
Liesbeth Bik
Since 1995, Liesbeth Bik works together with Jos van der Pol as Bik Van der Pol. They work and live in Rotterdam (NL). Through their practice Bik Van der Pol aims to articulate and understand how art can produce a public sphere and space for speculation and collective imagination. Bik Van der Pol’s mode of working consists of setting up the conditions for encounter, where they develop a process of working that allows for continuous reconfigurations of places, histories, and publics. Their collaborative practice is site-specific, with dialogue as a mode of transfer. They have shown their work widely at numerous institutes, biennials and museums. Liesbeth is a core-tutor at Piet Zwart Institute (Rotterdam), and current chair of the Akademie van Kunsten/Academy of Arts that is part of the Dutch Royal Academy of Science (KNAW).