Artist talk – BBQ – Exhibition
When: 2 Jul 2010 - 16:00 - 23:00
Where: Het Wilde Weten

Het Wilde Weten invites you for an evening program with artists talks of four artists, a BBQ and the opening of the show of Jan Bokma.


On the 2nd of July, starting at 16:00hr

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Time schedule:
The exhibition of Jan Bokma starts at 16:00hr
Artist talk – Ron Saunders and Macenzie Bristow: 17:00 hr – 17:20hr
Artist talk – Jan Bokma: 17:30 hr – 17:40hr
Artist talk – Gerben Meinders: 18:00 hr – 18:20hr

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Information about the artists:

Ronnie Saunders and Macenzie Bristow (New York, U.S.A)
Talk: The Office of International Cooperation
Saunders and Bristow will be discussing their work made in Finland (three different projects, Repositioning Nostalgia, Echo, and Emigration of Dormant Sentiments).  All three works deal with identity and how it relates to nostalgia.

Jan Bokma and Gerben Meinders (Groningen, Holland).

They both just won the Groninger Artist Award and joined the same program at NP3 / the Young Grunn Artists; during a year they are supported and followed by Hans den Hertog Jager (art-critic), Daan Samson (artist) and Toos Arends (art-critic).

Jan bokma will show his latest work in Het Wilde Weten, and will give a lecture about his work. He makes installations and sculptures. His goal is to create images who balance between beauty and destruction, meaning and meaninglessness, between power and vulnerability.
http://www.janbokma.com

Gerben Meinders is at the moment guest artist at Het Wilde Weten for three months and he will speak about his work.Gerben uses different disciplines as drawings and sculptures which end up in total installations and video’s.

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De BBQ is onderdeel van de BBQ-Marathon
eigen inbreng: Vlees
bbqmarathon.blogspot.com


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Open Studios at Kaus Australis
When: 27 Jun 2010 - 14:00 - 23:00
Where: Kaus Australis

OPEN STUDIOS
next Sunday, June 27th
check out and good bye drinks

Nadja Solari (CH), Anne-Mari Huttunen (FIN), Jamie Partridge (GB)
 
will show their work and talk about their experiences

 

14.00h: open studio, meet the artists
17.00h: performance of Giles Bailey, student Piet Zwart Institute
17.30h:  talks, drinks and food

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D.O.M.O.C.A.S.I.D.L
When: 12 Jun 2010 - 18:00 - 3 Jul 2010 - 19:00
Where: foundation B.a.d

Foundation B.a.d presents:

D.O.M.O.C.A.S.I.D.L - Documentary Of Memories Or Chaos And Silencio In Dutch Light

A guest exhibition by Marija Repsyte and Nicola Genovese

Saturday 12 june 2010:

18.00 - Opening
20.00 - Dinner - national food (free for everyone)
21.00 - Music performance: Pandelis Diamantides by Microseq + support act

(Pandelis Diamantides www.soundcloud.com/miqroseq)

stichting B.a.d
Talingstraat 5
3082MG Rotterdam
http://www.stichtingbad.nl

Exhibition from 12 june - 3 july
Open friday - sunday 12.00 - 18.00


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GASTATELIER BAZEL, ZWITSERLAND

When: 21 Apr 2010 - 10:45 - 23:00
Where: Kaus Australis

Het uitwisselingsproject Bazel-Rotterdam 2010 wordt georganiseerd en begeleid door Stichting Kaus Australis Rotterdam en de C.M.S./Iaab te Bazel. Atelier-, verblijf-, reis- en transportkosten worden voorzien door bijdragen van het CBK Rotterdam en Stichting Kaus Australis Rotterdam. De vastgestelde verblijfsperiode is aaneengesloten oktober/november/december 2010, een kortere of langere periode is niet mogelijk.

