biology and previously did historical research on cardiology at VU University Amsterdam.
Susanna van Grinsven
Susanna van Grinsven (NL, she/her) is currently finishing her master's degree in Arts & Society at Utrecht University. As part of her studies, she conducted research at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave on the interaction between art and science, applying knowledge gained from artistic research. In 2022, Susanna obtained her bachelor's degree in Fine Art from ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem. She also organises and facilitates a variety of projects in the arts and culture sector and has a penchant for numbers and the sciences.
Jimmy de Rooij
Jimmy de Rooij (NL, he/him) is a palaeontologist and collection manager at Museum de Bastei. He obtained his PhD on research into dinosaur behaviour, using a unique find of five Triceratops as a case study. Through modern research techniques, he investigates how these iconic animals lived, grew and possibly behaved socially.