Presentation of the road movie ‘From the Sidelines – A journey on Route 66′, and a selection of photographs from my journey to America. THE LAST SESSION: focuses on the aesthetics of endism. Endism in our culture embraces many forms, and partially touches everyone’s life in its connection with death. Endism is an attitude as much as a [...]
Also tagged Americana, exhibition, Graphic Design, photography, publication, Route 66, tourism, urbanismCrossing America during the first 100 days of Obama’s presidency. A photographic essay. Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden 16 May – 30 august 2009 Although the Route 66 is known to be a scenic road and a celebrated myth, Route 66 is most of all about the people who live and work along it, and [...]
Also tagged Americana, architecture, exhibition, history, modernism, museum, music, Obama, photography, politics of memory, publication, research, Route 66, tourism, urbanism, war, writingsMultipistes Parties: 13-17 January 2009 Exhibitions, documentation, debate, film, readings, artist-led workshops Full program MultiPistes is a collaborative project featuring artistic productions, site-specific events and publications. Avoiding geopolitical considerations, MultiPistes is based on different artists’ strategies and their relation to each other within an international context. A common thread that runs through all the projects [...]
Also tagged architecture, art in public space, Curator, exhibition, film programme, lecturer, photography, urbanismNov 21 – Jan 17, 2009 AEROPLASTICS Contemporary, Brussels An exhibition with a deliberately ambiguous title (given the double-sense of “people” as celebrities [People Magazine, etc.] or the general mass, “Power To The People” is a response to thinking about the complex relationships that now exist between artists and the powers-that-be. Whether political, institutional, financial, the [...]
Also tagged exhibition, photographyFilm Screening Saturday 27 September, 20.00 Lokaal 01, Breda Curated by Delphine Bedel Mounir Fatmi, Jérôme Schlomoff, Ayako Yoshimura Schlomoff and Yoshimura will introduce their film. These films present unexpected perspectives on the inescapable process of urban transformation, from the city of Amsterdam to the French suburbs or the megalopolis. Often made out of still [...]
Also tagged architecture, atopia, Breda Photo 2008, Curator, Editor, exhibition, film programme, history, modernism, museum, photography, politics of memory, post-colonialism, post-communism, publication, tourism, urbanism, writingsThe Experience of Atopia
Curated by Delphine Bedel
Kamal Ajafari, Delphine Bedel, Renata Poljak, Ilya Rabinovich, Rossella Biscotti
Also tagged architecture, atopia, Breda Photo 2008, Curator, Editor, exhibition, film programme, history, Permanent Vacation, photography, politics of memory, post-colonialism, post-communism, publication, romanticism, tourismThursday 4 September, 19.30-23.00 Maison Descartes, Institut Français des Pays-Bas, Amsterdam Curated by Delphine Bedel and Ayako Yoshimura The film program BEYOND PARADISE presents a selection of documentary, short films and videos addressing various perspectives on tourism in diverse geographical and political contexts. In the framework of the exhibition Beyond Paradise at Stedelijk Museum Bureau [...]
Also tagged architecture, Beyond Paradise, Curator, exhibition, film programme, history, museum, photography, politics of memory, post-colonialism, publication, research, smba, tourism, urbanism, writings