July 27 10
Here’s a random and short observation I wanted to share with you. I have been subscribed to the e-flux newsletter for a long time now to stay informed about what’s happening in the art world, and being a man of music first and of art after, I cannot help but notice how self-aware protagonists of [...]
June 14 10
Last week we gave a series of workshops on three consecutive days during ‘Contemporary Art: Who Cares‘, an international symposium for (up-and-coming) professionals, from diverse disciplines, who are connected to the conservation of modern and contemporary art. Organised by the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN), Foundation for the Conservation of Contemporary Art in the [...]
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Tagged Akina Art Projects, AnnLee, Bonnefantenmuseum, Contemporary Art: Who Cares?, De Hallen, Guggenheim, ICN, INCCA, Juha van 't Zelfde, Kiasma, Lucia Matos, Michiel van Iersel, MoMA, n8, No Ghost Just a Shell, SBMK, SFMOMA, Sol LeWitt, Tate, Universidade de Porto, University of Amsterdam, UvA, Van Abbemuseum, ZKM
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June 10 10
Non-fiction’s Michiel is selected by the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, known in the Netherlands as Fonds BKVB, to join a group of artists, architects and curators for a 2-week study trip in October 2010. The trip was given the somewhat cryptical title ‘What’s up, what’s down. Cultural catalysts in Urban Space‘, [...]
June 6 10
Last year we received a request from the Duivenvoorde Foundation to make a contribution to the yearlong celebration of their 50th anniversary in 2010. The foundation controls Duivenvoorde Castle, a stately museum-mansion and unique parkland (see below) near the city of The Hague. For eight centuries, this historic site has remained in family hands. Descendants of the [...]
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Tagged Amie Dicke, Andrew Makkinga, Aynouk Tan, Brueghel, Duivenvoorde, Facebook, Gabriel Lester, Grrr, Hans Aarsman, Hotmamahot, Huddersfield, John Lonsdale, Juha van 't Zelfde, Kasteel Duivenvoorde, Koen Nutters, Machinefabriek, Michael Portnoy, Michiel van Iersel, Nuit Blanche, Saelors, Sarah van Sonsbeeck, Wire Magazine, Wouter van Veldhoven
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April 28 10
After weeks of secretiveness and diplomacy, the moment has come that we can finally announce our programme for the North Sea Jazz Festival 2010. The festival is widely acknowledged as the one of the biggest jazz festivals in the world, and has a strong reputation for showcasing many different areas of jazz and improvised music [...]
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Tagged Brandlmayr, Dafeldecker, Dimlite, Dorian Concept, Fennesz, Gareth Davis, Hild Sofie Tafjord, Hudson Mohawke, Knalpot, Lothar Ohlmeier, Machinefabriek, Mike Slott, Ollie Bown, Philip Jeck, Sam Britton, Tom Arthurs
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April 16 10
Inspired by the computer game Football Manager, in which you are the trainer of a top football club, Juha van ’t Zelfde dreams of the game Museum Manager, in which you get to run a top museum. It will have been in 1995 that I managed to get my hands on my first copy of [...]
Posted in Article, Metropolis M, Non-fiction, VURB, Viral Radio, art, museum
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Tagged Alexander Ribbink, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Frank Rijkaard, Henry, Ibrahimovic, Joan Laporta, Johan Cruijff, Messi, Metropolis M, Museum Manager, Olafur Eliasson, Stedelijk Museum, Viral Radio, VURB
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April 12 10
Following our contribution to the ACCESS2CA seminar at the Moderna Galerija in Ljubljana (Slovenia) last year, the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN) has invited us to give a number of workshop at this year’s symposium ‘Contemporary Art: Who Cares?’. This international event will take place at the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam this summer and is [...]
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Tagged Bart Rutten, Charles Esche, Eija Liisa Ahtila, ICN, KIT, MoMA, Nedko Solakov, SBMK, Stedelijk Museum, Tate, UvA, Van Abbemuseum
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March 29 10
Another update from Juha, having just recovered from the flu. Michiel has been ill too – way to go Non-fictionites. These past days have been all about the North Sea Jazz Festival, and a little bit of balcony gardening. Already after the first time I give up writing a weekly update. I admit, I’m not [...]
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Tagged Alog, Bimhuis, BJ Nilsen, Christian Fennesz, Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Huub van Riel, Icarus, Jacob Kirkegaard, Kadir Selçuk, Lantaren/Venster, North Sea Jazz, Philip Jeck, Rotterdam, Stephen O'Malley, Viral Radio, Volga, Yukon
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