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The work of Su Tomesen consists of films and short videos, photographs, installations and interventions, in which she mostly focuses on ingenuity in public space and/or informal economies in cities outside the over-regulated Western world. Tomesen lives and works in Amsterdam and since 2011 in Yogyakarta as well. Her work is structurally supported for four years by Mondriaan Fonds, thanks to their Stipend for Established Artists.

In my residency at Kedai Kebun Forum in Yogyakarta early 2020 I researched the possibilities for a new performance / intervention in public space. Back in Amsterdam I applied for Development Budget at the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK) to work with composer Sinta Wullur in writing sound compositions for the new work. The grant has been awarded mid October 2020. Updates about this project will follow soon.

CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE - - - - - - - The four channel video installation Street Vendors: Medellín, Tirana, Johannesburg, Yogyakarta (2018) is exhibited fifteen days in a row at Plein Theater in Amsterdam East. Time slots, covid proof, February 10 till 24, daily from 11 AM until 7 PM.

The very 1st exhibition of the Curated Weeks at Galerie Waterbolk in Utrecht is a non-stop screening of the film Jalan (Indonesia, 2015) in the display window of the gallery. March 1 till 7, 2021.

For the series Artist & Friends at Galerie Waterbolk in Utrecht I curate the exhibition Private City, with works of architect Lada Hršak, visual artist Lucia Luptáková and myself. In the group show we present our shared views on ingenuity in urban (public) space. June 2 till 6, 2021.

The video installation Street Vendors is planned to have its South African premiere at the 30th anniversary of The Bag Factory, Johannesburg in 2021, which is celebrated with the group exhibition The Street with works from a.o. David Koloane, Pat Mautloa, Andrew Tshabangu, Candice Kramer, Olivia Botha and myself. The show opens on 24 July; Street Vendors is a separate event in the middle of the exhibition and launched on August 7. Until August 19.

A still form the video Tree Feller (Philip) is part of the local artists’ contribution to the exhibition The World After at the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam. Until January 17, 2021.

Street Vendors is part of the online exhibition of Dutch Design Week 2020. The focus on everyday design and spontaneous architecture matches with the scope of DDW. October 17 till 25, 2020.

A site specific version of Plastic Age is exhibited at BIG ART 2020 at Hembrugterrein in Zaandam. Private VIP opening: September 30. Exhibition: October 1 till 4, 11 AM till 7 PM daily.

Stills from Street vendors: Medellín, Tirana, Johannesburg, Yogyakarta are part of the Big Dutch Art Calendar, de Grote Nederlandse Kunstkalender 2020. October 4 is my day.