Part of the puntWG Open Call Series

atelierWG Foundation is offering artists the opportunity to present new projects at puntWG. This initiative serves as a platform to stimulate dialogue between artists and their work, and as a meeting place for communities to share ideas and knowledge. 

For our 2025 open call puntWG is exploring a new way of working by experimenting with a new kind of open call! Artists will be selected based on their portfolio and interest in presenting work through collaboration and interaction with other artists and the public. 

We ask you to send in a portfolio and artist statement/bio to get an idea of who you are and what your work is about in hope to find an interesting match with another artist(s)! These will mainly be duo’s, but may extend beyond that too. We are looking for artists who want to explore an experimental and collaborative way of working together. 

Selected artists get access to PuntWG for one month, and can explore how they want to use the space during this time (use it as a working space with presentation moments/public program, prepare the exhibition before and use puntWG as an exhibition space only, etc), as long as there a public presentation during this time. 

Support: 

The organisation of both puntWG and Foundation atelierWG almost fully depends on volunteers. While we provide the use of the space, basic equipment and professional photo documentation, selected artists are responsible for the installation and deinstallation of their shows, as well as invigilation. All exhibitions and side programmes will be shared on our website and Instagram page. To further aid the realisation of each exhibition, puntWG will issue successful applicants with acceptance letters for external funding applications.

You can find the puntWG floor plan HERE.

Application guidelines: 

Please send ONE pdf (max 10 mb) which includes the following documents in your email submission. (Please do not include text in the body of your email as part of your application):

• Full name, date and place of birth, postal address, phone number, e-mail and website

• CV, max two A4 pages

• An artist statement and short bio (max. 250 words) 
  
  
• A short motivation for showing work at puntWG in a collaborative format (max. 100 words)
  
  
• A maximum of ten supporting images or links to moving image, sound, or performance pieces, (max. 5 mins each) for each participating artist. Please do not send website links.
   
• Indicate your preferred months for the exhibition and the times when you are not available. The more accurate you are, the better we can organise the calendar.

Proposals to be emailed to opencall@atelierwg.nl

The submission deadline is October 20th 2024 by midnight (23:59 CET)

All applicants will be notified before November 30th 2024.

For general information and questions regarding puntWG, contact: opencall@atelierwg.nl 

Organisation and programming of puntWG: Nina Harra, Julia Dahee Hong, Susan Kooi, Lily Lanfermeijer and Smári Róbertsson. For this open call they will be the matchmakers.

About

Following the relocation of the hospital Wilhelmina Gasthuis in 1984, now the AMC – Academic Medical Center – artists, small business owners and residents have shaped and preserved the unique character and special site of WG in Amsterdam. Today a large number of artists are living and working on the grounds, including those who are part of atelierWG (in Pavilions 18 and 19).

Established in 1989, AtelierWG Foundation houses 120 artists studios as well as initiating projects in the fields of art and culture, including international exchanges and Open Studio routes.

In 2006, puntWG was created as an interdisciplinary exhibition space and platform for the arts, with a lively program of exhibitions, performances, concerts, lectures and discussions with the aim of initiating an open and broad discourse between artists and the public. PuntWG was initiated by the artists of atelierWG, who finance the space and organise its programming.

airWG, an artist-in-residence, opened in September 2015, hosting a guest studio for national and international artists with an emphasis on research and collaboration.

Exhibition opening times: 30 September - 20 October 2024, 14:00-17:00

The WG-studios celebrate their 40th Anniversary of existence in September - October with an array of celebrations. For 40 years the WG-premises has been a green oasis for the arts in the Centre of Amsterdam with studios, homes and little companies and organisations.

WG-PREMISES Anniversary Celebration Group Exhibition 

See the works of more than 80 WG-Artists, daily from 30 September - 20 October 2024, 14:00-17:00 in puntWG.

Since its founding in 1984, dozens of artists have been working on the WG site. They usually do this in the privacy of their studio, but now, on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the site, the work of many of them is brought together for one time in a special exhibition in the PuntWG exhibition space. From September 28 to October 6, WG Veertig will feature work by around eighty WG artists - one work by each artist, maximum A3 format. An exhibition as one big gathering of all the energy that normally swirls around invisibly at the WG, but is now, for once, coming out in a powerful and concentrated manner.

Opening hours:
Daily from Monday 30 September - 20 October, 14:00 - 17:00 (extended)

Past Events:
Open Ateliers Weekend - 28 - 29 September 2024

More than 60 WG-artists will open their ateliers in the afternoon from 12:00- 17:00.
In the WG-Pavilions 18, 19 and in WG-Pavilions 1 and 2.

