Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday 11.00 – 17.00 hrs
Location: NAiM/Bureau Europa, Avenue Ceramique 226 Maastricht For more Information: www.bureau-europa.nl
Location: NAiM/Bureau Europa, Avenue Ceramique 226 Maastricht. More information on the programme and registration: www.bureau-europa.nl
Friday 18 December 2009
Time: 20.00 hrs
Location: NAi Rotterdam, auditorium, Museumpark 25 Rotterdam
Entrance: 5 Euro/ Students 3 Euro
Language: English
Grow your own house, a lecture by Colombian architect and 2009 Prince Claus Laureate Simón Vélez . More information and registration: www.nai.nl
The Prince Claus Fund and the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture are pleased to invite you for the lunch lecture of Colombian architect and 2009 Principal Prince Claus Laureate Simón Vélez.
Thursday 17 December 2009
Time: 12.00 – 13.00 hrs
Location: Zuiderkerk, Zuiderkerkhof 72, Amsterdam
Entrance: Free, with free lunch.
Language: English
Click here to register if you want to attend the lecture
This lecture is organised in cooperation with The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Dienst Ruimtelijk Ordening Amsterdam, Tolhuistuin en Archis/Volume.
Closed event in Muziekgebouw aan't IJ Amsterdam. read more
(omdat de voertaal van de bijeenkomst Engels is ook deze tekst in Engels)
Have lunch with Jorge Villacorta and hear him speak on the subject of the particularities of cultural spaces in the Andes.
Monday 14 December
Time: 13h00 – 14h30
Location: Mediamatic Bank, Vijzelstraat 68, 1017 HL, Amsterdam. Tel +31206389901
Organisation: Prince Claus Fund & Mediamatic
Language: English
Jorge Villacorta will be discussing the following (in his words): “The cultural map of South America after the end of colonial rule changed under the influence of contact with the rest of the world. Countries on the Atlantic created powerful links with Europe and contemporary art benefited from the contact with the artistic scenes of different European capitals. The Andes acted as a dividing line where communication with artistic centers was difficult and less frequent. These countries tended to develop their own isolated scenes, in midst of political and social turmoil. In the 21st Century the barriers have been lowered and the particularities of these spaces have become apparent and attractive.”
The Prince Claus Fund and Mediamatic have invited Jorge Villacorta to speak about his work which combines art and curatorship with science and new media. He will be interviewed by Xander Karstens, curator at De Hallen, Haarlem, followed by an informal lunch where guests will be able to have a chat with Jorge.
Jorge Villacorta is a Peruvian geneticist, art critic and independent curator, whose strong interest in contemporary visual art has developed parallel to his scientific work. He is co-founder and academic director of ATA. He lives in Lima and is currently working in the Tissue Bank, Institute of Child Health.
ATA
Alta Tecnología Andina (ATA) is a cultural non-governmental, nonprofit organisation, founded with the aim of contributing to the development of new culture based on the use and expansion of electronic media in Peru and Latin America. ATA has started Escuelab, a 11-month advanced residence programme for Latin American artists from the Andean and Central American regions. ATA is a network partner of the Prince Claus Fund.
Mediamatic
Mediamatic is a cultural institution based in Amsterdam. She is interested in the cultural developments that go hand in hand with new technologies and in new technologies that cause cultural development. Mediamatic organizes exhibitions, salons, lectures, workshops and develops software and art projects, and she used to publish the magazine Mediamatic Off-Line.
Register: If you would like to attend this event, please RSVP via this link to the site of Mediamatic and go to the red button on top (do something) by Wednesday December 9th, 2009
The exhibition can be seen until 12 March 2009
Liang Shaoji (b. 1945, Shanghai, China) creates unique meditations on nature and human existence. Graduating in textile studies at the Zhejiang Art Academy, Liang felt limited by the grid of warp and weft. Drawn to raw silk, he began to breed silkworms – symbols of generosity and endurance in Chinese culture – and incorporates them in artworks by setting them to spin their thread around objects. Resisting the rampant commercialisation of modern Chinese art, Shaoji takes his time in creating his works of art since silkworms only produce silk threads twice a year. His works have been exhibited at the Venice (1999), Istanbul (1999) and Shanghai (2000, 2006) biennales. Liang Shaoji is awarded with a 2009 Prince Claus Award for his evocative artworks that offer a meditative approach in which art becomes nature and nature becomes art. Liang Shaoji will be presented with the Award by the Netherlands Ambassador in China. The exhibition is curated by Marianne Brouwer. More information on Liang Shaoji
Programme
17:15 Opening
17:20
Conversation with Liang Shaoji about his work
18:20 Drinks
19:00 End
Entrance: free
Location: Prince Claus Fund Gallery,
Herengracht 603, Amsterdam
Register: click here
Visiting Hours Prince Claus Fund Gallery: Tuesday till Friday, 10.00h - 17.00h.
