Renzo Martens
Born in Sluiskil, 1973
Lives and works in Amsterdam, Brussels and Kinshasa
Education
2010 ISCP, New York, United States
1999-2000 Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
1993-1996 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1992-1993 Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Gent, Belgium
1991-1992 Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Awards
2010 Cultuurprijs Vlaanderen
2010 Filmfonds Stimulansprijs 2010
2009 Prix Rubans Canards
Solo exhibitions
2011
Renzo Martens, Kunsthalle Goteborg, Goteborg
2009
Episode 3, Wilkinson Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2008
Episode 3, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2005
Episode 1, Vtape, Toronto, Canada
2004
Episode 1, Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2003
Episode 1, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999
Rien ne va plus, De Merodestraat, Brussels, Belgium
Group exhibitions
2013
Wiels, (with the Institute for Human Activities), Brussels, Belgium
Lubumbashi Biennale, (a project by Tate Modern) (with the Institute for Human Activities), Lubumbashi, Congo
9 Artists (with the Institute for Human Activities), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
Blijven Kijken | Ce qui nous regarde | Dropouts, Museum M, Leuven, Belgium
2012
Moscow Auditorium, Moscow, Russia
Le Peuple qui Manque, Le Bal, Paris, France
Models for Taking Part, Hart House, University of Toronto, Canada
Radical Ruptures, Kunsthalle Charlottenburg, Copenhagen (with a lecture by TJ Demos on Episode 3), Denmark
All that Fits, the Aesthetics of Journalism, (curated by Alfredo Cramerotti and Simon Sheikh), Quad, Derby, UK
A Film Cycle, Nomas Foundation, Rome, Italy
Models for Taking Part, (curated by Juan Gaitan), Presentation house Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Antiphotojournalism, (curated by Tom Keenan and Carles Guerra), Foam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
My War, Participation in an Age of Conflict, Kingston, Canada
Alias, (curated by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin), Krakow Photo Month, Krakow
2010
Monumentalism— History and National Identity in Contemporary Art: Proposal for Municipal Art Acquisitions 2010, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Antiphotojournalism (curated by Carles Guerra and Thomas Keenan ), La Vireinna, Barcelona, Spain
Human Condition (curated by Adam Budak), Kunsthaus Graz, Space02, Graz, Austria
6th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art (curated by Katrin Rhomberg), Berlin, Germany
All that is solid melts into the air (Curated by Miguel Amado), Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal
MyWar (Identity and Appropriation Under War Condition), FACT, Liverpool, UK
Self as disappearance, Centre d'art contemporain, La synagogue de Delme, France
Morality Act III; And the moral of the story is..., Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2009
Recente Aanwinsten, De Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Rien ne va plus, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Le Temps de la Fin, Espace d'art contemporain La Tolerie, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Endurance (Daring Feats of Risk, Survival and Perseverance), Abington Art Center, Philadelphia, United States
Exploring the age of Repression, Pavilion, Bucharest, Romania
Images Recalled, Fotofestival Ludwigshafen, Germany
Until the End of the World, AMP Gallery, Athens, Greece
Monunentalismus (One's History is Another's Misery), Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
Muhka Media, Muhka, Antwerp, Belgium
Hors Pistes (filmscreening Episode 3), Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels, Belgium
2008
Matter of Fact; Aftermath (Capacete/A Gentil Carioca / Galeria Vermelho), Sao Paulo, Brazil
Brussels Biennial, Brussels, Belgium
Manifesta 7; Matter of Fact (The European Biennial of Contemporary Art), Rovereto, Italy
L'Art en Europe (Experience Pommery #5), Domaine Pommery, Reims, France
Neither Either Nor Or, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany
To Burn Oneself with Oneself: the Romantic Damage Show, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2007
Modern Solitude, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Brave New World, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
Nothing Else Matters, Museum de Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Speakers, Aeroplastics Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Magazine Project, Documenta Halle, Documenta XII, Kassel, Germany
2006
A Picture of War is not War, Wilkinson Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Frieze Art Fair, Wilkinson Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Excess, Z'33, Hasselt, Belgium
An Evening with.., Platform Garanti, Istanbul, Turkey
2005
I Love Video Art, Musee dArt Contemporain, Strassbourg, France
Undercurrents, Basis Actuele Kunst (BAK), Utrecht, The Netherlands
Reprise, Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Inner and Outer Worlds, Argos festival, Argos, Brussels, Belgium
Soft Target, Basis Actuele Kunst, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2004
Constructing Visions, TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Mediamatic Supersalon, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Plug-In, Futura, Prague, The Czech Republic
Yugoslav Biennial, Vrsac, Yugoslavia
Monitoring, Kunstverein Kassel, Kassel, Germany
