Between 2016 and 2020, Isabel Van Bos co-developed STRT Kit, a one-year development platform for emerging artists commissioned by Morpho, offering time, space, and resources to support sustainable artistic practices.
STRT Kit was a one-year development program for artists, located in Antwerp, Belgium. Each year, through an open call, five emerging artists were selected. The program provided a collective workspace and presentation space, an intensive study week abroad, a national and international visitors program, an exhibition at Kunsthal Extra City, an individual article in H ART magazine, and a collective publication.The program was an initative of Moprpho in collaboration with H ART magazine and Kunsthal Extra City Antwerp.
Detailed description of the programs aim can be found on ZAK .
STRT Kit was a one-year development program for artists, located in Antwerp, Belgium. Each year, through an open call, five emerging artists were selected. The program provided a collective workspace and presentation space, an intensive study week abroad, a national and international visitors program, an exhibition at Kunsthal Extra City, an individual article in H ART magazine, and a collective publication.The program was an initative of Moprpho in collaboration with H ART magazine and Kunsthal Extra City Antwerp.
Detailed description of the programs aim can be found on ZAK .
STRT Kit/ 2018
︎ airantwerpen.be
WE’RE THIS AND WE’RE THAT, AREN’T WE?, curated by Samuel Saelemakers, Kunsthal Extra City Antwerp
publication
︎ Visitors program; Curators: Alan Quireyns (AIR Antwerpen), Isabel Van Bos, Alberto García del Castillo (Mophradat, Brussels), Helena Kritis (Beursschouwburg, Brussels), Louise Osieka (CIAP, Hasselt), Nina Hendrixck (Zeno X galerie, Antwerp), Bas Hendrickx, Evelyn Simons (CAB, Brussels), Evelien Bracke (Curator Design Museum Gent) Artists: Bianca Baldi, Bruno Zhu
︎ Projectweek; Cairo, designed by Sara El-Adl. With special thanks to; Townhouse Cairo, Gypsum gallery, Contemporary Image Collective (CIC), Cimatheque Cairo, Ahmed Badry, Mariam Nozahy,
︎ H ART interview; Jeroen Bocken, Puck Vonk, Chloë Delanghe, Céline Mathieu , Ans Mertens and Samuel Saelemakers
︎ Images; Ans Mertens, As I Walk At Leisure (video), 2018 & Céline Mathieu, Dog. Rooster. Pig. (sculpture), 2018.
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︎ airantwerpen.be
WE’RE THIS AND WE’RE THAT, AREN’T WE?, curated by Samuel Saelemakers, Kunsthal Extra City Antwerp
publication
︎ Visitors program; Curators: Alan Quireyns (AIR Antwerpen), Isabel Van Bos, Alberto García del Castillo (Mophradat, Brussels), Helena Kritis (Beursschouwburg, Brussels), Louise Osieka (CIAP, Hasselt), Nina Hendrixck (Zeno X galerie, Antwerp), Bas Hendrickx, Evelyn Simons (CAB, Brussels), Evelien Bracke (Curator Design Museum Gent) Artists: Bianca Baldi, Bruno Zhu
︎ Projectweek; Cairo, designed by Sara El-Adl. With special thanks to; Townhouse Cairo, Gypsum gallery, Contemporary Image Collective (CIC), Cimatheque Cairo, Ahmed Badry, Mariam Nozahy,
︎ H ART interview; Jeroen Bocken, Puck Vonk, Chloë Delanghe, Céline Mathieu , Ans Mertens and Samuel Saelemakers
︎ Images; Ans Mertens, As I Walk At Leisure (video), 2018 & Céline Mathieu, Dog. Rooster. Pig. (sculpture), 2018.
