Aernout Mik’s film installations create situations that chart the formation and transformation of group behavior. The artist draws parallels between structures like religious movements and our belief in the market economy to create spaces for the viewer to contemplate their position between malfunctioning systems.
He represented the Netherlands in the Dutch Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale, 2007. He has had solo exhibitions at venues such as Art Sonje Center, Seoul; MoMA, New York; BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam; Jeu de Paume, Paris; Museum Folkwang, Essen; and CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid. Mik has participated in numerous international biennials, including the Venice Biennale, Sao Paulo Biennial, Gwangju Biennale, the Aichi Triennale in Nagoya, Istanbul Biennial, and the Berlin Biennale.
Selected Works
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Daytime Movements, 2016
4-screen video installation, sizes variable, 2 × 2 screens synchronized (part 1 and part 2)
part 1: 25min 11sec | part 2: 30min 19sec
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A swarm of two, 2017
2 channel video installation
27.38 min
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Cold and Warm Bodies, 2003 / 2012
6 channel video installation, 2 sets of 3 channel lcd screens
each 38 × 130 × 5 cm
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Communitas, 2010
3 channel video installation
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Cardboard walls, 2013
two channel video installation, cardboard walls
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Ice Cream Hill, 2014 / 2015
2 channel video installation
27.37 min
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Training Ground, 2006
2 channel video installation
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Speaking in Tongues, 2013
5 channel video installation, set photography
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Middlemen, 2001
1 channel video installation
21.28 min, loop
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Double Bind, 2018
3 screen projection, with sound
41.48 min. on loop
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Threshold Barriers, 2022
42.10 min loop
c|g Exhibitions
Standing | Berlin
05.03.–21.04.2022
A swarm of two | Berlin
27.01.–14.04.2018
Die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass nichts passiert | Berlin
19.01.–02.03.2013
Communitas | Berlin
30.10.–04.12.2010
Osmosis & Excess | touch, rise and fall | Berlin
10.01.–21.02.2009
Vacuum Room | Berlin
13.09.–29.10.2005
Pulverous | Berlin
20.05.–28.06.2003
Middlemen | Berlin
02.–20.10.2001
Personal Absurdities | Berlin
13.10.–12.12.1997
Selected Publications
Aernout Mik, Communitas, Folksnang Museum, Setidl, Jeude Paume, 2013
Aernout Mik, Glutinosity / Schoolyard / Raw Ground / Raw Footage, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo Comunidad de Madrid, 2012
Aernout Mik, Reversal Room, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell, University, 2004
Aernout Mik, Elastic. Heineken Prize for Art, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 2002
Aernout Mik, Primal Gestures, Minor Roles Nai Publ, 2000