IDFA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003
Urban Dramas, De Singel, Antwerp, Belgium
Etablissements den Face, Brussels, Belgium
Blich zum Nachbarn (Kunstfilmbiennale), Cologne, Germany
Art Cologne, Galerie Fons Welters
2002
De Avonden, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Film & Video Screening
2010
“Do we all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others?”, a conversation about Renzo Martens’ film Episode III: Enjoy Poverty with Jennifer Allen, Felix Ensslin, Renzo Martens, Ana Teixeira Pinto and Dieter Roelstraete, Salon Populaire, Berlin, Germany
Screening and discussion around Episode 3, with Mathieu Abonnenc Betonsalon, Kadist Foundation, Paris, France
A screening and conversation with Renzo Martens by T.J. Demos and Tamar Garb Tate Modern, London, UK
A screening and conversation with Renzo Martens and Alfredo Cramerotti Nottingham Contemporary, The Space, Nottingham, UK
Liebaert Projects: Foundation for Contemporary Art, Kortrijk, Belgium
The Hopelessness of Contemporary Art, Symposium around Episode 3, with TJ Demos, Hilde Van Gelder, Carles Guerra, Thomas Keenan, Toma Muteba Luntumbue The Lieven Gevaert Research Centre for Photography, Leuven, Belgium
2009
AINSI, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Rencontres Internationales du Film Documentaire, Montreal, Canada
Globaliseringslezing Felix Meritis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Nederlands Filmfestival, Utrecht, The Netherlands
De internationale keuze Stadsschouwburg Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Lost and Found, New Museum, New York, United States
Theaterfestival, Kaaitheater, Brussels, Belgium
Arnolfini, Bristol , United Kingdom
Dutch cinema: Ketelhuis (Amsterdam), Filmhuis Den Haag, Lantaren-Venster (Rotterdam), Plaza Futura (Eindhoven), 't Hoogt (Utrecht),
Belgian cinema: Brussels (Arenberg) / Gent (SFINX) / Antwerpen (MUKHA-Cinema), Belgium
Debat met Renzo Martens KVS-Box, Brussels, Belgium
Planete Doc Review, Warshaw, Poland
DocHouse, London, United Kingdom
HKA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
HotDocs, Toronto, Canada
Alba International Filmfestival , Italy
New Zealand International Filmfestival, Auckland, New Zealand
Jerusalem International Filmfestival, Jerusalem, Israel
SilverDocs, Washington DC, United States
Hors Pistes, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2008
IDFA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2000
Muhka Media, Antwerp, Belgium
Lives and works in Amsterdam, Brussels and Kinshasa
Education
2010 ISCP, New York, United States
1999-2000 Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
1993-1996 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1992-1993 Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Gent, Belgium
1991-1992 Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Awards
2010 Cultuurprijs Vlaanderen
2010 Filmfonds Stimulansprijs 2010
2009 Prix Rubans Canards
Solo exhibitions
2011
Renzo Martens, Kunsthalle Goteborg, Goteborg
2009
Episode 3, Wilkinson Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2008
Episode 3, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2005
Episode 1, Vtape, Toronto, Canada
2004
Episode 1, Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2003
Episode 1, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999
Rien ne va plus, De Merodestraat, Brussels, Belgium
Group exhibitions
2013
Wiels, (with the Institute for Human Activities), Brussels, Belgium
Lubumbashi Biennale, (a project by Tate Modern) (with the Institute for Human Activities), Lubumbashi, Congo
9 Artists (with the Institute for Human Activities), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
Blijven Kijken | Ce qui nous regarde | Dropouts, Museum M, Leuven, Belgium
2012
A series of navigations, The model, Sligo, Ireland
2011Moscow Auditorium, Moscow, Russia
Le Peuple qui Manque, Le Bal, Paris, France
Models for Taking Part, Hart House, University of Toronto, Canada
Radical Ruptures, Kunsthalle Charlottenburg, Copenhagen (with a lecture by TJ Demos on Episode 3), Denmark
All that Fits, the Aesthetics of Journalism, (curated by Alfredo Cramerotti and Simon Sheikh), Quad, Derby, UK
A Film Cycle, Nomas Foundation, Rome, Italy
Models for Taking Part, (curated by Juan Gaitan), Presentation house Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Antiphotojournalism, (curated by Tom Keenan and Carles Guerra), Foam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
My War, Participation in an Age of Conflict, Kingston, Canada
Alias, (curated by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin), Krakow Photo Month, Krakow
2010
Monumentalism— History and National Identity in Contemporary Art: Proposal for Municipal Art Acquisitions 2010, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Antiphotojournalism (curated by Carles Guerra and Thomas Keenan ), La Vireinna, Barcelona, Spain
Human Condition (curated by Adam Budak), Kunsthaus Graz, Space02, Graz, Austria
6th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art (curated by Katrin Rhomberg), Berlin, Germany
All that is solid melts into the air (Curated by Miguel Amado), Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal
MyWar (Identity and Appropriation Under War Condition), FACT, Liverpool, UK
Self as disappearance, Centre d'art contemporain, La synagogue de Delme, France
Morality Act III; And the moral of the story is..., Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2009
