Ine Gevers (born 1960 in

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) is a Dutch curator of contemporary art, writer and activist. Gevers is known for large themed exhibitions in which she (often with others) explores the relationships between technology, power and identity. She has been called ''one of The Netherlands' most radical curators.''

Education

Gevers studied art history and philosophy at

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and graduated with a study on

Modernism Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...

in Europe, which resulted in the exhibition ''Janus de Winter, de schilder mysticus'' at the

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and a publication of the same name. She worked as assistant-curator at the

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Eindhoven and then went to

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, directing the exhibition space ''the Aleph'' and preparing the grounds for the

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. From 1988 to 2000 she was head of ''Department Studium Generale'' at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, where she curated several internationally acknowledged exhibitions and symposia such as ''Place Position Presentation Public'' in 1992.

Work

In 1994 she curated the art exhibition ''I + The Other, Art and the Human Condition'' (Dutch: Ik + de ander), together with Hester Alberdingk Thijm and assistant curator Jeanne van Heeswijk. As founding director of the ''De Center, center of neuro diverse cultures'', she organised ''Encountering the Culture of the Norm'', a multi-visual seminar in collaboration with Martijn Dekker and Gunilla Gerland. With ''Stichting De Geuzen'' Amsterdam she realized with ''Temporary Sanity'' an alternative plea when considering madness and motive. For ''Stichting Interart'' she wrote the manifest ''Artists with Agenda’s'' and lectured on ''Diaspora Consciousness''. In 2007 she became the founding Director of the ''

Niet Normaal Int Niet Normaal INT (NNI) is a Netherlands, Dutch foundation that creates large exhibitions on the topics of art and technology, founded by curator and activist Ine Gevers. Exhibition Niet Normaal (2009-2010) Niet Normaal INT was launched in 2010 w ...

'', which has organised several biennial-like art manifestations and exhibitions in the Netherlands, Germany and the UK . In 2016 she curated an exhibition called '' Hacking Habitat'' in a former jailhouse in

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, featuring works by artists including

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, and

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, whose message was that technology can function like a prison. Gevers lectured on her work at VIVA and works as a tutor at the

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, HISK Antwerpen, Dutch Design Academy Eindhoven, Dutch Art Institute Enschede, and HKU Utrecht. She is an art collection advisor and director of, among others, the Fentener van Vlissingen Fund. In 2020 she founded the Future of Work (FOW) foundation as a vehicle for crafting an inclusive and diverse future of work.

Exhibitions

* 2022 COME ALIVE, experiential exhibition on

eroticism Eroticism () is a quality that causes sexual feelings, as well as a philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality, and romantic love. That quality may be found in any form of artwork, including painting, sculp ...

as a life force, situated in the previous

Royal Dutch Mint The Royal Dutch Mint (''Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt'', abbreviated ''KNM'') based in Houten, the Netherlands, is a company owned by Heylen Group. It was established and previously owned by the Dutch state. History On 17 September 1806, when The ...

, The Netherlands * 2021 FAKE ME HARD, large-scale art exhibition on

algorithms In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm () is a finite sequence of rigorous instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation. Algorithms are used as specifications for performing c ...

, (dis)information,

artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech re ...

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, and

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situated at AVL Mundo in

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, The Netherlands * 2020 (IM) POSSIBLE BODIES, hybrid festival about

cyborgs A cyborg ()—a portmanteau of ''cybernetic'' and ''organism''—is a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts. The term was coined in 1960 by Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline.

, digital twins and

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, the Netherlands and online * 2018 ROBOT LOVE, large-scale exhibition at the interface of design, art and technology. Visitor's magnet at

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2018 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands * 2016 HACKING HABITAT – Art of Control, artistic interpretation of how, as humans, we are controlled by high-tech systems, and how to restore our relationship with machines, located in the former Wolvenplein prison, in

, the Netherlands * 2013 JA NATUURLIJK – How Art Saves the World, art exhibition on how innovations can cooperate with humans and nature to save our planet in the context of the

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located on the premises of

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Den Haag, The Netherlands * 2009: NIET NORMAAL – Difference on Display, large-scale art exhibition aimed at uncovering

normalization Normalization or normalisation refers to a process that makes something more normal or regular. Most commonly it refers to: * Normalization (sociology) or social normalization, the process through which ideas and behaviors that may fall outside of ...

strategies in

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. It advocated an inclusive, pluralistic society and offered the floor to a large diversity of artists. The show was located in

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and opened by

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* 1994 IK + DE ANDER – Art and the Human Condition,

, Amsterdam

Publications

*2018 ROBOT LOVE - Can we learn from robots about love?, with introduction, English ed., Full color, hard cover, 240 p., Terra Publishing *2016 ''Hacking Habitat • Art of Control – Art, Technology and Social Change'', with introduction: Society needs to be Hacked. Niet Normaal/NAI010 Publishers *2013 ''Yes Naturally • How Art saves the World'', with introduction: Can art save the World? NAI010 Publishers * 2009 ''Difference on Display, Diversity in Art, Science and Society'' Niet Normaal, with introduction: Normality on Prescription, NAI010 Publishers * 2005 Artworks that demand Consummation, in Documentary Now: Contemporary Strategies in Photography, Film and the Visual Arts * 1997 Beyond Ethics and Aesthetics, with introduction: Curating: Stereotyping the Other or Risking One's Own Identity, SUN Publishers * 1997 Strategies in Presentations, Jan van Eyck Academie Maastricht * 1994 I + The Other, Art and the Human Condition, Stichting Artimo, Amsterdam * 1993 Place, Position, Presentation, Public, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht * 1992 Cultural Identity: Fiction or Necessity, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht Ine Gever's essays have appeared in several Dutch and English publications.

References

External links

Ine Gevers
official website
Foundation Niet Normaal INT
website
Ine Gevers publications
in

RKD The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...

Library
Academia.edu
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