In Amsterdam Oud-West, you will find one of the most beautiful living and working areas in the Netherlands. For forty years, the former hospital buildings of the old Wilhelmina Gasthuis have formed a green oasis for the arts in the heart of Amsterdam, home to studios, residences, small businesses, civil society organizations, and associations. Pavilions 1 and 2 together make up the Housing and Work Association WG-terrein. These pavilions consist of around 80 residential and 35 work units, accommodating civil society organizations, artists, and start-up small businesses.

Pavilions 18 and 19, once the women’s clinic and ophthalmology clinic, now house 120 artists’ studios that together form AtelierWG. During the Open Studios event on the 28th and 29th of September, more than 80 artists will open their studios to the public.

Everyone is welcome to stop by! Located at WG-Plein, opposite number 80. Pick up a map to guide your visit.

Neighbours' Day - 28 September 2024

On Saturday, 28 September 2024, the pavilions at the WG-terrain will come together to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the WG-premises. A big celebration will be organized for all residents, artists, and local community members. The activities are open to the public from 12:00 to 17:00 during National Neighbors’ Day on Saturday, 28 September.

Programme:
* Open Studio Route in Pavilions 18 and 19
* Exhibition at WG Kunst (Pavilion 1): ‘MYLO’S MUSEUM – about art and color’
* Ongoing Cyanotype Workshop (blueprint) for children and adults
* Screen printing for adults and children with Zeefdrukmakers
* Children’s activities for the little ones at Nursery Willemientje
* Ongoing film screening of Human Nature Films, about the history and origins of the WG-premises
* Carpentry workshop for children (outdoors)
* A green and historical walk around the terrain
* Live music performances on the Ketelhuisplein stage
* Cake and coffee will be served.

All local residents are warmly welcome! Near WG-Pavilion 1 and 2 on the WG-PREMISES.

Two-day Film Festival - 24 and 25 september LAB 111

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Wilhelmina Gasthuis in its current form, we invite you to a two-day Film Festival on 24 and 25 September, showcasing a selection of films by artists/filmmakers/producers from atelierWG and LAB111. 

The film festival follows the theme ‘Time’, inspired by the quote of Margaret Atwood “Time is not a thing that passes ... it's a sea on which you float.” (The Year of the Flood, 2009).

Tickets & info here.

A performance By Nicoline in IICD - 20 September

Seven Scenes for the Black Box - Nicoline van Harskamp met Ebony Wilson, Cézanne Tegelberg, Lidewij Mahler en Rosita Segers.

"If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution are happy to invite you to attend the tryout of Nicoline van Harskamp’s Seven Scenes for the Black Box. In this performance, van Harskamp speculates on the ways in which the technology of synthetic speech is rooted in the technology of acting. The short scenes in this try-out are played by four humans and one neural network named Prosodia. 

We invite audiences to attend the performance and give their feedback, supporting the artist in developing future editions of the work. You are very welcome to take part in the moderated feedback session that starts shortly after the performance." The tryout by Nicoline van Harskamp, who is our housemate within the Wilhelmina Gasthuis studio complex, coincides with the 40th anniversary of AtelierWG.
Doors open: 19.00
Tryout: 19.30-20.30
Feedback session: 20.45 – 21.30
Tickets: €7,50 & €5 (student), free for housemates of AtelierWG. Send an email to mvdb@ificantdance.org to reserve.

If I Can’t Dance is structurally supported by the Mondriaan Fonds and AFK. Seven Scenes for the Black Box is supported by the Creative Industries Fund NL and the Pauwhof Fund. 

Key Addresses:

• puntWG routemap - Entrance to the central exhibition in puntWG, WG-Plein: opposite to no. 80, 1054 DM Amsterdam, easy to reach with public transport. Parking WG-plein is near: via Overtoom, Eerste Constantijn Huygenstraat.

• WG-Pavillion 18, (WG18) Marius van Bouwdijk Bastiaansestraat  1 t/m 187, 1054 RV Amsterdam

• WG-Pavillion 19, (WG19) WG-Plein 1 t/m 78, Ingang A, 1054 RA Amsterdam

• WG-Pavillion 1, Marius van Bouwdijk Bastiaansestraat (MBvB-WG1)/ Pesthuislaan 1-77 e.o.