Recente Aanwinsten, De Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Rien ne va plus, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Le Temps de la Fin, Espace d'art contemporain La Tolerie, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Endurance (Daring Feats of Risk, Survival and Perseverance), Abington Art Center, Philadelphia, United States
Exploring the age of Repression, Pavilion, Bucharest, Romania
Images Recalled, Fotofestival Ludwigshafen, Germany
Until the End of the World, AMP Gallery, Athens, Greece
Monunentalismus (One's History is Another's Misery), Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
Muhka Media, Muhka, Antwerp, Belgium
Hors Pistes (filmscreening Episode 3), Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels, Belgium
2008
Matter of Fact; Aftermath (Capacete/A Gentil Carioca / Galeria Vermelho), Sao Paulo, Brazil
Brussels Biennial, Brussels, Belgium
Manifesta 7; Matter of Fact (The European Biennial of Contemporary Art), Rovereto, Italy
L'Art en Europe (Experience Pommery #5), Domaine Pommery, Reims, France
Neither Either Nor Or, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany
To Burn Oneself with Oneself: the Romantic Damage Show, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2007
Modern Solitude, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Brave New World, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
Nothing Else Matters, Museum de Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Speakers, Aeroplastics Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Magazine Project, Documenta Halle, Documenta XII, Kassel, Germany
2006
A Picture of War is not War, Wilkinson Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Frieze Art Fair, Wilkinson Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Excess, Z'33, Hasselt, Belgium
An Evening with.., Platform Garanti, Istanbul, Turkey
2005
I Love Video Art, Musee dArt Contemporain, Strassbourg, France
Undercurrents, Basis Actuele Kunst (BAK), Utrecht, The Netherlands
Reprise, Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Inner and Outer Worlds, Argos festival, Argos, Brussels, Belgium
Soft Target, Basis Actuele Kunst, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2004
Constructing Visions, TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Mediamatic Supersalon, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Plug-In, Futura, Prague, The Czech Republic
Yugoslav Biennial, Vrsac, Yugoslavia
Monitoring, Kunstverein Kassel, Kassel, Germany
IDFA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003
Urban Dramas, De Singel, Antwerp, Belgium
Etablissements den Face, Brussels, Belgium
Blich zum Nachbarn (Kunstfilmbiennale), Cologne, Germany
Art Cologne, Galerie Fons Welters
2002
De Avonden, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Film & Video Screening
2010
“Do we all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others?”, a conversation about Renzo Martens’ film Episode III: Enjoy Poverty with Jennifer Allen, Felix Ensslin, Renzo Martens, Ana Teixeira Pinto and Dieter Roelstraete, Salon Populaire, Berlin, Germany
Screening and discussion around Episode 3, with Mathieu Abonnenc Betonsalon, Kadist Foundation, Paris, France
A screening and conversation with Renzo Martens by T.J. Demos and Tamar Garb Tate Modern, London, UK
A screening and conversation with Renzo Martens and Alfredo Cramerotti Nottingham Contemporary, The Space, Nottingham, UK
Liebaert Projects: Foundation for Contemporary Art, Kortrijk, Belgium
The Hopelessness of Contemporary Art, Symposium around Episode 3, with TJ Demos, Hilde Van Gelder, Carles Guerra, Thomas Keenan, Toma Muteba Luntumbue The Lieven Gevaert Research Centre for Photography, Leuven, Belgium
2009
AINSI, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Rencontres Internationales du Film Documentaire, Montreal, Canada
Globaliseringslezing Felix Meritis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Nederlands Filmfestival, Utrecht, The Netherlands
De internationale keuze Stadsschouwburg Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Lost and Found, New Museum, New York, United States
Theaterfestival, Kaaitheater, Brussels, Belgium
Arnolfini, Bristol , United Kingdom
Dutch cinema: Ketelhuis (Amsterdam), Filmhuis Den Haag, Lantaren-Venster (Rotterdam), Plaza Futura (Eindhoven), 't Hoogt (Utrecht),
Belgian cinema: Brussels (Arenberg) / Gent (SFINX) / Antwerpen (MUKHA-Cinema), Belgium
Debat met Renzo Martens KVS-Box, Brussels, Belgium
Planete Doc Review, Warshaw, Poland
DocHouse, London, United Kingdom
HKA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
HotDocs, Toronto, Canada
Alba International Filmfestival , Italy
New Zealand International Filmfestival, Auckland, New Zealand
Jerusalem International Filmfestival, Jerusalem, Israel
SilverDocs, Washington DC, United States
Hors Pistes, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2008
IDFA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2000
Muhka Media, Antwerp, Belgium
2013
Return to the Postcolony: Specters of Colonialism in Contemporary Art
author(s): T.J. Demos
catalogue: Sternberg Press, Berlin
In and Out of Brussels. Figuring Postcolonial Africa and Europe in the Films of Herman Asselberghs, Sven Augustijnen, Renzo Martens, and Els Opsomer
author(s): Hilde Van Gelder, T.J. Demos
catalogue: Leuven University Press | Lieven Gevaert Series, Leuven
2012
Klotzt nicht so politisch!
