Together with the curators of A Perfect Day we have created big and small events before the big opening on february 10th in the city of Amsterdam in collaboration with the American Book Centre, Concerto, 1,000 drawings, Stadsherstel, Kuvva a.o. We will keep you informed on this site and through facebook and twitter about the exact dates.

Thursday the 26th of January, 1000 Drawings and A Perfect Day organize 1000 Frames, a collective animation drawing event for charity. Six artists have prepared the first layers of an animation that will be completed by the visitors. The animation and drawings will be shown at the A Perfect Day exhibition in the Westergasfabriek; and afterwards the drawings will be sold at the next 1000 Drawings event. With music, drinks, interviews, animation-screenings and more.

The rest of this post is in Dutch

Op donderdag 26 januari organiseren 1000 Drawings en A Perfect Day ’1000 Frames’ in de Posthoornkerk (Haarlemmerstraat 126A van 20.00 – 23.00 uur). Kom langs om samen de frames af te maken, in te kleuren, en zo mee te doen aan een collectief animatieproject. Zes animatoren, waaronder Marcel de Vries, Frank Hoen, Yoko Heiligers, Jay Sunsmith, Floor Rieder en Tim Faber hebben een eerste opzet gemaakt. Aan de bezoekers nu de taak om de animatie af te tekenen.

Met drankjes, vloerverwarming en muziek van Viral Radio.

De hele animatie is te zien tijdens A Perfect Day – Tekenshow; de tekeningen worden verkocht voor het goede doel op de volgende editie van 1000 Drawings. Met dank aan Stadsherstel!

PROGRAMMA
19.30 Inloop
20.00 Aanvang + inleiding
20.30 – 22.30 Zelf tekenen

Verder ook interviews met illustratoren, animatiefilms en meer.

Laat weten dat je komt via de  facebookpagina van het event.

LOCATIE
Posthoornkerk, Haarlemmerstraat 124, Amsterdam (dichtbij CS)

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Over A Perfect Day: 
A Perfect Day Tekenshow is een 14-daagse internationale tentoonstelling van tekeningen met tekst in de Westergasfabriek. Met goedgemutste, hier en daar ontregelende en bovenal grappige tekeningen over alledaagse gemoedstoestanden. Van 10 t/m 24 februari in de Westergasfabriek te Amsterdam. Met David Shrigley, Gummbah, Raymond Pettibon en vele anderen.

www.aperfectday.info
www.facebook.com/tekenshow

Over 1000 Drawings:
1000 Drawings verzamelt duizenden tekeningen op A5, van beroemde kunstenaars, amateurs, kinderen – alles is welkom. We zijn ervan overtuigd dat het niet uitmaakt wie je bent: iedereen kan tekenen, verschil maken en bijdragen aan het goede doel met culturele en artistieke middelen.

www.1000drawingsamsterdam.nl
www.facebook.com/1000DrawingsAmsterdam

Met dank aan Stadsherstel - www.stadsherstel.nl

Dutch:

Zondag 15 januari is A Perfect Day voor Tin Men and the Telephone in Concerto. Drie enthousiaste musici die na een studie aan het Amsterdams conservatorium nu de grenzen opzoeken van jazz en elektronica. Dit instore optreden is tevens een vooruitblik op A Perfect Day – een internationale tentoonstelling van tekeningen met tekst. Tin Men and the Telephone zullen op 11 februari optreden in de tentoonstelling en combineren hun muziek veelvuldig met illustraties.

Deze zondag zijn ook de felbegeerde A Perfect Day tasjes en tshirts te koop, en krijg je (alleen tijdens de instore) daarbij een poster met een tekening van Paul Faassen + kaartje voor de tentoonstelling kado!

