All of Me for a Piece of You
Lecture & Workshop with Jan Verwoert

Join us on for a two-day event by Jan Verwoert, part of an ongoing conversation with Rib.

On 25 October at 20:00, Verwoert will deliver a lecture and present the first chapter, titled Don't force the cook to eat the food and say what it's like before you taste it!, of his upcoming book, All of Me for a Piece of You.

On 26 October at 11:00, guests are invited to participate in a workshop to provide feedback and peer review the chapter. This feedback will be integrated into the final version of the book co-edited by Brian Kuan Wood and Daniel Giles, published by Sternberg Press in 2025.

The book seeks to address what you put at stake when you say: “I am an artist, this is my art, can you relate?” How does art education play into this? When does canonical teaching trap you in treacherous concepts of what validates art (as worthy of attention)? And what other modes of practice and thinking exist for attuning the making and teaching of art to the embodied emotional intelligence needed to make work work, move souls, and affect change?

There will be four public talks, each focusing on a different chapter of the book, followed by four workshops where a dedicated community will engage in in-depth peer review.

These events are kindly supported by Piet Zwart Instituut and WdKA.