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STRT Kit/ 2017
︎ airantwerpen.beBrief Flashes Against A World (Languages of the Future)'curated by Övül Ö. Durmusoglu, Kunsthal Extra City︎ extracitykunsthal.org
Images © Sofie Jaspers/ Studio Start
︎ Visitors program; Curators: Alan Quireyns (AIR Antwerpen), Isabel Van Bos, Alberto García del Castillo, Helena Kritis (Beursschouwburg, Brussels), Louise Osieka (CIAP, Hasselt), Charlotte Van Buylaere (De Appel, Amsterdam), Laura Herman (La Loge, Brussels), Evelyn Simons (CAB, Brussels), Simon Delobel (trampoline, Antwerpen), Lissa Kinnear (Flanders Arts Institute, Brussels), Nina Hendrixck (Zeno X), Julie Senden (Rodolphe Janssen gallery), Bas Hendrickx, Michiel Vandevelde (Extra City), Charlotte Crevits (museum Dhondt-Dhaenens), Laure Decock (Axel Vervoordt). Artists: Daan Gielis, Ode de Kort, Annaïk Lou Pitteloud, Nicolas Valckenaere, Tomas Kajanek, Eduardo Cruces, Hotel Charleroi
︎ Projectweek; Palestina/ Israel. Visitors program designed by artist Bisan Hussam Abu Eisheh. With special thanks to; Rania Elias (Yabous Cultural Center), Jack Persekian & Mervat Tams (Al-Mammal Foundation for Contemporary Art), Amer Khalil (Palestinian National Theatre), Manar Idris &Hatem Tahhan (Al Hoash Art Centre), Yazid Anani & Mahmoud Abu Hashhash and Nisreen Naffa (Al- Qattan Foundation), Tina Sherwell (International Academy of Art in Palestine), Jawad Al Malhi (artist), Khaled Hourani (artist), Ayed Arafeh (artist), Vivien Sansour (Palestine Heirloom Seed Library), Fadi Kattan (Hosh al-Syrian guest house), Alhareth Rayyan (Sakakini Cultural Centre), George Al Ama (Collector), Amer Al Shomali (Artist), Kareem Kattan (Writer and co-director/ founder El Atlal cultural residency in Jericho)
︎ Publication; Concept & Editing: Ines Cox, Isabel Van Bos & Greet Vlegels - Authors: Federica Bueti, Laura Herman, Johan Pas, Evelyn Simons, Isabel Van Bos & Steve Van den Bosch - Translation: Jonathan William Beaton - Graphic design Ines Cox.
︎ H ART interview; Amber Vanluffelen, Karen Moser, Kitty Kamp, Polien Boons & Mathieu Verhaeghe
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STRT Kit/ 2017
︎ airantwerpen.beBrief Flashes Against A World (Languages of the Future)'curated by Övül Ö. Durmusoglu, Kunsthal Extra City︎ extracitykunsthal.org
Images © Sofie Jaspers/ Studio Start
︎ Visitors program; Curators: Alan Quireyns (AIR Antwerpen), Isabel Van Bos, Alberto García del Castillo, Helena Kritis (Beursschouwburg, Brussels), Louise Osieka (CIAP, Hasselt), Charlotte Van Buylaere (De Appel, Amsterdam), Laura Herman (La Loge, Brussels), Evelyn Simons (CAB, Brussels), Simon Delobel (trampoline, Antwerpen), Lissa Kinnear (Flanders Arts Institute, Brussels), Nina Hendrixck (Zeno X), Julie Senden (Rodolphe Janssen gallery), Bas Hendrickx, Michiel Vandevelde (Extra City), Charlotte Crevits (museum Dhondt-Dhaenens), Laure Decock (Axel Vervoordt). Artists: Daan Gielis, Ode de Kort, Annaïk Lou Pitteloud, Nicolas Valckenaere, Tomas Kajanek, Eduardo Cruces, Hotel Charleroi
︎ Projectweek; Palestina/ Israel. Visitors program designed by artist Bisan Hussam Abu Eisheh. With special thanks to; Rania Elias (Yabous Cultural Center), Jack Persekian & Mervat Tams (Al-Mammal Foundation for Contemporary Art), Amer Khalil (Palestinian National Theatre), Manar Idris &Hatem Tahhan (Al Hoash Art Centre), Yazid Anani & Mahmoud Abu Hashhash and Nisreen Naffa (Al- Qattan Foundation), Tina Sherwell (International Academy of Art in Palestine), Jawad Al Malhi (artist), Khaled Hourani (artist), Ayed Arafeh (artist), Vivien Sansour (Palestine Heirloom Seed Library), Fadi Kattan (Hosh al-Syrian guest house), Alhareth Rayyan (Sakakini Cultural Centre), George Al Ama (Collector), Amer Al Shomali (Artist), Kareem Kattan (Writer and co-director/ founder El Atlal cultural residency in Jericho)
︎ Publication; Concept & Editing: Ines Cox, Isabel Van Bos & Greet Vlegels - Authors: Federica Bueti, Laura Herman, Johan Pas, Evelyn Simons, Isabel Van Bos & Steve Van den Bosch - Translation: Jonathan William Beaton - Graphic design Ines Cox.
