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, Metropolis M, Non-fiction, VURB, Viral Radio, art
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 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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By Michiel van Iersel
Also posted in Amsterdam, Article, Interview, Media, Non-fiction, Trustville, crisis
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 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, Metropolis M, Non-fiction, art, event
Tagged ACCESS2CA, ICN, INCCA, Juha van 't Zelfde, Ljubljana, Michiel van Iersel, Moderna Galerija, Museo Reina Sofia, presentation, Thomas Hirschhorn, workshop
November 5 09
This Saturday the 10th annual museumnacht (museum night) will be organised in our hometown Amsterdam. Non-fiction will take part with a special marathon on museums and the city, in their basecamp De Verdieping. A wide group of institutions, designers and thinkers will join us at the table to discuss how pervasive urban museums are, and [...]
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By Juha van 't Zelfde
Also posted in Amsterdam, Architecture, Heritage, Non-fiction, Trouw, VURB, Viral Radio, art, deVerdieping, event
Tagged Amsterdam, Beat Dimensions, Cinnaman, De Appel, Habbekrats, HvA, Juha, Juha van 't Zelfde, Mamiko Motto, Mediamatic, Michiel van Iersel, Nationaal Historisch Museum, NIMk, Platform21, Rietveld Academie, Sandberg Instituut, Stedelijk Museum, Supermaker, The Mobile City, urban screens, UvA, Viral Radio, VURB
October 3 09
Next spring and summer we will be organizing several projects at Duivenvoorde Castle, a stately museum-mansion and unique parkland (see below) near the city of The Hague. We received a request from the organization to make a contribution to their yearlong celebration of the museum’s 50th anniversary in 2010. After long deliberations and several site [...]
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By Michiel van Iersel
Also posted in Duivenvoorde, Heritage, Media, Non-fiction, art
Tagged access, art, Duivenvoorde, interventions, Juha van 't Zelfde, Michiel van Iersel, museum, nature, open, park, portraits, The Hague, Voorschoten, Wassenaar