author(s): Kolja Reichert
newspaper/magazine: Die Welt
Artists come to bring Kindness. A conversation with Renzo Martens
author(s): Artur Zmijewski
catlaogue: Berlin Biennial Reader
Toward a New Institutional Critique: A Conversation with Renzo Martens
author(s): TJ Demos
newspaper/magazine: Atlántica no. 52
Renzo Martens’ troubling but brilliant message
author(s): Murray Whyte
newspaper/magazine: The Starr, Toronto
African poverty, taboo or standardised? On Episode 3 -Enjoy Poverty by Renzo Martens
author(s): Paul De Roo
newspaper/magazine: Concept, Vol. 3, No.1
2011
So Spoke the Semicolon
author(s): Ozge Ersoy
newspaper/magazine: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Chicago, September
Aesthetic Autocritique, a conversation between Renzo Martens and Eyal Weizman
author(s): Renzo Martens and Eyal Weizman
newspaper/magazine: A Prior no. 22
Renzo Martens, Enjoy Poverty, De l'usage médiatique du stigmate
author(s): Benoit Dussart
newspaper/magazine: DITS, no. 16
Poverty Pornography, Humanitarianism, and Neo-liberal Globalization: Notes on Some Paradoxes in Contemporary Art
author(s): TJ Demos
newspaper/magazine: SMBA newsletter, Amsterdam, April
On Leaving the Building: Thoughts of the Outside
author(s): Dieter Roelstrate
newspaper/magazine: E-flux Journal 24
Une Polemique pour l Art et le Monde
author(s): Jacob Wren
newspaper/magazine: Inter Art Actuel no. 107
Detras de las Imagene's
auhor(s): Oscar Benassini
newspaper/magazine: La Tempesta no.76
Enjoying poverty?, Maria Eriksson Baaz, Erik Pauser, Mats Rosengren & Elin Wikström about Episode III
newspaper/magazine: Ord Bild, no.1732
Enjoy Poverty
author(s): Yulia Tikhonova
newspaper/magazine: Flash Art
2010
Enjoy Poverty: Disclosing the Political Impasse of Contemporary Art
author(s): Niels van Tomme
newspaper/magazine: Art Papers
The Action of Seeing
author(s): Tina Dicarlo & Khadija Carroll
newspaper/magazine: Kaleidoscope, no. 8
Renzo Martens: Love is colder than death
author(s): Ana Teixeira Pinto
newspaper/magazine: Mousse, no. 25
HARK! Loving Hatred
author(s): Jennifer Allen
newspaper/magazine: Mousse, no. 25
Enjoy Poverty: Disclosing the Political Impasse of Contemporary Art
author(s): Niels van Tomme
newspaper/magazine: Art Papers, September
6th Berlin Biennale
author(s): Alexander Scrimgeour
newspaper/magazine: Artforum, September
Renzo Martens
author(s): Kerstin Winking
catalogue: Monumentalisme, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Monumentalism - History, National Identity and Contemporary Art
author(s): Jelle Bouwhuis, Margriet Schavemaker (ed.)
catalogue: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NAi Publishers
Berlin Biennale
newspaper/magazine: Kunstforum
Berlin Biennial
newspaper/magazine: Art Monthly, July/August
Biennale Berlijn confronteert kunst met de werkelijkheid
author(s): Herien Wensink
newspaper/magazine: NRC
Langzame zegetocht van Episode 3
author(s): Raymond van den Boogaard
newspaper/magazine: NRC
Nieuw Perspectief
author(s): Sacha Bronwasser
newspaper/magazine: de Volkskrant
Raising the Phantoms of Empire; Post Colonial Discourse in recent Artists' Films
author(s): Katerina Gregos
newspaper/magazine: Mousse, no. 22
On the outside: Exteriority as Condition for Resistance
author(s): Pieter Van Bogaert
newspaper/magazine: Afterall, no. 23
6th Berlin Biennial
author(s): Kathrin Rhomberg
catalogue: KW institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
The Human Condition
author(s): Adam Budak
catalogue: Kunsthaus Graz
2009
Martens: briljant filmer of gewetenloze ijdeltuit
author(s): Jos de Putter
newspaper/magazine: VPRO gids
Renzo Martens, Episode III
author(s): Paul O'Kane
newspaper/magazine: Third Text, no. 101
Images Recalled
author(s): Esther Ruelfs
catalogue: Fotofestival Mannheim
Big Things: Crunch, Crisis, Change we can believe in
author(s): Max Andrews
newspaper/magazine: Karriere, no. 4
An Ethics of Engagement, Collaborative Art practices an the return of the Ethnographer
author(s): Anthony Downey
newspaper/magazine: Third text, no. 100
The act of watching poor people
author(s): Johanna Colier
newspaper/magazine: Dox
Kunst tegenover lijden
author(s): Gawie Keyser
newspaper/magazine: De Groene Amsterdammer
Slechts op de rand van cynisme kan empathie ontstaan
author(s): Pieter van Bogaert
newspaper/magazine: (H)Art
Ik ben niet geschoold in Rebellie
author(s): Jan Braet
newspaper/magazine: Knack
Afrika, omarm uw armoede
author(s): Koen Vidal
newspaper/magazine: De Morgen
Enjoy Poverty
newspaper/magazine: De Standaard
Enjoy Poverty
author(s): Erik Stockman
newspaper/magazine: Humo
Armoede bestaat pas als we er een logo op plakken
author(s): Dorien Kockaert
newspaper/magazine: De Standaard
Episode III - enjoy poverty