The Prince Claus Fund is pleased to invite you to the book launch of Prince Claus Fund Library Publication Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan. A Critical Reader. Cornell University Press, Prince Claus Fund Library, 2009.
Edited by Salah M. Hassan and Carina E. Ray.
Professor Salah Hassan (Goldwin Smith Professor and Director of the Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York) and Carina Ray (Assistant Professor of African and Black Atlantic History, Fordham University, New York) will speak about the ongoing conflict in Sudan, followed by a response by Jan Pronk (Professor Theory and Practice of International Development, ISS, The Hague) and an open discussion moderated by Karin Willemse (Associate Professor in the Department of History, Erasmus University Rotterdam).
12 December 2009
Location: VOC-room, UvA, Kloveniersburgwal 48 Amsterdam
Programme
4.00 pm Welcome by Els van der Plas
Presentation by Salah Hassan and Carina Ray
Response by Jan Pronk followed by a discussion moderated by Karin Willemse
6.00 pm End of programme
Click here to register if you want to attend the book launch
Guests: Meta Knol (director Municipal Museum de Lakenhal), Hammad Nasar (curator, gallerist, author, director), Salah Hassan (Goldwin Smith Professor and Director of the Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York) Centraal Museum, Nicolaaskerkhof 10, Utrecht
More information and registration: www.framerframed.nl
By Prof. Abdel Ghaffar Mohamed Ahmed (Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman and the University of Khartoum, Sudan)
African Studies Centre, Wassenaarseweg 52, Leiden
More information and registration: www.ascleiden.nl
After the Prince Claus Fund Library Publication The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie and the exhibtion in the Prince Claus Gallery now the Kunsthal in Rotterdam presents the Exhibition 'The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie'. With the exhibition Kunsthal Rotterdam reveals unknown aspects of design, fashion and sexuality from the Middle East. The most exuberant and extravagant lingerie in the world comes from a place you would never have expected it to come from: Syria. Read more on www.kunsthal.nl
Presentation of Network Partner of the Fund, the Arab Image Foundation 's limited edition portfolio no.1 in the presence of Martin Parr and the members of the AIF in the Central Exhibition Space.
Paris Photo is one of the world’s leading events for photography, it presents a panoramic overview of photographic expression spanning the 19th century to the present day.
The Prince Claus Fund is proud that the image that is used to respresent Paris Photo 2009 is also from the collection of the Arab Image Foundation, and the photo was taken by 2000 Prince Claus Laureate Van Leo (Egypt)
read more at the site of Paris Photo
Bintou Were, a Sahel Opera will be performed in Africa, the first shows have been confirmed and will take place starting with a dress rehearsal on 2 November in Bamako, Mali. After that the opera will travel to other countries, here are some dates that have been confirmed;
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 6 and 7 November
Nouakchott, Mauritania on 13 and 15 November
Dakar, Senegal on 20 and 21 November
Bamako, Mali on 27 and 29 November
The idea of a Sahel Opera originally came from His Royal Highness Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926 - 2002). His idea was to create an African opera production composed and performed by people from the various Sahel countries. The Prince felt that the Sahel region in particular had a wealth of talent in the fields of dance, music, design and fashion. He envisaged an opera that would highlight all those talents. The Prince Claus Fund, that was established in his name, took up the challenge to initiate the project. The Sahel Opera beautifully illustrates many dimensions of the link between culture and development. Successful and sold out performances of the Opera took place among others in the Netherlands during the Holland Festival in 2007 and in Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The Prince Claus Fund is proud that the Opera will now be performed in various African Countries. Read more about Bintou Were, a Sahel Opera on www.sahelopera.com
Niño Perdido shows 75 small portraits of disappeared children from Mexico City made by artist Ilán Lieberman. For the past three years Lieberman has been carefully reproducing photos of missing children taken from the Mexico City daily Metro using a microscope and mechanical pencils.Some images are blurry and some are out-of-focus, but in each carefully drawn image, he has painstakingly recreated the exact pictorial format of the original newspaper image, as if also creating a memorial to the lost child.
The exhibition at the Prince Claus Fund Gallery is the first European exhibition of Niño Perdido. Niño Perdido was previously exhibited in the Museum of Mexico City and the El Paso museum in Texas. Ilán Lieberman enlists the archive as a form of commemoration in Niño Perdido. Alternating between document and monument, information and photography, Niño Perdido functions as a kind of pre-obituary for the lost who may never be found.
