TAAT is a transdiciplinary practice that shifts between artistic research, social practice and collaborative learning. TAAT is currently growing "Encounter Portals”: bio based structures that contribute to a regenerative co-existence. These portals are part of the long term project HALL33 and are developed together with a.o. Efrosyni Tsiritaki (Athens, GR), Linda Vilka and Liga Zepa (Riga, LV), G
oda Verikaite (Rotterdam, NL)
Pichaya “Jaja” Puapoomcharoen (Rotterdam, NL) and Martin Simpson (Graz, AU).
“TAAT’s work is situated in the interdisciplinary terrain of socially and spatially engaged artistic work that takes place in, and explores, urban public space and its social conditions. Operating ‘outside’ or ‘in-between’ the established fields of art, theatre and architecture, TAAT’s work is a form of critical spatial practice: they use the performativity of space to mediate intersubjective interaction, questioning disciplinary procedures and working through a collective and distributed understanding of authorship. Common to socially engaged art and performance practices their work provides opportunities for embodied social interaction and exchange.” (Andrew Filmer, ConferencePaper IFTR 2019)
Collaborations
TAAT was founded in 2012 by Gert-Jan Stam and Breg Horemans after a collaboration on the project KHORI (Venlo, Floriade 2012) commissioned by Huis van Bourgondië, Maastricht NL. Evelina Kvartunaite joined in 2022 as ‘Regenerative Manager'. The development of HALL33 is based on a network of collaborations with KASK (BE), KISD (DE), Aberystwyth University (WA), Alanus University, DE, KABK (NL), Theatre Academy Riga (LV) and supported/presented by C-TAKT, (partners) Dutch Creative Industries Fund, Art&Amen Köln, BUDA Kortrijk, Biënnale Interieur Kortrijk, DAZ Berlin, CAMPO Ghent, Design Museum Ghent, Gessnerallee Zürich, SIA Zürich, Verbeke Foundation, Homo Novus Festival (Riga, LV) and Sansusi Festival (Akniste, LV). TRERU in Kampala (UG) is a collaboration with lijah Agwaru Anomet, Fridah Babirye Erinah, Rebecca Khamala, Joseph Tebandeke, Maria-Sheba Atukunda, Brian Gisa, Sarah Nansubuga, Moses (Jerom) Ntege, Kajebe Jacob Joshua, Hassan Matovu, Erick Naganzwa, Robert Ssempijja and Odil Gerard. BOKRIJK SENGU was created in collaboration with Jolien Naeyaert, Ward Delbeke, Bas Vrehen, Frederik Schobben en Sylvie Hagens and commissioned by Open Air Museum of Bokrijk, Genk, BE. TAAT is structurally supported by SoAP foundation (Maastricht, NL) and the Dutch Performing Arts Fund.
