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Get matched →✕Library Night #10With Remco Torenbosch and Sara GianniniThursday 8 October, 19.00Rijksakademie Reading RoomEntrance free, RSVP hereIn his publication 'UN', artist and Rijksakademie alum Remco Torenbosch (RA 18/19) investigates the origins of the United Nations, tracing its emergence from the failures of its predecessor, the League of Nations, and examining the political ideals, structures, and contradictions that shaped the organisation in the aftermath of the Second World War. At a moment when the UN is under increasing political pressure and its authority, relevance, and capacity to act are being openly challenged, the publication returns to its foundations to ask what kind of institution it was designed to be – and what remains of that ambition today.'UN' forms part of Torenbosch’s ongoing research into institutions of power and the visual languages through which they construct and maintain authority. Since 2011, Torenbosch has developed a continuous body of work examining organisations and infrastructures whose identities are marked by the colour blue, including the European Union, NATO, and the United Nations. Here, blue operates not simply as a corporate colour, but as a visual instrument of institutional identity: a colour associated with neutrality, universality, order, diplomacy, and authority, while simultaneously carrying the histories and political structures embedded within these organisations.The publication itself operates simultaneously as an archive, an object, and a publication. Bringing together historical documents, archival material, and visual research, 'UN' does not simply document an investigation but becomes part of its methodology: a physical repository in which fragments of institutional history are collected, organised, and made available for scrutiny. The publication asks how an institution can be read through its documents – and how an archive might reveal the tensions between an institution’s stated ideals and the realities of its political power.During the evening, Remco Torenbosch will be in conversation with curator and writer Sara Giannini, discussing the research behind 'UN', the history and present condition of the United Nations.Remco TorenboschRemco Torenbosch is a visual artist whose practice explores and unveils systems of political economic governance, making visible the mechanisms through which global economic power is organised, legitimised and sustained. His work has been exhibited at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Victoria and Albert Museum London, Kunsthalle Wien, Kunsthaus Zürich, Fondazione Antonio Ratti Como, De Appel Amsterdam, GAMeC Bergamo, among others. He has been a lecturer at several institutions including Yale School of Art New Haven, ArtCenter Pasadena, and IULM University of Milan.Sara GianniniSara Giannini is a curator, writer, and educator based in Amsterdam. Since 2019 she works as programme curator with the arts organisation If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want to Be Part of Your Revolution, Amsterdam. As an independent curator, she has initiated numerous projects, including VOLUME (Beirut), Unfold, and Heterotropics (Amsterdam), and has held curatorial fellowships at institutions such as the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, and CCS Bard, New York. Her projects often engage with the unseen, the absent, and the occult, as well as with that which is discarded, erased, or forgotten.AccessibilityThe Rijksakademie building is wheelchair accessible. The accessible toilet is located on the second floor.If you need assistance during your visit, you can reach out to us at [email protected]. We will then contact you about the possibilities of providing you with the appropriate support.
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