Resume Emily Kocken
Emily Kocken uses photography, drawings and writing in her visual and narrative research
of personal and public microhistories. She lives and works in Amsterdam.
She was born in New York on February 5, 1963.
Leiduinstraat 36–II
1058 SL Amsterdam
The Netherlands
M +31 (0)6 36 13 57 74
E [email protected]
W emilykocken.nl
Literary Publications
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2019
Kunstgeschenk 2019 — Published by Instituut voor Kunst en Kritiek, West Den Haag i.c.w. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
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Don’t Shoot the Pianist — faux essay, De Gids
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2018
Hello Darkness — essay, De Gids no. 2018/2—also included in L’Histoire Kaputt by Alex van Warmerdam, Nieuw Amsterdam Publishers
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Slapen met de hazen — essay, De Gids no. 2018/1
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2017
De kuur — novel, Uitgeverij Querido, Amsterdam
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Fictief bloedvergieten — essay, Revisor 15
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2016
Stewart — short story, Revisor 12
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2015
Ohio — introduction to the catalog for solo exhibition Gently Down the Stream, Nanette Kraaikamp, Stedelijk Museum Vianen
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2014
Alles te verbergen — drawing, poetry/art collection edited by Carine Weve, Poëziecentrum Gent
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2013
O San Francisco — column, De Optimist, digitaal cultureel magazine
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Witte vlag — novel, Uitgeverij Querido, Amsterdam
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2011
Haarpijn — short story, De Revisor online – revisor.nl ➭
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2010
De hond zag ons in Rheine — short story, De Revisor, Amsterdam
Exhibitions
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2018
Cello Girls Orbit — vinyl record with Jacco Prantl, installation, performance, C&H gallery, Amsterdam – Solo
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2017
Ben ik een dier? — Museum De Domijnen, Sittard – Group
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2015
Come-Go-Stay — performative installation, West, The Hague – Solo
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2013
Anonyme Zeichner 2013 — Galerie Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin – Group
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The Maiden Element — photography, drawings / C&H art space, Amsterdam – Solo
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2011
The Negotiator — curator: MaRF, photography, drawings / Belgium & France – Group
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2010
The Holy Yesman — [digitaal?] analoog! / Huis Marseille, Amsterdam – Group
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Letters from a Dying Building — installation / Des Chapitres du Conflit, Collasus, Berlin – Group
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Handmodelling — Binnenzee, installation, photography, video / RC De Ruimte, IJmuiden – Group
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Collecting Evidence — photography, video, drawings, books / C&H Art&Design, Amsterdam – Solo
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Tracing the Mother Key — photography, installation / City Council, Amsterdam Zuidoost – Solo
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The Guard — Masterpiece, fotografie / De Zwarte Ruyter, Rotterdam – Group
Performances & Lectures
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2019
Minilecture Talking about art icw Thijs Lijster — Noorderzon Festival for Performance Arts, Groningen
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2018
Cello Girls — record release tour, Concerto, Amsterdam
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The Swan — performance, The Ballroom, Amsterdam-Zuidoost
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Woordnacht — Literary festival, Rotterdam
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Point of No Return — curator and performer, Huis de Pinto, Amsterdam
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2017
Book tour De kuur — various book stores and cultural venues in the Netherlands
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2016
Reflections/Encounters at Art Rotterdam 2016 — Emily Kocken & K. Schippers (moderated by Judith Vrancken)
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Cello performance, part of ‘Now is forever lasting constant in the mind’ — an evening curated by Padraic E. Moore, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
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Club Debuut — Literair Productiehuis Wintertuin & Nederlands Letterenfonds, Nijmegen/Groningen
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Shut Up & Write — Van Rossum bookshop, Amsterdam
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2015
Read-in Cinema — meerdagse performance, uitvoering en regie, Het Veem Theater, Amsterdam
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2014
Lecture on Witte vlag — National Day of the Park, Rembrandtpark, Amsterdam
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2011
Call of the Wild — Performance with dogs, Rhizomatic, Amsterdam
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Hello, I shot this with my plastic Holga — Lecture on photography, Kunstlinie, Almere
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2010
Artist Talk, Collecting Evidence — C&H Art & Design, Amsterdam
Commissions & Collections
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2018
Unknown is this body — text for performance installation, Newbody, Astrit Ismaili, Kunstverein/Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Basel
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2015
Opheliade — drawings, private purchase
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2014
Cut/Tuc — essay, catalogue solo show Kasper Sonne, Galerie West, Den Haag
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2013
The Maiden Element — drawings, private purchase
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Sign of the times — essay, show Jeannet Klement, Grote Kerk, Oosthuizen
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Witte vlag — Book Lovers Project, collection artist’s novels, MHKA, Antwerpen
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2012
Zoekende reiziger — translation (NL to EN) of essay dr. Stan Petrusa, catalogue Adriaan Rees
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The Godforsaken Grandness of the Deadly Dame — essay, show Josien Vogelaar, C&H art space, Amsterdam
Prizes/Nominations/Grants
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2018
Dutch Foundation for Literature — work grant for third novel
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Nomination Halewijnprijs
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2017
Fluiten in het donker — radio play, Nederlands Letterenfonds
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2015
Dutch Foundation for Literature — work grant for second novel
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2014
Dutch Foundation for Literature — travel grant to Davos for second novel
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Academica Literatuurprijs longlist — debut novel Witte vlag
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2010
Project Grant — Gemeente Amsterdam, Stadsdeel Zuidoost / Tracing the Mother Key
Reviews & Interviews selection
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2017
Nooit Meer Slapen — VPRO radio
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2015
In the Spirit of Gertrude Stein — Erik Quint on Come-Go-Stay, Den Haag Centraal
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Dog Show — Pia Louwerens on Come-Go-Stay, Tubelight
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Showdogs — George Vermij on Come-Go-Stay, Metropolis M
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2013
Opium — Critic Kees ’t Hart about Emily Kocken, AVRO Radio 1
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Beste boek van 2013 — André Keikers about Witte vlag, Leeuwarder Courant
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VPRO radio, De Avonden — live interview, Jeroen van Kan
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Boek van de week — Kees ’t Hart about Witte vlag, De Groene Amsterdammer
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Welbespraakte kunstenaarsvrouw — Arjan Peters about Witte vlag, De Volkskrant
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What you have missed — Daniel Gould about The Maiden Element, Gould’s 3D List
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2011
De Hond zag ons in Rheine — in De Revisor Jaarboek, Bart Temme, TZUM
Extracurricular Activities
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2016
Workgroup on performance and dance policy — led by Sarah van Lamsweerde
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2015
Artists’ activities workgroup — Kunstinitiatief Retort, Amsterdam
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2014–now
Advisor private artists
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2013
Moderator — Project Women and Music
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2012–now
Cello teacher — Amsterdam
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2010
Curator — Binnenzee group show, RC De Ruimte, IJmuiden
Education
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2000–02
Prose, poetry, script writing — Schrijversvakschool, Amsterdam
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1996
Film — School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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1990–94
Philosophy — Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
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1981–89
Violoncello & music education — Brabants Conservatorium, Tilburg
Residencies
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2011
Rhizomatic — slides, drawings, performance, Amsterdam
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2010
RC De Ruimte — Binnenzee, IJmuiden
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2009
Uqbar Berlin — Transient Spaces – The Tourist Syndrome, Palanga, Lithuania
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1986
Académie Musicale de Morges — cello masterclass, Morges, Switzerland