BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:22557@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:URBAN SPRAWL DTSTAMP:20260520T214432Z DTSTART:20260521T150000Z DTEND:20260521T180000Z DESCRIPTION:Line up: Participating artists: Lucy Cohen Gus Colwell Hugo Hal l Grace Li Vivian\nNguyen\nOpen: 17:00 - 20:00 hrs\nTickets: € Free\n\nThe exhibition Urban Sprawl showcases the final projects from students enroll ed\nin the course Experimental Media and the Internet in Contemporary Art. Each\npiece from the 5 artists represents a culmination of a semester's w orth of\nresearch\, creation\, and self-reflection. The exhibition serves as an open\nplatform\, inviting the public to interact with their work.\n\ nLucy Cohen\n\nThis work explores how humans create comfort in spaces outs ide of their homes.\nSomething as simple as a shared kitchen can become th e space where relationships\nare formed and grow. During my time in Amster dam\, a place of impact has not only\nbeen the beautiful city in which we live\, but also the kitchen where I cook my\nmeals with my friends\, which has\, over time\, become a significant part of my\nabroad experience. My art will depict our dinner table\, the same cups and\ncutlery\, and the pl ate will show a collage of photos that I have taken over the\npast four mo nths.\n\nBio:\n\nLucy Cohen (b. 2005\, USA) is a student studying Governme nt at Colby College.\nThis is her first time creating an artwork that goes beyond simple sketches and\nphotos. She is inspired by her grandmother\, a photographer who has captured\nrelationships through her images. Her wor k aims to communicate how community is\nfostered through shared spaces and experiences.\n\nGus Colwell\n\nThis project explores the transformation o f digital sketches into physical\nsculptures. Using original creature-like drawings\, I create small air-dry clay\nsculptures that highlight how for m\, texture\, and scale change between digital\nand physical mediums. Each sculpture is paired with its original sketch to show\nthe progression fro m concept to object.\n\nBio:\n\nGus Colwell (b\, 2004\, USA) is a multidis ciplinary artist and psychology student\nwhose work explores creativity\, transformation\, and visual storytelling. Working\nacross digital and scul ptural media\, his art focuses on the relationship between\nimagination an d physical form\, often using playful and experimental designs to\nexamine how ideas evolve through different materials and processes.\n\nHugo Hall\ n\nStatement: My work explores memory and physical space. I am interested in how\nthe changes of spatial elements that are central to someone’s memo ry of a space\ncan tell a story. Using objects from second-hand stores\, I arrange them in such\na way that the varying shapes\, sizes\, and materia ls help exaggerate and reflect\ntheir magnitude of significance\, while co nveying a sense of directionality.\nAdditional materials\, colors\, and de tails were added to balance the exaggerated\nnature with specificity.\n\nB io:\n\nHugo Hall (b. 2005\, USA)\, is a student of biology and environment al science.\nThis is his first sculptural work as his focus is on nature a nd landscapes. His\nfather\, an Architect specializing in scenic design\, inspired him to create a\npiece that encourages thought about the stories told by changes in spatial\nmemory elements.\n\nGrace Li - 25 euros (?)\n\ nStatement: My work aims to bring childhood nostalgia and joy to life by c reating\nart that connects beloved childhood characters and stories from a round the\nworld—stories I loved as a child and continue to cherish today. Out of a desire\nto share this joy with others\, I work across a variety of media\, including clay\,\nwood\, paint\, and cardboard\, to create play ful scenes in which these characters\ncome together in harmony and wonder. Through my art\, I hope viewers recognize\nthat\, even across cultures an d continents\, children’s stories all share an\nimportant desire to inspir e hope\, teach kindness\, and foster unity.\n\nBio:\n\nGrace Li (b. 2005\, USA) is a Chinese-American student of kinesiology and human\nanatomy and physiology. Since childhood\, she has been drawn to cute characters\nand v ibrant aesthetics\, filling her life with whimsical decorations and adorni ng\nher belongings with them. She wants to remind her audiences of the chi ldlike\nwonder they often forget as the years go by and life’s growing res ponsibilities\nbegin to weigh them down.\n\nVivian Nguyen\n\nStatement: My work represents a traditional Vietnamese Lunar New Year household\ncelebr ation\, with a depiction of several traditional Viet materials (altar\,\ni ncense holder and flower pots with traditional patterns\, cards-playing\nm attress\, traditional wooden furniture\, Lunar New Year decorations\, and several\nVietnamese Lunar New Year food). Illustrated through a miniature model\, I used\nmixed materials in the process of creating this art\, incl uding clay\, cardboard\,\npaper\, printed media\, wooden sticks\, cloths\, and spray paints. Lunar New Year is\namong one of the most important trad itions for every Vietnamese\, which treasures\nfamily gatherings\, gratitu de\, and reunion. Being nearly 4 years away from home\,\nI have not been a ble to stay close to my family\, missing out all the memories\,\nevents an d especially the sense of home\, which is the main reason why I chose to\n work on this art. This art not only represents my origin\, but also aims t o\nintroduce and promote a historical and cultural heritage that every Vie tnamese\nis proud of.\n\nBio:\n\nVan (Vivian) Nguyen (b. 2005\, Vietnam) i s a Vietnamese student studying\nCommunications\, Business Analytics and M edia Arts in the United States. Being\nthe first generation who has a chan ce to go out and explore the world\, she has\nalways been told to value ev ery experience\, moment and to take any possible\nopportunity. She is also the first member of the family who follows a different\npath in Media Art s and Visual Design\, which challenges her ambitions\, creativity\nand wil lingness to take risks. Her focus on Arts mainly about graphic design\,\np hotography\, and videography\, with a huge ambition to recapture the real world\ninto her own perception. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/urban-sprawl GEO:52.3601403;4.8656923 LOCATION:OT301 - Overtoom 301\, 1054 HW Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-west,community,dinner,exhibition,experimental,food,liv e,sculpture,stories,storytelling,vondelparkbuurt X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Line up: Participating artist s: Lucy Cohen Gus Colwell Hugo Hall Grace Li Vivian Nguyen
Ope n: 17:00 - 20:00 hrs
Tickets: € Free

