Doina Kraal
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Doina Kraal

Doina Kraal (1980) studied Fine Art at Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam (BA) and at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London (MA). From 2020 to 2022 Kraal was a PhD candidate at PhDArts, a practice-lead doctoral study programme at ACPA (Academy of Creative and Performing Arts), Leiden University. Kraal works through installation and performance, and investigates how intimate and multisensory encounters imprint between object and viewer. In 2018 Onomatopee published Touche-à-Tout, a comprehensive collection of writings, images and documentation around Kraal’s research. Kraal’s work and publications have been presented at Foam, Amsterdam, MAMA, Rotterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Flora, Bogota, Soledad Senlle Gallery among others.
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Doina Kraal (1980) studied Fine Art at Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam (BA) and at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London (MA). From 2020 to 2022 Kraal was a PhD candidate at PhDArts, a practice-lead doctoral study programme at ACPA (Academy of Creative and Performing Arts), Leiden University. Kraal works through installation and performance, and investigates how intimate and multisensory encounters imprint between object and viewer. In 2018 Onomatopee published Touche-à-Tout, a comprehensive collection of writings, images and documentation around Kraal’s research. Kraal’s work and publications have been presented at Foam, Amsterdam, MAMA, Rotterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Flora, Bogota, Soledad Senlle Gallery among others.

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Program with Doina Kraal

Doina Kraal Roger Cremers

26 November 2023 - 22 December 2023

Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam

Radical Reversibility and Looiersgracht 60 present Of Gaia and Ouranos, a new exhibition by Roger Cremers and Doina Kraal, curated by Frank van der Stok and Taco Hidde Bakker. 

Doina Kraal Roger Cremers Boele Weemhoff Sylvian Kloens

25 November 2023 7:30 pm

Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam

Roger Cremers & Doina Kraal, Of Gaia and Ouranos  … Exhibition at Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam: 26.11—22.12.2023 … Public opening: 25.11.2023, 7:30–10 PM (performance at 8 PM) Performance Of Rheia and Kronos in collaboration with musicians Boele Weemhoff and Sylvian Kloens …  

Doina Kraal Roger Cremers Boele Weemhoff Sylvian Kloens

10 September 2022 8:00 pm

Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam

Archive Event V at Looiersgracht 60 concludes the first Public Research Residency with artists Doina Kraal and Roger Cremers, who will perform Oumuamua, a transhistorical sound play in collaboration with musicians Boele Weemhoff and Sylvian Kloens.

Spiritus (work in progress)LNDW Studio2022

Spiritus (work in progress), LNDW Studio, 2022

Taede A. Smedes Philippe Ailleris Doina Kraal Roger Cremers Taco Hidde Bakker Frank van der Stok

3 September 2022 4:00 pm

Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam

A talk and public discussion about Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, the imagination and speculations about extraterrestrial life and intelligence, with guests Philippe Ailleris and Taede A. Smedes and moderators Doina Kraal and Taco Hidde Bakker.  

Spiritus (work in progress)Frank van der Stok2022

Spiritus (work in progress), Frank van der Stok, 2022

Doina Kraal Roger Cremers Frank van der Stok Taco Hidde Bakker

27 August 2022 4:00 pm

Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam

For the second event in the context of the Public Research Residency at Looiersgracht we invite guests for a storytelling event (a miniature time travel through objects and live stories). 

Bram Roza Frank van der Stok Taco Hidde Bakker Doina Kraal Roger Cremers

20 August 2022 7:30 pm

Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam

Film screening of The Phenomenon (James Fox, 2020) with an introduction by UFO-researcher Bram Roza about the film and his own documentary-in-progress, De UFO’s van Soesterberg. 

Doina Kraal Roger Cremers Frank van der Stok Taco Hidde Bakker

8 August 2022 - 10 September 2022

Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam

Looiersgracht 60 and Radical Reversibility are welcoming Amsterdam-based artists Doina Kraal (1980) and Roger Cremers (1972) as the first participants of the Public Research Residency.