Polly's Playground

Polly’s Playground

Polly’s Playground was a collective project initiated by Polly’s Picture Show at Hotel Maria Kapel. Inspired by the ideas of Constant Nieuwenhuis and his vision of experimentation and creative play, the chapel was transformed into an open playground for artists.

Nineteen artists were invited to develop new work within a limited timeframe. Filled with wood, paint, chalk, photocopiers, and found materials, the space continuously shifted throughout the working period. Sculptures were built, dismantled, reused, photographed, filmed, and rearranged, creating an environment in which production, experimentation, and presentation constantly overlapped.

For the final exhibition, Polly’s Picture Show composed a large collective installation combining artworks, documentation, found objects, and reinterpretations of previously made works. At the center of the exhibition was a kinetic installation that activated different artworks as if they were characters on a stage. Triggered by visitors, a sequence of sound, movement, and light transformed the exhibition into a continuously changing performance.

The project explored the boundaries between artist and curator, artwork and display, object and presentation.

Credits
Project released under — Polly’s Picture Show
Concept, Production & Realization — Anne Huijnen & Anna de Jong
Project at — Hotel Maria Kapel
Project Period — 10–10–2016 — 26–10–2016
Exhibition — 12–11–2016 — 10–12–2016

Participating Artists
François Dey, Sarai de Haan, Maurits Koster, Silvia Ulloa Marquez, Adriana Bogdanova, Céline Manz, Sonia de Jager, Paula Winkler, Sara-Lena Maierhofer, Noël Loozen, Steven Bos & Susan Lanting, Linda Beumer, Mylou Oord, Arnar Ásgeirsson, Otto-Kaan, Simon Wald-Lasowski, Abel Minnee