Tesselescence (Stichting Ruimtevaart)

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"Tesselescence (Stichting Ruimtevaart)" was a durational performance for HOOGTIJ #81 (2025) in The Hague (NL). Over the course of the evening, artist Keeley Haftner activated the foundation’s SuperB film archive/storage room, transforming it through performative labor that merged caretaking, maintenance, and artistic production

HOOGTIJ #81

  • Verwacht. [Coming Soon]

  • Tesselescence (Stichting Ruimtevaart).

  • Super B Cinema.

  • Grid.

  • Research.

  • Wall.

  • Sfeer (Atmosphere).

  • Lekker Sfeer (Nice Atmosphere).

  • Place.

  • Material Biases.

  • Maintenance.

  • Archive.

  • Viewers.

  • Film.

  • Projectors.

  • Use.

  • Working.

  • Viewing.

  • Projecting.

  • Pruskite.

»one night only: the opening as exhibition«

»one night only: the opening as exhibition«

Site-specific installation video from “Tesselescence (Stichting Ruimtevaart)” (2025)

Waste materials and stored objects became the building blocks for new, site-specific sculpture, while a pre-recorded and edited video compilation—documenting the months-long restoration process—screened in the Super B Cinema. Haftner worked with with Ruimtevaart co-founder Henk Hubenet and studio assistants Luisa Badino and Francesco Zanatta to develop an installation that unfolded live as visitors engaged with the collection and witnessed the archive’s transformation.

Founded in 1991, Ruimtevaart Foundation is an artist-run initiative focused on securing affordable workspace and initiating visual arts projects.

Using found paint in the archive — from institutional blues and yellows to theatre reds and blacks —Haftner created a tessellated wall painting that enlivens the archive and chronicles the organization’s organic evolution within The Hague’s artist-run culture.

This project is an extension of Haftner’s larger Tesselescence (Installations) series, including site-specific projects at Compound Yellow, The Franklin Outdoor, and Garden Apartment Gallery.

Stichting Ruimtevaart is The Hague’s oldest artist-run initiative. Since early 2018, Ruimtevaart has been located at Helena van Doeverenplantsoen 3, a spacious facility that supports its role as an interdisciplinary platform for visual arts, design, music, and cinematography. Current projects include SuperB, Ruimtevaart Music, an exhibition space, and artist studios.

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