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Flowing & Grounding
A Qigong Practice of Gathering, Circulating & Settling Energy with Optional Single-Needle Acupuncture

As part of Glaze Field Trip, the solo exhibition of Wil van Blokland, this workshop explores Qi through Traditional Chinese Qigong, breath, movement, sound, and optional acupuncture.

Guided by Qigong Sifu & licensed acupuncturist Yiwen, the session takes place in the gallery, inviting participants to experience the body as an energetic landscape shaped by posture, breath, and awareness.

Through Eight Brocades (Baduanjin) and Bagua Walking, participants explore how Qi is cultivated through structure, circulated through motion, and integrated through stillness.

The workshop includes rest with tea, a Golden Gong sound meditation, and optional single-needle acupuncture at Baihui (DU20), supporting deep relaxation and integration.

Fluidity and connection are reflected in Wil van Blokland’s ceramic works, extending into embodied experience through movement and awareness.

Open to all levels. Limited to 15 participants. €45 per person. Sign up via link in profile.

Please wear comfortable clothing and easy-to-remove shoes.

CHAxART is delighted to present a solo exhibition by our collaborating artist Wil van Blokland (.vanblokland) at Gallery MAI () in Amsterdam.

Glazed Field Trip｜以釉为径
📍 Gallery MAI, Geldersekade 30, 1012 BJ Amsterdam
📅 May 15 (Thu) – June 14 (Sun), 2026
🕰️ Opening Hours: Tuesday–Sunday, 11:00–18:00

The opening will take place at 15:00 on May 15, accompanied by specialty tea and light refreshments. Please reserve your spot via the link in our profile.

“Glazed Field Trip” takes Wil van Blokland’s more than four decades of ceramic practice as its point of departure, unfolding as a field-based inquiry into material, time, and the conditions of existence. For over a decade, the artist has worked between Amsterdam and Jingdezhen, engaging ceramics as a reflective and spiritual medium shaped by differing cultural contexts, craft systems, and the transformative force of kiln fire.

In her practice, “Field Trip” extends beyond travel toward a hands-on mode of entering a site—land, workshop, material, and fire. Porcelain becomes a field of experimentation where glaze flows and transforms under high temperatures, linking time, perception, and material change.

Each field of colour, trace, and glimmer emerges as a result that can never be fully predetermined. The recurring ovals, capsules, and abstract forms suggest structures of relation—connecting one person to another, and the individual to the wider world.

The exhibition reflects her ongoing search to reveal “the essence of our existence” through a quiet practice between fire and earth, bridging East and West. We warmly welcome you to experience this exhibition as a journey, encountering a subtle field where matter, process, and perception converge across cultures.