CURRENT
Arts Council Emergency Fund Award
Studio Practice
I am very grateful to have received one of the Arts Council Emergency Fund Award to help sustain my studio practice at this time.
It allows for precious exploration and experimental time which is fundamental to the development of my practice. I have planned experiments trying new techniques and materials for series and editions. I will examine what new developments these strange times will bring to how we produce, sell and show art, specifically researching new ways to record and present my explosive performances to the public. I will also use the time for financial and project planning so that I have a clear plan of action in the coming months and year.
Studio Practice
I am very grateful to have received one of the Arts Council Emergency Fund Award to help sustain my studio practice at this time.
It allows for precious exploration and experimental time which is fundamental to the development of my practice. I have planned experiments trying new techniques and materials for series and editions. I will examine what new developments these strange times will bring to how we produce, sell and show art, specifically researching new ways to record and present my explosive performances to the public. I will also use the time for financial and project planning so that I have a clear plan of action in the coming months and year.
Koenraad Victor van Linden Tol
01.02.1939 - 04.04.2020
My father, Koenraad Victor van Linden Tol, born 1st February 1939 in Salatiga, Java, Indonesia
passed away in London on Saturday the 4th of April 2020 aged 81.
Koenraad was a big, strong, free, creative, cosmic, crazy man, who made powerful art, sailed tall ships, understood the cosmos
and listened to nature. He loved and danced with all his heart and had many wild and wonderful times with those that he loved.
He inspired all he knew to live life to the fullest and infected them with his wonderful sparkling mischief.
As an artist, he shared wondrous visions with the world. His intuition and respect for materials allowed him to ‘flow' with them.
Revealing the inner magic of wood, or metal, or glass, or whatever material he chose to work, or experiment with.
His work could be bold with graphic and vibrant colour, soaring with mystery, electric with energy or
sensual with curves and twists, sensitivity discovered, through chisels and chain saws alike.
He taught me so much and would never have found my own way to create, without learning from him how to
observe, feel, understand and transform thoughts, matter and energy into something unique and wonderful. The photo below is he and I taking a break from working on his New World Linden Tree or 'Oracle Tree” when I was 18 years old.
He said that “This Bass tree was found in New Britain blown over by a fierce storm. Rather than have it used for firewood,
the muses whispered in my ear and said: Don't let this tree go, you must turn it into Art. So I listened,
and now it is an abstract sculpture. allowing humanity to see and feel its' immensity, the power of its growth over hundreds of years.”
I will always remember him astride that tree or nestled in its folds, focused, listening and carving the contours and grooves
in response to the conversation he alone had with the ancient 200 year old wise piece of wood.
01.02.1939 - 04.04.2020
My father, Koenraad Victor van Linden Tol, born 1st February 1939 in Salatiga, Java, Indonesia
passed away in London on Saturday the 4th of April 2020 aged 81.
Koenraad was a big, strong, free, creative, cosmic, crazy man, who made powerful art, sailed tall ships, understood the cosmos
and listened to nature. He loved and danced with all his heart and had many wild and wonderful times with those that he loved.
He inspired all he knew to live life to the fullest and infected them with his wonderful sparkling mischief.
As an artist, he shared wondrous visions with the world. His intuition and respect for materials allowed him to ‘flow' with them.
Revealing the inner magic of wood, or metal, or glass, or whatever material he chose to work, or experiment with.
His work could be bold with graphic and vibrant colour, soaring with mystery, electric with energy or
sensual with curves and twists, sensitivity discovered, through chisels and chain saws alike.
He taught me so much and would never have found my own way to create, without learning from him how to
observe, feel, understand and transform thoughts, matter and energy into something unique and wonderful. The photo below is he and I taking a break from working on his New World Linden Tree or 'Oracle Tree” when I was 18 years old.
He said that “This Bass tree was found in New Britain blown over by a fierce storm. Rather than have it used for firewood,
the muses whispered in my ear and said: Don't let this tree go, you must turn it into Art. So I listened,
and now it is an abstract sculpture. allowing humanity to see and feel its' immensity, the power of its growth over hundreds of years.”
I will always remember him astride that tree or nestled in its folds, focused, listening and carving the contours and grooves
in response to the conversation he alone had with the ancient 200 year old wise piece of wood.
Orchestra of Destruction
by Aoife van Linden Tol & Jaydev Mistry
Demolition Season
Ovalhouse Theatre, Oval, London
30th November 2019, 9PM
Tickets £5 : bit.ly/OrchDestruct
An explosive new music performance created by composer Jaydev Mistry and explosion artist Aoife Van Linden Tol. Jaydev’s composition is constructed from the latent frequencies that exist within Ovalhouse and inspired by the theatre’s radical history. Performed for one night only by Jaydev, the composition will be interwoven with ceremonial fire and explosions by Aoife in an intimate and spectacular audio-visual experience celebrating the end of an era and a new evolution beyond the dust and ashes.
WARNING:
There will fire, smoke and loud noise. For your own safety please keep your distance from the installation as per instructed AT ALL TIMES. If the smoke becomes uncomfortable you will be allowed leave. If you are asthmatic please inform the steward and follow their advice. Please wear the protective equipment provided.
Origins
Podcast interview and discussion with Ryan McGranaghan
Listen Here:
Spotify
Google Play
iTunes
Origins Podcast Website
Listen to my interview with Ryan McGranaghan for his wonderful inspiring Origins podcast series which traces the pivotal moments in the careers and lives of thought leaders in the field of science, engineering, art and design. Traces of our discussion followed me from our meeting in Washington DC back to London triggering further understanding and realisations about myself, my work and the world.
Podcast interview and discussion with Ryan McGranaghan
Listen Here:
Spotify
Google Play
iTunes
Origins Podcast Website
Listen to my interview with Ryan McGranaghan for his wonderful inspiring Origins podcast series which traces the pivotal moments in the careers and lives of thought leaders in the field of science, engineering, art and design. Traces of our discussion followed me from our meeting in Washington DC back to London triggering further understanding and realisations about myself, my work and the world.
