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THE RIETVELD SOCIETY UPDATE
MAY & JUNE 2022
Gerrit Rietveld Academie
11 MAY - 15 MAY
Amsterdam art week
AMSTERDAM ART WEEK

The tenth edition of the Amsterdam Art Week. This festive edition is themed Celebrate Change, with a special focus on new, up-and-coming talent.

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MAY 12 - MAY 15
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FABULOUS FACTS, TRUE FICTIONS
@ De ateliers, Amsterdam
With a.o. Minne Kersten

De Ateliers proudly presents five amazing short films by former artist participants. Based on various genres and formats, the films display an inventive use of early cinematographic means as well as state of the art technology.

Open every day, 12:00-18:00

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14 MAY
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WEARING YOUR NUDITY
@ TED x AUCollege, UvA Amsterdam
By Roxane Mbanga

Fantasized, sexualized, objectified, women are generally torn between showing their bodies or hiding them. How can they use clothing to freely reconnect with their feminine energy? Roxane Mbanga, mixedmedia artist, suggests tools for women to take ownership of their bodies in the public space. 

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14 - 28 MAY
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TRACES OF A CONVERSATION
@ Mertens Frames Project Space by Plan B, Hamerstraat 22 Amsterdam
By Neil Fortune

Traces of a Conversation constructs spatial parameters for conversations, encounters, and dialogues to connect with people of different social perspectives and backgrounds to share stories through drawings and to document these stories and rich, dynamic moments into images as material.

Open Fri & Sat: 20, 21, 27 & 28 May from 14:00 - 17:00
Opening: 14 May 16:00 - 19:00

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14 MAY - 11 SEP
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SUN-SPARK SPRAYING
@ Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Solo by Zoro Feigl

Reopening of the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam with a large number of new, playful and often overwhelming installations by Zoro Feigl.

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14 MAY - 10 JULY
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TO BE TO GATHER
@ Stroom, The Hague
Solo by Yvonne Dröge Wendel

A selection from her rich artistic practice, which spans three decades. Dröge Wendel's work is a passionate search for the conditions under which objects and people can enter into meaningful and lasting relationships.

The exhibition goes hand in hand with the unveiling on June 22 of Dröge Wendel's new sculpture of the same name in The Sculpture Gallery, in the The Hague's city center.

Open: Wed - Sun, 12:00-17:00 
Opening: 14 mei, 17:00

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15 MAY - 30 OCT
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BEELDEN 2022
Landgoed Anningahof, Zwolle
With a.o. Maze de BoerPuck van DonselaarWillem Harbers [image above], Jeroen HennemanEsther JiskootWouter Klein VeldermanVika MitrichenkoJens PfeiferElisa van Schie

Landgoed Anningahof, a sculpture park which focuses on Dutch sculpture, shows work by a large group of well-known sculptors. This year about 20 young artists, who have never exhibited before at Landgoed Anningahof, will also present their work.

Open: Wed - Sun 13:00 - 18:00

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- 15 MAY
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THE GREAT CERAMICS SHOW
SEXYLAND World, Amsterdam
With Aurélien Lepetit (AO)

Every year Outsiderland organizes 'The Great Ceramics Show' where they showcase the most exuberant ceramics from the most diverse makers. They show artists with a Mental Superpower (if you have down syndrome for example), young upcoming artists from different countries and makers whose work is already in many fancy art collections.

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19 MAY - 22 MAY
PROSPECTS INSTAGRAM BASIS SQUARE
PROSPECTS
By Mondriaan Fund
@ Art Rotterdam, van Nelle fabriek, Rotterdam

With a.o. Waèl AlloucheÁ. Birna BjörnsdóttirMinne KerstenDavid Noro, Thom van RijckevorselKateryna SnizhkoRoosje VerschoorIris Woutera de JongBernardo Zanotta

Showing works of 89 starting artists who recieved a financial contribution from the Mondriaan Fund in 2020 to kickstart their career.

Elephant Trails guided tour @Prospects
Friday 20 May, at 11:00
For Rietveld students and alumni.
It is mandatory to register, please us this form.
Please note we have limited tickets so only register if you are able to join!

