Extra material - Athens Biennale

My Favorite Funeral - Episode 1 - Amy
more info: www.mediumisthemessage.info/en/projects/mff/mff/episodes.html
My Favorite Funeral - Episode 2 - Theo
more info: www.mediumisthemessage.info/en/projects/mff/mff/episodes.html
My Favorite Funeral - Episode 3 - Anton
more info: www.mediumisthemessage.info/en/projects/mff/mff/episodes.html
My Favorite Funeral - Newspaper wall
more info: www.mediumisthemessage.info/en/projects/mff/mff/media.html
My Favorite Funeral is a staged reality show and parody by Dutch media artist
Anuska Oosterhuis (1978, The Netherlands).
For one year, people were asked to submit their favorite funeral wishes to a dedicated website. Following, three episodes of the TV show My Favorite Funeral were
broadcasted on Dutch television. In these episodes, young candidates share with us
how and why they want to end their lives.
The TV show got wide media coverage in the Netherlands. The candidates (performed by actors) and their stories were taken very seriously. Reviews of the series
appeared in magazines, newspapers and radio programs.
With its post-apocalyptic attitude, My Favorite Funeral offers an alternative for the
question: Now what?
The show has not been exhibited outside the Netherlands yet. This is a proposal for
the exhibition of three episodes of My favorite Funeral and a media wall with (translated) articles and critiques.
A preview of the art project can be seen at:
https://vimeo.com/72823643
More information about the art project can be found at the website:
http://www.mediumisthemessage.info/en/projects/mff/mff/episodes.html
Anuska Oosterhuis (1978)
lives and works in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
[email protected]
www.mediumisthemessage.info
Education
2006 – 2009 Master of Fine Arts (postgraduate)
Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam
1998 - 2003 Fine Arts 3-d visual
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
Artist statement
Mass media formats form the basis for my work, that often consisist
of idealistic parodies, pastiches, copies and inversions of existing
formats. More about these artistic principles can be read in The Memetic
Manifesto.
Exhibitions/ Screenings/ Events (selection)
Melanchton Cultuurkring - lecture and screening (2013)
CBK Schiedam, SuikerZoet filmfestival (group, 2011)
Museum Twentse Welle, Enschede (group, 2011)
Rotterdamse Schouwburg (performance Film Noir, 2010)
Lijm & Cultuur, Delft (performance Film Noir, 2010)
Rotterdamse Schouwburg, (performance X-ray, 2009)
Debatecentre Arminius, Rotterdam (debate about MFF, 2008)
TV network Rijnmond (broadcasting MFF, 2008)
Gallery W139 (group, 2008)
Festival Planet Art, Gogbot, Enschede (group, 2008)
Festival KunstVlaai, Amsterdam (group, 2008)
Int Festival for videoart - Dutch Open (2005)
Gorcums Filmfestival Shorts (2005)
Gallery 300%, Schiedam (group, 2005)
Gallery 1646, The Hague (solo, 2005)
Gallery Noord, Groningen (duo, 2005)
Interviews
Kunstuur - about Memetic Manifesto - May 2013
The Daliy Undertaker, USA - about MFF/ media art - June 2011
Vakblad Uitvaart - about MFF - December 2008
Volkskrant Arts section - about MFF - November 2008
Trans/gender magazine - about PLAY - October 2005
Dagblad van het Noorden - about PLAY - June 2005