A.P.E (art projects era)A.P.E
A.P.E (art projects era) wants to challenge the limitations of given structures. The aim of the organization is to develop projects (performances, exhibitions, printed matter, meetings) that cannot necessarily be realized within traditional institutional formats or frameworks.
A.P.E is initiated in 2010 by artist Keren Cytter and curators Maaike Gouwenberg and Kathy Noble.
In 2012, A.P.E started operating as a franchise. Keren Cytter runs A.P.E from New York, and Maaike Gouwenberg runs the Rotterdam based part.
Since 2013 A.P.E started to work with guest curators Fleur van Muiswinkel and Peter Taylor.
The idea to start A.P.E sprung from the success of the first major dance-theatre performance by Keren Cytter, The True Story of John Webber and his Endless Struggle with the Table of Content. To execute the play, Amsterdam based commissioner If I Can't Dance, closely collaborated with three major partners; Tate Modern in London, Performa 09 in New York, and Hebbel am Ufer theater in Berlin. Within this collaboration the boundaries between disciplines disappeared; a theatre, performance festival, a museum and a fine art platform made this production possible.
This working method formed the basis for A.P.E. For every production we will connect to partners that are interested to test the boundaries of the cultural disciplines.
The idea to start A.P.E sprung from the success of the first major dance-theatre performance by Keren Cytter, The True Story of John Webber and his Endless Struggle with the Table of Content. To execute the play, Amsterdam based commissioner If I Can't Dance, closely collaborated with three major partners; Tate Modern in London, Performa 09 in New York, and Hebbel am Ufer theater in Berlin. Within this collaboration the boundaries between disciplines disappeared; a theatre, performance festival, a museum and a fine art platform made this production possible.
This working method formed the basis for A.P.E. For every production we will connect to partners that are interested to test the boundaries of the cultural disciplines.