Shani Leseman
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I’ll be perfecting some of my paint recipes, brew new ones and try some monotype experiments ive been wanting to do :))
Foto Aad Hoogendoorn for Rembrandt Open Studio 2026, Museum Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam
For Analysis Paralysis, Shani Leseman, Thijs Jaeger and Mathias Mu immersed themselves in the culture surrounding board games, card games and role-playing games. Especially for Purperen Draak, they created new artworks exploring the rituals, objects, stories, and worlds that emerge from this culture. What happens when a game object takes on meaning beyond the game itself? When does a miniature become a character, a card a valuable object, or an instrument a means of bringing new stories to life?
a result from a visit to Curacao with my friend GC Heemskerk.
This video is about the dogs and dog spirits of Curacao, about who has the right to roam the streets, the (magical) powers of dogs and their (future) relationships with humans. 🐲🪺
Supported by Stroom Den Haag
on show at Plucking the Broom, No Limits! Art Castle
Mural with earth pigments, drawings with plant inks and photocopies from witches’ zines
in Buitenplaats Kasteel Wijlre
Photos Peter Cox
at No Limits! Art Castle with fellow witches 🕯️🐦🔥
The driftwood pieces I got from Stefan when I was volunteering at his rescue center on Curacao. Having a bond with another animal, a familiar, was enough to be interpreted as evidence of magical practices and thereby to be accused of witchcraft. To form a bond with other species asks to pay attention to a world that does not exist solely on human terms, to be in touch with one’s surrounding, and that is the basis of many practices of magic and modern witchcraft alike. On the driftwoods are pictures of Goofy, Gail, Sambo, Charlie and Hugo and fragments of several texts on magic and witchcraft 👁️🗨️🗯️ Some of them are also collaborations with GC. And all of these works are for sale in the gallery of No Limits between 200-250€, my % will go directly to Stefan’s rescue center <3
The collaged texts are from:
Water and Dreams - Gaston Bachelard Apocalyptic Witchcraft - Peter Grey
Wikipedia on Familiars
History of Magic - Chris Godsen
The Women’s encyclopedia of Symbols and Sacred Objects - Barbara Walker
Energy Magic - Silvia Hartmann
17:00 - 21:00, No Limits! Art Castle - Sint Annendwarsstraat 9C
A collaboration with Trees Heil.
Both of our practices are rooted in a magical world view, where there is more to life than rational ‘reality’. Things we can feel, dream, vaguely see, things we memorize, predict or imagine. Endless talks and ideas on these topics turned into collaborative photographic works, a result of thinking-by-doing (rather than trying to explain). For this series we are directly inspired by the visual language of spirit photography and brought it to the studio, while we also capture ourselves and thereby, our friendship. 🔮 🔮
Met Gossip: Magie en Marginalisering brengt buitenplaats Kasteel Wijlre hedendaagse kunst en regionale geschiedenis samen in een gelaagde tentoonstelling over uitsluiting, verbondenheid en verbeelding. Vanuit Zuid-Limburg als vertrekpunt onderzoekt de tentoonstelling hoe historische processen van marginalisering – zoals de heksenvervolgingen tussen in de 16e en 17e eeuw – doorwerken in het heden.
This video is about the dogs and dog spirits of Curacao, about who has the right to roam the streets, the (magical) powers of dogs and their (future) relationships with humans. 🐲🪺
Supported by Stroom Den Haag