The Prince Claus Fund Gallery is based at Herengracht 603 in Amsterdam. Opening hours: Tuesday – Friday 10.00 – 17.00 hrs. Free entrance. Ilan Lieberman: Nino Perdido is on show until 30 November.
AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES 2009, the third international conference in the series to be hosted in Africa, will focus on the unique and diverse character of the African City as resource, as well as resourcing the city.
What started as a one-off event in Tanzania in 2005 under the title 'Modern Architecture in East Africa around Independence' was followed up by the 'African Architecture Today' congress in Kumasi, Ghana in 2007. During the African Perspectives event at the Delft University of Technology in December 2007, it has been decided by a group of institutes to establish the series into a bi-annual event hosted on the African continent focusing on urbanism and architecture of the continent.
The AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES 2009, conference will be hosted in conjunction with one of the highlights on the South African architectural calendar: the annual Architectural Students Conference which attracts close to a thousand students from across the sub-continent.
read more on the website of the University of Pretoria
Dance and music as vehicles of hope
Congolese choreographer Faustin Linyekula's more more more… future is an ode to the Ndombolo; music consisting of a swirling fusion of rumba, traditional rhythms, Sunday-like brass band music and funk. In the texts, materialism is a frequent subject: the musicians sing about their affluence, power, women, designer clothing and expensive cars. Linyekula escalates this, using this form of dance as a liberation. He adds his own compositions to the energy of the guitars and voices, calling us to ‘dream with our feet firmly on the ground’. more more more… future, as both concert and dance performance, swings and shakes towards a positive evocation of the future.
Dancer/choreographer Faustin Linyekula was born in Congo in 1974. He later travelled to Kenya, where in 1997 he founded with Opiyo Okach Kenya’s first modern dance group: the Gàaracompany. In 2001 Linyekula founded the Studios Kabako in Kinshasa and since 2006 he recentered activities in Kisangani, working to establish three neighbourhood cultural centers around performing arts and image. In 2007 he was awarded the Prins Claus Award for his original and idealistic way of using dance and theatre to allow reflection upon his country’s violent past and present.
This performance is part of the International Choice of the Rotterdam Schouwburg and fits their theme 'A sense of Belonging' Read More on www.rotterdamseschouwburg.nl
Network Partner of the Prince Claus Fund ArtHub is organising a symposium from 27 - 30 August. More than thirty renowned scholars, artists, and practitioners in visual arts, performance, and other cultural fields from around the world will gather in Bangkok to discuss and reflect on the dynamic, ongoing echoes of the ancient trading route Silk Road and its multiple dimensions in a four-day symposium titled “The Making Of the New Silk Roads” from Thursday, August 27th, through Sunday, August 30th. Hosted and organized by ArtHub, a Hong Kong based non-profit foundation dedicated to art creation in China and the rest of Asia, the symposium aims to reassess the complex interconnections within Asia’s cultural and artistic spectrum at the beginning of the 21st century. To take place at the Bangkok University Gallery (BUG), in collaboration with the Prince Claus Fund, Bangkok University, National Research Center of the Kingdom of Thailand, with additional support from Mondriaan Foundation and ANA (Singapore), the summit will feature Arthub’s “collaborative intelligence” participants from across Asia including China, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Turkey, Georgia, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, and beyond, along with additional speakers from the prestigious Prince Claus Fund Network Partnership Programme.
Read more on the ArtHub site
For the third Café Curiosité, SICA and the Prince Claus Fund have invited Rwandese actress, writer and cultural manager Odile Gakire Katese to talk about her numerous artistic activities which speak to audiences around the issues of trauma related to the genocide in Rwanda. Odile Gakire Katese is deputy director in charge of artistic activities, at the University Centre for Arts and Drama of the National University of Rwanda, which is a Network Partner of the Prince Claus Fund. This Centre aims to promote artistic talent, to prevent and manage conflicts and to promote positive values through a strategy of cultural actions.
Date: Thursday June 25, 17.00h – 18.30h
Location: Museum Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder/ Our Lord in the Attic, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 40, Amsterdam
Entrance: Free
Register through: www.dare2connect.nl
Language: English
Date: Wednesday 17 June, 17.00 hrs
Location: Prince Claus Fund, Herengracht 603, Amsterdam
Kaveh Golestan (1950-2003) is the only photo journalist who worked continuously in Iran, from 1975 until his death in 2003. Around the world, people have come to know Iran through Golestan’s photos. In international newspapers and magazines his images have kept us informed about the revolution in Iran and the return to power of the Ayatollah Khomeini, the war between Iran and Iraq and the Kurdish liberation struggle.