Faciliteiten :
Atelier in Bazel-Stad centrum, westzijde Rijn gelegen aan St.Alban-Vorstadt, voet Wettsteinbrucke. Werk- annex woonruimte, eerste verdieping met ruime entree, eigen keuken/sanitair, opp. circa 72m2, in ateliercomplex (met totaal 4 gastateliers) van de Christoph Merian Stiftung / Internationale Austausch Ateliers Region Bazel (info: www.iaab.ch ). Atelierhuur en kosten basisenergie zijn voorzien. Daarnaast is een bedrag van circa € 4000,- voor de gehele periode van 3 maanden beschikbaar t.b.v. verblijf-, reis- en transportkosten. Kosten telefoon- en computergebruik zijn voor rekening van de kunstenaar en worden achteraf apart berekend. n.b. Zwitserland is een duur land, m.n. openbaar vervoer als ook horeca; het beschikbare budget is toereikend maar krap.

Condities :
-Alleen individuele Rotterdamse kunstenaars die staan ingeschreven bij het CBK Rotterdam komen in aanmerking.
-De gastkunstenaar tekent voorafgaand een bindend verblijfscontract met de C.M.S./Iaab.
-Na afloop wordt een schriftelijk verslag van de ervaringen gedurende het gastverblijf verlangt, in de Nederlandse en Engelse taal en beschikbaar voor eventuele openbare publicaties.
-Goede beheersing van tenminste de Engelse, Duitse of Franse taal zijn zeer aan te bevelen, landsgrenzen van Duitsland, Frankrijk en Zwitserland doorkruisen de stad Bazel.

Selectieprocedure :
Samengevatte A4 documentatie, bijvoorkeur foto’s of prints/copien (ook in geval van video’s e.d.) - geen originelen -, C.V. + korte motivatie ( Nederlands of Engels ) en duidelijke naam / adres / e-mail / telefoon gegevens opsturen vóór zaterdag 12 Juni a.s. aan:

St. Kaus Australis
Melanchtonweg 137
3045 PN Rotterdam
onder vermelding van : uwp. Bazel-Rotterdam

Alleen documentatie voorzien van voldoende frankering in geadresseerde retourenveloppe wordt na afloop van de selectie teruggezonden. N.b. St. Kaus Australis kan zich in geen geval aansprakelijk stellen voor beschadiging of verlies e.d. van documentatie. Ook indien aangetekend verzonden is het raadzaam per e-mail of telefonisch te informeren of uw zending door ons is ontvangen. Selectie zal plaatsvinden midden Juni door vertegenwoordigers van C.M.S./Iaab, CBK Rotterdam en St. Kaus Australis. Eind juni ‘10 wordt de uitslag aan alle deelnemende kunstenaars bekend gemaakt.

Rotterdam, 10 april 2010

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Studio presentation at Kunst & Complex
When: 16 Apr 2010 - 18:00 - 25 Apr 2010 - 17:00
Where: Kunst & Complex

Kunst & Complex invites you to the Studio presentation of

Gema Alba and Wilma Kun

On Friday, 16th April - 18 hrs
Italian and Spanish food and drinks

21 hrs Party with Dj Alex and Jeroen

Stichting Kunst & Complex
Keileweg 26
3029 BT
Rotterdam
Havennummer 305
www.kunstencomplex.nl

Studio open by appointment from 17th till 25th April

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Duende Presents
When: 19 Mar 2010 - 19:00 - 21 Mar 2010 - 17:00
Where: Duende

You are kindly invited to join us for the exhibition opening of Roxane Borujerdi, Leonard Kahlcke, Alexandra Kennedy, Sonia Rijnhout & Bas Schevers.

Open on Saturday & Sunday, 13:00 - 17:00

Duende gueststudios
Tamboerstraat 9
3034 PT Rotterdam
Netherlands
www.duendestudios.nl

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Aether: Tones and Talks
When: 17 Feb 2010 - 20:00 - 22:30
Where: foundation B.a.d

Welcome. Aether is an event featuring the work and outlooks of artists and musicians. The format for the event is somewhere between a magazine and a radio show.

Each event shall feature performances as well as presentations by invited guests. An informal evening of tones and talks.