The Science of Art
International Space University, Strasbourg, France
Tuesday 12th November 2019
Aoife van Linden Tol will be delivering a lecture to the Master of Space Studies (MSS) students which will teach key working methodologies and conceptual processes and introduce critical thinking tools which will help them to work in an industry where imagination is key to creating sustainable futures for humankind in space. We explore the meaning of culture, the conscious culturing of outer space and the role of individual intention and intuition in the collective progress of scientific knowledge and application.
International Space University, Strasbourg, France
Tuesday 12th November 2019
Aoife van Linden Tol will be delivering a lecture to the Master of Space Studies (MSS) students which will teach key working methodologies and conceptual processes and introduce critical thinking tools which will help them to work in an industry where imagination is key to creating sustainable futures for humankind in space. We explore the meaning of culture, the conscious culturing of outer space and the role of individual intention and intuition in the collective progress of scientific knowledge and application.
Alive in Space
International Astronautical Congress 2019
Grand Ballroom C, Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Tuesday 22nd October 14:45 to 15:45
What does it mean to be 'alive' opposed to 'living' in space? The value and meaning of human life is a paradox. One which is providing further fascination in the context of space exploration as the playground for human culture extends into the stars.
The panel discussion presented by The Committee for the Cultural Utilisation of Space (ITACCUS) will provide an exciting and dynamic introduction to variety of innovative creative methodologies and platforms used in collaboration with space science in order to reveal and investigate the cultural, political, economical, historical and sociological contexts of humans in space. It will discuss recommendations endorsed by the IAA and IAF which outline how spaceflight organisations can include the development of human culture within their mission objectives. What are the parameters and paradigms which currently restrict this development of humanity purpose beyond that science and survival. It will challenge you to understand your role in this development and ask you how you will contribute to the meaning of 'life' in space.
International Astronautical Congress 2019
Grand Ballroom C, Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Tuesday 22nd October 14:45 to 15:45
What does it mean to be 'alive' opposed to 'living' in space? The value and meaning of human life is a paradox. One which is providing further fascination in the context of space exploration as the playground for human culture extends into the stars.
The panel discussion presented by The Committee for the Cultural Utilisation of Space (ITACCUS) will provide an exciting and dynamic introduction to variety of innovative creative methodologies and platforms used in collaboration with space science in order to reveal and investigate the cultural, political, economical, historical and sociological contexts of humans in space. It will discuss recommendations endorsed by the IAA and IAF which outline how spaceflight organisations can include the development of human culture within their mission objectives. What are the parameters and paradigms which currently restrict this development of humanity purpose beyond that science and survival. It will challenge you to understand your role in this development and ask you how you will contribute to the meaning of 'life' in space.
Introducing The Orchestra Of Destruction
BBC Radio London
Robert Elms
Tuesday 1st october 2019 from 10am
Aoife van Linden Tol joins Owen Calvert-Lyons, the Head of Theatre and Artist Development of the Oval House theatre, to talk to Robert Elms about the upcoming closing Demolition Party program which will officially close the
existing theatre building ahead of its rebirth in a new building in Brixton in a few years.
Aoife will discuss her collaboration with Jaydev Mistry in creating the Orchestra of Destruction which will see the bomb artist and the sound artist pay tribute to the history and stories from the Oval House past in an explosive and sonic cacophony of beauty.
BBC Radio London
Robert Elms
Tuesday 1st october 2019 from 10am
Aoife van Linden Tol joins Owen Calvert-Lyons, the Head of Theatre and Artist Development of the Oval House theatre, to talk to Robert Elms about the upcoming closing Demolition Party program which will officially close the
existing theatre building ahead of its rebirth in a new building in Brixton in a few years.
Aoife will discuss her collaboration with Jaydev Mistry in creating the Orchestra of Destruction which will see the bomb artist and the sound artist pay tribute to the history and stories from the Oval House past in an explosive and sonic cacophony of beauty.
Star Storms Seminar
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard USA
Friday 6th of September 2019
Aoife van Linden Tol presents a seminar which introduces concepts and philosophies of her work with explosives. \
She will present the solar physics inspired performance STAR STORM, resulting from the 2017 residency at the European Space Agency. She will lead a discussion about the meaning of space culture and share her insights as to how the
collaboration of art and science can truly be a two way exchange.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard USA
Friday 6th of September 2019
Aoife van Linden Tol presents a seminar which introduces concepts and philosophies of her work with explosives. \
She will present the solar physics inspired performance STAR STORM, resulting from the 2017 residency at the European Space Agency. She will lead a discussion about the meaning of space culture and share her insights as to how the
collaboration of art and science can truly be a two way exchange.
FIRE: Flashes to Ashes in British Art 1692-2019
The Royal West of England Academy,
Bristol, United Kingdom
PV: 14th June 2019 6pm-8pm
Exhibition :15th June 2019 - Sun 1st Sept 2019
Catalogue available Here (image shown above)
Contemporary Artists
Roger Ackling, Sian Bowen, Sophie Clements, Mat Collishaw, Stephen Cripps, Toni Davey, Jeremy Deller, Douglas Gordon
Susan Hiller, David Inshaw, Aoife van Linden Tol, John Latham, Nadege Meriau, Catherine Morland, Anthony Mc.Call, David Nash, Rachael Nee, Cornelia Parker, Sarah Pickering, James Pimperton, Aura Satz. Tim Shaw, Emma Stibbon
Historical and Modern Artists
Godfried Schalcken, John Cleveley the Elder, Samuel Scott | 1702–1772, John Robert Cozens, Joseph Wright of Derby, William Blake, John Martin, Rolinda Sharples, James Baker Pyne, J.M.W. Turner, William Bell Scott, Marianne Stokes, Ralph Hedley, William Banks Fortescue, Stanhope Alexander Forbes, John Collier, Eric Ravilious, Stanley Spencer, John Nash, Graham Sutherland, John Minton, John Piper, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Claude Rogers, Karl Weschke
A major exhibition tracing the representation of fire in British art across the last four centuries; exploring the symbolism and meaning the element has had for artists throughout history.
Fire: Flashes to Ashes in British Art 1692-2019, is the third in a series of element-themed exhibitions at the RWA, bringing together a number of important historic, modern and contemporary artworks. In turns destructive and creative, fearsome and fascinating, fire is a subject loaded with symbolism, ritual and emotion.