The exhibition Urban Sprawl showcases the final projects from students enrolle d in the course Experimental Media and the Internet in Contemporary Art. E ach piece from the 5 artists represents a culmination of a semester's wort h of research, creation, and self-reflection. The exhibition serves as an open platform, inviting the public to interact with their work.

Luc y Cohen

This work explores how humans create comfort in spaces outs ide of their homes. Something as simple as a shared kitchen can become the space where relationships are formed and grow. During my time in Amsterda m, a place of impact has not only been the beautiful city in which we live , but also the kitchen where I cook my meals with my friends, which has, o ver time, become a significant part of my abroad experience. My art will d epict our dinner table, the same cups and cutlery, and the plate will show a collage of photos that I have taken over the past four months.

Bio:

Lucy Cohen (b. 2005, USA) is a student studying Government at Colby College. This is her first time creating an artwork that goes beyon d simple sketches and photos. She is inspired by her grandmother, a photog rapher who has captured relationships through her images. Her work aims to communicate how community is fostered through shared spaces and experienc es.

Gus Colwell

This project explores the transformation of digital sketches into physical sculptures. Using original creature-like d rawings, I create small air-dry clay sculptures that highlight how form, t exture, and scale change between digital and physical mediums. Each sculpt ure is paired with its original sketch to show the progression from concep t to object.

Bio:

Gus Colwell (b, 2004, USA) is a multidisci plinary artist and psychology student whose work explores creativity, tran sformation, and visual storytelling. Working across digital and sculptural media, his art focuses on the relationship between imagination and physic al form, often using playful and experimental designs to examine how ideas evolve through different materials and processes.

Hugo Hall

Statement: My work explores memory and physical space. I am interested in how the changes of spatial elements that are central to someone’s memory of a space can tell a story. Using objects from second-hand stores, I arra nge them in such a way that the varying shapes, sizes, and materials help exaggerate and reflect their magnitude of significance, while conveying a sense of directionality. Additional materials, colors, and details were ad ded to balance the exaggerated nature with specificity.

Bio:

< p>Hugo Hall (b. 2005, USA), is a student of biology and environmental scie nce. This is his first sculptural work as his focus is on nature and lands capes. His father, an Architect specializing in scenic design, inspired hi m to create a piece that encourages thought about the stories told by chan ges in spatial memory elements.

Grace Li - 25 euros (?)

Sta tement: My work aims to bring childhood nostalgia and joy to life by creat ing art that connects beloved childhood characters and stories from around the world—stories I loved as a child and continue to cherish today. Out o f a desire to share this joy with others, I work across a variety of media , including clay, wood, paint, and cardboard, to create playful scenes in which these characters come together in harmony and wonder. Through my art , I hope viewers recognize that, even across cultures and continents, chil dren’s stories all share an important desire to inspire hope, teach kindne ss, and foster unity.

Bio:

Grace Li (b. 2005, USA) is a Chi nese-American student of kinesiology and human anatomy and physiology. Sin ce childhood, she has been drawn to cute characters and vibrant aesthetics , filling her life with whimsical decorations and adorning her belongings with them. She wants to remind her audiences of the childlike wonder they often forget as the years go by and life’s growing responsibilities begin to weigh them down.

Vivian Nguyen

Statement: My work represe nts a traditional Vietnamese Lunar New Year household celebration, with a depiction of several traditional Viet materials (altar, incense holder and flower pots with traditional patterns, cards-playing mattress, traditiona l wooden furniture, Lunar New Year decorations, and several Vietnamese Lun ar New Year food). Illustrated through a miniature model, I used mixed mat erials in the process of creating this art, including clay, cardboard, pap er, printed media, wooden sticks, cloths, and spray paints. Lunar New Year is among one of the most important traditions for every Vietnamese, which treasures family gatherings, gratitude, and reunion. Being nearly 4 years away from home, I have not been able to stay close to my family, missing out all the memories, events and especially the sense of home, which is th e main reason why I chose to work on this art. This art not only represent s my origin, but also aims to introduce and promote a historical and cultu ral heritage that every Vietnamese is proud of.

Bio:

Van (V ivian) Nguyen (b. 2005, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese student studying Communic ations, Business Analytics and Media Arts in the United States. Being the first generation who has a chance to go out and explore the world, she has always been told to value every experience, moment and to take any possib le opportunity. She is also the first member of the family who follows a d ifferent path in Media Arts and Visual Design, which challenges her ambiti ons, creativity and willingness to take risks. Her focus on Arts mainly ab out graphic design, photography, and videography, with a huge ambition to recapture the real world into her own perception.

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