In silence | Grace Schwindt

Grace Schwindt - In Silence
19 May – 27 July 2019

In Silence, a solo-exhibition by Grace Schwindt, which also marks the re-opening of ROZENSTRAAT 59.

The practice of Grace Schwindt is primarily focused on performance and film as well as sculptures and drawings. Many of her works explore aspects of historical events with an emphasis on social relations. It is however never obvious where she draws the line between fiction and non-fiction. She aims to clear institutionalized spaces from meaning and to de-construct narrative structures, while acknowledging that spaces will always stay loaded with given connotations.

Schwindt's exhibition at ROZENSTRAAT is formed out of a new body of work and is part of the artist’s ongoing exploration on how public health is perceived and treated in our present days. Her new film Five Surfaces All White (2019) questions the intentions made apparent by the architectural designs and structures of health institutions and their ensuing perceptions of public health. Just as most of her other featured works, the film is based on a combination of historical research, personal memories of Schwind’s grandfather and interviews that the artist had with various people working within the field of public health or are in a way faced with physical or mental wounds. The performers in the film don’t necessarily represent people but could also represent times or parts of oneself or intergenerational relationships or even a memory, creating a rather fluid way or storytelling.

Rozenstraat –  a rose is a rose is a rose!
Grace Schwindt