Unsurprisingly, the subject of fire has drawn in artists throughout the ages. This exhibition will examine how artists’ approaches have changed over time, recording historical, religious, domestic or natural events as well as exploring fire as a material phenomenon informed by contemporary themes and issues.
This exhibition shows how vital fire has been to the human experience, through technology, storytelling and symbolism and how the duality of our relationship with the element continues to fascinate in the 21st century
The Royal West of England Academy,
Bristol, United Kingdom
PV: 14th June 2019 6pm-8pm
Exhibition :15th June 2019 - Sun 1st Sept 2019
Catalogue available Here (image shown above)
Contemporary Artists
Roger Ackling, Sian Bowen, Sophie Clements, Mat Collishaw, Stephen Cripps, Toni Davey, Jeremy Deller, Douglas Gordon
Susan Hiller, David Inshaw, Aoife van Linden Tol, John Latham, Nadege Meriau, Catherine Morland, Anthony Mc.Call, David Nash, Rachael Nee, Cornelia Parker, Sarah Pickering, James Pimperton, Aura Satz. Tim Shaw, Emma Stibbon
Historical and Modern Artists
Godfried Schalcken, John Cleveley the Elder, Samuel Scott | 1702–1772, John Robert Cozens, Joseph Wright of Derby, William Blake, John Martin, Rolinda Sharples, James Baker Pyne, J.M.W. Turner, William Bell Scott, Marianne Stokes, Ralph Hedley, William Banks Fortescue, Stanhope Alexander Forbes, John Collier, Eric Ravilious, Stanley Spencer, John Nash, Graham Sutherland, John Minton, John Piper, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Claude Rogers, Karl Weschke
A major exhibition tracing the representation of fire in British art across the last four centuries; exploring the symbolism and meaning the element has had for artists throughout history.
Fire: Flashes to Ashes in British Art 1692-2019, is the third in a series of element-themed exhibitions at the RWA, bringing together a number of important historic, modern and contemporary artworks. In turns destructive and creative, fearsome and fascinating, fire is a subject loaded with symbolism, ritual and emotion.
Unsurprisingly, the subject of fire has drawn in artists throughout the ages. This exhibition will examine how artists’ approaches have changed over time, recording historical, religious, domestic or natural events as well as exploring fire as a material phenomenon informed by contemporary themes and issues.
This exhibition shows how vital fire has been to the human experience, through technology, storytelling and symbolism and how the duality of our relationship with the element continues to fascinate in the 21st century
Chaos and Creation
Room Magazine
Article written by Aoife van Linden Tol discussing cultural directions for the space industry
published in the Winter 2018 edition of Room, the space magazine.
Available to read on online here
Room Magazine
Article written by Aoife van Linden Tol discussing cultural directions for the space industry
published in the Winter 2018 edition of Room, the space magazine.
Available to read on online here
ITACCUS
Aoife van Linden Tol announced as a Vice-Chair of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Committee for the Cultural Utilisation of Space (ITACCUS)
ITACCUS seeks to promote and facilitate the innovative utilisation of space (data, systems, applications) by organisations in the cultural sectors of society internationally, including all areas of the arts and humanities, including the fine arts, entertainment, popular culture and tourism. In a cultural context, it may include cultural production, cultural preservation, cultural representation, cultural education and cultural development.
ITACCUS’ activities include:
Advocacy – promoting, developing and raising the profile and quality of ‘cultural utilisation of space’ within the space community and within the cultural community internationally, and with the general public.
Collaboration – organising meetings and workshops internationally
Communication & Dialogue
Knowledge Hub
Promoting Quality Cultural Products
As an advisory committee to the IAF and its members
Aoife van Linden Tol announced as a Vice-Chair of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Committee for the Cultural Utilisation of Space (ITACCUS)
ITACCUS seeks to promote and facilitate the innovative utilisation of space (data, systems, applications) by organisations in the cultural sectors of society internationally, including all areas of the arts and humanities, including the fine arts, entertainment, popular culture and tourism. In a cultural context, it may include cultural production, cultural preservation, cultural representation, cultural education and cultural development.
ITACCUS’ activities include:
Advocacy – promoting, developing and raising the profile and quality of ‘cultural utilisation of space’ within the space community and within the cultural community internationally, and with the general public.
Collaboration – organising meetings and workshops internationally
Communication & Dialogue
Knowledge Hub
Promoting Quality Cultural Products
As an advisory committee to the IAF and its members
Orbits, Arts & Culture
@GLOBAL NETWORKING FORUM
Tuesday 2 October 2018, 09:45 – 10:45
Location: Bremen Conference Center – CCB Hansesaal
Organised by: IAF Committee for the Cultural Utilisation of Space (ITACCUS)
Moderation: Bernard Foing
In conversation with: Nahum, Niamh Shaw, Nelly Ben Hayoun, Melanie Kathryn King, Rob La Frenais, Aoife van Linden Tol
The Committee for the Cultural Utilisations of Space (ITACCUS) will present a panel with a selection of its current members
to challenge the traditional view that space activities are owned by national space agencies and the private sector.
This panel will include a series of performative presentations to show how artists and cultural practitioners have always
shaped the way we envision our future on Earth and beyond.
@GLOBAL NETWORKING FORUM
Tuesday 2 October 2018, 09:45 – 10:45
Location: Bremen Conference Center – CCB Hansesaal
Organised by: IAF Committee for the Cultural Utilisation of Space (ITACCUS)
Moderation: Bernard Foing
In conversation with: Nahum, Niamh Shaw, Nelly Ben Hayoun, Melanie Kathryn King, Rob La Frenais, Aoife van Linden Tol
The Committee for the Cultural Utilisations of Space (ITACCUS) will present a panel with a selection of its current members
to challenge the traditional view that space activities are owned by national space agencies and the private sector.
This panel will include a series of performative presentations to show how artists and cultural practitioners have always
shaped the way we envision our future on Earth and beyond.
GLOBART TALK 2018
Our Place In Space
Natural History Museum
Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna,
18:30 pm 12th Sept 2018
Moderation: Luca Fossati
In conversation with: Aoife van Linden Tol, Victoria Vesna & Vera Tollmann
GLOBART presents Our Place In Space which offers program of opportunity to contemplate how and where we experience the Universe
– and how we should continue to do so. How far do we dare to go? We ask similar questions in the sciences,
in the arts and in politics; and yet these are also philosophical and personal questions.