︎ H ART interview; Amber Vanluffelen, Karen Moser, Kitty Kamp, Polien Boons & Mathieu Verhaeghe
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STRT Kit/ 2016
︎ www.airantwerpen.beIn the wake of his surrounding, he fades, ︎ curated by Pieternel Vermoortel, Kunsthal Extra Cityvermoortel.com
Images © Sofie Jaspers/ Studio Start
︎ Detailed description of the programs aim can be found on ZAK .
︎ Visitors program; Curators: Alan Quireyns (AIR Antwerpen), Isabel Van Bos, Alberto García del Castillo, Helena Kritis (Beursschouwburg, Brussels), Louise Osieka (CIAP, Hasselt), Charlotte Van Buylaere (De Appel, Amsterdam), Laura Herman (La Loge, Brussels), Caroline Dumalin (WIELS, Brussels), Pieternel Vermoortel (Netwerk, Aalst), Samuel Saelemakers (Witte de With, Rotterdam), Valerie Verhack (M Museum, Leuven), Beatrijs Eemans, Evelyn Simons (CAB, Brussels), Simon Delobel (trampoline, Antwerpen), Lissa Kinnear (Flanders Arts Institute, Brussels). Artists: Annaïk Lou Pitteloud, Philip Janssens, Lonely Fingers, Chantal Peñalosa, Elen Braga, Laure Prouvost and Pages Magazine.
︎ Projectweek; Athens, Greece. Visitors program designed by Ilektra Kalaitzaki. Special thanks to
SNEHTA Residency, 3137, State of Concept, artist Thalia Raftopoulou, art historian Konstantinos Vassiliou, artist Yiannis Papadopoulos, curator Michelangelo Corsaro.
︎ Publication; Concept & Editing: Ines Cox, Isabel Van Bos & Greet Vlegels - Authors: Guillaume Désanges, Steven Humblet, Alan Quireyns, Chris Sharp, Isabel Van Bos and Sara Weyns - Translation: Ailsa Cavers and Laura Herman - Photography: Jim Campers, Ode de Kort, Maika Garnica, Timo Van Grinsven and mountaincutters - Graphic design Ines Cox.
︎ H ART interviews; Jim Campers, Ode de Kort, Timo Grinsven, mountaincutters & Maika Garnica
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STRT Kit/ 2016
︎ www.airantwerpen.beIn the wake of his surrounding, he fades, ︎ curated by Pieternel Vermoortel, Kunsthal Extra Cityvermoortel.com
Images © Sofie Jaspers/ Studio Start
︎ Detailed description of the programs aim can be found on ZAK .
︎ Visitors program; Curators: Alan Quireyns (AIR Antwerpen), Isabel Van Bos, Alberto García del Castillo, Helena Kritis (Beursschouwburg, Brussels), Louise Osieka (CIAP, Hasselt), Charlotte Van Buylaere (De Appel, Amsterdam), Laura Herman (La Loge, Brussels), Caroline Dumalin (WIELS, Brussels), Pieternel Vermoortel (Netwerk, Aalst), Samuel Saelemakers (Witte de With, Rotterdam), Valerie Verhack (M Museum, Leuven), Beatrijs Eemans, Evelyn Simons (CAB, Brussels), Simon Delobel (trampoline, Antwerpen), Lissa Kinnear (Flanders Arts Institute, Brussels). Artists: Annaïk Lou Pitteloud, Philip Janssens, Lonely Fingers, Chantal Peñalosa, Elen Braga, Laure Prouvost and Pages Magazine.
︎ Projectweek; Athens, Greece. Visitors program designed by Ilektra Kalaitzaki. Special thanks to
SNEHTA Residency, 3137, State of Concept, artist Thalia Raftopoulou, art historian Konstantinos Vassiliou, artist Yiannis Papadopoulos, curator Michelangelo Corsaro.
︎ Publication; Concept & Editing: Ines Cox, Isabel Van Bos & Greet Vlegels - Authors: Guillaume Désanges, Steven Humblet, Alan Quireyns, Chris Sharp, Isabel Van Bos and Sara Weyns - Translation: Ailsa Cavers and Laura Herman - Photography: Jim Campers, Ode de Kort, Maika Garnica, Timo Van Grinsven and mountaincutters - Graphic design Ines Cox.
︎ H ART interviews; Jim Campers, Ode de Kort, Timo Grinsven, mountaincutters & Maika Garnica