author(s): Pieter Van Bogaert
newspaper/magazine: (H)Art, no. 50
Renzo Martens
author(s): Dan Fox
newspaper/magazine: Frieze
Enjoy Povery. Een gitzwarte Congo-documentaire
author(s): Jan Antonissen
newspaper/magazine: Humo
The Atrocity Exhibition
author(s): John Douglas Millar
newspaper/magazine: Mute Magazine
Renzo Martens - Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam
author(s): Saskia van der Kroef
newspaper/magazine: Art Forum, March
Brussels Biennial 1
author(s): T.J. Demos
newspaper/magazine: Art Forum, February
Renzo Martens in Future Greats
author(s): Martin Herbert
newspaper/magazine: ArtReview
Renzo Martens
author(s): Martin Coomer
newspaper/magazine: Big Issue
Renzo Martens
author(s): Jessica Lack
newspaper/magazine: The Guardian Guide
Renzo Martens
author(s): Lillian Davies
newspaper/magazine: Art Forum
Renzo Martens Interview
author(s): Francis Guerin
newspaper/magazine: ArtSlant
2008
'Uw lijden gezien hebbend maakt mij een beter mens'
author(s): Machteld Leij
newspaper/magazine: (H)Art
Fatsoen heeft geen waarheid
author(s): Nathalie Hartjes
newspaper/magazine: Kunstbeeld
Episode 3: Enjoy Poverty
author(s): Leslie Felperin
newspaper/magazine: Variety
De horzel en de trekvogel
author(s): Mariska Graveland
newspaper/magazine: De Filmkrant
Renzo Martens, Episode 3
author(s): Jelle Bouwhuis, Jorinde Seijdel, Frank vande Veire
newspaper/magazine: Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam Newsletter 107
Armoede levert meer op dan goud; Het IDFA toont ontregelende documentaires
author(s): Coen van Zwol
newspaper/magazine: NRC
'Medelijden helpt niet'; Interview met Renzo Martens
author(s): Bert Mebius
newspaper/magazine: De Groene Amsterdammer
Afrika
author(s): Theodor Holman
newspaper/magazine: Het Parool
Trillende zwarte lichamen
author(s): Belinda van de Graaf
newspaper/magazine: Trouw
Controversiele opening 'typisch IDFA'
author(s): Bor Beekman
newspaper/magazine: de Volkskrant
Jong, blank en megalomaan
author(s): Jan Pieter Ekker
newspaper/magazine: de Volkskrant
Leve de armoede
author(s): Mark Moorman
newspaper/magazine: Het Parool
Renzo Martens: 'Medeleven is niet genoeg'
author(s): Harm Ede Botje
newspaper/magazine: Vrij Nederland
Afrika door en voor onze ogen
author(s): Bor Beekman
newspaper/magazine: de Volkskrant, Speciale Bijlage IDFA
Renzo Martens over zijn nieuwe film 'Episode 3': Afrika, tel uit je winst
author(s): Maartje Somers
newspaper/magazine: NRC
Renzo Martens
newspaper/magazine: Modern Painters, November
Kringloop Modernisme; de eerste Brusselse Biennale stelt vragen over de moderniteit
author(s): Marc Holthof
newspaper/magazine: (H)Art
Renzo Martens openingsfilm IDFA
newspaper/magazine: de Volkskrant
Nieuwe Kunst
author(s): Steven van Teeseling a.o.
newspaper/magazine: De Groene Amsterdammer
Continent vol coolness
author(s): Sandra Smallenburg
newspaper/magazine: NRC Next
Renzo Martens: Episode 3
author(s): Krist Gruijthuijsen
newspaper/magazine: Stedelijk Museum Bulletin
Afro-pessimisme minder aanwezig dan gedacht
author(s): Mathilde Jansen
newspaper/magazine: NRC
To burn oneself with oneself
author(s): Kees Keijer
newspaper/magazine: Het Parool, PS
De allesvernietigende drift van de romantiek in de kunst
author(s): Lucette ter Borg
newspaper/magazine: NRC
Omarmen op afstand
author(s): Bert Mebius
newspaper/magazine: De Groene Amsterdammer
Renzo Martens; Analyses of a film in three conversations
author(s): Els Roelandt
newspaper/magazine: A Prior, February
2007
De Messias
author(s): Nanda Jansen
newspaper/magazine: Mister Motley, no. 14
Toekomstvisie als luis in pels van maatschappij
author(s): Marina de Vries
newspaper/magazine: de Volkskrant
2006
The bomb drops
author(s): Nadim Samman
newspaper/magazine: Frieze, The Art Newspaper
A picture of war is not war
author(s): Max Andrews
newspaper/magazine: Frieze, May
Voetnoten bij het nieuws
author(s): Sandra Smallenburg
newspaper/magazine: NRC
A picture of war is not war
author(s): Lillian Davies
newspaper/magazine: Art Forum's Critic's Picks London
Het is hier onleefbaar
author(s): Mike Naafs
newspaper/magazine: De Filmkrant
2005
All eyes are on us, and we're loving it
author(s): Peter Godard
newspaper/magazine: Toronto Star
Episode 1
author(s): Binna Choi
catalogue: Concerning War, BAK, Basis Actuele Kunst
Renzo Martens
author(s): Jeroen Laureijns
catalogue: Looking, encountering, staging, Piet Zwart Instituut
2004
De diepte onder de oppervlakte
author(s): Mariska Graveland
newspaper/magazine: De Filmkrant
De export van gefilmde armoede
author(s): Dana Linssen
newspaper/magazine: NRC
Leed en ellende, maar niet klakkeloos
author(s): Remke de Lange
newspaper/magazine: Trouw
Wat moeten we in hemelsnaam van jou en jouw film denken