The starting point of the special exhibition Our Place in Space is aesthetic images from the Hubble Space Telescope that has
recently celebrated its 28th anniversary in space. For this occasion, Antonella Nota (ESA) and Anna Caterina Bellati (Bellati Editori)
created the traveling exhibition Our Place in Space which first showed from February to April 2017 in Venice.
Using contemporary and local artists of the hosting country, the exhibition reinvents itself at each destination.
Our Place In Space
Natural History Museum
Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna,
18:30 pm 12th Sept 2018
Moderation: Luca Fossati
In conversation with: Aoife van Linden Tol, Victoria Vesna & Vera Tollmann
GLOBART presents Our Place In Space which offers program of opportunity to contemplate how and where we experience the Universe
– and how we should continue to do so. How far do we dare to go? We ask similar questions in the sciences,
in the arts and in politics; and yet these are also philosophical and personal questions.
The starting point of the special exhibition Our Place in Space is aesthetic images from the Hubble Space Telescope that has
recently celebrated its 28th anniversary in space. For this occasion, Antonella Nota (ESA) and Anna Caterina Bellati (Bellati Editori)
created the traveling exhibition Our Place in Space which first showed from February to April 2017 in Venice.
Using contemporary and local artists of the hosting country, the exhibition reinvents itself at each destination.
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Make Your Mark Workshop
International Space University
Space Studies Program 2018,
The Netherlands, 26th July 2018
Aoife will deliver the Make Your Mark workshop she developed during her residency at the European Space Agency, to this years Space Studies students. Participants of the workshop will complete exercises and activities that introduce creative and conceptual ideas from Aoife van Linden Tol's artistic practice. The workshop will discuss the concepts of 'making a mark' in the context context of both historical impact of scientific work, of physical cosmic impacts the Universe and how the significance of such events continue reveal themselves over time. The group will choose and prepare documents, papers and print material which they will use to design an artwork which will then be subject to physical impacts and burning.
International Space University
Space Studies Program 2018,
The Netherlands, 26th July 2018
Aoife will deliver the Make Your Mark workshop she developed during her residency at the European Space Agency, to this years Space Studies students. Participants of the workshop will complete exercises and activities that introduce creative and conceptual ideas from Aoife van Linden Tol's artistic practice. The workshop will discuss the concepts of 'making a mark' in the context context of both historical impact of scientific work, of physical cosmic impacts the Universe and how the significance of such events continue reveal themselves over time. The group will choose and prepare documents, papers and print material which they will use to design an artwork which will then be subject to physical impacts and burning.
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
@SPARKS FORUM
Friday 4th May
Les Ateliers des Tanneurs
58-62 Rue des Tanneurs
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Sparks is an awareness-raising project to show Europeans that they can get involved in science and that various stakeholders share the responsibility for scientific research and innovation. Led by Ecsite - the European network of science centres and museums - Sparks was carried out over a three-year period (July 2015 to June 2018) by a network of partners including science shops and science centres/museums active across the whole European Union and Switzerland. As part of the final Sparks Forum Aoife van Linden Tol leads a conversation on how arts and science can foster engagement by considering the 'rules of engagement'
when designing interacting experiences.
@SPARKS FORUM
Friday 4th May
Les Ateliers des Tanneurs
58-62 Rue des Tanneurs
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Sparks is an awareness-raising project to show Europeans that they can get involved in science and that various stakeholders share the responsibility for scientific research and innovation. Led by Ecsite - the European network of science centres and museums - Sparks was carried out over a three-year period (July 2015 to June 2018) by a network of partners including science shops and science centres/museums active across the whole European Union and Switzerland. As part of the final Sparks Forum Aoife van Linden Tol leads a conversation on how arts and science can foster engagement by considering the 'rules of engagement'
when designing interacting experiences.
BREWING UP A STORM
@KOSMICA: ETHEREAL THINGS
Saturday 14th April 2018
£6/£4 unwaged
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
c/o National Glass Centre
Liberty Way
Sunderland
SR6 0GL
ETHEREAL THINGS: Join us for a special evening of performance, film, talks and music that aims to make the physics of the universe intimate and inspiring. With artists Annie Carpenter and Aoife van Linden Tol, film-makers Semiconductor, dark matter physicist Chamkaur Ghag, cosmologist Richard Bower, and Newcastle band Spacegong. Spectacular cosmological visuals provided by the Institute for Computational Cosmology, Durham University.
BREWING UP A STORM: Exploring the intimate connection humans have with explosions in the universe and how this phenomenon enhances the human condition. Using her artwork and philosophies of her practice as a starting point for the lecture Aoife van linden Tol invites you to embrace chaos and the unknown.
@KOSMICA: ETHEREAL THINGS
Saturday 14th April 2018
£6/£4 unwaged
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
c/o National Glass Centre
Liberty Way
Sunderland
SR6 0GL
ETHEREAL THINGS: Join us for a special evening of performance, film, talks and music that aims to make the physics of the universe intimate and inspiring. With artists Annie Carpenter and Aoife van Linden Tol, film-makers Semiconductor, dark matter physicist Chamkaur Ghag, cosmologist Richard Bower, and Newcastle band Spacegong. Spectacular cosmological visuals provided by the Institute for Computational Cosmology, Durham University.
BREWING UP A STORM: Exploring the intimate connection humans have with explosions in the universe and how this phenomenon enhances the human condition. Using her artwork and philosophies of her practice as a starting point for the lecture Aoife van linden Tol invites you to embrace chaos and the unknown.
RÉALTA
Friday 9th February 2018
6pm
Front Square, Trinity Collage, Dublin
Free tickets from
dublin.sciencegallery.com
Parliament Square, Trinity Collage, Dublin will come alight as artist Aoife van Linden Tol sets of three distinct explosions to celebrate the Dublin Science Gallery’s 10 year anniversary. Performers navigate and explore unknown territory and come to terms with the volatile yet beautiful world they discover. The site specific explosive art installations are inspired by the phenomena of the stars as well as the unique features of the square and surrounding buildings.
