patricia kaersenhout | Open-Ended Visions of Possiblities

By patricia kaersenhout

Open-Ended Visions of Possibilities holds thoughtful conversations, insightful contributions, and poetry exploring patricia kaersenhout’s artistic practice and oeuvre over the years. Printed on leftover paperstock, this book consists of 14 different papers and fully loose-leafed, designed by Inedition. Through their art, kaersenhout unveils profound ideas about connection, presence, and diasporic threads. Open-Ended Visions of Possibilities speaks to the exploration and experimentation of possibility. What is made possible by artistic practice exploring archival erasure, historical silences, and Black feminist care practices? In dreaming up a multitude of visions and perspectives, kaersenhout allows us to journey with their artistic practice over the past decades. With contributions by Barby Asante, La Vaughn Belle, Ingrid Braam, Jeannette Ehlers, Chandra Frank, Sasha Huber, Roel Hijink, Rashid Novaire, rolando vázquez, Gloria Wekker, and Selene Wendt. This book was awarded the Best Dutch Book Designs 2023. It was published simultaneously with the solo exhibition Visions of Possibilities by patricia kaersenhout at Bonnefanten in Maastricht (June 10―November 5, 2023).

Language: Dutch/ English

Published by Jap Sam Books i.c.w. Bonnefanten, with support of Mondriaan Fund, Jaap Harten Fonds

ISBN 978-94-92852-91-5