Newsletter #16, March 2010
Monisima Cube transformed into Taneda's Coolsingel Cube
Photo Monique Benthin
During the International Film Festival Rotterdam in January of this year, Taneda's Coolsingel Cube was officially opened. Not a complete coincidence, since Yohei Taneda is a famous Japanese production-designer, who was invited by Sculpture International Rotterdam to design a temporary façade for the Monisima Cube, at Kruiskade 2 in Rotterdam (opposite the Hilton Hotel). The basement of the cube was turned into a real Taneda movie set, where trailers and movie fragments were shown for which he had designed the sets. He has also designed the movie sets for Air Doll the newest movie by director
Kore-eda and the 'must have seen' movie Kill Bill Vol.1 by director Quentin Tarantino.
The façade will be on display day and night until June 2010.
www.sculptureinternationalrotterdam.nl
www.yohta-design.com
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Carefully lock your love
Photo Michiel van Abbe
The love object by the collective BLISS has been festively revealed on Valentine's Day, 14th of February. There are still enough places to attach your lock to the heart shaped chair and eternally secure your love for each other. At the front of the heart, people can sit and place their camera on the pillar of hearts opposite. Set the timer and just.... KISS.
The Lock of Love can be found at the bank of the Schie, near Havenstraat 53 in Rotterdam. With their design, BLISS won the contest Lock of Love, that the Hungarian wedding planner Renata Rakolcai had organized with the borough of Delfshaven.
www.aworldofbliss.nl
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A cleaned up RAUM
Photo Monique Benthin
Since October 2009, SKAR (Foundation for Art Accommodation Rotterdam) is accommodating people from various creative disciplines within the cultural sector in an office building at the Stadhuisplein in Rotterdam. Here, SKAR and Bureau Binnenstad (Inner City Office) wanted to make “culture” more visible, by giving a commission to graphic designers that work in the building.
The three resident graphic designers Monique Sucric, Rudin Swagerman and Paul Swagerman came up with the idea to display the word RAUM in a large and visible manner. The building was officially opened on the 1st of March by city councillor Hans Vervat and at the same time the green light was given to house creative companies in buildings in Rotterdam that are temporarily or permanently vacant.
That should create some RAUM!
www.rotterdam.nl/binnenstad
Brand spanking new art in historical Middelburg
Impression 'De Ontknopping', Atelier Van Lieshout 2008
The City of Middelburg made some ambitious plans for the realizations of a few artworks in her districts. An inventory was made of the wishes of the inhabitants, ideas coming in via email or mail were collected and the commission Kunst in de Openbare Ruimte (Art in Public Space) found some matching artists. Proposals by Joep van Lieshout, Hendrik-Jan Hunneman, Edwin Zwakman, Birthe Leemeijer, Maze de Boer and Lara Almarcegui were chosen to realize their art works. The foundation Beeldende Kunst Middelburg (Visual Art Middelburg) is responsible for the realization of the project, which is produced in co-operation with the inhabitants and for which Mothership does the production. The first three artworks will be placed and revealed in April 2010.
Joep van Lieshout's artwork De ontknopping will be revealed on Friday 16th of April in Nieuw Middelburg. On Friday 23rd of April, Hendrik-Jan Hunneman's artwork You Mean So Much To Me will be revealed at the skatepark in Veersepoort and Edwin Zwakman's Straat will be revealed on the 9th of April.
For more detailed information, see the website of De Vleeshal.
www.vleeshal.nl
From Coach to Advisory Director
Photo Parkgraaf Participaties bv
John Kimmel's coaching programme has yielded great results for Mothership.
One year after winning the Ketelbinkie award, presented by the Rabobank, we are still happy that we can keep on expanding our work as art producers. We are very happy to let you know that John Kimmel has joined us an advisory director.
www.parkgraaf.nl
Mothership book launched on the 1st of April
Because of its fifth anniversary, Mothership has compiled an anniversary book.
A few projects have been selected from a total of 160, of which all of them we are very proud. Jeroen Everaert, director of Mothership, will launch and sign the Mothership book on the fifth floor of Rotterdam's largest book store, Selexyz/Donner.
www.enterthemothership.com
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