In the middle of political upheaval, Golestan made portraits of social groups oppressed by the regime, such as prostitutes, labourers and mentally handicapped children. They are close by and look directly into his lens. They are proud, ashamed, worried or curious. He brings the truth of his country out into the open and his camera is without fear. In 2003 this costs him his life when he steps onto a landmine.
Hengameh Golestan, the widow of Kaveh Golestan will be present to open the exhibition. The photos where previously exhibited at the Kunsthal Rotterdam.
Recording the Truth in Iran
The publication ‘Kaveh Golestan 1950-2003, Recording the Truth in Iran’ is for sale during the exhibition. The book was published by Hatje Cantz (Germany) in cooperation with the Prince Claus Fund Library. Editors: Malu Halasa and Hengameh Golestan. ISBN 978-3-7757-2045-9.
RSVP: s.vandersangen@princeclausfund.nl
The Prince Claus Fund Gallery is based at Herengracht 603, Amsterdam. Opening hours: Tuesday – Friday 10.00 – 17.00 hrs. Entrance: free. Kaveh Golestan: Photographer in Iran is exhibited until 31 August.
On 16 April the Fund would like to invite you to its spring party where the Prince Claus Fund Journal #16 Flowers and Syrian Lingerie are celebrated.
Flowers in collaboration with Bidoun Magazine is a celebration of the frivolous, the camp, the martyred. Taking both literal and metaphorical flowers as an inspiration, Bidoun has commissioned its contributors around the world to think about the 'floral,' broadly defined. Resulting in a veritable ecology of communists, virtuous outcasts, and beauty queens. The Flowers issue will be launched on the occasion of the spring party.
The exhibition on Syrian Lingerie includes photos of the lingerie by Lebanese photographer Gilbert Hage as well as lingerie boxes especially designed by Lebanese designer Rana Salam. The Prince Claus Fund Library publication The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie will be for sale.
A presentation will be given by Kaelen Wilson-Goldie who is a journalist based in Beirut. She works as a staff writer for The National, a contributing editor for Bidoun, and a correspondent for Artforum. Previously the arts & culture editor of The Daily Star in Lebanon, she has written for The New York Times, The Times of London, and The Village Voice, among other publications. She has also contributed essays on contemporary art and visual culture in the Arab world to a number of exhibition catalogues and anthologies.
The presentation will be followed by drinks.
Date: Thursday April 16, 17.00h – 19.00h
Location: Prince Claus Fund, Herengracht 603, 1017 CE Amsterdam
RSVP: communicatie@princeclausfund.nl
Special opening:
Thursday April 16,
17.00h
Location:
Prince Claus Fund
Herengracht 603,
1017 CE Amsterdam
Visiting hours:
You can visit the exhibition
from Tuesday till Friday
from 10.00h till 17.00h
The Prince Claus Fund Library publication The Secret
Life of Syrian Lingerie inspired the Prince Claus Fund
to organise an exhibition in its Gallery in Amsterdam.
The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie reveals a previously
unknown and unexplored site of Arab design, fashion
and sexuality. The book sheds light on the social mores
of Syrians, both Christian and Muslim, and overturns
western preconceptions about Islam and the veil.
“…. The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie by Malu Halasa and Rana Salam
is something to behold – a baroque riot of color and gimmickry – and
by twinning photos with reportage, the authors challenge a fair few
misconceptions about women, sex and humor in the Muslim world.”
—Will Hobson, ‘The Secrets of Syrian Lingerie Revealed,’ The Observer
This edition of Café Mediterranée is organised by the Prince Claus Fund, SICA and Felix Meritis.
Invited are Malu Halasa & Rana Salam, writers of 'The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie' will share their experiences and stories related to Culture and the Human Body. By documenting the lingerie culture of Syria, the book about Syrian lingerie reveals a previously unknown side of Arabic design, fashion and sexuality. The most outrageous and exuberant lingerie in the world comes from a place you’d probably never expect: Syria. Adorned with everything from faux fur, artificial flowers, and feathered birds to plastic toy cell phones, these intimates flash lights, play music, even vibrate. The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie sheds light on social more of Syrians, both Christian and Muslim, thereby questioning western preconceptions about Islam. The book also celebrates other design aspects of Syria, from traditional textiles in regards to fashion and textiles and imagery of women in traditional illustrations, prints and popular packaging. The book was published in the Prince Claus Fund Library. read more
The third guest is
Akram Zaatari (1966 Saida, Lebanon).
