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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Posted in Non-fiction
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
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‘, [...]
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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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Posted in Non-fiction
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
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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Posted in Non-fiction
Tagged Bart Rutten, Charles Esche, Eija Liisa Ahtila, ICN, KIT, MoMA, Nedko Solakov, SBMK, Stedelijk Museum, Tate, UvA, Van Abbemuseum
February 1 10
From this year on the annual Three-Day Music Festival in the Dutch city of The Hague will become the epicenter for innovations in classical music: “Is there a future for classical music?“, “How can we engage a new and young(er) audience?” and “what will a concert (hall) be like in the year 2030?“. Non-fiction sets out to [...]
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Posted in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Non-fiction
Tagged Amsterdam, António Jorge Pacheco, Carnegie Hall, Casa da Musica, Den Haag, Dr. Anton Philipszaal, Edgard Varèse, Haagse Muziek Driedaagse, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Lucent Danstheater, Michel van der Aa, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Oslo Opera House, Porto, Rem Koolhaas, Three-Day Music Festival, Wii, YouTube Symphony Orchestra, Zaha Hadid
January 26 10
Being invited by one of the largest private art foundations in The Netherlands, the SNS REAAL Fund, we had the privilege of giving an hour long presentation of not-to-be-missed trends in the fields of the arts, technology and science, followed by a lively Q&A. For this occasion our host had invited the management and staff members [...]
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Posted in Creative industries, Non-fiction, art, crisis
Tagged AFK, AMO, augmented reality, Benetton, Fabrica, Juha van 't Zelfde, locative media, Michiel van Iersel, n8, OMA, Sellaband, SNS REAAL Fonds, Streetlab, VSBfonds
January 19 10
How can banks, museums, governments and other institutions regain a sense of trust from the public? That is the question that lies at the heart of an ambitious project titled ‘Trustville‘. Initiated by communication agency Vandejong and its idiosyncratic founder and namesake Pjotr de Jong, Trustville encompasses a series of themed expert meetings focusing on [...]
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Posted in Amsterdam, Article, Interview, Media, Non-fiction, Trustville, crisis, museum
Tagged Amsterdam, Bush, De Verdieping, Dogville, Farmville, Hermitage Amsterdam, Job Cohen, Juha van 't Zelfde, Kanye West, Michiel van Iersel, Nike True City, Niketown, Pjotr de Jong, Susan Fainstein, Triodos, Trustville, Valiz, Vandejong, WikiCity, World Bank
January 3 10
With contributions from 36 of our dearest friends and heroes, including Ben Cerveny, Nalden, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Saskia Sassen and Winy Maas, our co-created vison of Amsterdam in 2020 appeared in the new year’s edition of Time Out magazine Amsterdam. Download it here. Tweet This Post
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Posted in Amsterdam, Article, Interview, Media, Non-fiction, deVerdieping
Tagged 2020, Aaron Koblin, Adam Greenfield, Amie Dicke, Amsterdam, Ben Cerveny, Bruce Sterling, Claire Boonstra, De Verdieping, Edial Dekker, Euro Beinat, Friedrich von Borries, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Hendrik-Jan Grievink, James Burke, John Lonsdale, Juha van 't Zelfde, Kai van Hasselt, Kasper Joen Larsen, Katja Hogenboom, Lars Ebert, Ljubo Georgiev, Markus Miessen, Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen, Michiel van Iersel, Nalden, Neville Mars, Nina Siegal, Non-fiction, Ollie Bown, Pjotr de Jong, Radna Rumping, Sarah van Sonsbeeck, Saskia Sassen, Time Out Amsterdam, Tino Haenen, Tjade Stroband, Tracy Metz, Winy Maas, Xander Karskens