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 [...]
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By Juha van 't Zelfde
Also posted in Article, Non-fiction, VURB, Viral Radio, art, museum
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
January 12 10
A few weeks ago the Netherlands Institute of Cultural Heritage courteously invited us to join them at the ACCESS2CA seminar in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The long acronym stands for ‘Access to Contemorary Art Conservation’. It was jointly organised with Museo Reina Sofia, and wonderfully hosted by the Moderna galerija. Present were conservators, art historians, museum professionals [...]
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By Juha van 't Zelfde
Also posted in Heritage, Non-fiction, art, event, museum
Tagged ACCESS2CA, ICN, INCCA, Juha van 't Zelfde, Ljubljana, Michiel van Iersel, Moderna Galerija, Museo Reina Sofia, presentation, Thomas Hirschhorn, workshop
June 9 09
According to Wikipedia, the term ‘ubiquitous computing’ dates from 1988 and was first used by the American, Mark Weisner, when he was chief technologist at Xerox’s legendary Palo Alto Research Center. Ubiquitous computing refers to the omnipresence of the computer, a phenomenon now moved well beyond the desktop and fully incorporated into our portable functional [...]
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By Juha van 't Zelfde
Also posted in Article
Tagged Darfur, Google Earth, Google Maps, iPhone, Juha van 't Zelfde, Metropolis M, museum night, Museums and the Web, Narb, Non-fiction, Palo Alto Research Center, Prado, Stedelijk Museum, Tom Tom, ubiquitous computing, UN, USHMM, Xerox
February 14 09
In an e-mail exchange with the English bassist Squarepusher (Tom Jenkinson) about a concert in Amsterdam, he confused me by writing that he did not consider himself a musician, and he was not even sure if he really liked music. Jenkinson is a drummer as well as a bass player, and ever since his first [...]
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By Juha van 't Zelfde
Also posted in Article, Interview
Tagged Alog, Dimlite, Icarus, John Cage, Kode9, Marcel Duchamp, music, Ollie Bown, research, Sam Britton, Squarepusher, Tom Jenkinson