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Here we are - there we go Program

8, 9 and 10 May 2009 - 30th Anniversary open house weekend


PROGRAM in Short:

Symposium: Friday 8 May from 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. in the Trouw Building
Outdoor projection on the NIMK building by Jan van Nuenen, Friday and Saturday after sundown
Open house: Saturday 9 May Noon – 9:00 p.m.
Party: Saturday 9 May 9:00 p.m. – 3:00 a.m.
Open house: Sunday 10 May Noon – 6:00 p.m.

The program in brief:

Symposium Positions in flux: artists and institutions in the networked society
Location: Trouwgebouw, Amsterdam
The symposium will center on some of the major parameters for the current and future development of contemporary art. In particular it will reflect on the aspect of cultural sustainability of art projects, art and technology initiatives and art curating. The symposium is comprised of three mutually connected panels:
Art goes politics with Hans Bernhard, Wafaa Bilal and Knowbotic Research, moderated by Chris Keulemans
New territories and cultures of the digital with Bronac Ferran, Nat Muller, Marcus Neustetter and Adam Somlai-Fischer, moderated by Rob van Kranenburg
Open Source - A scheme for art production and curating? with Marcos Garcia, Jaromil, Joasia Krysa, Femke Snelting and Rene Turner moderated by Josephine Bosma
Entrance 15,- (students 10,-)

Open house
Installations // Interventions by
Jan van Nuenen, Physics Destorter
Flirtman, Silver & True
Lilia Perez Romero, Frontera v.2
Marnix de Nijs, Exploded views Remapping Firenze
Evelina Domnitch and Dmitry Gelfand, Sonolevitation, with live spectroscopic video feed by Bas van Koolwijk
Constant Dullaart
International Dance Party by Adad Hannah and Niklas Roy

Open Platform Think Ahead more information:

Mini backstages: Driessens & Verstappen, Erwin Olaf, Constant Dullaart and eddie d

Other activities:
Presentations design new Media art Mobile (in collaboration with SKOR)
Presentation new viewing set by Richard van Os (eppig) & Annekatrien van Meegen
Tours through the collection
Curator for one day
Open house: artlab, preservation, post production and mediatheque
How I fell in love with media art
WORKSHOPS for children age 4-6, 8-11 and 12-16
by Kristina Andersen, Audrey Samson and eddie d
SCREENINGS Elephants Dream by Blender and works from the NIMk collection

Party
DJ's RedNoseDistrikt and performances by Evelina Domnitch and Dmitry Gelfand (sound spatialization by TeZ), Feedback Society and TokTek vs MNK






With thanks to:

Mondriaan Foundation
Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
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City of Amsterdam
CCCS, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
The General Delegation of Quebec at Brussels
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
SKOR
STRP, Eindhoven
Cut-n-Paste
Cassandra Bron
Joppe Claassen
Kim Knoppers (Urban Aesthetics)
Gerard de Lange
Pim Peterse
Dierck Roosen
Light Design Institute: Isabelle Nielen and Yvon Muller (light installation, ground floor)
The viewing set was designed by Richard van Os (Üppig) in collaboration with Annekatrien van Meegen.

All the staff, volunteers and Board of Directors, for their efforts over these 30 years
And of course, most of all: our visitors and the artists!

Translation: Word & Pictures, Rotterdam