Akram Zaatari is an artist preoccupied with the collection and study of documents that testify on the socio-political context of Lebanon and the Middle East. Interested in the notion of collecting as an art practice, he co-founded the Arab Image Foundation (AIF) in 1997, in which he recently focused on studying and archiving the photographic work of the Saida-based photographer Hashem el Madani (1928), as a register of social relationships and photographic practices. He is author of more than 40 videos such as Nature Morte (2008), In this House (2005), This Day (2003), All is well on the Border (1997). In Café Mediterranée Zaatari will talk about picturing the body in vernacular photography, in relation to his work such as Another Resolution, (1998), Video in 5 Movements (2006), and Untold (2008).
The meeting is moderated by Chris Keulemans.
In the Café Mediterranée series, cultural professionals from the Middle East and North Africa meet to analyze and discuss cultural topics in the Arab and Islamic world. More information on the Café Mediterranée series and an archive of former editions is found here.
On 18 december 2008 the Dutch Newspaper NRC published an article on the Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie (it is in Dutch) you can also dowload the Dutch article in Vrij Nederland.
Date: Thursday February 26, 2009
Time: 16.00 - 17.00 hrs (doors open at 15.30)
Location: Restaurant Engels, Groothandelsgebouw
(next to the trainstation) Stationsplein 45, Rotterdam
Language: English
Admission: free (register at www.sica.nl or T 020 6164 225).
The Prince Claus Fund and SICA have invited Christopher Cozier to speak at Café Curiosité – Visual Negotiations from Port of Spain, Trinidad. Noraly Beyer, journalist and former newsreader at NOS will moderate the discussion with Cozier.
Christopher Cozier is an artist and writer living and working in Trinidad. He participated in a number of exhibitions focussing on contemporary art in the Caribbean and other countries. Selections of his drawings were exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum in New York, The Stenersen Museum in Oslo and Arte Nuevo InteractivA '07 in Merida, Mexico. He is on the editorial collective of Small Axe, A Caribbean Journal of Criticism, published by Duke University Press (www.smallaxe.net ). He has been an editorial adviser to BOMB Magazine for their Americas issues and was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2004. The Prince Claus Fund has supported the work of Cozier in the past.
This is the second edition of Café Curiosité. In this series SICA highlights art and culture from places on the globe that normally have difficulty getting access to mainstream arts fora. In each one-hour session we invite a special international guest to speak in depth about the lay-out of the culture field within their specific region, area of expertise, interests and pre-occupations. Café Curiosité will take place at unusual surprising locations and will be co-organised with other cultural organisations.
SICA is the Dutch agency for international cultural activities. SICA stimulates and supports the Dutch cultural sector’s international activities and ambitions and acts as a platform for the debate on international cultural policy. www.sica.nl
CineMart Closing Night Party
Parkzicht, Kievitslaan 25, Rotterdam
Read more about the Mongolian filmmaker who was presented with the FilmGrant
For the ninth consecutive year, the Prince Claus Fund is happy to announce the presentation of the Prince Claus Fund Film Grant of €15,000 to a 2009 CineMart project. The Grant will be announced on 28 January during the CineMart Closing Night Party.
Prince Claus Fund Film Grant
The Prince Claus Fund Film Grant is awarded to support the first creative phase of the development of a film production. CineMart is the co-production market of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. An international jury of professionals covering different fields of the film industry will select a CineMart project by a filmmaker from Africa, Asia, Latin America or the Caribbean. This project will be chosen for its innovative qualities and excellent concept.The objective of the Prince Claus Fund is to highlight a filmmaker who inspires both his or her own community and other filmmakers.
Since 2001, the Prince Claus Fund Film Grant has contributed to the realisation of four film productions: The Photograph (2007), by NanT.Achnas, Indonesia; Hamaca Paraguaya (2006) by Paz Encina, Paraguay; The Forsaken Land (2005) by Vimukhti Jayasundara, Sri Lanka; and La Nuit de laVerité (2004) by Fanta Régina Nacro, France/Burkina Faso.
The Jury
The jury is chaired by KarimTraïdia (Algeria/Netherlands), filmmaker and a member of the Prince Claus Fund Board.The jury consists of Harutyun Khachatryan (Armenia), filmmaker and Prince Claus Laureate 2007; Alicia Scherson (Chile), filmmaker; Monique Hendrickx (Netherlands) actress; René Mioch (Netherlands), film critic and producer.
