Tijdens de Rotterdam Art Week bruist het Keilepand van de activiteiten. Een van die activiteiten is Talks & Bites; een talk van inspirerende jonge fotografie-talenten die exposeren op de fotobeurs Haute Photographie. Vooraf of erna kun je Talks & Bites complementeren met een bezoek aan de indrukwekkende expositie in de KeileZaal (apart te bestellen via deze link) en/of dineren in Cult=Us, het nieuwe restaurant op de begane grond van het Keilepand, waar je tussen de kunst dineert en er zelfs van kunt eten (reserveren aanbevolen: via deze link)!

De hapjes en drankjes tijdens de talk komen uit het Keilepand. Inclusief in het ticket is een heerlijk biertje van de Kaapse Brouwers, een cider van CiderCider óf een kombucha van BainBrewing.

Vrijdag 2 februari 2023 / 16:45 Inloop / 17.00h Talks & Bites / 18.00 gelegenheid om de tentoonstelling Haute Photographie te bezoeken in aanwezigheid van de fotografen. Koop je tickets via deze link

Zaterdag 3 februari 2023 / 16:45 Inloop / 17.00h Talks & Bites / 18.00 gelegenheid om de tentoonstelling Haute Photographie te bezoeken in aanwezigheid van de fotografen. Koop je tickets via deze link

Zie ook: Kunstpitch Zondag 4 februari 2023 / 15.00- 17.00h: Ga in gesprek met Harald van der Sluys-Veer (har.) en Monica Adams (KeileCollectief) in gesprek over jouw kunstpitch voor KeileContemporary 2024! 

Data en tijden: 
Friday 2 February, 17.00 - 18.00
Saturday 3 February, 17.00 - 18.00

Over de fotografen

Iste Natasja
My name is Ilse Natasja (1992) and I like to call myself a visual artist working with lens-based media. Last summer I graduated with honors from the Dutch Academy for Applied Photography. 

My work is a heartfelt exploration of womanhood, capturing the nuances of apparent contradictions, such as strength and vulnerability, intimacy and distance, desire and doubt. Through symbolic and poetic art, I inspire introspection and empathy. Within my artistic practice I like to combine various techniques, blending both analog and digital methods to craft emotionally rich narratives. My intuitive approach establishes genuine connections with my subjects, resulting in authentic and moving visuals. 

Initially, my photography serves as a personal quest regarding intimate feelings, thoughts and dreams, which is why my images can in a certain sense be considered as self-portraits. On the other hand, by using socially relevant and universal themes the viewer is also invited to reflect upon their own experiences. 

Kyra ten Brink

Kyra ten Brink (b. 2002) is a Rotterdam based artist working around intimacy, connections, and vulnerability. Every project she works on is born from an emotional experience; a journey of self-discovery translated into visual stories. Her process starts with intimate moments shared with the people around her, where genuine connections and emotions flow both ways. These moments become the inspiration for her delicate and poetic imagery, a way of expressing and sharing her personal quests with the world.

At the heart of Kyra's work is the mission to find a common ground for feelings, emotions, and experiences that might initially feel isolating. Her visual journey unfolds the truth that these shared emotions weave the threads of our lives together. According to Kyra, feeling is the thing that connects us all.

Her work is an invitation to an exploration of self-discovery, diving into the depths of your consciousness. Her photos touch on themes like escapism, melancholy, growth, and healing, encouraging you to reflect on your own inner world. Each photo captures the essence of our interconnectedness, portraying feelings as a universal language that bridges the gaps between us all.

Lotte Sinke

Lotte is a fashion photographer, but creates images that easily cross the border to fine art photography. 
At Haute, Lotte will show work from het graduation project E/MOTION , a series about the fluidity and changeability of identity. In this series she merges fashion with the human body and the shapes it knows.

Lotte about her work:

‘Fashion intrigues me because it gives us the opportunity to shape our identity and express ourselves in any way. In this series I explore human body sculpture and the ever-changing individual, in combination with fashion. Identity and self-expression are then also thematic that I often explore in my work and visualize in an aesthetic and sometimes abstract way. This gives the opportunity to interpret fashion in a broader way and to think about ourselves as an ever-changing individual.’