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Karel van Laere

1988, the Netherlands

My work is best described as a combination between performance and video art. Due to my mixed background in performing and visual arts, I work in a multidisciplinary way. A central theme in my work is the tension between the human body and technological systems. This ongoing dialogue often leads me to ask fundamental questions that form the foundation of my projects. Collaboration is a key part of my practice. Over the years, I’ve worked with professionals from a wide range of fields, including surgeons, firefighters, a massage therapist, an anesthesiologist, actors, dancers and a hypnotherapist. These collaborations open up new perspectives for my work and help me reach diverse audiences.

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Stichting Largo
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Board: Lieneke Hulshof,
Nora Duijf,
Peter Hendrikx.

Archive

  • 2025
    • Solo exhibition - Calling from Work - PIER 2 Art Centre Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Screening SLow Cinedans - Eye Film Museum

  • 2024
    • Performance as Museum, Serralves Museo Porto, Portugal
    • Rijks Akademie- Open Studio's, Amsterdam, NL
    • Mu Hybrid Art House, Plotting Patterns and Portals, Eindhoven, NL

  • 2023
    • Rijks Akademie Open Studio's, Amsterdam, NL
    • Reach at Rewire x Proximity Music, The Hague NL
    • Untitled, Cinedans Amsterdam NL

  • 2022
    • Starting residency at Rijks Akademie (NL)
    • The Non Present Performer, Stadsschouwburg Utrecht (NL)
    • Opening Ceremony Cinedans, EYE Filmmuseum Amsterdam (NL)
    • Reach live performance- at The Grey Space in The Middle, The Hague (NL)
    • Reach Symposium at The Grey Space in The Middle, The Hague (NL)
    • Solo exhibition at The Grey Space in The Middle The Hague (NL)

  • 2021
    • SLow at Viewmaster Projects Maastricht, (NL)
    • De Gabber Opera at Theater Rotterdam (NL)
    • LEAF at Straight through the Wall NYC (USA)

  • 2020
    • Composition at We are Public #FrontRow, Grey Space in the Middle (NL)
    • Casting at The Hague Contemporary, Grey Space in the Middle (NL)
    • The Non Present Performer at CTM Festival / HAU2 Berlin (DE)

  • 2019
    • Passage, Platform 5/6 Station Sloterdijk, Amsterdam (NL)
    • The Non Present Performer, MMCA Seoul (KO)
    • Slow Rise, Nuit Blanche Taipei (TW)
    • Black Box in a White Cube, MU Art Space (NL)
    • Reflect, EYE Filmmuseum (NL)

  • 2018
    • LOS, The National Theatre The Hague (NL)
    • In Between, Taipei Artist Village (TW)

  • 2017
    • Slow Rise at the Rossana Orlandi Gallery, Milano
    • Slow Rise at Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam
    • Largo at the PyeongChang Biennale, South Korea
    • The Non Present Performer - Zaal 3, The Hague

  • 2016
    • Premiere Largo - Eye Filmmuseum (NL)
    • Premiere Paralysis - Eye Filmmuseum (NL)
    • Premiere Contact - Dutch Design Week (NL)
    • Premiere Slow Rise - Dutch Design Week (NL)
  • 2015
    • Bokko selected for AEROWAVES Top20 best European dance performances (SP)
    • Bokko at Lowlands (NL) Guandong Dance Festival (CH) Zurich Tanzt (SW) Theatre de la Ville, Paris (FR) Seoul Dance centre (K)
  • 2014
    • [Karel van Laere] wins 'Piket kunstprijs' 2014 (NL)
    • [SLow] winner audience award - Cinedans 2014
  • 2013
    • [Impact] Wins Taoyuan Contemporary Art Award 2013 (TW)