Events - Evenementen

Dream Amsterdam 2008 - After Spencer Tunick in 2007, the renowned composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda (Japan 1966) will create art projects for DREAM AMSTERDAM. Ikeda’s hypnotic work plays with human perception through installations, performances, live concerts, recordings and album releases. His work has been exhibited and presented worldwide, including Tate Modern / Queen Elizabeth Hall (London) and Centre Pompidou / Museum of Modern Art (Paris). He has won important prizes, including the Ars Electronica Golden Nica (2001). Ikeda’s commission for Dream Amsterdam Foundation presents his first large-scale artworks for public spaces and marks a new direction in his artistic career.
DREAM AMSTERDAM 2008 is realized in collaboration with UK arts production company Forma and takes place within the frame of the Holland Festival. The OPENING EVENT on June 6, is realized in collaboration with Paradiso. Forma represents Ryoji Ikeda worldwide to produce and tour his work.

Project " FOOTPRINTS ALONG A COASTLINE "
WaddenSeaFestival, Denmark, August 2008
10 artists work along a part of the coastline in Denmark with materials provided by nature
Foundation Wadden Art organises in the Wadden Sea Festival Denmark 2008 the project Footprints along a coastline. Ten artists will walk and work along the Wadden Coast near marbaek Strand and Blaavand Lighthouse from 16 to 24 august. They work with the materials brought in by the tidal waters, with the water and the other elements. The selection is open for artists from all over the world. You will find detailed information in the site: www.waddenart.eu/footprints
Foundation WaddenArt realises a network of artists, involved with landart and installationart, and 'Footprints' is a project in which discussion and exchange on international level is an important issue. The website is updated recently and contents will be changing regularly. The site serves as a platform as well. A few entries are visible in the site, more are on their way, and the contents of the site open issues about artdevelopments, landart and ecology. If you like to contribute in these discussions, you are most welcome.
'Footprints' will exhibit its results in various locations in the Wadden as well as in various places in Europe.
Artist's entries will be visible in the website, give an impression and feed the discussion.
Call for artists, deadline 1 may 2008 a project of foundation waddenart, www.waddenart.eu
see the website, look under www.waddenart.eu/footprints, contact waddenart for information and participation

De Kunstweek maakt van elke week een kunstweek
De Kunstweek biedt kunstliefhebbers het hele jaar door acties, activiteiten, bijeenkomsten, reizen en evenementen. Plus jaarlijks in november (dit jaar van 1 tot en met 9 november) de dynamische en veelomvattende Kunstweek.
 Het thema voor de Kunstweek 2008 is: Een ontmoeting met kunst.
Wat kan een ontmoeting met kunst allemaal met je doen! Kunst kan prikkelen, verrassen, verbazen, boeien, integreren. Maar kunst kan ook irriteren en afstoten. Eén ding is zeker: kunst voegt een dimensie aan je leven toe. Kunst is voor sommigen niets. Dan bestaat kunst niet. Dan heeft men geen weet van kunst. Ondenkbaar? Niet voor miljoenen Nederlanders! Ook en misschien wel juist voor hen, is er de Kunstweek.
De Kunstweek zet op talloze manieren Nederlandse beeldende kunst en beeldend kunstenaars in de schijnwerpers. De Kunstweek omvat dan ook talloze verschillende uitgaven, evenementen en festiviteiten waaronder de verkiezing Kunstenaar van het Jaar, het Kunstweek Geschenk, exposities bij aan de Kunstweek deelnemende galerieën, kunstuitlenen en musea, het Kunstweek Boek, de uitgave Wie is Wie in de Kunstwereld en het Kunstweek Bal.

Exhibition - Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal Stad van boeken: zeven eeuwen lezen in Leiden (City of books: seven centuries of reading in Leiden)
The Internet has tremendous impact on our lives. Imagine the significance of the manuscript in the Middle Ages and printing in the early modern times! In cooperation with Leiden University, De Lakenhal presents 200 extraordinary books that changed the worldview, encompassing seven centuries of reading, of producing and trading in texts in Leiden.
National and international libraries and museums have lent their rare items for this exhibition. These include the Discours de la méthode by René Descartes, published in Leiden in 1637, and the only preserved copy of the Historie van den Vier Heemskinderen from the Bayerische Staats Bibliothek in Munich, printed in Leiden in 1508. The exhibition also highlights popular Dutch children’s books, and Panorama magazine. Panorama was printed by the Leidse Rotogravure Maatschappij until well into the 20th century. Films shows the switch from manuscripts to print, and explain how printing works operated in the previous century. The exhibition ends with the latest digital developments. This completes the circle, as writing in the Middle Ages was a solo activity, just like working on the computer is today.