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Opening cultural season, September in Rotterdam 2008

Festival "Wereld van de Witte de With": Theme Green

On Friday the12 th, Saturday the 13th and Sunday the 14th of September, Mothership presents a special selection of art in the public space during Festival "Wereld van de Witte de With": as green as it gets. more

Daddy, the forest smells like shampoo!

21st century nature originates from culture: Next Nature. How will we live in this next nature? During Paradise by the Laptop Light, showmaster/artist/scientist Koert van Mensvoort narrates on his surveys about Next Nature. He will be assisted by special guests, short movies, speed lectures and one laptop computer.

Mothership is proud about the fact that Koert will present Paradise by the Laptop Light at the former Dutch Photomuseum on the Witte de Withstraat. His show will also be the official opening of the festival on Friday 12 September at 16.30 hours at the former Dutch Photomuseum on Witte de Withstraat.

You just got to be there! Check www.paradisebythelaptoplight.com for the entire program.

Feyenoord stadium "De Kuip" enriched with a new bronze statue

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of football club Feyenoord, artist Hans van Bentem was asked to design a special and unique bronze statue, commissioned by the Feyenoord Supportersvereniging (the Feyenoord supporters union). During the festivities on Saturday July 19 of this year , the 2,5 meters tall statue was festively unveiled on the pitch in stadium De Kuip.

Untill September 30th you can also become the proud owner of a detailed and limited bronze replica statue. The diameter of the statue is 19 cm and it is around 31 cm tall. It weighs around 2,5 kilos, the scale is 1:6. For 335,00 Euros (excluding VAT) you can order your very own piece of Feyenoord history. Click on "more" for all the details. more

Cirque de Pepin rides in on a Trojan Horse

In between the two terraces of the Greek and Turkisch restaurants at the Schiedamse Vest in Rotterdam a statue will arise this weekend, which will be unveiled at Festival Wereld van de Witte de With. The statue has been designed and crafted by Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk, also known as Cirque de Pepin.

The ceramic statue refers to the Schiedamse Vest as centuries old defenses of the city of Rotterdam. The knight figurine with its sailors cap refers to the medieval defenses as well as the harbor. The statue will be unveiled on Saturday 13 September at 16.30 hours. Come and join us!

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Geert Mul has yet again been asked by the "Nederlands Fotomuseum" (the Dutch Photo Museum) to develop an interactive installation for its "Kenniscentrum" (knowledge center), whereby movies made by photographers are shown to the public. Visitors can create their own playlist of movies from the ones which are selected by the museum. The selection has old films from the archives of the museum, but also special presentation by photographers.

During the opening of the new exhibit on the 20th of September, this work will be officially be presented to the public.

Geert Mul @ Ronmandos Amsterdam

In this newsletter we would like to note that coming Saturday 6 September at 16.00 hours several video installations, among others REFLECTIONS/ PERSPECTIVES, by Geert Mul will be opened at Ronmandos Gallery.
The gallery is located at Prinsengracht 282 in Amsterdam, where the installations are the main event of the seasons opening show.

Flying Grass Carpet

And did you see The Flying Grass Carpet by HUNK-design and IDEddy fly? It has touched ground in Rotterdam and can be seen at the Schouwburgplein until Wednesday September 17th.more