Aanvang instore optreden: 17.00 uur

Over A Perfect Day:
A Perfect Day Tekenshow is een 14-daagse internationale tentoonstelling van tekeningen met tekst. Met goedgemutste, hier en daar ontregelende en bovenal grappige tekeningen over alledaagse gemoedstoestanden. Van 10 t/m 24 februari in de Westergasfabriek te Amsterdam. Met David Shrigley, Gummbah, Raymond Pettibon en vele anderen.

www.aperfectday.info

Over Tin Men and the Telephone:
De bandleden van Tin Men and the Telephone delen een groot enthousiasme. Zij zijn ervan overtuigd dat er nog veel ruimte te ontdekken valt in geïmproviseerde muziek.
Drie musici, opgegroeid met (moderne) klassieke muziek, hip-hop, en hedendaagse jazz, presenteren geïmproviseerde muziek in een nieuwe gedaante. Uitdagend, verleidelijk, komisch, boosaardig maar altijd met grote muzikale diepgang en sterke ritmes. Voor mensen die iets nieuws willen horen .. en zien, want voor TMT is het vanzelfsprekend dat bij muziek ook beeld hoort.

www.tinmenandthetelephone.com

Raphael Vanoli at the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ (photo by Maarten Jüngen

Tonight the trio Fennesz/Dafeldecker/Brandlmayr will make their debut performance at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam. The three usual suspects from the Viennese improv scene have collaborated before on a project with David Sylvian. Christian Fennesz has made name for himself, with solo albums that are exemplary for contemporary electronic music.

This incredible trio will be supported by experimental guitarist Raphael Vanoli of the internationally renowned experimental rock duo Knalpot. Here is a brief introduction to one of the most imaginative composers of his generation.

Juha van ‘t Zelfde Hi Raphael, how are you doing? Could you briefly introduce yourself to those readers who do not know you?

Raphael Vanoli To be honest, I’m not doing so well. Too busy and little time for myself and family, but I will spare you details. Music though feels great when you have the blues…

I’m a guitar player and electronic musician, since 11 years based in Amsterdam, where I studied jazz and classical guitar. I mostly focus on my duo KNALPOT, since about a year I work more and more on my solo settings.

Besides this I have been playing in countless bands and ensembles in the Netherlands and Europe since I moved here. This is mostly contemporary and modern jazz based, but there has also been a lot of modern classical repertoire, rock, experimental electronica, noise improvisation and some standard session work for money here and there. I also used to teach a lot but had to quit this since I had no time and could live from playing the music I love.

JZ How is Knalpot doing? How was your recent tour with Gerri (drummer) and Sandor (engineer)?

RV KNALPOT is doing very fine, never took a break since we started 4 years ago and I am happy to finally have a working band that gets more and more depth. Our Sauce release tour was one of the best we had. No off day and the concerts got better and better from day to day. We also had a tasty DJ who joined us on this trip: ‘Asthma Attack’ a.k.a. Mark Cremins. We were eating, breathing and dreaming great music 24 hours a day. Good times.

JZ What are your plans with Knalpot for 2012?

RV We will work on our first album in January and February. It is almost finished and we are happy how this is going. We are still looking for a label, but don’t really find the time to work on this… Plus we want to finally get our website online.

Of course we will play a lot next year (a couple of tours, and hopefully more concerts abroad, probably Turkey, maybe Canada and Japan in the fall, US…) It is still pretty open. We have to live from this band so we cannot allow ourselves not to perform. Knalpot will remain a full-time job and we still have many plans and ideas for the future.

JZ You have recently started playing solo sets, how is that going?

RV I’m enjoying playing solo more and more, it’s a good kick. There’s no interference with other sound sources but my own, so I can project everything in the room like I want it to sound. It’s demanding, the responsability for all of my actions gets even more clear. It gives me a lot of freedom, and it’s constantly confronting and a lot of fun.

Nowadays I mostly work with extreme volume and microscopic sounds you actually can’t hear properly with standard volume. I try to limit myself and for the future i plan to work to limit myself even more. One of my goals these days is to make ambient/electronic music only with one electric guitar, amp and extreme volume. There’s still a lot of practicing and research to be done in the little spare time that I have.

In the Bimhuis I’ll be premiering an amp-switcher and I have to drop a name here: I met a very good music instruments technician called Foppe Tallmann. He has built a switcher from scratch allowing me to switch between 6 amplifiers on the spot. It reacts quick and it’s silent, pretty amazing actually. I got this thing last sunday so it’s all fresh and exciting.

