Archive for November, 2007
Good Night & Good Luck
On Saturday 24 November, the first explorations of the project ‘It Will Be What We Make It’ were shared between the artists and the audience. Alkantara, a performing arts organisation in Lisbon has (for the first time in almost 15 years!) a permanent space from which to operate. The future is still open […]
Ljubljana getogether
The first day of the meeting was devoted to mixing and meeting of people from the first and fourth stages of ALMOSTREAL. There was a flow of frank yet constructive critical exchange which differs from the tendency (as in previous gatherings) to become stuck in a loop of negative feedback. The second day centred […]
Administrative collaboration
ALMOSTREAL invited curator and composer Tarek Atoui to develop the final event for stage 2 in Beirut.
This invitation was based on the hunch that Tarek’s plan to do a series of workshops and public event for young artists using interactive media environments could spark a interesting collaboration between Tarek Atoui and Ashkal Alwan. The reasons […]
Transfering Exhibition from Novi Sad to Zagreb
The first stage of ALMOSTREAL culminated in Zagreb in January 2006 when the exhibition “Continuous Art Class” (on the conceptual art practices of Novi Sad’s neo-avant-garde of the ’60s and ’70s) was moved from Novi Sad, Serbia to Zagreb, Croatia. This relocation of the exhibition was made possible out of a collaboration between kuda.org […]
WHO MAKES AND OWNS YOUR WORK?
‘Who Makes and Owns Your Work?’ is a multi-part event in Stockholm on sharing, distribution and intellectual property November 17, 2007 12:30-23:00 at Årsta Folkets Hus, Årsta torg.
Who owns the rights to artistic work in today’s information-based economy? How can one as an artist or producer of culture position oneself in relation to the existing […]
BAK
Established from an artists initiative in 1989, BAK (basis voor actuele kunst) is nowadays an eminent avenue for contemporary art production, an open platform for creating, presenting and analyzing significant art projects. BAK initiates cooperative projects with artists and other professionals to explore the possibilities and potential of the contemporary arts. BAK stimulates experimentation, the […]
Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy
The Lloyd Hotel is situated in Amsterdam’s eastern docklands area. Renown Dutch architects, designers and artists have transformed this historically significant building (built in 1921) into a hotel which is used by both inhabitants of Amsterdam, international artists, tourists and business people visiting Amsterdam.
Situated above the hotel restaurant, the Lloyd hotel Cultural Embassy informs guests […]