2025 GREYLIGHT PROJECTS HEERLEN
Supporting Acts, group show and workshops at Greylight Projects, Heerlen
Curated by Zhixin Angus Liao and Krista Jantowski
November 15, 2025 – February 15, 2026
Participating artsist: Tini Aliman & Cristiana Cott Negoescu, Salim Bayri, Muxingye Chen, Fabiola Burgos Labra, Zhixin Angus Liao, Display Distribute x Junhao Xiang, Felipe Mujica, and Aarti Sunder
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Exhibition text: The starting point of the exhibition Supporting Acts is the idea that nothing exists in isolation. Nothing simply “appears” – it is supported, positioned, made legible, and conditioned through ongoing and multiple efforts, decisions, and relationships. This exhibition seeks to approach the value of the solitary object – what we often call art – through the system of relationships that makes its existence possible and meaningful.
The artistic practices gathered in this exhibition demonstrate that the idea of “support” is not a passive background, but actively shapes what becomes visible and how. As Céline Condorelli reminds us, support is not a neutral act but a conscious choice. To support something or someone is to take a stance and contribute actively. How do artistic practices engage with this, and what might an artistic approach to support – both giving and receiving – look like?
This exhibition focuses on the production of art and presents works that make support tangible – not only as content but also as method. The participating artists depict artistic production as a sustainable, social, and procedural act, encompassing administrative gestures, rhythms of maintenance, and the social frameworks that underlie them. By foregrounding workshops, meetings, spreadsheets, note-taking, rehearsals, routines, and shared meals, Supporting Acts invites attention to the everyday practices that sustain cultural life.
In keeping with our focus on process, we’re starting Supporting Acts somewhere in the middle. Part of the works can already be seen on 15 November during the Open Studios of artists-in-residence Marcus Kaiser and Heimprofi (Krista Burger). The works are beginning to grow (sometimes literally), materials are being gathered, and rehearsals are underway.
On 29 November, you’re warmly invited to a special public day of Supporting Acts, with performances by Tini Aliman & Cristiana Cott Negoescu, Salim Bayri, and Muxingye Chen together with Nakano Blu.
For the dates of the various workshops, please check our agenda!
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The images above show other artists and their works, which were part of the exhibition, as well as documentation of talks, workshops, and collective dinners. We intend to continue the workshops as a way to expand the project’s reach, where collective education and food sharing eventually create an environment of knowledge exchange, bringing people together from all ages and walks of life. To be continued…
Bellow>>> documentation of Embroidery and Production Workshop at Greylight Projects, Heerlen
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