We hope you enjoy the atmosphere and the work of the artists we invite.

For the first event, Aether proudly presents...

The 21st Century (Hidde van Schie) – Nocturnal Telurian

The 21st century is the musical brainchild of Hidde van Schie. The first musical incarnation of this project is the stunning album Nocturnal Telurian. A mellow combination of etherial field recordings sitting comfortably with adroit guitar ambience. Hidde shall talk about his new album and be performing a selection of his favourite tracks.

More info:
http://www.myspace.com/hiddevanschie

Five Records That Matter: Roland Groenenboom

Our esteemed guest for the first 5RTM is Roland Groenenboom, renowned curator and music enthusiast. His selection is a tour de force set against a back drop of affiliations and friendships. He extended our original invite to select 5 records that matter to a network of friend and associates including Lee Renaldo, Lydia Lunch and Peter Fengler. The result is “a sort of map with links between my choices and the choices of the other contributors, and between those of the other contributors as well. Where do we agree and which are the extremes in the choices of this group of people?” We can't wait!

More info:
http://sensationalfix.blogspot.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sensationalfix

Machinist (Zeno van de Broek)

Our third guest in tonight’s inaugural event is the architecturally invoking sound of Machinist. Machinist is Zeno van den Broek. An architect by profession he draws inspiration from modern art and the contemporary city. Since 2005 Machinist has created abstract landscapes of sound that are focused on the spatial experience of the auditor. Machinist melts sounds, art and space to create a truly sonic architecture. His performance will feature work from his new album 'Viens Avec Moi Dans Le Vide' Featuring five tracks, this record touches on ambient and drones, besides subtle melodic patterns that are more prominent than with previous Machinist releases.

Together with Mendel Kaelen, Machinist won the 2009 round of X-Vektor, the Dutch contest for finding underground talent. Machinists election as the best act of 2009 was awarded with a performance on the State-X New Forms Festival and the release of The Unfolded Pigeon Response on 10 inch vinyl.

More Info:
http://www.myspace.com/machinistdrone
http://www.machinistdrone.com

We intend to speak dutch this evening.

foundation B.a.d, Talingstraat 5, Rotterdam


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Studio presentation Sedbazar Ganzug & Togmidshiirev Enkhbold
When: 18 Dec 2009 - 17:00 - 20 Dec 2009 - 18:00
Where: Kaus Australis

You are kindly invited to attend the Studio Presentation of:

Sedbazar Ganzug and Togmidshiirev Enkhbold
 
Friday 18 December 2009, 18h:
Talk about Mongolian culture and contemporary art scene in Ulaanbaatar (Translator present).
 
Information by Annu Wilenius (DA Researcher at the University of Art and Design, Pori/Finland) about the Bare House project, a residency and exhibition exchange, which is part of her doctoral dissertation ‘Semi-detached Ger with a Garden: Experience of Self, Community and Environment in Urbanizing Mongolia’
 
Saturday 19 December 2009, 13h - 19h:
Studio open, artists present.
 
Sunday 20 December 2009, 18h:
Mongolian Dinner
Meat dish, € 5.- per person, we gladly receive
your reservation until 18 December 2009:
studio@kausaustralis.org

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RAiR #2
When: 27 Nov 2009 - 15:00 - 29 Nov 2009 - 21:00
Where: At all five Initiatives

English below

RAiR #2, De gast als gastheer: Op kunstsafari langs 16 Rotterdamse gastateliers.

Opening vrijdag 27 november 16:00 uur

Entree gratis

Op vrijdag 27, zaterdag 28 en zondag 29 november openen de kunstenaarsinitiatieven Duende, stichting B.a.d, Kaus Australis, Stichting Kunst & Complex en Het Wilde Weten hun deuren om het publiek een blik te gunnen in de ateliers van meer dan 20 internationale kunstenaars die tijdelijk te gast zijn in Rotterdam. Gedurende het weekend is er een breed programma met tentoonstellingen, performances, artist talks, workshops, diners en feesten op vijf verschillende locaties.