JZ You create a very electronic sound without using any computer. Why is that? Could you explain what kind of instruments you use, and what your musical ‘strategy’ is?

RV I have a deep passion for the guitar, all different kinds there are and there specific techniques and sounds. The basic sound source is always a guitar. The past few years (mostly in KNALPOT) I discovered many ways to create sounds I hear in electronic music by extending the guitar with analogue and digital pedals and while using some unorthodox prepared and extended guitar techniques, alongside all conventional techniques from classical and electric guitar.

Since I am an improviser and jazzmusician at heart, I like everything you hear to be created in the moment and therefore I keep looking for new ways to do things I hear. For me the guitar and all electronics are one instrument together, you can’t separate it, it is something new and it’s constantly changing.

It’s not that I’m against using computers or pre-recorded material, not at all. For now it’s simply that I have no time to check out any software what-so-ever. For now I keep playing with pedals and carry around heavy tube amps and flightcases with pedals and switchers. At this moment I like the sound quality of analogue things, but I’m not against digital or computer based esthetics, I guess i’ll dive into that one day…

JZ How is to play at the Bimhuis? And with the trio Fennesz/Dafeldecker/Brandlymayr?

RV What can I say? The Bimhuis is my favourite venue in the entire world! The most helpful and professional staff, the sound is very good, it has great vibe and the audience is mostly allert, silent and therefore pushing you to your limits. The fact that the kitchen there is very good also helps you to play better. It’s a great place to go enjoy a concert, it also feels a bit like a family for me, since I used to work there as a driver years ago, picking up all these great jazz musicians at the airport.

And talking about Fennesz/Dafeldecker/Brandlymayr, they are my heroes when talking about taste and aesthetics and I think their music is rich in many ways. I feel honoured and am a bit nervous to open for them, since I have so much respect for their work. When you are a teenager, you always have these guitar idols. Fennesz is my last big guitar hero since many years, devouring his music has opened my eyes and without him I wouldn’t be where I am now. I almost quit listening to his music since I felt I was being influenced by it too much. Fennesz’ work keeps coming back in my playlists a lot.

JZ Gerri is going to dj after the shows. Do you know what we can expect from him?

RV To be honest, I don’t know what his plan is. It’s for sure that Gerri has great musical taste and likes to confront people with new things. In the tour van we’re always playing music non-stop and Gerri has a great collection on his iPod, he’s constantly looking for interesting new music. I’m curious to hear him.

JZ Any suggestions on what to listen during Christmas? Maybe your five favourite releases of last year?

RV That’s a tough question. Recently I listened a lot to:

‘At night’ by Theo Bleckman and Ben Monder
‘Seria I & II’ by Skúli Sverrisson
‘Trees are allways right’ by Jozef Dumoulin & Lidlboj
‘Jewellery’ Micachu & the Shapes
‘Halfway to a threeway EP’ Jim O’Rourke

JZ Thank you Raphael, I cannot wait to hear you tonight.

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Fennesz/Dafeldecker/Brandlmayr, Raphael Vanoli and Gerri Jäger will play at the Bimhuis on Wednesday 21 December. The night starts at 21:00. It is the first collaboration between Viral Radio, STEIM and the Bimhuis. Join the event on Facebook.

A new Friday, but the same old balcony to celebrate the week and the weekend on. Join us after 5 pm for special Non-fiction drinks: an intimate preview on A Perfect Day, an exhibition with drawings by David Shrigley, Gummbah, David Bade, Raymond Pettibon and many others, that will take place 9 – 24 February 2012 at the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam.

With talks by curators Olga Scholten and Paul Faassen, a short film programme, mini exhibition preview, drawing corner for children, live button creation, free goodie bags, plus sausages and Glühwein at the ice cold roof terrace at Museumplein – to make your day perfect.

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Stay up to date with A Perfect Day via their website, Facebook and Twitter.

The Access to Culture Platform and its working group on Audience Participation are focusing on access to culture in the digital era this year.