CineMart
The CineMart offers filmmakers the opportunity to launch their ideas to the international film industry and to find the right connections to get their projects financed. Every year, the CineMart invites a select number of directors/producers to present their film projects to co-producers, bankers, funds, sales agents, distributors, TV stations and other potential financiers.
For further information, please contact: Prince Claus Fund, Sebas van der Sangen tel. +31 20 344.9160, s.vandersangen@princeclausfund.nl
Read more about the Mongolian filmmaker who was presented with the FilmGrant
2008 Prince Claus Fund Laureate brougt 'Zantray' to the stage of the Tropentheater in Amsterdam. It was a sold out performance of the especially for the Prince Claus Awards Ceremony choreographed 'Zantray' (inner soul)
and an existing choreography called Trilogy. According to Jeanguy Saintus Zantray was: 'An in-depth exploration of our soul... A journey that brings together past and future, culture and spirituality, tradition and modernity. Zantray challenges the deepest and most sincere feelings we carry inside of us … Zantray... Hope, Pride, Fear...
flowing with the sweat on our skins'.' Trilogy he describes as following:
Trilogy
Three women… three goddesses
One ritual to honour the womb, the blood and the roots. The three goddesses are:
Erzulie Je Wouj: the one with the flame in her eyes.
Mistress of all sensuality.
Erzulie Freda: the one with the waterfall under her foot.
Lady of all passions.
Erzulie Danto: the one to love and fear.
Deity of the highest joy and deepest despair.
This performance was linked to the exhibition Vodou, Art & Mysticism from Haiti in the Tropenmuseum. For more information check www.tropentheater.nl
Iranian photojournalist Kaveh Golestan witnessed his country’s recent history from before the 1979 Islamic Revolution until his untimely death from a landmine in 2003. He covered war, revolution and Iran’s dispossessed, with a harsh realism that was, in his words, “like a slap in your face.” The Kunsthal has drawn photos for this exhibition from the Prince Claus Fund Library publication, 1950-2003 Kaveh Golestan: Recording the Truth in Iran, Edited by Malu Halasa and Hengameh Golestan. According to Iranian visual artist Shirin Neshat “Few have been able to unleash the ‘truth’ with such artistic and humanitarian vision; Kaveh Golestan was a photographer, a reporter, but most of all, a poet of history whose unforgettable images speak to us with such urgency about human suffering and horror of war. Golestan’s work and life were a ‘cry’ for justice to his country and the world at large.”
www.kunsthal.nl
Date: 4 December
Location: Bouwkeet Stedelijk Museum, IJ-Kantine, NDSM werf, Amsterdam-Noord
Time: 5 pm
Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen interviewed photographer James Iroha Uchechukwu in the special designed Construction Cabin from the Stedelijk Museum next to the IJ-Kantine at the NDSM Werf in Amsterdam-Noord.
For more information check: www.stedelijk.nl
James Uchechukwu Iroha was invited to an artist in residence programme by the Thami Mnyele Foundation. He was working in the Netherlands from 27 November till 7 December. For more information check www.thami-mnyele.nl
The annual Prince Claus Awards were presented In the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam on 3 december 2008. HRH Prince Friso presented the Principal Prince Claus Award to Indian author Indira Goswami. Two other 2008 laureates gave wonderful presentations of their work; Chinese designer Ma Ke introduced the public to WUYONG, the Earth' and Haitian dance company Ayikodans performed 'Zantray', choreographed by Jeanguy Saintus. The theme of the 2008 awards was Culture and the Human Body. read more about the presentation of the 2008 Awards and see some photos
Date: 2 December - 1 March 2009
Location: Prince Claus Fund, Herengracht 603, Amsterdam
Impressive photos of James Iroha Uchechukwu, photographer from Nigeria and this year’s Prince Claus Laureate, are presented at the Prince Claus Fund’s new office. James Iroha Uchechukwu explained more about his photos and especially the series Fire Flesh and Blood on 2 December.
There still is the opportunity to see Uchechukwu’s work till March 2009 at the new office of the Prince Claus Fund.
If you wish to visit the office please send an email to
info@princeclausfund.nl
James Uchechukwu Iroha has been invited to an artist in residence programme by the Thami Mnyele Foundation. He was working in the Netherlands from 27 November till 7 December. For more information check www.thami-mnyele.nl
In the new Café Curiosité series, SICA will highlight art and culture from places on the globe that normally have difficulty getting access to mainstream arts fora. In each one-hour Café Curiosité session we will invite a special international guest to speak in depth about the lay-out of the culture field in their specific region, area of expertise, interests and pre-occupations. Café Curiosité will take place at unusual surprising locations and will be organised in close collaboration with a co-organising cultural organisation.
