Bik Van der Pol explore the potential of art to produce and transmit knowledge. Their practice is based on cooperation between the diverse communities they work with and the artists themselves. As a research entity, Bik Van der Pol is interested in creating situations that facilitate communication. They often work on location using, reusing and reactivating spaces, forms and situations where people meet to exchange thoughts and ideas: a library, a public picnic place, a mobile cinema, a sports field . . . mediators they deliberately attempt to influence the cultural climate and transform it in a constructive manner by ameliorating situations, adding what is lacking, illuminating things that are in darkness, and opening up issues in public. Rather than add yet another new idea to the production and consumption of knowledge, they allow something to outgrow its original roots, boundaries or limitations. More…