cud

Omer van Soldt and Ossip Blits received a grant for the development of an collaborative artistic project. cud unfolds over five consecutive weeks at Quartair in The Hague. Each week a different artist enters the space and transforms the work left behind by the previous maker. Any and all changes are welcome. Initiated by Omer and Ossip, and featuring Jasper Niens, Karin Itturralde Nurnberg, Jette Kelholt, and Frans van Hoek, cud connects artists through material, space, and audience. The series celebrates experimentation and process-driven making at a moment when artists often face pressure to produce polished, market-ready work.

Ossip is a visual artist whose work emerges from intuitive approaches and a deep curiosity about the mechanics of the world. Fascinated by natural phenomena and their impact on daily life, Ossip delves into these phenomena to question their nature and implications. Collaboration is essential to his practice; Ossip considers it a social necessity. Like jazz musicians in a jam session, collaborations are dynamic and improvisational, fostering creativity and collective exploration. 

Omer is an artist working across all media. His practice explores art as a form of communication, examining how a personal grammar and vocabulary can connect with an audience. His work often reflects on the fragility and failure of language, addressing the complexities of (mis)communication in human interaction. Omer moves fluidly between the stage, gallery spaces, festivals, and research-based environments.