These stunning series of fleeting yet powerful works poetically reflect the Science Gallery’s brave program which aims to challenge norms, explore the unknown, ask difficult questions and involve the public in the joy and debate around art, science, technology and human progress.
Friday 9th February 2018
6pm
Front Square, Trinity Collage, Dublin
Free tickets from
dublin.sciencegallery.com
Parliament Square, Trinity Collage, Dublin will come alight as artist Aoife van Linden Tol sets of three distinct explosions to celebrate the Dublin Science Gallery’s 10 year anniversary. Performers navigate and explore unknown territory and come to terms with the volatile yet beautiful world they discover. The site specific explosive art installations are inspired by the phenomena of the stars as well as the unique features of the square and surrounding buildings.
These stunning series of fleeting yet powerful works poetically reflect the Science Gallery’s brave program which aims to challenge norms, explore the unknown, ask difficult questions and involve the public in the joy and debate around art, science, technology and human progress.
Friday Seminar
AFTER THE STORM
Einstein lecture room
Friday 26th Jan 2018
11am-12noon
European Space Agency, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
After completing her term as Artist in Residence at the ESA and Ars Electronica during 2017 Aoife van Linden Tol is back at ESTEC to present the project outcomes. Aoife will share her experiences, show the resulting art work STAR STORM which was produced for Ars Electronica Festival 2017 and talk about some of the projects which have stemmed from the residency.
AFTER THE STORM
Einstein lecture room
Friday 26th Jan 2018
11am-12noon
European Space Agency, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
After completing her term as Artist in Residence at the ESA and Ars Electronica during 2017 Aoife van Linden Tol is back at ESTEC to present the project outcomes. Aoife will share her experiences, show the resulting art work STAR STORM which was produced for Ars Electronica Festival 2017 and talk about some of the projects which have stemmed from the residency.
STEAM: IS IT WORKING?
SCI:COM
7th December 2017
Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
Aoife van Linden Tol will be joining Greg Boustead, Prof Alex Milton and Prof Jane Ohlmeyer in a plenary session at 14:00 at SCI:COM 2017 to discuss the value of collaboration between STEM research and art.
SCI:COM
7th December 2017
Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
Aoife van Linden Tol will be joining Greg Boustead, Prof Alex Milton and Prof Jane Ohlmeyer in a plenary session at 14:00 at SCI:COM 2017 to discuss the value of collaboration between STEM research and art.
The Art of Science
13th November 17
International Space University, Strasbourg, France
Aoife van Linden Tol will be delivering a lecture to the Master of Space Studies (MSS) students which will teach key working methodologies and conceptual processes which will help them to work in an industry where imagination is key to creating sustainable futures for humankind in space.
13th November 17
International Space University, Strasbourg, France
Aoife van Linden Tol will be delivering a lecture to the Master of Space Studies (MSS) students which will teach key working methodologies and conceptual processes which will help them to work in an industry where imagination is key to creating sustainable futures for humankind in space.
CITIES IN SPACE CONFERENCE 2017
10th Nov 2017
Renaissance Austin Hotel & Conference Center, Austin, Texas, USA
Aoife van Linden Tol speaks to 500 students about art, outer space and the future of
space culture that they can all be a part of developing.
10th Nov 2017
Renaissance Austin Hotel & Conference Center, Austin, Texas, USA
Aoife van Linden Tol speaks to 500 students about art, outer space and the future of
space culture that they can all be a part of developing.
KOSMICA FILM NIGHT
1st Nov 2017, 8:30pm
Cine Tonalá, Roma Sur, Mexico City, Mexico
Event link
The short film by Sebastian Heroiu about the Star Storm project (shown below) will be screens at
Kosmica Film Night in Mexico City this winter.
1st Nov 2017, 8:30pm
Cine Tonalá, Roma Sur, Mexico City, Mexico
Event link
The short film by Sebastian Heroiu about the Star Storm project (shown below) will be screens at
Kosmica Film Night in Mexico City this winter.
STARSTORM
A short film by Sebastian Heroiu about the Star Storm project developed during Aoife van Linden Tol's
artist residency at the European Space Agency and Ars Electronica Futurelab 2016-17.
A short film by Sebastian Heroiu about the Star Storm project developed during Aoife van Linden Tol's
artist residency at the European Space Agency and Ars Electronica Futurelab 2016-17.
Symposium
European Digital Art and Science Network
Art and Science Residencies – Just a "Fly-by" or really a "Rendezvous"?
Sun 10th Sept 17 15:15 – 16:35
Ars Electronica Festival
Post City, Linz, Austria
Aoife van Linden Tol will join the panel discussion alongside Karen O’Flaherty (IE) and Claudia Mignone (IT)
from the European Space Agency, artist Sarah Petkus (US) and Sabrina Haase (DE) and Bianka Hofmann (DE) from Fraunhofer MEVIS
European Digital Art and Science Network
Art and Science Residencies – Just a "Fly-by" or really a "Rendezvous"?
Sun 10th Sept 17 15:15 – 16:35
Ars Electronica Festival
Post City, Linz, Austria
Aoife van Linden Tol will join the panel discussion alongside Karen O’Flaherty (IE) and Claudia Mignone (IT)
from the European Space Agency, artist Sarah Petkus (US) and Sabrina Haase (DE) and Bianka Hofmann (DE) from Fraunhofer MEVIS
STARSTORM
Sun 10th Sept 17 8pm
Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
Admission FREE with Festival Ticket
Book your place here
STARSTORM is a spectacular explosive performance describing the processes of the stars. Using research from the ESA about the composition, life cycle, magnetic behaviour and light production within stars, including our Sun, Aoife van Linden Tol has designed a powerful and beautifully poetic site specific performance. Using a range of explosive materials, each explosion abstractly represents a specific process or phenomena taking place, every moment, in stars all across the universe. The audience will be led on a journey around the venue and through a wonderful contrast of energy from exciting to meditative, from durational to instant, from order to chaos. Star Storm aims to create unique and lasting experience, giving insights into the universe we live in and inviting audiences to reflect on their own place within it.
