This Neck of the Woods - Dwelling for Intervals is an independent state,
a sculpture, a series of collaborations, an international artist residency,
a wilderness, a treehouse, a traveling circus, and a relative site/situation
for temporary doing or undoing.
This Neck of the Woods (TNOTW) was a project located in a backyard in downtown Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In 2005 this land was staked and temporarily declared Canadian soil. On it a cabin was built to house guest residents. In 2007 the soil reverted to the Dutch government and This Neck of the Woods went on the road as the nomadic residency Knock on Woods (KOW). TNOTW and KOW started with a forest grown from seeds that blew into an apartment on the wind (AWITW - A Week in the Woods, Montreal).
TNOTW, AWITW and KOW have involved the participation of many people, a bunch of young trees and various institutions. The events and exchanges that occured were only possible due to the serious handshakes and dedicated play of all those who participated. Concept, design and technical support for these projects by "resident technician" Yvette Poorter.
Many of the participants were supported by agencies including: rad'a gallery (Montreal, CAN), Intrepid Tourist Press (CAN), ramfoundation (Rotterdam, NL), The Canadian Embassy in The Hague (NL), Concordia University (CAN), Wag Press (CAN), Soyfish Media (CAN), Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (USA), Manitoba Arts Council(CAN), Buro Dijkstra (Rotterdam, NL), IA-Instituto das Artes / Ministry of Culture (Portugal), Canada Council for the Arts InterArts (CAN), Het Fonds voor beeldende kunsten, vormgeving, bouwkunst (NL), The University of Victoria's Visual Arts Department (CAN), TENT - Rotterdam centre voor beeldende kunsten (NL), Kaus Australis (NL), Open Space Gallery (Victoria, CAN), Helen Pitt (Vancouver, CAN), Mercer Union (Toronto, CAN), Quartier Ephemere (Montreal, CAN), articule (Montreal, CAN), Modern Fuel (Kingston, CAN), Gropiusstadt (Berlin, GER)...
Enter Knock on Woods (International para-site residency 2007-2009)
Enter This Neck of the Woods (Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2005-2007)
Enter A Week in the Woods (Montreal, Canada 2001-2002)