• WG-Kunst, Marius van Bouwdijk Bastiaansestraat 28 (MBvB-WG1), 1054 SP Amsterdam

• WG-Pavillion 2, (WG2) Pesthuislaan 2- 98 e.o. 
  
  
• Cinema LAB111, Arie Biemondstraat 111, Amsterdam (former lab of the former Wilhelmina Hospital)
  
  
• IICD, WG Plein 881.

Contacts

Contact Open Atelier Team Huurdersvereniging WG: openatelierswg@gmail.com

Contact puntWG projectteam atelierWG Series: atelierWG@puntwg.nl

Contact Filmfestival Chair Huurdersvereniging WG: voorzittervereniging@atelierwg.nl

Photo: Studio Harm van den Berg

WG-Premises 40th anniversary celebration in 2024 - Finissage: Sunday 20 October 5 p.m. 

On Sunday 20 October from 2 - 5 p.m. we host the finissage event of our 40th anniversary exhibition and celebrations. The exhibition remains open daily between 2 - 5 p.m. and then on Sunday afternoon, some artists ateliers will open their doors on request.

In puntWG you can pick up a map with the buildings of this former WG-hospital territory, with names and ateliers. Access is free. 

40 years a green oasis for the arts in the centre of Amsterdam

Since its founding in 1984, dozens of artists have been working on the WG site. They usually do this in the privacy of their studio, but now, on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the site, the work of many of them is brought together for one time in a special exhibition in the puntWG exhibition space. From September 28 to October 20, WG Veertig will feature work by around eighty WG artists - one work by each artist, maximum A3 format. An exhibition as one big gathering of all the energy that normally swirls around invisibly at the WG, but is now, for once, comes out in a powerful and concentrated manner.

During this Jubilee year WG40 a special exhibition and lectures will be organised now and then in puntWG. You can look on the website for the latest news and updates.

puntWG routemap: 

Entry to the Central Jubilee Exhibition is at: puntWG, Marius van Bouwdijk Bastiaansestraat 15, 1054 RS Amsterdam. It is easy to reach with public transport, simply walk to WG Plein t/o nr 80, near to the Children's playground, 1054 DM Amsterdam, near Vondelpark and Overtoom.

To find the car park WG-plein please follow Overtoom, to the Helmersbuurt, to the end of the 2e Constantyn Huygensstraat.

History of the WG-terrein (in Dutch)

Team atelierWG Series - puntWG

Photo credits: Studio Harm van den Berg

Part of the atelierWG series

To me, printing is an ecstatic experience. The same goes for designing printed matter, designing typefaces included. Yet, to keep elegance and technique balanced isn't as easy as one would think. 

The history is really something. It comprised a development from organic ‘wooden types’ until a typeface containing 3,500 characters pro weight, just for a general appearance of harmony, even in case several foreign types (such as Greek types) are used next to the Latin type. 

Working with other printing techniques, notably lithography, was a recent addition, leading to over 4,000 printings for a piece of writing, De paradijsvogel. I wrote and published its basic text in 2006, but illustrated it now including an afterword as a litho. It renewed the experience that colours depend on the technique used. It turns everything upside down again. 

It's but one way to experience life. 

Loek Schonbeck. 

Opening Times
Saturday afternoon 26 October 2024 - Sunday afternoon 3 November 2024.
Wednesday - Sunday 1–6 p.m.

Exhibition Closing Event
Sunday 3 November 2024, 5 p.m.

Lecture
Sunday 3 November 2024, 8 p.m.

The exhibition is open each day 2-7pm.

Part of the airWG series

A man stops. Closes his eyes. He covers his ears with the index fingers of both hands. He tilts his head upwards and makes a sharp, muffled noise. 

His body contracts at the same time, raising his right foot. The gesture looks like the beginning of a ritual but does not continue. It lasts six seconds. The spasm goes through his brain, his shoulders, his chest, the muscles of his arms and forearms, his stomach, his pelvis, his thighs and his calves. He shows no communication and continues his way.
(Pau Masclans, 2024)

Pau Masclans presents scenarios where reality and abstraction friction and make space vibrate. His work is based on the manipulation of the physical through twists and turns that lead to unstable results rubbing with everyday life. 

During his residency at airWG, September - December 2024, the Barcelona-born artist will present at puntWG the open corpus of work KRAMP EN KRIMP (2024). 

Generously supported by Fundació R. Amigó Cuyàs / BBAA, Universitat de Barcelona.

Photography by Ilya Rabinovic