author(s): Maricke Nieuwdorp
newspaper/magazine: IDFA-papers
Laf en luiheid
author(s): Renzo Martens
newspaper/magazine: Vrij Nederland
Dicht bij jezelf
author(s): Ronald Ockhuysen
newspaper/magazine: de Volkskrant
Mevrouw Idfa
author(s): Patrick Meershoek
newspaper/magazine: Het Parool
De Kritische keuze
author(s): Sacha Bronwasser
newspaper/magazine: Vrij Nederland
Ordinary madness
author(s): Lizzy Le Quesne
newspaper/magazine: The Prague Post
Renzo Martens (in: Wass will Europa)
author(s): Xander Karskens
newspaper/magazine: Flash Art
De schande van de omkering
author(s): Renzo Martens
newspaper/magazine: Metropolis M
Rechtmatige erfgenamen van een historisch modernisme
author(s): Jeroen Laureijns
catalogue: Contemporary Art in Belgium
Court jester
author(s): Brigitte van de Sande
catalogue: Under Fire, Witte de With
Plug-In
author(s): Juliette Jongma
catalogue: Fine Arts Unternehmen Books, Cologne
Twee werelden
author(s): Bas Heijne
catalogue: Leeswoede, De Bijenkorf, Amsterdam
2003
Een aardschok in dromenland
author(s): Lucette ter Borg
newspaper/magazine: Vrij Nederland
Als de rollen omgedraaid worden
author(s): Jeroen Laureijns
newspaper/magazine: De Financieel-economische
Een man moet een geheim hebben
author(s): Karel Glastra van Loon
newspaper/magazine: Vrij Nederland
Zelfpromotie
author(s): Herman Asselberghs
newspaper/magazine: De Tijd Cultuur
Egotrip in Tsjetsjeense hel
author(s): Geert van de Wetering
newspaper/magazine: de Volkskrant
Hilariteit in Tsjetsjenie
author(s): Jacquine van Elsberg
newspaper/magazine: Skrien
Is pijn fotografeerbaar
author(s): Tanny Dobbelaar
newspaper/magazine: Krisis, Tijdschrift voor empirische filosofie
Urban Dramas
author(s): Moritz Kung
catalogue: DeSingel, Antwerp
Return to the Postcolony: Specters of Colonialism in Contemporary Art
author(s): T.J. Demos
catalogue: Sternberg Press, Berlin
In and Out of Brussels. Figuring Postcolonial Africa and Europe in the Films of Herman Asselberghs, Sven Augustijnen, Renzo Martens, and Els Opsomer
author(s): Hilde Van Gelder, T.J. Demos
catalogue: Leuven University Press | Lieven Gevaert Series, Leuven
2012
Klotzt nicht so politisch!
author(s): Kolja Reichert
newspaper/magazine: Die Welt
Artists come to bring Kindness. A conversation with Renzo Martens
author(s): Artur Zmijewski
catlaogue: Berlin Biennial Reader
Toward a New Institutional Critique: A Conversation with Renzo Martens
author(s): TJ Demos
newspaper/magazine: Atlántica no. 52
Renzo Martens’ troubling but brilliant message
author(s): Murray Whyte
newspaper/magazine: The Starr, Toronto
African poverty, taboo or standardised? On Episode 3 -Enjoy Poverty by Renzo Martens
author(s): Paul De Roo
newspaper/magazine: Concept, Vol. 3, No.1
2011
So Spoke the Semicolon
author(s): Ozge Ersoy
newspaper/magazine: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Chicago, September
Aesthetic Autocritique, a conversation between Renzo Martens and Eyal Weizman
author(s): Renzo Martens and Eyal Weizman
newspaper/magazine: A Prior no. 22
Renzo Martens, Enjoy Poverty, De l'usage médiatique du stigmate
author(s): Benoit Dussart
newspaper/magazine: DITS, no. 16
Poverty Pornography, Humanitarianism, and Neo-liberal Globalization: Notes on Some Paradoxes in Contemporary Art
author(s): TJ Demos
newspaper/magazine: SMBA newsletter, Amsterdam, April
On Leaving the Building: Thoughts of the Outside
author(s): Dieter Roelstrate
newspaper/magazine: E-flux Journal 24
Une Polemique pour l Art et le Monde
author(s): Jacob Wren
newspaper/magazine: Inter Art Actuel no. 107
Detras de las Imagene's
auhor(s): Oscar Benassini
newspaper/magazine: La Tempesta no.76
Enjoying poverty?, Maria Eriksson Baaz, Erik Pauser, Mats Rosengren & Elin Wikström about Episode III
newspaper/magazine: Ord Bild, no.1732
Enjoy Poverty
author(s): Yulia Tikhonova
newspaper/magazine: Flash Art
2010
Enjoy Poverty: Disclosing the Political Impasse of Contemporary Art
author(s): Niels van Tomme
newspaper/magazine: Art Papers
The Action of Seeing
author(s): Tina Dicarlo & Khadija Carroll
newspaper/magazine: Kaleidoscope, no. 8
Renzo Martens: Love is colder than death
author(s): Ana Teixeira Pinto
newspaper/magazine: Mousse, no. 25
HARK! Loving Hatred
author(s): Jennifer Allen
newspaper/magazine: Mousse, no. 25
Enjoy Poverty: Disclosing the Political Impasse of Contemporary Art
author(s): Niels van Tomme
newspaper/magazine: Art Papers, September
6th Berlin Biennale
author(s): Alexander Scrimgeour
newspaper/magazine: Artforum, September
Renzo Martens
author(s): Kerstin Winking
catalogue: Monumentalisme, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Monumentalism - History, National Identity and Contemporary Art
author(s): Jelle Bouwhuis, Margriet Schavemaker (ed.)
