24 promising, talented students of the VAV-department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie reflect on the topic of gentrification. Urban gentrification is a phenomenon in which low-cost, physically deteriorated neighborhoods undergo physical renovation and an increase in property values. Mostly the avant-garde of cultural bohemians and hipsters start off such a development, but after having done their work as “shock troops” of gentrification, they are often displaced themselves and forced to move on to the next area.
The question, how can they benefit from these mechanisms themselves, will be answered during the different lectures.
14:00h DUTCH FUNDING LANDSCAPES
by Sandra Derks
16:00h ARTIST-RUN-SPACES
panel discussion by Frank Ammerlaan, Gijs Frieling and Bernd Trasberger
18:00h BERLIJN KUNSTHOOFDSTAD?
By Jurriaan Benschop
20:00h OPENING EXHIBITION