Sun 10th Sept 17 8pm
Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
Admission FREE with Festival Ticket
Book your place here
STARSTORM is a spectacular explosive performance describing the processes of the stars. Using research from the ESA about the composition, life cycle, magnetic behaviour and light production within stars, including our Sun, Aoife van Linden Tol has designed a powerful and beautifully poetic site specific performance. Using a range of explosive materials, each explosion abstractly represents a specific process or phenomena taking place, every moment, in stars all across the universe. The audience will be led on a journey around the venue and through a wonderful contrast of energy from exciting to meditative, from durational to instant, from order to chaos. Star Storm aims to create unique and lasting experience, giving insights into the universe we live in and inviting audiences to reflect on their own place within it.
The Collision of Art & Science
Deep Space presentation with Aoife van Linden Tol
@Ars Electronica Deep Space 8K
THU June 22, 2017, 6 PM-6:30 PM
Admission FREE
RSVP center@aec.at recommended
Aoife van Linden Tol (IE) takes part in the first artist-residence hosted jointly by Ars Electronica and the European Space Agency (ESA) in the Framework of the European Digital Art & Science Network. The Irish media artist had the extraordinary opportunity to work together with ESA scientists and experience the landing of the Rosetta Space Probe or the ExoMars Mission live on site at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Following her thrilling sojourn at the ESA, she is spending a couple of weeks in Linz, where the Ars Electronica Futurelab’s staff will provide support as she realizes the project inspired by her visit to the ESA. During the presentation she will share insights in the residency and her work in general.
Deep Space presentation with Aoife van Linden Tol
@Ars Electronica Deep Space 8K
THU June 22, 2017, 6 PM-6:30 PM
Admission FREE
RSVP center@aec.at recommended
Aoife van Linden Tol (IE) takes part in the first artist-residence hosted jointly by Ars Electronica and the European Space Agency (ESA) in the Framework of the European Digital Art & Science Network. The Irish media artist had the extraordinary opportunity to work together with ESA scientists and experience the landing of the Rosetta Space Probe or the ExoMars Mission live on site at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Following her thrilling sojourn at the ESA, she is spending a couple of weeks in Linz, where the Ars Electronica Futurelab’s staff will provide support as she realizes the project inspired by her visit to the ESA. During the presentation she will share insights in the residency and her work in general.
Star Storm
Ars Electronica Festival 2017: AI /The Other I
7th -11th September 2017
Linz, Austria
Exact Date and Location of Star Storm performance tbc but further information about the festival and festival tickets here.
A spectacular explosive performance describing the processes of the stars. Using research from the ESA about the
composition, life cycle, magnetic behaviour and light production within stars, including our Sun,
Aoife van Linden Tol will design a powerful and beautifully poetic explosive performance.
Using a range of explosive materials, each explosion will represent a specific processes or phenomena taking place,
every moment, in stars all across the universe. Each section of the performance will be be varied and distinct.
Creating a wonderful contrast of energy and experience from exciting to meditative,
from durational to instant, from order to chaos. Reflecting the universe we live in and the discoveries we have made about it.
Star Storm aims to unique and lasting experience which will give audiences insights into the very nature of our universe and their own place within it.
Ars Electronica Festival 2017: AI /The Other I
7th -11th September 2017
Linz, Austria
Exact Date and Location of Star Storm performance tbc but further information about the festival and festival tickets here.
A spectacular explosive performance describing the processes of the stars. Using research from the ESA about the
composition, life cycle, magnetic behaviour and light production within stars, including our Sun,
Aoife van Linden Tol will design a powerful and beautifully poetic explosive performance.
Using a range of explosive materials, each explosion will represent a specific processes or phenomena taking place,
every moment, in stars all across the universe. Each section of the performance will be be varied and distinct.
Creating a wonderful contrast of energy and experience from exciting to meditative,
from durational to instant, from order to chaos. Reflecting the universe we live in and the discoveries we have made about it.
Star Storm aims to unique and lasting experience which will give audiences insights into the very nature of our universe and their own place within it.
Make Your Mark
Workshop & Participatory Event
European Space Agency, ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
12th & 16th May 2017
Participants of the workshop will complete exercises and activities that introduce creative and conceptual ideas from Aoife van Linden Tol's artistic practice. The workshop will discuss the concepts of 'making a mark' in the context context of both historical impact of scientific work, of physical cosmic impacts the Universe and how the significance of such events continue reveal themselves over time. The group will choose and prepare documents, papers and print material which they will use to design an artwork which will then be subject to physical impacts during a live event in the Wintergarden the following week.
Using the Making Your Mark concepts guests are invited to a participatory event in which they can collaborate in creating a limited edition artwork that they can take home with them. The audience will also witness the artist and attendees of the previously held workshop creating a few larger works. These will be exhibited in the Wintergarden, ESTEC on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 May.
Email info@aoifevanlindentol.com to book your place
Workshop & Participatory Event
European Space Agency, ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
12th & 16th May 2017
Participants of the workshop will complete exercises and activities that introduce creative and conceptual ideas from Aoife van Linden Tol's artistic practice. The workshop will discuss the concepts of 'making a mark' in the context context of both historical impact of scientific work, of physical cosmic impacts the Universe and how the significance of such events continue reveal themselves over time. The group will choose and prepare documents, papers and print material which they will use to design an artwork which will then be subject to physical impacts during a live event in the Wintergarden the following week.
Using the Making Your Mark concepts guests are invited to a participatory event in which they can collaborate in creating a limited edition artwork that they can take home with them. The audience will also witness the artist and attendees of the previously held workshop creating a few larger works. These will be exhibited in the Wintergarden, ESTEC on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 May.
Email info@aoifevanlindentol.com to book your place
Can Artists And Creative Practitioners Help To Shape The Future Of Humankind In Space Beyond Design?
International Astronautical Congress
25th -29th September 2017
Adelaide, Austrailia
Aoife van Linden Tol will be attending the 67th International Astronautical Congress held this year in Adelaide, Australia to present the findings of her current research paper, ‘Can Artists And Creative Practitioners Help To Shape The Future Of Humankind In Space Beyond Design?’ during the Public Engagement in Space through Culture Symposium chaired by artist Nelly Ben Hayoun and Lisa Antoniadis.
International Astronautical Congress
25th -29th September 2017
Adelaide, Austrailia
Aoife van Linden Tol will be attending the 67th International Astronautical Congress held this year in Adelaide, Australia to present the findings of her current research paper, ‘Can Artists And Creative Practitioners Help To Shape The Future Of Humankind In Space Beyond Design?’ during the Public Engagement in Space through Culture Symposium chaired by artist Nelly Ben Hayoun and Lisa Antoniadis.
