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Fri 18 May

Open Dans 2012

Open Dans 2012

3 days packed with all sorts of dance “Made in Rotterdam”. From modern to tango to urban. You can see great performances, breathtaking dance videos or participate in energizing workshops.

Agenda

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Fri 30 March

Opening exhibition Karin Trenkel and Thomas Nolden

In the exhibition of Karin Trenkel and Thomas Nolden, nature plays an important role. Both artists were born in The opening will be celebrated with the performance of music from Franz Schubert by Waldin Roes (song) and Janine de Leeuw (piano).

Fri 20 April

Making Douala 2007-2013

the Traveling Exhibition of the Triennial SUD, shows the effects of inscribing contemporary art into public space on the daily life in and the perception of the city of Douala.

Sat 31 March

Debate and opening Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin

On Saturday, March 31 the opening of ‘Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin’ will take place in the Nederlands Fotomuseum.

Fri 30 March

Opening Mesh Print Club

Finally… Mesh Print Club has a brand new studio! To celebrate this we invite you to join us at the grand opening, performed by Willem Kars.

Sat 21 April

Museumstraat: 5 museums en route through town

New & completely different: 5 museums en route through town! Five of Rotterdams finest museums present unique shows in the living quarters of quite common and not quite so common inhabitants.

Sat 31 March

THE SELF-MOVING NUMBER

Sils Project Space is proud to announce its forthcoming exhibition, The Self-Moving Number. This exhibition brings together four artists whose work deals with notions of time, space and materiality. Aesthetics from different time periods, as well as questioning the stuff the moon’s made of and gifs steeped in gestalt are presented here as a survey that looks at the object. How do we associate with it? What is its role in the wider cultural field? How does an object’s composition dictate how we view it?

Fri 23 March

Hellebou Vol. 4: Here and There

Presenting works produced in Hellebou by Marijke Appelman, Joshua Thies, Dico Kruijsse, Inge Aanstoot, Johanne Birkeland and Ellen Henriette Suhrke. Material from Hellebou has been reinterpreted or reenacted for this occasion.

Fri 06 April

Opening: Highbrow, Lowbrow, Nobrow – MOUSSE!

Highbrow, Lowbrow, Nobrow – MOUSSE! is an exhibition of contemporary Mousse Art produced in collaboration with Harlan Levey, Editor in Chief of Modart Europe.

Fri 23 March

Tossing around with a chair in the corridor

Tetsushi Higashino and Jean-Charles de Quillacq will present the exhibition ‘Tossing around a chair in the corridor’ at Duende.

Sat 24 November

Piet Zwart Institute - Open House

Our annual Open House offers prospective applicants the opportunity to meet both students and staff and learn more about the diversity of research at the Piet Zwart Institute.

Sat 21 April

FACES

Exhibition focuses on the other ‘face’ of Curaçao and Beijing.

Mon 19 March

Finissage Koinuma en Van Halem

Fragmented Surreality celebrates is finissage, welcome. Artists will be present.

Tue 03 April

Booklaunch

The event will include a presentation by artist Angela Bulloch.

Thu 22 March

Opening ‘Epicenter for the Contemporary Urban Wizard Practice’

On March 22, 2012 the legendary blue spear of Solanum tuberosum (Golden Potato Power) strikes the center of Rotterdam.

Sat 24 March

Allreadymade - opening Midas Zwaan in Gallery Frank Taal

Zwaan’s work fades the boundaries between assembly, sculpture and installation. Zwaan roams about various thrift stores across the country looking for so called ‘found objects’ which are selected based on form, material and meaning.

Mon 19 March

BNO Romeo Delta presents: ‘Animaux’

During this evening, designers tell us about their work inspired by, made with or even from animals.

Fri 16 March

How to Select? Part III

We’re pleased to invite you for our coming presentation night at PrintRoom! Gagarin, the Artists in their Own Words by Wilfried Huet (editor) and contributor Bart Lodewijks (The Flanders Peninsula). The Eriskay Connection, new independent publisher, (Rob van Hoesel and Christel van Steenhoven). Screendump #1 by Karin Krijgsman and Suzan Geldhoff, published by TEC. Rong-Wrong, journal by Scott Joseph.

Wed 14 March

AA Bronson blesses Witte de With in a ritual blessing.

To inaugurate the program of Witte de With’s new Director, Defne Ayas, AA Bronson will lead a ritual blessing, with no documentation and no audience, on 14 March 2012, at the time of the waning half moon. AA Bronson is known for his secret performances in secret locations. In 2013, he will curate a thematic exhibition at Witte de With, titled: The Temptation of AA Bronson.

Thu 15 March

Test_Lab: Smell This!

Witness the decomposition of Chanel No. 5, sniff out a partner, taste with your nostrils, and more treats for the nose. With Sissel Tolaas, Susana Soares and Maki Ueda. Opening: Caro Verbeek. Performance: Jorg Hempenius (AJ Scentman) DJ: BEATNOLOGIC.

Sun 18 March

Silvie Hogerzeil - Attracted by Nature

Sylvie Hogerzeil makes impassioned pen and pencil. Her drawings are endless detail, making the eye of the viewer can continue endlessly searching within her images. Her lines shrink and move. The fine details whispers to the viewer. It is poetry, captured in pictures.