Marjolijn Dijkman

NEW WEBSITE Launch: December 2023

Beyond the Ruins of the Future 01.10.23–01.10.27: Candidate PhD in the Arts, LUCA - School of Arts Brussels / Leuven University, BE

From the 1st of October 2023, Marjolijn Dijkman will be part of the artistic research cluster Deep Histories Fragiles Memories as a Ph.D. candidate at LUCA - School of Arts Brussels / Leuven University under the supervision of Wendy Morris. Research of the members of dhfm engages with the recuperation of marginalised histories, with ecologies and situated enquiries, with experimental writing, listening, and the shaping of new narratives.

WaterLANDS Artistic Engagement Residency 2023-2026: Ems-Dollard Estuary, NL

The Horizon 2020 project WaterLANDS (Water-based Solutions for Carbon Storage, People, and Wilderness) has selected six artists to complete a 4-year part-time placement as part of the WaterLANDS Artistic Engagement Residency. The artists are Maria Nalbantova (Bulgaria), Elo Liiv (Estonia), Christine Mackey (Ireland), Claudio Beorchia (Italy), Marjolijn Dijkman (Netherlands), and Laura Harrington and Fiona MacDonald(Feral Practice) (United Kingdom).

Reclaiming Vision 29.09–02.12.23: Iselp, Brussels, BE

Captured through a light microscope, ‘Reclaiming Vision’ features a diverse cast of microorganisms and reveals various processes in the water that are hidden to the naked human eye. By investigating the brackish water, its inhabitants, its properties, and the traces left by human activities, the film is a reflection upon the relationship we humans have with our surroundings, especially through what we cannot see.

Magic! 09.09.23–07.01.24: Art and Museum Centre Sinkka, FI

Magic and sleight of hand have always fascinated people. The Magic! exhibition makes visitors question their eyes and wonder if they are witnessing something wondrous, or even magical. The exhibition includes works by artists such as: Christian Andersson, Gregory Barsamian, Louis De Belle, Marjolijn Dijkman, Tobias Dostal, Juhana Moisander, Juan Muñoz & Gavin Bryars, Nickolas Muray, Kalle Nio, Taneli Rautiainen, Hans Rosenström, Etienne Saglio / Monstre(s), Antoine Terrieux / Blizzard Concept.

Terra Libera - Extractivism 08.09.2023–28.01.2024: Rijksmuseum Twente, Enschede, NL

The extraction of raw materials leaves deep traces in the landscape and has consequences for people, economy and (geo)politics. With: Leon de Bruijne, Edward Burtynsky + Jennifer Baichwal + Nicholas de Pencier, Marjolijn Dijkman, Tanja Engelberts, Krištof Kintera, Knowbotiq, Esther Kokmeijer, Candice Lin, Lo-Def Film Factory, Otobong Nkanga, Naomi Rincón Gallardo en Troika.

Shifting Sceneries 26.08.23–28.01.24: 1st GIST Triennale, BE

With: Alice Vanderschoot, Anna Burvenich, Anneke Eussen, Atelier Van Lieshout, Bart Lodewijks, Elias Cafmeyer, ‍Fabian Seibert, Francesca Ferreri, Henk Visch, Honoré δ’O, Isabel Fredeus, Jan Detavernier, ‍Kaat Van Doren, Laura Nsengiyumva, Léo Fourdrinier, Lobke Meekes, Lode Laperre, Maarten Vanden Eynde, ‍Marjolijn Dijkman, Maxime Brigou, Nils Verkaeren, Peter Terrin, Renato Nicolodi, Rob Sweere, Strook, ‍Suzette Boursma, Tina Gillen, Ugo Schiavi, Willem Boel.

Permanent work at Vent des Forêts 15.07.2023: Inauguration 2023, Vent des Forêts, Lahaymeix, FR

Vent des Forêts is a contemporary outdoor art space, around thirty kilometers from Verdun, featuring over a hundred works of art created on-site by visual artists from all over the world. The ephemeral or long-lasting artworks are exposed to time and the weather and are therefore kept in place as long their condition allows. Inauguration 2023 with new works by Marjolijn Dijkman, Théophile Péris, Joana Escoval, Max Coulon, Manon Galland, Marion Pinaffo and Raphaël Pluvinage, Marguerite Li-Garrigue, Tahea Drollet and Aurélien Lepage.

On-Trade-Off @ Pre-biennial Research Residency 25 June - 12 July 2023: Manifesta 15, Barcelona, ES

Manifesta 15 Barcelona has created a new framework for social and ecological research, actions and interventions that are being established with ten research participants across Barcelona. In the pre-biennial phase, the selected participants are investigating specific thematic components in the three interconnected nodes identified by the Manifesta 15 team. The collective working within the theme of imagining the future is the transnational collective On-Trade-Off, who will be focusing on energy, post-colonialism and the past and present of the industrial Besòs area.

Tryday: Between the Lines 02.06.2023: Tryday, V2_ Lab for Unstable Media, Rotterdam, NL

This Tryday, artist Marjolijn Dijkman, composer Henry Vega, percussion instrument maker Orlando Aguilar Velazquez and electro-technician Lukas Pol will share the first robotic experiments for the film and sound installation Between the Lines (work in progress). Between the Lines will trace the monumental impact of climate change, industrialization, and the First World War in the polluted and traumatized landscapes of the ‘Zone Rouge’ in the North East of France.