ALMA
21st & 22nd April 2017
7pm – 11pm
41 Spelman St, London, E1 5LQ
ARTISTS
Aoife van Linden Tol, Sean Rogg, Gui Pondé, Ana Lumack, We Are Alma
ATTENDANCE
Attendance is free. Capacity is limited so RSVP is essential due to H&S.
RSVP: rsvpalmacollective@gmail.com stating which date you would like to attend.
Explosive installation by Aoife van Linden Tol will be live from 9pm-10pm each night
21st & 22nd April 2017
7pm – 11pm
41 Spelman St, London, E1 5LQ
ARTISTS
Aoife van Linden Tol, Sean Rogg, Gui Pondé, Ana Lumack, We Are Alma
ATTENDANCE
Attendance is free. Capacity is limited so RSVP is essential due to H&S.
RSVP: rsvpalmacollective@gmail.com stating which date you would like to attend.
Explosive installation by Aoife van Linden Tol will be live from 9pm-10pm each night
LUMEN: SCHOOL OF LIGHT
3-5 February 2017
Ugly Duck, 47-49 Tanner Street, London, SE1 3PL
Exhibition Opening Party with D503: Friday 3rd February
As part of their creative season, Ugly Duck HAS invited Lumen for the unique event School of Light.
School of Light presents artists that explore the relationship between astronomy and light.
Artists
Alexander Burgess • Anna Dakin • Anna Gray • Aoife Van Linden Tol • Cat Scott • Diego Valente • Douglas Benford and Rob Olins •
Finlay Taylor • Fiona Grady • Hannah Fletcher • Jane Grisewood • Jessica Rayner • John Hooper • Julie Hill • Kasper Pincis • Kristina Pulejkova • Ky Lewis • Lauren Franklin •Leanne Bell Gonczarow • Lisa Pettibone • Louise Beer • Lucent Matter - Rose Leahy, Kim Yip Tong, Sylvana Lautier • Luke Harby • Melanie King • Molly Behagg • Natasha Sabatini • Nettie Edwards • Rebecca Huxley • Sarah Duncan • Sisetta Zappone • Susan Eyre • Susie Olczak • Thom Bridge • Victoria Doyle • William Fraser • Zanny Mellor
3-5 February 2017
Ugly Duck, 47-49 Tanner Street, London, SE1 3PL
Exhibition Opening Party with D503: Friday 3rd February
As part of their creative season, Ugly Duck HAS invited Lumen for the unique event School of Light.
School of Light presents artists that explore the relationship between astronomy and light.
Artists
Alexander Burgess • Anna Dakin • Anna Gray • Aoife Van Linden Tol • Cat Scott • Diego Valente • Douglas Benford and Rob Olins •
Finlay Taylor • Fiona Grady • Hannah Fletcher • Jane Grisewood • Jessica Rayner • John Hooper • Julie Hill • Kasper Pincis • Kristina Pulejkova • Ky Lewis • Lauren Franklin •Leanne Bell Gonczarow • Lisa Pettibone • Louise Beer • Lucent Matter - Rose Leahy, Kim Yip Tong, Sylvana Lautier • Luke Harby • Melanie King • Molly Behagg • Natasha Sabatini • Nettie Edwards • Rebecca Huxley • Sarah Duncan • Sisetta Zappone • Susan Eyre • Susie Olczak • Thom Bridge • Victoria Doyle • William Fraser • Zanny Mellor
Aoife van Linden Tol wins International Development Award
from the Arts Council England & The British Council
The award supports Aoife in developing her international career focusing on the Netherlands, where her residency with the ESA and Ars Electronica is predominantly located. As part of the time she will present a talk and two workshops in Amsterdam, attend a 3D modelling workshop and visit art institutions and meet curators and art festival organisers across the country. She will also receive mentorship and support in developing her career in the country from her hosts at the Art Kitchen gallery.
from the Arts Council England & The British Council
The award supports Aoife in developing her international career focusing on the Netherlands, where her residency with the ESA and Ars Electronica is predominantly located. As part of the time she will present a talk and two workshops in Amsterdam, attend a 3D modelling workshop and visit art institutions and meet curators and art festival organisers across the country. She will also receive mentorship and support in developing her career in the country from her hosts at the Art Kitchen gallery.
ESTEC, Noordwijk, Holland
21-32 November 2016
Talks, Tours and Conversations
Aoife van Linden Tol is currently at ESTEC, The European Space Agency's technical center,
for her first visit and tour of the facilities ahead of the main residency term. Aoife presented a talk alongside Maria Pfeifer from Ars Electronica Futurelab to new research fellows.
21-32 November 2016
Talks, Tours and Conversations
Aoife van Linden Tol is currently at ESTEC, The European Space Agency's technical center,
for her first visit and tour of the facilities ahead of the main residency term. Aoife presented a talk alongside Maria Pfeifer from Ars Electronica Futurelab to new research fellows.
DESIGN & VIOLENCE AFTER DARK
CLOSING RECEPTION
FRIDAY 18TH NOVEMBER 2016
SCIENCE GALLEY DUBLIN
35 BREWER ST, SOHO, LONDON, W1F 0RX
Aoife Van Linden Tol, the first artist In residence hosted jointly by Ars Electronica and the European Space Agency will lead an interactive exercise and exorcise of the mind. Participants will run through fast-paced activities using visual material which explores how our thoughts can run away with us and how it is possible to take control and re-train the mind using artistic processes which incorporates both psychology and ceremony.
CLOSING RECEPTION
FRIDAY 18TH NOVEMBER 2016
SCIENCE GALLEY DUBLIN
35 BREWER ST, SOHO, LONDON, W1F 0RX
Aoife Van Linden Tol, the first artist In residence hosted jointly by Ars Electronica and the European Space Agency will lead an interactive exercise and exorcise of the mind. Participants will run through fast-paced activities using visual material which explores how our thoughts can run away with us and how it is possible to take control and re-train the mind using artistic processes which incorporates both psychology and ceremony.