Met Soizic Stokvis (FR), Pascal Schwaighofer (CH), Reinaart Vanhoe (BE/NL), Nikolaus Gansterer (AT), Warren Neidich (US/DE), Szpilman (DE), Hee-Seung Choi (KR/NL), Elizabeth Rowe (UK), Filip Jonker (NL), Josepha de Jong (NL), Wilma Kun (BR), Dario D'Aronco (IT), Mathijs Labadie (NL), Rachel Carey (US), Ina Smits (NL), Ursula Guttmann (AT), Enrique Tomas (ES), Michiel Huijben (NL), Daniela de Paulis (IT).

LET OP. Voor het programma op vrijdag 27 november kan er gebruik gemaakt worden van een shuttlebus! Graag reserveren voor 24 november door een email te sturen naar info@rair.nl (vol = vol)

Klik hier voor het volledige programma


RAiR #2 wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door de financiële bijdrage van de Dienst Kunst en Cultuur Rotterdam.


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RAiR #2, The guest as host: Art safari of 16 guest studios in Rotterdam

Opening Friday 27 November 16:00 h.

Free Entrance

On Friday 27th, Saturday 28th and Sunday the 29th of November, the artist initiatives Duende, Stichting B.a.d, Kaus Australis, Stichting Kunst & Complex and Het Wilde Weten are opening their doors to allow the public a glimpse into the studios of more than 20 international artists who are temporarily in residence in Rotterdam. Throughout the weekend you are invited to attend a wide-ranging programme of exhibitions, performances, artist talks, workshops, dinners and parties at five different venues.

With Soizic Stokvis (FR), Pascal Schwaighofer (CH), Reinaart Vanhoe (BE/NL), Nikolaus Gansterer (AT), Warren Neidich (US/DE), Szpilman (DE), Hee-Seung Choi (KR/NL), Elizabeth Rowe (UK), Filip Jonker (NL), Josepha de Jong (NL), Wilma Kun (BR), Dario D'Aronco (IT), Mathijs Labadie (NL), Rachel Carey (US), Ina Smits (NL), Ursula Guttmann (AT), Enrique Tomas (ES), Michiel Huijben (NL), Daniela de Paulis (IT).

PLEASE NOTE. For the programme on Friday 27 November a shuttle bus connects the different venues! Please make your reservations before 24 November by sending an email to info@rair.nl (full = full)

Click here for the full programme

RAiR #2 is made possbile by the financial support of the City of Rotterdam Department of Culture.

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Looker
When: 25 Sep 2009 - 15:00 - 27 Sep 2009 - 16:00
Where: foundation B.a.d

Studio presentations
25-26-27 September 2009

Brandon Blommaert (CAN)
Rachel Carey (USA)
Jason Coburn (UK/NL)
Thomas Pöhler (GER)
Roberto Tjon-A-Meeuw (SUR)
 
Friday 25 and Saturday 26 September from 5-8
Sunday 27 September from 3-6

Stichting B.a.d
Talingstraat 5
3082 MG Rotterdam
http://www.foundationbad.nl
stichtingbad@foundationbad.nl

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Open Guest Studios @ Duende
When: 19 Sep 2009 - 13:00 - 20 Sep 2009 - 16:00
Where: Duende

Duende presents on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 september open studios of our guests:

Ravi Rajcoomar and Roddney Tjon Poen Gie from Suriname, Jorge Satorre from Mexico (via Hangar) and Leonard Kahlcke from Frankfurt

The guestartists show work and projects from 12:00 tot 18:00 in their studios.

We celebrate this with  soup, bites and drinks on Saturday  from 15:00

Again Ralph will cook together with Niels.

You are all invited!

Jorge, Ravi and Roddney are about to leave so it is also a good opportunity to meet them, if you haven't already met.