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- 22 MAY
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THE HEADQUARTERS
Atelier WG, Amsterdam
With Stéphanie Baechler, Mathild Clerc-Verhoeven, Cecile Hübner, Chloé Sapelkine, Gersande Schellinx

For “The Headquarters”, the space of PuntWG has been turned into a performative bureau of an imaginary guild of builders and makers. A group of artists and makers plot a fictional narrative around the idea of a feminist organization which reconsiders the business-as-usual of the working conditions in the building domain and related technologies.  

puntWG is open on weekends from 14:00 to 18:00

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- 28 MAY
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THE MINISTRY OF CERAMIC AFFAIRS
@ Gallery Vriend van Bavink
By Koos Buster
With a.o. Jan HoekTilmann Meyer-FajeSun Woo Jung

With a large variety in theme, size and shape, 15 artists are showing their ceramic works in this exhibition by the 'Ministry of Ceramic Affairs'. Ranging from a collection of ships, to a pinball machine entirely made of ceramics.

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- 28 MAY
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PORTRAIT STORY: ANDROIDS AND CRAYONS
@ Portrait Gallery Studio, Amsterdam
By Wanda Tuerlinckx

Photographer Wanda Tuerlinckx has been traveling the world to photograph robots since 2016.
Those photos of those ultramodern robots-that-look-always-more-like-humans are now combined in an exhibition with a selection of so-called crayon portraits from the collection of the late Frido Troost, collector and photo antiquarian. 

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NRC article [in Dutch only]
- 4 JUNE
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CONSTRUCTION
Josilda da Conceição Gallery, Amsterdam
With a.o. Patricia Werneck Ribas

Working mainly with lens based media, Patricia investigates notions of identity relating to gender, race, nationality and other factors that define us.

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4 - 5 JUNE
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LAND ART WEEKEND
@ province of Flevoland
With Mica Pan

The Dutch province of Flevoland is home to a unique collection of land art. These are highlighted during the annual Land Art Weekend. Mica Pan, resident of Atelier AM, will take Daniel Libeskind's land art as a starting point for her performance during weekend.

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- 25 SEP
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INSIDE THE OUTSIDE
CODA, Apeldoorn
With a.o. BetweenTwoHands, Elspeth Diederix, melanie bonajo

Inside the outside – pioneers in lens-based media is an exhibition that explores the relationship between man and nature through the lens of the camera with the works of 16 artists and photographers.

Opening 15 May, 14:30
Please register here

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RIETVELDTV
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NEW EPISODE
(T)ISSUES
By Eva van der Zand

A story about sneezing in (T)issues because of plant allergies. What is flying in the air we breathe?

Watch the new RietveldTV here.
 
Upcoming RietveldTV
28 & 29 MAY @AT5 - 22:40 by Mathild Clerc-Verhoeven

Both are part of Rietveld Review(ed) 2021.
RIETVELD SHOP
Compact
NEW PUBLICATION
Silly Amateur Don't Cry
By William Becker, Ɓukasz Matuszewski e.g.

A publication dedicated to 50+ experimental typefaces made by students and alumni of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie.

Regular price €20,00

In the Rietveld Shop you will find works and publications that are entirely made by students and alumni of Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam. If an item has a 50% mark, half of the money will go to funds that assist those in crisis in Ukraine.

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ATELIER AND SHOP
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KOMOK
@ Pretoriusstraat 35H, Amsterdam
By Emma Levie and Rachel Sellem

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GRANT
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Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant
Supports emerging and established writers who write about contemporary visual art. The grants support projects addressing both general and specialized art audiences.

Deadline: 18 May

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THE ART OF CARING
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Leven Lief Huis
Are you an artist or are you studying at an art academy? Then your perspective and creativity can be very valuable in elder care. At the Leven Lief Home in Amsterdam, a care home for artists, you can work on their care staff and as an artist at the same time. ZGAO will provide and pay for the necessary training.

Visit the information evenings:
@ Ramses Shaffy Huis, Piet Heinkade 231, Amsterdam
20 and 23 May, 17:00-19:00

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OPEN CALL
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PROGRAMMERS AND CURATORS
@ EYE

'Programmers of the future' is a 10 month (32 hours a week) program for future programmers of film and moving image.

Deadline: 20 May

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OPEN CALL
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DE BEELDMAKERS
Open call for illustrators and photographers.

Deadline: 3 June

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OPEN CALL
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ENERGY JUNKIES
Artists, creatives and makers are invited to submit proposals for a project in the outdoor area at Marineterrein that explores our energy addiction and/or the energy transition that cities need to undergo.

Deadline: 31 May

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OPEN CALL
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DE PRIJS VOOR DE JONGE KUNSTKRITIEK
[in Dutch]

Categorieën: Essay, Recensie en Innovatieve kunstkritische praktijken

Open: 1 June - 1 Sept 2022

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