Omer Fast Lectures

As part of the exhibition a series of lectures will take place at NIMk in May and June for which speakers from different disciplines will discuss the work of Omer Fast. With amongst others Bart Rutten en Christel Vesters. More information follows asap.

Friday 1 July Christel Vesters
5:00 - 6:30 pm
Christel Vesters, independent curator public programming, writer and lecturer in the field of art, architecture and design, will talk about the work of Omer Fast.

Language: Dutch, except the lecture 
Students 2,50

PAST

Friday 27 May Bart Rutten
3.30 - 5.00 pm

Friday 10 June Jaap Kooijman
5:00 - 6:30 pm
Associate professor Media and Culture Universiteit van Amsterdam www.jaapkooijman.nl

Friday 24 June Inti Guerrero
5:00 - 6:30 pm
Inti Guerrero will touch upon the intertwinement of socio-cultural tensions and human individuality found in the work of Omer Fast in relation to other artistic practices located in different geo-political contexts. He will further discuss how contemporary art can become a critical testimony of tragedy and conflict today.
Inti Guerrero is an Amsterdam based art critic and curator born in Bogotá, Colombia. Guerrero studied History and Theory of Art and Architecture and History at the University of the Andes in Bogota and at the University of São Paulo. He further attended the Appel's Curatorial Programme and was Curator-in-Residence at the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin and at the Capacete Entretenimentos in Rio de Janeiro.
He has published articles in Afterall, Manifesta Journal, Ramona, Idea and ArtNexus . His most recent curatorial projects include: Duet for Cannibals at the Royal Tropics Institute in Amsterdam, Flying Down to Earth which was shown at both MARCO in Vigo and at FRAC Lorraine in Metz and The City of the Naked Man at the Museo de Arte Moderna in São Paulo. Currently, he works as a researcher at the Amsterdam-based curatorial platform If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution and acts as guest lecturer for the Rietveld Academy’s Studium Generale.