DARKNESS CANNOT DRIVE OUT DARKNESS, ONLY LIGHT CAN DO THAT
CLOSING RECEPTION
THURSDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER 2016
LIGHTS OF SOHO
35 BREWER ST, SOHO, LONDON, W1F 0RX
Aoife van Linden Tol will be present at the closing reception to answer questions about her work. You can also join her and a small informal group, after the main talk, to discuss the science of light and how it illuminates the world as we know it.
CLOSING RECEPTION
THURSDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER 2016
LIGHTS OF SOHO
35 BREWER ST, SOHO, LONDON, W1F 0RX
Aoife van Linden Tol will be present at the closing reception to answer questions about her work. You can also join her and a small informal group, after the main talk, to discuss the science of light and how it illuminates the world as we know it.
AOIFE VAN LINDEN TOL TO WATCH MARS EXO LANDING FROM THE ESA CONTROL ROOM
Next week Aoife van Linden Tol heads to the European Space Agency ESOC control center in Darmstadt, Germany to experience the Mars Exo landing beside the scientists and engineers as they work.
Join the team by watching the live stream 13:00–15:15 GMT / 15:00–17:15 CEST on 19 October.
Join the team by watching the live stream 13:00–15:15 GMT / 15:00–17:15 CEST on 19 October.
ESPRESSO FOR THE MIND
ART + CONFERENCE
@ FRANKFURT BOOKFAIR: THE BUSINESS OF CREATIVITY
AOIFE VAN LINDEN TOL, QUADRATURE, ARS ELECTRONICA
ART + CONFERENCE
@ FRANKFURT BOOKFAIR: THE BUSINESS OF CREATIVITY
AOIFE VAN LINDEN TOL, QUADRATURE, ARS ELECTRONICA
Aoife van Linden Tol will kick off the Art+ conference organised by the Frankfurt Bookfair, about my work the ESA residency and my experience later today watching the ExoMars landing. I will be joining a panel with members of the Ars Electronica team as well as ESO Residency winner Quadrature. I am sure I will be buzzing after today, so hopefully I will still make some kind of sense!
Photo: Satellite: BepiColombo, Copyright: ESA/JAXA
AOIFE VAN LINDEN TOL WINS ARTIST IN RESIDENCY AT EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY & ARS ELECTRONICA
Over the next year Aoife van Linden Tol will spend six weeks working with scientists at the European Space Agency ESTEC in Holland researching the physics of stars and our Sun in particular. She will then spend a further month at Ars Electronica Futurelab where she will experiment and develop her winning project Star Storm which will comprise of a series of explosive performances based on her research. The project will then be exhibited at Ars Electronica Festival 2017.
DARKNESS CANNOT DRIVE OUT DARKNESS, ONLY LIGHT CAN DO THAT
28TH SEPTEMBER - 29TH OCTOBER 2016
LIGHTS OF SOHO
35 BREWER ST, SOHO, LONDON, W1F 0RX
Aoife van Linden Tol's light work Spectra Argon will be showing at LOS group show.
28TH SEPTEMBER - 29TH OCTOBER 2016
LIGHTS OF SOHO
35 BREWER ST, SOHO, LONDON, W1F 0RX
Aoife van Linden Tol's light work Spectra Argon will be showing at LOS group show.
SOLAR REFLECTOR
INTERNATIONAL SPACE WEEK
3RD - 8TH OCTOBER 2016
IN CONJUNCTION WITH BLACK ROCK OBSERVATORY/PROJECT TARA, CORK, IRELAND
During Space Week a Blackrock Castle Observatory will attempt to take detailed photographs of the moon which will be sent to Aoife van Linden Tol to inspire a new art work. BCO have telescopes located in located in Cork, Ireland & California, USA respectively. Interested in the moons role as a reflector of the Suns light Aoife hopes to incorporate diagrams describing this journey of light from the Sun takes as it travels through space and reflects off the moon to light Earths night sky.
INTERNATIONAL SPACE WEEK
3RD - 8TH OCTOBER 2016
IN CONJUNCTION WITH BLACK ROCK OBSERVATORY/PROJECT TARA, CORK, IRELAND
During Space Week a Blackrock Castle Observatory will attempt to take detailed photographs of the moon which will be sent to Aoife van Linden Tol to inspire a new art work. BCO have telescopes located in located in Cork, Ireland & California, USA respectively. Interested in the moons role as a reflector of the Suns light Aoife hopes to incorporate diagrams describing this journey of light from the Sun takes as it travels through space and reflects off the moon to light Earths night sky.
SECOND STORY LINZ
SAT 10TH SEPT 2016
ARS ELECTRONICA: RADICAL ATOMS, LINZ, AUSTRIA.
Aoife van Linden Tol invites the residents of Linz to submit material for the second incarnation of her project Second Story which will take place at Ars Electronica Festival 2016.
The project explores the influence of words and images to create an explosive force within each individual as well as the emotional responses created when presented with literal physical explosions. The universal nature of both these this phenomena inspired Aoife to create a project which allows many people to continue their own dialogue with explosive forces.
First realised in Berlin in 2007 Aoife has long wanted to continue the project in other cities across the world. She hopes to uncover some of the collective and individual emotions and ideas of those living in Linz.
Aoife’s explosions in books and on paper create beautiful and often delicate accents, creating a mark or damaging the piece whilst keeping the integrity of the original object. The objects will not be destroyed completely.
PROJECT DETAILS
SAT 10TH SEPT 2016
ARS ELECTRONICA: RADICAL ATOMS, LINZ, AUSTRIA.
Aoife van Linden Tol invites the residents of Linz to submit material for the second incarnation of her project Second Story which will take place at Ars Electronica Festival 2016.
The project explores the influence of words and images to create an explosive force within each individual as well as the emotional responses created when presented with literal physical explosions. The universal nature of both these this phenomena inspired Aoife to create a project which allows many people to continue their own dialogue with explosive forces.
First realised in Berlin in 2007 Aoife has long wanted to continue the project in other cities across the world. She hopes to uncover some of the collective and individual emotions and ideas of those living in Linz.
Aoife’s explosions in books and on paper create beautiful and often delicate accents, creating a mark or damaging the piece whilst keeping the integrity of the original object. The objects will not be destroyed completely.
PROJECT DETAILS