Ignite Amsterdam 34

12 presentations x 5 minutes

29 Jan 2014

Inspired by Faceless, our new exhibition, January's speakers will be talking about the AIVD-NSA trial, surveillance camera footage and dicks with a product. But also about superheroes and deformed vegetables. Dinner comes courtesy of various home cooks, information about the menu will follow. Buy your tickets online to save a few euros.

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Aura - Part of the Aura project by Gerda Postma aka Ikkai. Taken from her website. Photographs & animation: Damien Vignaux Make up: Annika Noack Assistant styling: Miriam Yammad, assistant design: Merel Visser Models: Olga Kelm & Ryan d'Orval Gerda Postma

Speakers

Dan Hassler-Forest

It's not hard to think of reasons for why Dan is one of UvA's most appreciated teachers. His research interests seem to span the whole of modern popular culture, and if you thought philosophy or theory was boring, try it with a splash of Game of Thrones or your favorite superheroes. We couldn't think of a better way to introduce him to you, than by offering him 20 slides.

Roeland van Doorn

With a wireless video receiver, Roeland collected images from door camera's, baby monitors and surveillance camera's in a neighborhood of Breda. Er gaat niets gebeuren (Nothing will happen) is a video installation showing this footage.

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Still van Er gaat niets gebeuren - Er gaat niets gebeuren is het eindexamenwerk van Roeland van Doorn, voor de St Joost Academie in Breda. Hij ving draadloze camerasignalen op in de wijk en stelde deze tentoon in een videoinstallatie. Het werk was ook als korte film te zien tijdens het IDFA 2013. Deze foto is gevonden op Ergaatnietsgebeuren.nl

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Still van Er gaat niets gebeuren - Er gaat niets gebeuren is het eindexamenwerk van Roeland van Doorn, voor de St Joost Academie in Breda. Hij ving draadloze camerasignalen op in de wijk en stelde deze tentoon in een videoinstallatie. Het werk was ook als korte film te zien tijdens het IDFA 2013. Deze foto is gevonden op het blog van 5uur...!!! . Meer over de film op de website van de film.

Frank Schallmaier

For about 10 years, Frank has been collecting pictures from gay social media platforms. Two of his collections, dicks with a product, and flashlight-reflections, are on show at Faceless. Find out more tonight.

Caroline de Vries (Bureau Brandeis)

A coalition of organizations and civilians has sued the Dutch government for using intelligence illegally obtained by the NSA. Caroline works for the law firm handling the case and will explain the ins and outs.

Roald de Boer

As an editorial assistant at the Volkskrant, Roald the Boer started making collages, and copied and distributed them to friends. His voyeuristic Zine now only exists on the internet.

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Faceless girls in Zine - Zine is a project by Roald the Boer

With:

Gerda Postma

Gerda's work can be read as an ongoing investigation into art in the age of its technological reproducibility. She creates installations that combine fashion, sculpture, sound and photography, and explore expression

Kromkommer

Too big, too lopsided, too fat... too bad? Not according to the three women of Kromkommer. Chantal, Jente and Lisanne turn vegetables that would be thrown out simply for deviating from the norm, into delicious products.

Laura Bolscher

Laura studied Fine Arts in Groningen. She uses all materials and media for her work, and she makes everything - except paintings. At the moment she is working on a float with which she is participating in the King's Day parade in a small village in Friesland.

Sara Bjarland

In her work, Sara plays with the delineated space we've assigned nature in modern life. Bees become objects, and exhibition cases no longer house exotic butterflies but collected pieces of plastic.

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Particles - Light table with 720 glass slides containing pieces of found plastic. Dimensions 240x75x20cm Installation shot from the exhibition Portrait of the Artist, in the library of HISK, November 2013 Picture found on the artist's website. Sara Bjarland

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Ball of Queens - Sculpture. Bumblebees, mixed media. Dimensions ca 18x18x18cm. Found on the artist's website. Sara Bjarland

De Dakdokters

Imagine looking down on the city of Amsterdam and discovering a green rooftop landscape... De Dakdokters (The Roof Doctors) are experts in green roofs, rooftop gardens and durable roofing. It's their dream to make city roofs more healthy, sustainable and livable.

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De Dakdokters - Keizersgracht. This image is found on the website of De Dakdokters .

Remko Siemerink

During Museumnacht, Remko spent 24 hours of Timebank-cash and had 20 people work for him. The result: a 24 hour artwork. (Timebank is a community-tool that enables transactions based on an exchange of time rather than money.)

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Timebank Artwork - Remko Siemerink produced artworks using timebank funds. Picture found on the website: re404.tumblr.com Remko Siemerink

Bogomir Doringer

After 9/11, the hidden face became increasingly prevalent in mainstream pop- and image culture. Bogomir's fascination for this phenomenon resulted in the exhibition Faceless. 100+ artworks from artists and fashion designers are on show at Mediamatic from Janaury 26 - April 13.

More information

Mediamatic, VOC-kade 10, Oostenburg Amsterdam. Pre-sale tickets are €6,- until 14:00 on the day of the event, then they go up to €8,- (includes a 4-week Club Mediamatic membership). Tickets don't include dinner.