It would be nice to see you here in Duende

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Talking About: The Glocal Artist Collective

When: 17 Sep 2009 - 18:00
Where: Het Wilde Weten

In the context of the Talking About!-programme, Het Wilde Weten was asked to host Cameroon artists Goddy Leye (Artbakery) and Hervé Youmbi (Cercle Kapsiki) between September 14-17. During the first 3 days, the artists will visit 12 Rotterdam' Artist Collectives, from the new and upcoming projectspaces, to the more established studiobuildings and residencies. Het Wilde Weten would like to introduce them to the different local cultural practises and organizational models of the contemporary artist collective,imbedded in a global context.

On Thursday September 17, this introduction on Rotterdam collectives will be concluded by presentations by Goddy Leye, Hervé Youmby, the Springhill Institute (Birmingham), Surinam Artists Ravi Rajcoomar and Roddney Tjon Poen Gie (in Residence in Duende). They will introduce their practices in collectives, followed by a roundtable discussion.

Participating collectives: Het Wilde Weten, ADA, De Fabriek, Kunst & Complex, Dek22, Foundation B.a.d, Gallery 182a, Wlfrt, Fam. Ruim, Kaus Australis, Duende, Singer Sweatshop.

A list of current artist collectives was compiled recently by Fucking Good Art and can be found here

More info on Talking About! and the artists can be found here

Open to public (free entry)

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Dreimal zwei Augen
When: 28 Aug 2009 - 16:00 - 30 Aug 2009 - 16:00
Where: Kaus Australis

Stichting Kaus Australis kindly invites you to attend the opening on Friday, August 28, 2009, 18:00 hrs
 
Dreimal zwei Augen
macht sechs – (das müssten sogar Sie gerade noch ausrechnen können)

Verena Klary - Germany   
Iwan van `t Spijker - Netherlands   
Masaki Umetsu - Japan

 
Festive reception:
Friday, August 28,  2009, 18h
 
Exhibition, August 28 – 29 – 30
open daily, 13 – 18h or by appointment


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State of the Notion - Project presentation by Carlos Fernandez-Pello @ Het Wilde Weten
When: 27 Aug 2009 - 17:00 - 21:45
Where: Het Wilde Weten

Presentation: 1900h
BBQ &drinks: 20.30h

A ‘work in progress’, a video piece, as well as the props
and documentation used  for the development of the project will be exhibited.  Enjoy food, drinks and ambiance while you can!


Carlos Fernandez-Pello (Madrid, Spain) organized an international summit entitled ‘the state of the notion’. This took place on the Vaalserberg in Limburg earlier in August 2009. The landmark, also called Drielandenpunt, is claimed to be the highest point in the Netherlands and at the same time this is the place where the three borders of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands meet. Moreover; during the XIXth century there was a fourth state called Neutral Moresnet that was also in for the dispute of the Vaalserberg. This fact opened a debate on nationality, territory, history and the construction of cultural identity.

Carlos invited the artists Marijke Appelman (NL), Antje Peters (DE) and Dieter Vandoren (BE) to a game in which they had to express their views on several issues regarding cultural belonging, territory and language.


Carlos Fernández-Pello lives and works in Madrid. He studied Fine Arts  in Spain and recently he received an MFA degree for Art Theory  and Practice at UCM (Madrid University Complutense).

http://www.escopica.net/sotn/
http://fdez-pello.net/
http://www.hetwildeweten.com/state-of-the-notion



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(n)Residence @ B.a.d
When: 26 Jun 2009 - 18:00 - 30 Jun 2009 - 17:00
Where: foundation B.a.d

Group exhibition by B.a.d guests Fabrizio Bianchini (IT), Steve Bradley (US), Patricia Sousa (PT) & Roebie Starink (NL).

Opening: Friday 26 June, 20:00h.

Open from 27 June - 30 June by appointment.
Contact:  b.a.d.guests09@gmail.com

With after party: music! buffet! drinks!


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STATE OF THE NOTION - Artist Talk & call for collaboration
When: 25 Jun 2009 - 17:00 - 21:00
Where: Het Wilde Weten

STATE OF THE NOTION - Artist Talk & call for collaboration
A project by Carlos Fernández-Pello

Carlos Fernández-Pello will talk about his work and explain about his new project; State of the Notion. For this project he is looking for artists and producers from the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium to collaborate with.


