Questions Collective | Claiming Space

Questions Collective—which features Céline Talens, alum of finished Temporary Programme Reinventing Daily Life (2016–2018) and guest tutor at Main Department Studio for Immediate Spaces (2018–2019), and Tessel Brühl, alum of Main Department Design (2012–2014)—exhibited Claiming Space at Melkweg EXPO in March 2021.

The artist collective takes on the slogan ‘Claiming Space’ and encourages women to take up space in a world that tells them not to. Working with an entirely female crew—ranging from directors to technicians and editors—they look beyond the Randstad city bubble and create a poetic tableau vivant starring diverse female collectives from outside of Amsterdam in the leading role.

We are stronger together—Questions Collective knows this to be true. The interdisciplinary artist collective merges their diverse backgrounds to create discipline-defying artistic expression. With everyday life as their stage, they fabricate a new reality and question the status quo—striving for social change. As an entirely female-identifying collective, the feminist cause is at the core of their identity and they encourage others to join them in their progressive ventures forward.

Photos by Annelies Verhelst. See further documentation at: https://www.questionscollective.com/claiming-space. Céline Talens and Tessel Brühl are on instagram at @celine_nagasaka and @supertessel.