In alphabetical order, here are friends of us we want you to know and support:
Amie Dicke
Artist who, in her own words, “searches for the inner life of objects and materials.
Beat Dimensions
Experimental beat night and label run by Amsterdam’s sharpest selector Cinnaman.
Ben Cerveny
Strategic and conceptual advisor to Stamen, and founder of VURB, a stichting focussing on urban computing.
Bimhuis
One of the Netherlands’ finest music venues, home of Evan Parker ánd Hudson Mohawke.
Castrum Peregrini
Castrum Peregrini was a WWII hiding place at the Herengracht in the centre of Amsterdam that has transformed into a center for the thoughts of friendship and freedom.
Cinnaman
Mastermind behind the Beat Dimensions eps and agent at Viral Radio.
CurrentCity
Researchers of the real-time city.
De Hallen Haarlem
Presents contemporary art exhibitions in the historic Verweyhal and Vleeshal.
Deneuve Cultural Projects
Friends, colleagues and neighbours who are always en vogue.
Fritz Rating
Friend and producer at Bluwi, an international music and sound design office.
Grrr
Interaction design office in Amsterdam, responsible for the innovative social strategy of the Amsterdam Museum Night.
Habbekrats
Smart group of hipsters, hip group of smart people.
Han Dicke
Idiosyncratic interior architect and furniture designer with an eye for detail
Hendrik-Jan Grievink
Young graphic designer and iconoclasher extraordinaire.
Icarus
The post-jungle freetronica duo from London and Sydney formed by cousins Ollie Bown and Sam Britton.
Jan Robert Leegte
Internet artist with the web as his studio
John Lonsdale
Prix de Rome winning architect with an interest in muddscapes.
LAgroup
Management consultancy firm, specialised in the fields of arts and leisure.
Machinefabriek
Dutch multi-instrumentalist that sounds like a trio consisting of William Basinski, Derek Bailey, and Alexander Sokurov.
Michel van der Aa
Superdisciplinary composer and director. Even more impressive on Twitter.
Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ
Concert hall of the 21st Century in the Eastern Docklans of Amsterdam.
Nalden
Junior media mogul.
n8
Innovative and open Amsterdam museum platform, with news, views and media. We’ve heard it’s run by kids.
Office Jarrik Ouburg
Young internationally operating office practicing architecture and urban design.
Philip Jeck
A musician with the rare inability to give uninteresting performances.
Pierre Bastien
French artist working with sound and image, creator of the orchestre mécanique.
Roomware
An open-source framework for interactive spaces. The office is based in Amsterdam.
Sarah van Sonsbeeck
This Cagean artist is interested in sound and space, and questions about ownership and impact.
Simon Bosch
Multitalented photographer with an eye for the unknown and unseen.
Stamen
Data visualisation is their game and godlike is their fame.
Susanne Kriemann
Susanne Kriemann is an artist who uses photography to comprehend buildings and other physical structures that have an ideological undertone or a forgotten significance.
TEDxAmsterdam
Ideas worth spreading. Now also in Amsterdam.
Theo Watson
Theodore Watson is an artist, designer and experimenter who’s work ranges from experimental musical systems to immersive, interactive environments with full-body interaction.
Thomas van Dalen
An indepent consultant working within the fields of arts and cultural policy.
Trendbeheer
One of the most popular artblogs in The Netherlands and Dutch equivalent of Artforum’s Scene & Herd
TrouwAmsterdam
Club, restaurant and cultural site, housed in a former printing facility with an events programme curated by Non-fiction.
Vandejong
An enterprising, strategic and creative communication agency with guts.
Viral Radio
Experimental music carrier of Cinnaman and Juha. Radio at VPRO 3voor12, events at Trouw Amsterdam.
VURB
A European framework for policy and design research concerning urban computational systems.