Current guest artist at Het Wilde Weten, Carlos Fernández-Pello, was born in 1985 Madrid, Spain, and lives and works in Madrid. He studied Fine Arts and recently he received a MFA degree for Art Theory and Practice at UCM (Madrid University). 
  


State of the Notion is a project that deals with the building up of cultural identity. The project will consist of organising an “international summit” in the surroundings of Mount Vaals (Vaalserberg), in the southern region of Limburg. This landmark, also called Drielandenpunt, was the highest point of the Netherlands and the place where the three borders of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands come together. However, between 1830 and 1919 there was a fourth temporary state named Neutraal Moresnet.


The purpose of the project is to produce the furniture and the rules of a boardgame for three contestants, one from each of the countries that will meet at the Vaalserberg. In this boardgame the players will be required to answer questions and express their views about different aspects of the story of the fourth missing country in their own mother language, enabling reflection on cultural identity. 



Carlos Fernández-Pello is looking for artists and producers from the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, that are highly interested in the project, that can engage in an international and online working environment, and that are willing to have some fun. 





For more info check: http://www.escopica.net/sotn





State of the Notion (Estado de la Noción) is funded by the
Madrid Area of the Arts.
The project is possible thanks to the collaboration of
Het Wilde Weten and the Aula de Propulsión Escópica.



Location:
Het Wilde Weten
Robert Fruinstraat 35
3021 XB Rotterdam


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Rotterdam guest artists exhibition @ Duende
When: 19 Jun 2009 - 17:00
Where: Duende

Rotterdam guest artists exhibition at Duende with:

Fabrizio Bianchini (IT) B.a.d
Lorenzo Casali (IT) Art-Infuse
Annegret Eisele (DE) Kaus Australis
Chiara Fumai (IT) Duende
Yunjoo Kwak (KR) Duende
Patricia Sousa (PT) B.a.d
Roebie Starink (NL) B.a.d

Food and drinks are available!

Please note that the exhibition will also be open on Saturday and Sunday.



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Bookpresentation by Carme Nogueira & Sophie Hope
When: 27 May 2009 - 18:00
Where: Het Wilde Weten

THE RURURBAN PLOT WORKING DOCUMENTS
Bookpresentation by Carme Nogueira & Sophie Hope

moderated by Kim Bouvy
 

Small bite after the presentation


location
Het Wilde Weten
Robert Fruinstraat 35
3021 XB Rotterdam


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Artist Presentation
When: 22 May 2009 - 15:00
Where: Kaus Australis

Kaus Australis kindly invites you to attend the opening reception of our Guest Artists

on Friday 22 May 2009 17:00 hrs

Exhibition open 23 & 24 May 2009 12hrs - 18hrs or by appointment.

Atsuko Shimamura (Japan)
Annegret Eisele (Germany)

Screening ‚The Crate of Things‘ by Allen Tombello (USA)
 
Live weird jazz pop by FuFu
Fufu is about imaginary landscapes that evolve from the combination of intense piano-harmonies and samples,
   both being held together by a voice that is neither afraid of melodies nor modern fairy tales.
   On the fringe between pop music, jazz and the sound experiments of musique concrète, every song becomes a trial to approximate a deeper layer.
 
Food by Noriko & Mami

Drinks as usual



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Rotterdam Weg
When: 8 May 2009 - 18:00
Where: Het Wilde Weten

HWW cordially invites you to attend to the presentation of 'Rotterdam Weg', a project by Carme Nogueira. Carme Nogueira is artist in residence in the HWW studio building.