The first Café Curiosité was organised in cooperation with the Prince Claus Fund. The guest was Ly Daravuth (1969), Cambodian artist, art historian and co-founder of the Reyum gallery in Phnom Penh. Ly Daravuth focussed on the cultural scene of modern day Cambodia, and particularly on the Reyum gallery, that “spontaneously” developed into a local non-profit, non-governmental organization supporting and promoting Cambodian arts and culture. Today, Reyum has developed into more than just a gallery. It functions as a publishing house, an art school for underprivileged children and a platform for education, exchange of ideas and creative expressions.
The meeting was moderated by NRC-journalist Bas Heijne and took place in Restaurant Cambodja City,
Read more about Network Partner of the Prince Claus Fund Reyum
For more information on Café Curiosité and SICA www.sica.nl
See more photos by Maarten van Haaff
The Prince Claus Fund and the Cultural Emergency Response Program (CER) in cooperation with the Vrije Academy and the Gemeente Museum organised the public interview; Resisting Urbicide: Restoring Palestinian heritage. “Urbicide” is the destruction of urban identity, often an intentional act of war.
The presentation took place in the framework of the exhibition “No Man’s Land?” which can be viewed at
Gemak from 6 September to 26 October 2008. In this exhibition Palestinian artists reflect on the meaning of being Palestinian. Despite the fragmentation and dispersal of Palestinian communities throughout the world, Palestinian artists try to give shape to the Palestinian identity. The results of this reflection can be seen in the exhibition.
Read the report on this event
Read More on Dr. Nurhan Abujidi
This presentation was held at Gemak, the center for art, current affairs and debate in The Hague on 11 September 2008.
Ashkal Alwan is a non profit organisation, the Lebanese Association for the Plastic Arts. Ashkal Alwan was founded by Christine Tohme who received a 2006 Prince Claus Award. In their Newsletter they give an overview of all kinds of cultural activities in amongst others Lebanon, egypt, Israel, Dubai, Uk, France, Turkey, Jordan and the Netherlands. Take a look here for cultural activities in July - October 2008
Prince Claus Fund in collaboration with Foam present a unique exhibition of the work by Malick Sidibé (Mali) called Chemises.
The exhibition can be seen at Foam from 13 June to 8 October 2008.
Centrepiece of the show is a series of original chemises, coloured sheets of card on which Sidibé pasted small prints of the photos he took at parties and events in Bamako, the capital of Mali. Partygoers were able to view and order copies of photos after the event. The chemises displayed here date from between 1962 and 1973. They are accompanied by numerous portraits taken by Sidibé in the 1970s at his studio in Bagadadji, a working-class area of Bamako. Together the displays offer a unique and often heart-warming insight into Malinese society in the early years following independence.
Malick Sidibé received a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement for his entire oeuvre at the Venice Biennale of 2007. This year Sidibé was also honoured by the International Centre for Photography (ICP) in New York with their 24th Lifetime Achievement Award. read more on the website of Foam
The lecture by Prof Mahmood Mamdani ( Uganda,1947) will focus on two debates, one in Darfur and the other around Darfur. This lecture took place in The Hague and was organised by the Prince Claus Fund in collaboration with ISIM (international institute for the study of islam in the modern world). More information and registration through www.isim.nl
Prince Claus Fund in alliance with 22 other organisations together organized a half-day conference to highlight and explain the need for an international cultural policy that not only supports artists and creativity around the world but also opens horizons for Dutch artists and cultural institutions. Dutch Development Minister Koenders along with international artists and Dutch organizations all have their say. read more
8pm, Museum Director Omara Khan Massoudi in conversation with Yoeri Albrecht about the preservation of the collection of the National Museum of Kabul during the Taliban regime. read more
8pm, Jolyon Leslie, Head of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in Kabul, speaks on endangered heritage in Afghanistan in the Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam read more
During the Cinemart at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam the annual Film Grant will be presented to a talented film maker from the working areas of the Fund www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com
8pm, Beyond Testimony: Lida Abdul.
