State of Cling

Ana Navas, Brieke Drost, Hanna Mattes, Janne Schimmel, Mireille Tap & Thomas Bürger, Mitchel Peters, Niamh Porter, Nora Aurrekoetxea, Sibylle Eimermacher & Iwan Boverhof

Organised by Syzygy

At Omstand, Arnhem, Netherlands

January 15 — February 13, 2022

Syzygy is a collective of three generations of female artists Brieke Drost, Sibylle Eimermacher and Mireille Tap. The state of syzygy is the moment when several celestial bodies are lined up, influencing one another as in an eclipse. Syzygy represents three generations joining forces as feminine art professionals. The collective is committed to the intuitive, the intimate, the soft, the act of connecting and caring, and vulnerability as power within the art world and beyond.


For the exhibition State of Cling we invited artists that share our values through concepts, materiality, imagery or gesture in order to connect in what we call a State of Cling: a moment when things come together and fall into place, with a high pitch sound, sharp and fragile, to resonate in union.

— Syzygy

Overview with amongst other works: ‘JESTER KING (Sad Throne)’ by Mitchel Peters (mural), ‘LEPOA/ NUCA/ NECK’ by Nora Aurrekoetxea (sculpture)
‘Zwaardje’ by Brieke Drost
‘LEPOA/ NUCA/ NECK’ by Nora Aurrekoetxea
‘Pose #9.1’ and ‘Pose #9.3’ by Sibylle Eimermacher & Iwan Boverhof
‘Phantasmic Gateways and their Housings’ by Janne Schimmel (detail video game)
‘Phantasmic Gateways and their Housings’ by Janne Schimmel (computer sculpture)
‘Case Study No.8’ by Niamh Porter
Overview with ‘GARDEN SLUG ANGEL’ by Mitchel Peters (mural), Pose #9.1’ and ‘Pose #9.2’ by Sibylle Eimermacher & Iwan Boverhof (sculptures)
Overview with wall decoration by Syzygy, ‘Logos’ by Ana Navas (sculpture), ‘Suspended Vanity and 62 Ottoman, Florence Knoll’ by Niamh Porter (drawing)
‘Feeling Needy’ by Mireille Tap & Thomas Bürger (music sculptures)
Overview wit curtains by Syzygy, Feeling Needy’ by Mireille Tap & Thomas Bürger (music sculptures)
‘Logos’ by Ana Navas
Lounge area by Syzygy
‘Supernatural #1-4’ by Hanna Mattes (video)