Opening of the solo exhibition by Dico Kruijsse - Friday May 24th at Galerie Rianne Groen.

Exhibition closes at 20:00. LAAT bar will remain open with special guest Jason Coburn spinning records and revealing the secrets of his project 8trkradio. ‘Because it’s written is an exhibition of visual art works that include text as an integral element of their production or presentation.

Within the framework of our collaborative project we would like to invite you to join us on Thursday the 23d of May at 19:00h for the event with Andrew Varano and Jessica Sligter

‘Ode to the Father’ is a book and exhibition of Kees Spruijt in which he portrays 23 fathers between 25 and 54 years old. The portraits are a personal account of these fathers, with a nod to the mothers. Spruijt is surprised ‘about the way women propagate motherhood’, while men are much less known for their paternity.

DE PLAYER and WORM present a day about music and economy, revolving around two authoritative sound-artists/composers, whose work is engaged with political-economical proceses. Marco Fusinato (AU) bases his graphical scores on historical, mostly left, political explosions and pitfalls of collectives like The Situationist International and Red Brigades. Johannes Kreidler (DE) who made a piece consisting of 70 thousand samples, and for each of these fragments he asked permission from the GEMA (the German BUMA).

MEME @ MAMA is a project where students from the Willem de Kooning Academy delved into the subject of internet memes. An internet meme is a concept that is spread from person to person via the internet. A meme can spread in the form of a picture, video or audio file, rumour or quote, via any internet channel that allows voluntary sharing. An important characteristic of the meme is that it is not only shared from person to person, but that it can take many different forms and versions.

MVRDV is a Rotterdam, Netherlands-based architecture and urban design practice founded in 1993. MVRDV engages globally in providing solutions to contemporary architectural and urban issues. A research based and highly collaborative design method engages experts from all fields, clients and stakeholders in the creative process.

An exhibition featuring the work of first year Master of Fine Art students at the Piet Zwart Institute.

This Friday bookrelease at Showroom MAMA. A big fat and extensive book about 15 years of beautiful exhibitions and projects called ‘Sweet sixteen: 15 jaar showroom MAMA’. Party from 17:00 - 22:00 hrs.

On Saturday 18 May, TENT presents Rotterdam 2040, a new video work by artist Gyz La Rivière. “You can’t move forward without looking back”, is the starting point of his 95-minute film. In an energetic mix of facts, fiction, and futurism, Gyz La Rivière outlines the highs and lows of Rotterdam’s development. The video will be on view at TENT until June 16th.

What is currently the best place for seeing and making art in Europe? This seems to be a topical question for Rotterdam now that the home of the renowned Duende studios is closing, and the arts in general no longer seems to occupy a natural part of city life.