'Multi Picknick'

On Sunday 18th of June the Pollengroup hosted the first 'Multi Picknick' (in English: Multi picnic) in the Kralingse Plas, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
This networking event combined art interventions, quality networking and pleasures of the stomach.

Artists who attended included:
- Marjolijn Dijkman (http://www.enoughroomforspace.org)
- Maaike Gottschal (www.thisisnotparis.com)
- Hannah Conroy en Bruce Ayling (http://www.aylingandconroy.net)
- Michelle Kurzenacker (http://www.michellekurzenacker.com)
- Yvette Teeuwen


For more information please e-mail to pollengroup@hotmail.com

NAN-NANA international networking event

NAN-NANA international networking event took place between 28th - 30th April 2006 in Nottingham, UK.

For the ' NAN-NANA' event the 'pollengroup' displayed their networking Power Point Presentation. It was a combination between a constructive networking advice and reflecting on the networking and connecting taking place during the first night of the event.

The Maps Without Roads project

In November 2004 'pollengroup' created (as the Maps without Roads project) a series of works for the Elia 8th Biennial Conference: 'Challenging the frame'.

Networking was the keyword for the series of artworks. We were interested in the relationships between people that meet at conferencess, utilising games and processes that depend on the attendees recognising themselves and acquaintances as small part of a large group. We were especially interested in how these connections are created at conferences as big the Luzern conference where an individual can be lost in the crowds.

We used photographs of the participants in a 'Guess Who' game. Ten of these games were placed in the coffee space of the conference so all the participants could familiarise themselves with eachother.

The same pictures were used for a projection. By projecting two random participants together it gave the illusion that the two were connected.