Together with its partners, it is organising a workshop on this topic on 15 December at 16.00 at the European House for Culture in Brussels under the title: ‘Access to Culture in the digital era: A citizen’s right‘.

Non-fiction has been invited for a presentation and a workshop on the museum in the age of ubiquitous networks. We will talk about our experience with organising the annual Museum Night in Amsterdam, and working with museums on public events and online communication.

A lovely composed review of Colin Stetson’s performance at the Bimhuis of last Thursday in national newspaper Trouw.

Last night saxophone powerhouse Colin Stetson made his Bimhuis debut, sharing the bill with the monumental Alexander Von Schlippenbach Trio. With more people in the audience than seats in the room, this special improvised music edition of Viral Radio was not just a success for the forwardist music aficionado, but also for the venue’s treasurer.

Here’s a small impression of Colin Stetson’s performance. The next edition of Viral Radio at the Bimhuis is on 21 December. We will end the year with another favourite trio: Fennesz/Dafeldecker/Brandlmayr. They will be supported by local guitar prodigy Raphael Vanoli of Knalpot fame, and a DJ cameo by his partner Gerri Jäger.

Foam, the Amsterdam based but omnipresent photography museum, is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. For this occasion, Foam has created ‘What’s Next?’, a project exploring the future of photography. Foam has posed the question of ‘what’s next?’ throughout this anniversary year to a variety of people in a variety of locations.

Last March Non-fiction’s Michiel van Iersel moderated a panel discussion on ‘the ideal art (photography) institution’, critically re-examining the pillars of present-day museums: the building, the collection, the curator and the role of artists and new communication tools. Friday December 2, he will join four curators for another discussion on the future of the photography. The evening is in Dutch, but an English abstract will probably appear soon on the ‘What’s Next?’ website.

Curators’ Talk: The Future of the Photography Museum

(In Dutch)

Locatie: Foam
Datum: vrijdag 2 december 2011
Aanvang: 20.00 uur (zaal open: 19.45 uur)
Kaarten: € 8,00. Foam Supporters betalen € 5,00.
Voertaal: Nederlands

Naar aanleiding van de tentoonstelling The Future of the Photography Museumbespreekt Marcel Feil (adjunct directeur artistieke zaken, Foam) met drie curatoren hun visie op het maken van tentoonstellingen en de positie van het fotografiemuseum:

Leontine Coelewij, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Frits Gierstberg, Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam
Xander Karskens, De Hallen Haarlem
Michiel van Iersel, oprichter van Non-fiction | Office for Cultural Innovation, vertaalt zijn gedachten in een ‘spoken column’.

Reserveren
Kaarten kosten € 8,00. Supporters van Foam (Foam Fan, Club Foam) betalen € 5,00. Vanwege het beperkte aantal plekken raden we u aan tijdig te reserveren via foam[at]foam.org.

Foam Café
Vooraf en na het programma is het Foam Café geopend. Indien u vooraf wil dineren graag reserveren via: info@foamcafe.nl.
Let wel: op deze dag is Foam gesloten om 17:30 uur.

The Future of the Photography Museum
5 november – 7 december 2011

Voor The Future of the Photography Museum heeft Foam vier gastcuratoren uit het internationale culturele veld uitgenodigd om elk vanuit hun eigen visie invulling te geven op de vraag What’s Next?. Het resultaat is een intrigerende tentoonstelling met vier uitgesproken, soms zelfs provocatieve presentaties.

We are delighted to present internationally acclaimed saxophonist Colin Stetson for the first time at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam tonight. He will join one of the most amazing avantgarde bands of the past 40 years, the Alexander Von Schlippenbach Trio, with Evan Parker (saxophone), Paul Lovens (drums) and Alexander Von Schlippenbach (piano). This is a synthesis of breathtaking music of past and future.

We would like to invite you to join us at this monumental concert in our favourite jazz club this side of Sirius. If you send us an e-mail you will only pay 14 euros instead of 20. We look forward to seeing you tonight.

Update:

Here is an old post I wrote on witnessing Evan Parker playing with Squarepusher in 2007 that might help you in your decision to travel to see tonight’s show.