Raymond van den Boogaard, Cultural Editor for NRC will interview Afghan artist Lida Abdul. The Prince Claus Fund Library publication, “Lida Abdul” will also be presented in the Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam. read more
22 December 2007 - 20 April 2008
The Prince Claus Fund was involved in bringing archaeological treasures from Afghanistan to a Dutch and international public. The Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam is presenting 'Hidden Afghanistan', an exhibition of 250 archaeological objects that instead of disaster and destruction show us a completely different Afghanistan. The objects have been brought to Europe for restoration and for this travelling exhibition that can be seen from December 22th until 20th April 2008. read more
Nomadic Museum main theatre, México DF México, 2007
Design: Simón Vélez, photo: ashes & snow exhibition
Simón Vélez’s aesthetic and technical innovations in bamboo have enhanced its construction potential and challenged mainstream architectural trends. He invented a new method to build foundations and roofs, which transformed one of the world’s oldest building materials, namely bamboo, into a modern resource that meets the strictest international construction regulations and can even outperform steel.
On 16 December Simón Vélez receives the 2009 Principal Prince Claus Award
Crosswater Ecolodge, Nankun Mountains, China
Design: Simón Vélez
Jorge Villacorta
Chains by Liang Shaoji
Natural Series No15 silk cocoons 6m2 1995 by Liang Shaoji
Read the interview that Marianne Brouwer had with Liang Shaoji
Cover of Prince Claus Fund Library Publication Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan. A Critical Reader.
The ongoing conflict in the western Sudanese region of Darfur has received unprecedented attention from the international media and human rights organizations, and it has captured the attention of millions of people around the world. Those seeking to learn about the conflict, as well as those who have reported on it, often rely on information produced by the various organizations that are addressing the humanitarian crises spawned by the conflict. In turn, most coverage of the Darfur crisis provides only a cursory understanding of the historical, economic, political, sociological, and environmental factors that contribute to the conflict. Moreover, the perspectives of the people of Darfur and the Sudan have not been adequately heard. As a result, Sudanese civil society’s active engagement in resolving the country’s problems goes unrecognized.
The Prince Claus Fund is proud that the image that is used to respresent Paris Photo 2009 is from the collection of a Network Partner of the Fund, the Arab Image Foundation, and the photo is taken by Prince Claus Laureate Van Leo (Egypt)
Bintou Were, A Sahel Opera
Photo: Patrick Post
The Prince Claus Fund supported the catalogue that was publised of the Nino Perdido exhibition. Take a look at the pdf of the catalogue
Faustin Linyekula at the presentation of the 2007 Prince Claus Awards. Photo: Capital Pictures
Seminar organised by ArtHub
Participants of the Symposium
Odile Gakire Katese
After the exhibition in the Kunsthal in Rotterdam now the work of Kaveh Golestan can be seen in the Prince Claus Fund Gallery
Prince Claus Fund/ Bidoun Journal #16 Flowers
One of the sets of lingerie that are in the exhibition Photo: Maarten van Haaff
Cafe Mediterranee with from left to right: Akram Zaatari, Rana Salam, Chris Keulemans and Malu Halasa. Photo: Maarten van Haaff
Chazia Mourali is reading one the quotations from a woman who speaks in The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie at cafe Mediterranee. Photo: Maarten van Haaff
Chris Kelulemans and Akram Zaatari at Cafe Mediterranee. Photo: Maarten van Haaff
Photographic work by Akram Zaatari
Christopher Cozier
The Castaway is a detail from the "tropical night" series by Christopher Cozier
The "Tropical Night" series installation by Christopher Cozier at the "infinite island" exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum . Click on the image to enlarge
This drawing from the "Sound System" project is called "You keep on Knocking...." : Installation of a 4 speaker sound system.
Music: a sound collaboration by Cozier, Robin Foster, Sheldon Holder & Martin Raymond (with sound sequences by Chantal Esdelle, Christian Campbell & Yvette Grey).
This sound work received start up support from the Prince Claus Fund
The Prince Claus Fund is happy that gifted actress Monique Hendrickx (Netherlands) is part of the 2009 Filmgrant Jury
Harutyun Khachatryan (Armenia)
2007 Prince Claus Fund Laureate Harutyun Khachatryan also agreed to be member of the Jury for the Filmgrant
Performance by Jeanguy Saintus
Performance by Jeanguy Saintus
HM Queen Beatrix meets Jeanguy Saintus
Photograph by Kaveh Golestan
photograph by James Uchechukwu Iroha from the series Beads
PHRH Prince Friso presents of the Principal Award to Indira Goswami
Photograph by James Uchechukwu Iroha from the series Fire Flesh and Blood
Reyum Gallery in Phnom Penh
Ly Daravuth and Els van der Plas. Photo Maarten van Haaff
Ly Daravuth. Photo Maarten van Haaff
Damage in Nablus, CER supported a restoration project
Activity by Ashkal Alwan
Portrait by Malick Sidibé (Mali, 1935)
Portrait by Malick Sidibé (Mali, 1935)
