#2 Social Club Members Newsletter
Happy Spring, Dear Social Club Members!
We’re back with another inspiring selection of exhibitions, essays, and exciting updates—plus a special Meet & Greet event just for our members, happening this time in sunny Amsterdam! 🌷
Whether you’re in the mood for fresh perspectives, thoughtful reads, or a chance to connect with fellow community members and creatives, we’ve got something for you this season.
ARTEFACTUM 3000
First solo exhibition by Boris de Beijer at Museum JAN Amstelveen.
Stepping into Artefactum 3000 feels like entering a distant future—yet, strangely, it all seems familiar. In his latest solo exhibition, Boris de Beijer (Opens in a new window)bridges his jewellery roots with a deep curiosity for material exploration, this time immersing himself in the world of glass. Drawing from his obsession with ancient glass objects and his father’s meticulous metalwork, de Beijer’s latest body of work unfolds like a layered narrative, set against the backdrop of speculative design and the contemporary resurgence of craft.
Read the full interview here. (Opens in a new window)
Meet & Greet
When: Thursday, 24 April 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Where: Museum JAN, Dorpsstraat 50, 1182 JE Amstelveen
Join us for an inspiring evening at Museum JAN with a guided tour by Boris de Beijer himself! Don’t miss the final days of the exhibition – come explore the museum’s stunning glass collection, learn more about Boris’s unique process, and enjoy drinks and good company with the community.
Limited places are available – click here to RSVP (Opens in a new window) and save your spot!
ARE YOU MAD AT LANGUAGE?
Article by Cecilie Fang.
Are you mad at language? a friend asked me a few years ago. We had just met a few months earlier, and I was surprised by the directness of her question. No one had ever asked me that before. Am I mad at language? Maybe. I had never thought of it. Looking back upon years of education in visual art, I realised I had continuously returned to questions of literacy and linguistic hierarchies within my work; the hierarchies that do not only exist within grammar but the ones that extend beyond linguistics, when the languages we speak are moulded by historical and political forces.
Read the full article here. (Opens in a new window)
DAZZLED ✦ VERMIN
Mechanised Violence and the Rituals of Control.
Isabelle Andriessen’s (Opens in a new window) work investigates ways to physically animate inanimate synthetic materials, granting them their own metabolism, behaviour and agency. Like windows into science-fictional other worlds, her works are governed by material entities that appear passive or dormant, yet gradually reveal a darker agenda.
In Vermin, Andriessen explores the violent rites and dehumanisation that marked the lead-up to the Beeldenstorm of 1566, a period of religious turmoil and poverty in the Low Countries, now known as Belgium and the Netherlands. Developed specifically for Kunsthal Gent in Belgium, her mechanical sculptures evoke systems of control, submission and resistance, confronting viewers with the haunting presence of ritualised violence.
Read the full article here. (Opens in a new window)
UPCOMING
April 2025
• New Digital Publishing feature by Evelina Hedin.
• New Dazzled features by Fleuri La Belle and Objects Of Desire
• GEMZ final phase.
As always, we would love to hear from you in case you have any membership related questions at veronika@current-obsession.com (Opens in a new window)!
