“The Feeling Sonnets”, Metahaven in conversation with Manuel Cirauqui

On November 17th Hangar hosts The Feeling Sonnets, a talk with Metahaven and Manuel Cirauqui. Renowned Amsterdam-based collective Metahaven will discuss their recent film works, including “The Feeling Sonnets (Transitional Object)” (2024) and “Chaos Theory” (2021), with curator and einaidea director Manuel Cirauqui. “The Feeling Sonnets (Transitional Object),” Metahaven’s latest film work, uses essayistic and fictionalized linguistic motifs and patterns for its imaginative take on a 2022 poetry collection by Eugene Ostashevsky, with a score by composer inti figgis-vizueta. The film builds on their earlier moving image works, investigating joy, absurdism, truth claims, and childhood. Sharing excerpts from the films, Metahaven and Manuel Cirauqui will reflect on the role of art, cinema, design, language, and literature in a global culture dominated by unstoppable unrest. “The Feeling Sonnets (Transitional Object)” is presented at Loop Fair 2024 by Antwerp-based TICK TACK.

The work of Metahaven—founded by Vinca Kruk and Daniel van der Velden—comprises filmmaking, design, installations, and writing. Metahaven have presented solo exhibitions at MoMA PS1, New York; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao; ICA London; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; Asakusa, Tokyo; Izolyatsia, Kyiv; e-flux, New York, and State of Concept Athens, among others. Their films have been screened at IFFR, Docs Against Gravity, CPH:DOX, and the Museum of Modern Art, among others. Metahaven has participated in group exhibitions at Artists Space, New York; the Gwangju Biennale; the Sharjah Biennial; the Busan Bienniale; Ghost:2561, Bangkok, and many others. Metahaven currently are artistic advisors at Rijksakademie, affiliate researchers at Antikythera, and heads of department at the Geo-Design MA at DAE.

This event is organized by Hangar and Loop Festival and is part of Loop Festival’s collaboration with Barcelona-based research platform einaidea.

Practical information
Date: Sunday, November 17th
Time: 12 pm
Venue: Sala Ricson, Hangar
Free entrance