In her most recent work Carme Nogueira (Vigo, Spain) examines the daily resistance to the imposed uses of the city, through specific spatial devices.
During her stay in Rotterdam she developed 'Rotterdam Weg', a project about sites and their memories in the city. The project tries to make visible not only who is questioning the space but also from what point of view it's done, as we know that it's no longer possible to speak in general.

more info on: www.cntxt.org


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RAiR #1
When: 5 Feb 2009 - 12:00 - 20 Feb 2009 - 18:00
Where: Other location

Exhibition:
5-20 February 2009
open daily 12.00-18.00
closed on Mondays

WDW63
(formerly the Fotomuseum)
Witte de Withstraat 63
3012 BN Rotterdam
Entry: €1
Free entry with a
TENT./WdW ticket

For information:
info@rair.nl

The exhibition

RAiR #1 brings together the work of twenty-one visual artists who were artists in residence in Rotterdam between 2003 and 2009.

Works by:

Gema Alba (ES)
Zigor Barayazarra (ES)
Erin Marie Dunn (US)
Annegret Eisele (D)
Lasse Schmidt Hansen (DK)
Karin Hueber (CH)
Annette Kisling (D)
Giuseppe Licari (IT)
Friederike Mainka (D)
Carme Nogueira (ES)
Daniele Pario Perra (IT)
Ben Pointeker (AT)
Abner Preis (US)
Saskia Schüler (D)
Andrew Sroka (US)
Edward Clydesdale Thomson (UK)
Nicola Unger (D)
Hanneke van Velzen (NL)
Martijn in ’t Veld (NL)
Annu Wilenius (FI)
Kenji Yamada (JP)

The exhibition’s theme is how the visiting artist relates to the new environment. The exhibited artists’ working practices show two approaches. Some artists display an introvert approach, having used their residency as an opportunity to absorb themselves in their work in the studio. Others show a more extrovert approach, having sought interaction with their surroundings and produced work that responds to the social and cultural context

The exhibition demonstrates the high quality of the work made by these artists and shows that Rotterdam’s fifteen guest studios form an indispensable link between the Dutch and international art worlds.


Programme

Thurs 5 February
12.00: Exhibition open
17.15: Introduction RAIR
17.30: Special opening ceremony with Maria Tuerlings - director of TransArtists.
18.00-22.00: Performances by storyteller Abner Preis and others, food, drinks and music untill 22.00

Sat 7 February
16.00-17.30: Artists’ talks. Short presentations by artists participating in RAIR#1 and Rotterdam-based artists who have recently worked abroad:

Libia Castro and Ólafur Ólafsson (nominees Prix de Rome '09)
Friederike Mainka
Carme Nogueira
Ed Marszewski (Proximity Magazine)

Sat 7 and Sun 8 February
13.00-18.00: Storytelling
by Abner Preis

Sat 14 February
16.30-17.15:‘Phantom Story’ by Nicola Unger. This innocent but cruel ‘miniature theatre’ performance tells the true story of a woman who accidentally meets Carlos, aka ‘The Jackal’, the infamous 1970s terrorist.
‘Phantom Story’ is produced by: Zeebelt, Productiehuis Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Frankfurt Mousonturm and Goethe Institut NL. Idea, performance, animation: Nicola Unger/Advise: Duro Toomato/Sound, voice: Jonathan Brown.

English spoken, entrance €5,
20 seats available, reservations
at info@rair.nl

Sun 15 February
15.00-18.00: *Imaginary Cinema* - panel discussion and artists’ presentations. An afternoon of discursive pleasures: Edward Clydesdale Thomson invited four artists for a round-table discussion on the politics of representation.
A collection of edited audio described film scenes will be screened.
Reservations required:
edward@edwardthomson.net

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RAiR#1 is organised by Kim Bouvy and is made possible with the financial support of: City of Rotterdam, Department of Culture and Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam.
Vormgeving: Nienke Terpsma
Website: Janna Meeus

RAIR is made possible with the energetic input and perseverance of:
Maarten Janssen, Irene van de Mheen, Karin Trenkel, Marleen van Wijngaarden - Duende
Roderick Hietbrink, Aletta de Jong - foundation B.a.d
Kim Bouvy, Sannetje van Haarst -
Het Wilde Weten
Dineke van Huizen, Chris van Mulligen - Kaus Australis
Marianne Fontein - Kunst & Complex

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