SAIL 2025 at Gallery Vriend van Bavink and new upcoming Project Space
Esther Kokmeijer
Zoro Feigl
Vriend van Bavink Project space (official name tba)
Oosterdokskade 161 - Amsterdam
PROGRAM
- Wednesday August 20 17:00 Opening exhibition Esther Kokmeijer, Zoro Feigl
- Friday August 22 15:00 - 17:00 - SAIL crew parade. Drinks at Vriend van Bavink
- Sunday August 24 15:00 - Artist talk with Esther Kokmeijer at Vriend van Bavink
Some of you may have already heard the news: Gallery Vriend van Bavink is opening a new art space (what? again?) just around the corner from the gallery on the Oosterdokskade 161.
The official opening will take place in November, but during SAIL we’re offering you a sneak preview in and around this impressive new space, featuring works by Esther Kokmeijer and Zoro Feigl.
ESTHER KOKMEIJER
One of the least understood navigation traditions at sea comes from the Marshall Islands in Micronesia, where navigators are able to detect land from a distance by feeling and observing how ocean swells are influenced by islands through tidal currents. There is a mystical element to this way of navigating that is deeply intriguing.
In 2018, Esther Kokmeijer traveled to the Marshall Islands, a journey that led to an ongoing project. Together with Isocker Anwell—one of the last traditional Micronesian canoe builders—and German marine engineer Henrik Richter, she reconstructed the vessel that has been used by the Marshallese people for centuries.
Our intention is to have this vessel take part in the parade, after which it will be taken out of the water, dismantled, and reassembled in the space as a sculptural installation, suspended from the ceiling. The installation will be supported by film projection, audio, and other means of communication. More information
ZORO FEIGL
Zoro Feigl conjures kinetic installations that seem to breathe, pulse, and come to life. His works do not sit still, they dance, spin, and morph with an energy that feels alive. One of his latest creations, yet to be exhibited, is the Magical Fountain: a 3.5-meter-wide basin of water set into motion by invisible forces. Vibrations ripple across its surface, shaping shifting patterns that appear and dissolve with each change in frequency. The result is a hypnotic choreography of water and wave.
Both Feigl’s and Kokmeijer’s works reflect a shared ground with how we, as humans, seek to interpret, contain, and frame the natural world, sometimes poetically, sometimes forcefully.