This summer I wrote a short piece on Finnegans Wake and Vico for the catalogue of the exhibition Lunar Distance at De Hallen in Haarlem. It’s available now, and I am very happy with the publication — I like it a lot, it’s very beautifully designed. (And btw, the exhibtion is worth while visiting too, runs till 29th November): http://www.lunardistance.nl/.
Reinder Rustema – a.o. ex-Mediamatic, and the former user of the garage-box of my former appartment in return for me reading his NRC, and a very nice person – is a candidate for the European election of June 4th, for the Newropeans, a pro-Europe party: http://www.newropeans2009.com/Nederland/.
See also his own website: http://rustema.nl/ and blog: http://www.newropeans2009.com/reinder_rustema/ — from where you can find the Facebook-stuff too.
He of course is asking if I’d vote for him. We had a few interesting discussions about politics in the past.
I tried the ‘stemwijzer’: http://www.stemwijzer.nl/
(with all the stupid questions about animals), and guess which party came up first?
The Newropeans.
(still, I think I’ll vote again for the same party I voted for the last 3 or so times.)
But this result is enough reason for me to put in this little effort to make Reinder’s party more known. Take a look at their program, they have good points.
Btw: I’m blogging live at the Print / Pixel conference at the Piet Zwart, in Rotterdam: http://blog.wdka.nl/communication-in-a-digital-age/.
This afternoon I’ll take a break and cycle up to the Florapark, where F’s Dream Depot has a small exhibition (until April 10th) at the Noorderparkkamer: http://www.noorderparkkamer.nl/: Kijk wij hebben papier gemaakt!. It shows the results of a paper-making workshop at a school in Amsterdam-Noord, and also photographs of the project. A few are online at the still temporary lo-tech website of Dream Depot: http://www.dreamdepot.org.
5 students of the Rietveld Academy (interaction / unstable media) have written a manifesto. There’s a presentation tonight at OCCI, Amsterdam: http://idum5.net/the-vidum-manifesto/.
Informal exchange about contemporary art — in Dutch: http://www.endlesslowlands.nl.
In de Rekto:Verso die nu in de winkel zou moeten liggen (wel, in België dan, en wellicht op een enkele plek in Nederland) staat een interview met Arjen Mulder, de vragen zijn van mij: http://www.rektoverso.be/content/view/849/15/. Ook hier http://www.urbanmag.be/artikel/1469/interageren-om-te-overleven.
“Whatever the answer, experimental music doesn’t translate on paper but makes sense with a beer in hand and equally inquisitive music fans eager to talk shop. Best to experience it yourself.”
My favorite musical ‘hang-out’ is reviewed by Colin Delany in Time Out Amsterdam. The text is here: http://stopdroprocknroll.blogspot.com/2009/01/sounds-of-science.html.
DNK: http://www.dnk-amsterdam.com. Concerts start again next monday, January 12th.
There’s finally a new CD of Office-R, Recording the Grain, published by the Norwegian label +3db. Office-R is pretty much my favorite band, my favorite music…
Reviews here, or via here (mostly Dutch):
http://www.kindamuzik.net/recensie/office-r-6/recording-the-grain
http://www.goddeau.com/content/view/5329
http://www.hardhatarea.com/hatlog/2008/11/officer_new_cd.html
Office-R: http://www.n-collective.com/etc
On friday Devember 19th the TransAgriculture-event takes place at V2_ in Rotterdam. It’s part of the Life & Art program series at V2_ focused on the intertwinement of art and life. Asking whether art can be lived or a life can be art takes on a new meaning in an age of genetic technology, financial crisis and living art.
TransAgriculture is a one-day manifestation featuring penetrating introductions to the field, lectures on guerrilla- and avant-gardening, and bioart forms.
Location: V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam
19 December 10:00am–5:30pm
With:
René Boomkens, cultural philosopher
http://www.rug.nl/staff/r.w.boomkens/
Bruce Sterling, author
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Sterling
Natalie Jeremijenko, avant-gardening
http://www.nyu.edu/projects/xdesign
Richard Reynolds, guerrilla gardener
http://www.guerrillagardening.org
Michiko Nitta, Extreme Green Guerrilla
http://myportfolio.me.uk/EGGs.htm
Moderator: Sebastian Olma
LUNCH – The Life & Art audience will enjoy the experience of a special TransAgriculture lunch, designed by Marije Vogelzang from PROEF. http://www.proefrotterdam.nl
Admission: Full program including lunch: €20.00 [stud.: €15.00], without lunch: €15.00 [stud.: €10.00]
Reservations: v2@v2.nl