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Design Arno Coenen / Luuk Bode
On Saturday 15 May, Art Pie will open its doors at 4pm at Culturepark Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam. In order to participate Möthership proposed the Gesamtkunstwerk 'Schwarzwald/Metal Heart IV'. The idea of Schwarzwald is derived from the artist brain of Arno Coenen and is based on heavy metal in the shape of a dark forest. Different artists show that the symbolism of the forest can be interpreted in different ways.
www.derschwarzwald.info
www.kunstvlaai.nl
Oh bring back the ballast to me, to me
Photo Monique Benthin
Chief Government Architect invited the Scottish artist Nathan Coley to design an artwork for the National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam. The project is initiated by the Government Building Agency.
With the artwork titled ‘Bringing Back the Ballast’ Coley wants to bring back bricks that were part of a different culture for 400 years to the Maritime Museum.
Coley, who makes large installations based on historical architecture, proposed to build a wall constructed with Dutch ‘IJsselbricks’ which were used in the 17th century as ballast on vessels of the Dutch East India Company.
Mothership was hired as a true Sherlock Holmes to help find these bricks. The loaded stones are making a historical tour past Singapore, Australia, Paramaribo and St. Eustatius in a sea container designed by Studio Loes&Leon. Along the way new bricks will be loaded in the container and brought back to the Netherlands.
www.rijksbouwmeester.nl
www.scheepvaartmuseum.nl
Wreath of Light around statue ‘De Verwoeste Stad’
Photo Rick Messemaker
On Friday 14 May 2010 it will be 70 years ago that the bombing of Rotterdam took place. On this day several memorials and ceremonies will take place. To end the commemoration a wreath of light will be placed around the statue ‘De Verwoeste Stad’ from Ossip Zadkine, with music by Arvo Pärt.
On this day you are more than welcome to attend the ceremony at 10.30pm on Plein 1940.
For the full programme see www.rotterdam.nl/herdenking14mei
Art in the Neighborhoods
Photo Monique Benthin
The Stichting Beeldende Kunst Middelburg (Middelburg Foundation for Visual Arts) is coordinator for the art project “Art in the Neighbourhoods”, which was initiated by the Municipalty of Middelburg. Six works will be realized in consultation with neighbourhood residents. In Nieuw Middelburg the artwork
‘De Ontknopping’ by Joep van Lieshout has been placed. For the Zuid neighbourhood the artist Edwin Zwakman created ‘Straat’, a miniature duplicate of a series of houses from the area, and placed it in the ditch in front of these houses.
The neighbourhood ‘Veersepoort’ received the artwork ‘You Mean So Much To Me” from artist Hendrik Jan Hunneman.
Later this year three more artworks will follow by Maze de Boer, Birthe Leemeijer and Lara Almarcegui.
Go for more detailed information to the SBKM/De Vleeshal website.
GRRR JAMMING SQUEAK
Photo Monique Benthin
Sculpture International Rotterdam invited Italian artist Paola Pivi to create a new publicly accessible artwork: ‘GRRR JAMMING SQUEAK’. The artwork operates as a professional, completely functioning sound studio and offers space to groups and individuals; to professional musicians and amateurs. The studio can only be used to create music with the sounds of animals. You can play, compose, improvise, record, make mix and master tapes, jam or listen to other people make music. The studio will be opened for a year and is free accessible for everyone. GRRR JAMMING SQUEAK is part of a multiple year program by SIR for the Coolsingel-axis (2009-2012).
For opening hours and information:
www.grrr.nu
www.sculptureinternationalrotterdam.nl
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Once upon a time…
Photo Monique Benthin
‘On a journey with tales of Rotterdammers’ is the title of the touring ‘tale table’ which shows stories and pictures of migrants in and around Rotterdam. In 2008 the Nederlands Fotomuseum (Dutch Photomuseum) has collected stories of migrants, in cooperation with care facility Laurens. In connection with the photographs in their own collection the museum has asked the elderly to share their migration stories through pictures. Five of these stories have been selected for the tale table. Each of the items has been edited to create a short film.
The tale table starts its tour through Rotterdam in care facility Laurens, location Sint Antonius Gasthuis at the Nieuwe Binnenweg 35. After this, the table will continue the tour to different locations in the city, amongst them the Rotterdam Public Library.
www.nederlandsfotomuseum.nl
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Hilde 2.0
Photo Monique Benthin
Hilde Westerink is a student of Visual Arts & Design Management at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht. During her internship at Mothership she has created a Mothership account on Twitter and Facebook, and is gaining experience as a project manager.
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