catalogue: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NAi Publishers
Berlin Biennale
newspaper/magazine: Kunstforum
Berlin Biennial
newspaper/magazine: Art Monthly, July/August
Biennale Berlijn confronteert kunst met de werkelijkheid
author(s): Herien Wensink
newspaper/magazine: NRC
Langzame zegetocht van Episode 3
author(s): Raymond van den Boogaard
newspaper/magazine: NRC
Nieuw Perspectief
author(s): Sacha Bronwasser
newspaper/magazine: de Volkskrant
Raising the Phantoms of Empire; Post Colonial Discourse in recent Artists' Films
author(s): Katerina Gregos
newspaper/magazine: Mousse, no. 22
On the outside: Exteriority as Condition for Resistance
author(s): Pieter Van Bogaert
newspaper/magazine: Afterall, no. 23
6th Berlin Biennial
author(s): Kathrin Rhomberg
catalogue: KW institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
The Human Condition
author(s): Adam Budak
catalogue: Kunsthaus Graz
2009
Martens: briljant filmer of gewetenloze ijdeltuit
author(s): Jos de Putter
newspaper/magazine: VPRO gids
Renzo Martens, Episode III
author(s): Paul O'Kane
newspaper/magazine: Third Text, no. 101
Images Recalled
author(s): Esther Ruelfs
catalogue: Fotofestival Mannheim
Big Things: Crunch, Crisis, Change we can believe in
author(s): Max Andrews
newspaper/magazine: Karriere, no. 4
An Ethics of Engagement, Collaborative Art practices an the return of the Ethnographer
author(s): Anthony Downey
newspaper/magazine: Third text, no. 100
The act of watching poor people
author(s): Johanna Colier
newspaper/magazine: Dox
Kunst tegenover lijden
author(s): Gawie Keyser
newspaper/magazine: De Groene Amsterdammer
Slechts op de rand van cynisme kan empathie ontstaan
author(s): Pieter van Bogaert
newspaper/magazine: (H)Art
Ik ben niet geschoold in Rebellie
author(s): Jan Braet
newspaper/magazine: Knack
Afrika, omarm uw armoede
author(s): Koen Vidal
newspaper/magazine: De Morgen
Enjoy Poverty
newspaper/magazine: De Standaard
Enjoy Poverty
author(s): Erik Stockman
newspaper/magazine: Humo
Armoede bestaat pas als we er een logo op plakken
author(s): Dorien Kockaert
newspaper/magazine: De Standaard
Episode III - enjoy poverty
author(s): Pieter Van Bogaert
newspaper/magazine: (H)Art, no. 50
Renzo Martens
author(s): Dan Fox
newspaper/magazine: Frieze
Enjoy Povery. Een gitzwarte Congo-documentaire
author(s): Jan Antonissen
newspaper/magazine: Humo
The Atrocity Exhibition
author(s): John Douglas Millar
newspaper/magazine: Mute Magazine
Renzo Martens - Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam
author(s): Saskia van der Kroef
newspaper/magazine: Art Forum, March
Brussels Biennial 1
author(s): T.J. Demos
newspaper/magazine: Art Forum, February
Renzo Martens in Future Greats
author(s): Martin Herbert
newspaper/magazine: ArtReview
Renzo Martens
author(s): Martin Coomer
newspaper/magazine: Big Issue
Renzo Martens
author(s): Jessica Lack
newspaper/magazine: The Guardian Guide
Renzo Martens
author(s): Lillian Davies
newspaper/magazine: Art Forum
Renzo Martens Interview
author(s): Francis Guerin
newspaper/magazine: ArtSlant
2008
'Uw lijden gezien hebbend maakt mij een beter mens'
author(s): Machteld Leij
newspaper/magazine: (H)Art
Fatsoen heeft geen waarheid
author(s): Nathalie Hartjes
newspaper/magazine: Kunstbeeld
Episode 3: Enjoy Poverty
author(s): Leslie Felperin
newspaper/magazine: Variety
De horzel en de trekvogel
author(s): Mariska Graveland
newspaper/magazine: De Filmkrant
Renzo Martens, Episode 3
author(s): Jelle Bouwhuis, Jorinde Seijdel, Frank vande Veire
newspaper/magazine: Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam Newsletter 107
Armoede levert meer op dan goud; Het IDFA toont ontregelende documentaires
author(s): Coen van Zwol
newspaper/magazine: NRC
'Medelijden helpt niet'; Interview met Renzo Martens
author(s): Bert Mebius
newspaper/magazine: De Groene Amsterdammer
Afrika
author(s): Theodor Holman
newspaper/magazine: Het Parool
Trillende zwarte lichamen
author(s): Belinda van de Graaf
newspaper/magazine: Trouw
Controversiele opening 'typisch IDFA'
author(s): Bor Beekman
newspaper/magazine: de Volkskrant
Jong, blank en megalomaan
author(s): Jan Pieter Ekker
newspaper/magazine: de Volkskrant
Leve de armoede
author(s): Mark Moorman
newspaper/magazine: Het Parool
Renzo Martens: 'Medeleven is niet genoeg'
author(s): Harm Ede Botje
newspaper/magazine: Vrij Nederland
Afrika door en voor onze ogen
author(s): Bor Beekman
newspaper/magazine: de Volkskrant, Speciale Bijlage IDFA
Renzo Martens over zijn nieuwe film 'Episode 3': Afrika, tel uit je winst
author(s): Maartje Somers
newspaper/magazine: NRC
Renzo Martens
newspaper/magazine: Modern Painters, November
Kringloop Modernisme; de eerste Brusselse Biennale stelt vragen over de moderniteit
author(s): Marc Holthof
newspaper/magazine: (H)Art
Renzo Martens openingsfilm IDFA
newspaper/magazine: de Volkskrant
Nieuwe Kunst
author(s): Steven van Teeseling a.o.
