The program consists of audio visual presentations by artists, writers, poets and musicians and is compiled from received and selected material by Constant Dullaart and Julia van Mourik.
Lost & Found was initiated in Amsterdam in 1997. The idea arose from an urge to show material by artists, writers, poets and musicians which doesn’t fit comfortably in the gallery; work which demands more concentration than the usual walk-by, or seems out of place anywhere.
Lost & Found will be held in the New Museum Sky Room and is co-sponsored by Rhizome.
Thanks to Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, Gemeente Amsterdam and New Museum.
More information: +31 20 6392787 - found@lost.nl - www.lost.nl/loadlnfen.asp
"For the past nine years, an eclectic group of artists have organised screenings of overlooked, obscure and forgotten visual and audio artifacts from archives and private collections from around the globe. Past editions of these frequently sold-out evenings have taken place in Maastricht, Cairo and New York and featured the extendend collection of slides a stewardess brought along and fashion icons Viktor & Rolf with a VCR tape of their first Parisian show."
(Amsterdam Weekly, 26 June 2008)
"'Lost & Found' exhibits are known for bringing together unusual combinations of images. The show's Cairo debut at Townhouse on Sunday night was no exception to the rule. 'Lost & Found' is all about interactions between viewers and artists. The atmosphere of the show was casual and discussion-oriented, with Van Mourik and the artists pausing to take questions between presentations. People of all ages and nationalities, teens to late-seventies, Egyptian, Dutch, and British, paid careful attention to the show. This exhibit was a rare opportunity for an audience to question and shape the art as they viewed it. It will be interesting to look at these artists again in a few years and see whether they will integrate the 'Lost and Found' discussions and suggestions into their work.
(The Daily Star Egypt/International Herald Tribune, 7 December 2006)
