INTRODUCTION: What is needed to have the museum practice more engaged in and with society? René Pingen, former director of Stedelijk Museum ‘s-Hertogenbosch wanted to make space for experimentation on several levels of the museum practice. He asked me…
Encourage creative and critical thinking & making
Culture makes you and you make culture (Cultuur maak(t) je) was a program of workshops and exercises developed for the cultural organisation De Domijnen. This organisation is responsible for most of the cultural activities in the municipality of Sittard /…
Say “Tag!” and any place on earth will transform into a playground. Objects swiftly loose their original function and meaning, and are altered either into obstacles or hiding components. A trivial object is pointed out to become the “Base”, and…
INTRODUCTION: How to celebrate 400 years of Brazilian and Dutch cultural exchange? Mieke Gerritzen, director of MOTI Museum in Breda (now Stedelijk Museum Breda) asked me to curate a Dutch Design presentation in Sao Paolo: Museu da Casa Brasiliera. Instead…
Am I an animal? (Ben ik een dier?) was a group exhibition on human-animal relationships addressed in contemporary art. The very personal question of the title would set the visitor in a self reflective mode. All artists presented have…
A temporary platform for local artists and performers. In the second year of Reinventing Happiness we decided to invite local artists and creative makers to contibute to the program. In an open call we asked them what they would like…
INTRODUCTION: The Rotterdam Design Prize has been for years the most prominent design prize in the Netherlands and an important design event in Rotterdam. The prize was established in 1993 by Rotterdam City Council and since 1999 has been organised…
Platform21 began in 2006 as an incubator for a new design museum to be developed in Amsterdam Zuidas area. The project’s initiators were ING Real Estate; Premsela, Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion; and the city of Amsterdam. From its…