newspaper/magazine: De Groene Amsterdammer
Continent vol coolness
author(s): Sandra Smallenburg
newspaper/magazine: NRC Next
Renzo Martens: Episode 3
author(s): Krist Gruijthuijsen
newspaper/magazine: Stedelijk Museum Bulletin
Afro-pessimisme minder aanwezig dan gedacht
author(s): Mathilde Jansen
newspaper/magazine: NRC
To burn oneself with oneself
author(s): Kees Keijer
newspaper/magazine: Het Parool, PS
De allesvernietigende drift van de romantiek in de kunst
author(s): Lucette ter Borg
newspaper/magazine: NRC
Omarmen op afstand
author(s): Bert Mebius
newspaper/magazine: De Groene Amsterdammer
Renzo Martens; Analyses of a film in three conversations
author(s): Els Roelandt
newspaper/magazine: A Prior, February
2007
De Messias
author(s): Nanda Jansen
newspaper/magazine: Mister Motley, no. 14
Toekomstvisie als luis in pels van maatschappij
author(s): Marina de Vries
newspaper/magazine: de Volkskrant
2006
The bomb drops
author(s): Nadim Samman
newspaper/magazine: Frieze, The Art Newspaper
A picture of war is not war
author(s): Max Andrews
newspaper/magazine: Frieze, May
Voetnoten bij het nieuws
author(s): Sandra Smallenburg
newspaper/magazine: NRC
A picture of war is not war
author(s): Lillian Davies
newspaper/magazine: Art Forum's Critic's Picks London
Het is hier onleefbaar
author(s): Mike Naafs
newspaper/magazine: De Filmkrant
2005
All eyes are on us, and we're loving it
author(s): Peter Godard
newspaper/magazine: Toronto Star
Episode 1
author(s): Binna Choi
catalogue: Concerning War, BAK, Basis Actuele Kunst
Renzo Martens
author(s): Jeroen Laureijns
catalogue: Looking, encountering, staging, Piet Zwart Instituut
2004
De diepte onder de oppervlakte
author(s): Mariska Graveland
newspaper/magazine: De Filmkrant
De export van gefilmde armoede
author(s): Dana Linssen
newspaper/magazine: NRC
Leed en ellende, maar niet klakkeloos
author(s): Remke de Lange
newspaper/magazine: Trouw
Wat moeten we in hemelsnaam van jou en jouw film denken
author(s): Maricke Nieuwdorp
newspaper/magazine: IDFA-papers
Laf en luiheid
author(s): Renzo Martens
newspaper/magazine: Vrij Nederland
Dicht bij jezelf
author(s): Ronald Ockhuysen
newspaper/magazine: de Volkskrant
Mevrouw Idfa
author(s): Patrick Meershoek
newspaper/magazine: Het Parool
De Kritische keuze
author(s): Sacha Bronwasser
newspaper/magazine: Vrij Nederland
Ordinary madness
author(s): Lizzy Le Quesne
newspaper/magazine: The Prague Post
Renzo Martens (in: Wass will Europa)
author(s): Xander Karskens
newspaper/magazine: Flash Art
De schande van de omkering
author(s): Renzo Martens
newspaper/magazine: Metropolis M
Rechtmatige erfgenamen van een historisch modernisme
author(s): Jeroen Laureijns
catalogue: Contemporary Art in Belgium
Court jester
author(s): Brigitte van de Sande
catalogue: Under Fire, Witte de With
Plug-In
author(s): Juliette Jongma
catalogue: Fine Arts Unternehmen Books, Cologne
Twee werelden
author(s): Bas Heijne
catalogue: Leeswoede, De Bijenkorf, Amsterdam
2003
Een aardschok in dromenland
author(s): Lucette ter Borg
newspaper/magazine: Vrij Nederland
Als de rollen omgedraaid worden
author(s): Jeroen Laureijns
newspaper/magazine: De Financieel-economische
Een man moet een geheim hebben
author(s): Karel Glastra van Loon
newspaper/magazine: Vrij Nederland
Zelfpromotie
author(s): Herman Asselberghs
newspaper/magazine: De Tijd Cultuur
Egotrip in Tsjetsjeense hel
author(s): Geert van de Wetering
newspaper/magazine: de Volkskrant
Hilariteit in Tsjetsjenie
author(s): Jacquine van Elsberg
newspaper/magazine: Skrien
Is pijn fotografeerbaar
author(s): Tanny Dobbelaar
newspaper/magazine: Krisis, Tijdschrift voor empirische filosofie
Urban Dramas
author(s): Moritz Kung
catalogue: DeSingel, Antwerp