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17/09/2011 until 23/10/2011
Hazebrouck, France
Opening Sunday 18 September 11:00

Musée des Augustins →
Place Georges Degroote
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11/11/2011 until 17/12/2011
Menen, Belgium
Opening Thursday 10 November 19:30
Free admission

CC De Steiger, Waalvest 1
Mon-Sat 14–18

Stadsmuseum ’t Schippershof, Rijselstraat 77
Wed-Sun 14-17:30

More info: ccdesteiger.be →

Opening: 2 July 2011 18:00–21:00, show runs until 3 September
Where: C&H art space, Tweede Kostverlorenkade 50, Amsterdam
Open: Thu-Sat 11:00–18:00 and by appointment +31 (0)20 753 09 64
Website: ch-artspace.com
With: Emily Kocken, Lil’Shy, Wouter Klein Velderman, Joe Holbrook,
Carlo Ferraris a.o.

‘Landmarking’ invites undercurrent energies of landscapes to reappear.

It explores historical influences on the underworld of nature. How guilty or sacred can we consider a site (landscape) to be? Can the presence of those once there alter the character of a place? After wars, forces of nature, climatological scarring and positive events is it fair to ask if restoring the psycho-geographical veins of earth’s underworld can be done without serious consequences.

The work shown is a selected result from revisiting Walden (Massachusetts, US):

“Without a doubt the Walden pond is the most peaceful place I’ve been to. A carefully preserved monument of nature, near small town Concord. Walden has a presence close to paradise, the pond guarded by trees. In 1854 Henry David Thoreau published his diary on how he built a cabin next to the pond with his bare hands. His call to go ‘back to basic’ was heard by many. He’s considered the pioneer of ecological writing.

Walking the pond ‘against the clock’ (called ‘widdershins’) I performed a ritual of meeting Henry’s shadow, watching the surface of the water and matching my breath and pace to the windy movement of the tree branches.”

Landmarking already took place in Switzerland (Berner Oberland, 2008), The Netherlands (Amsterdam, 2008 and Heiloo, 2011), Germany (Berlin, 2010) and USA (Walden, 2006–2010).

‘Haarpijn’ (Hair pain) is written on invitation by De Revisor, magazine for Dutch literature, and was inspired by the poem ‘Pigtail’, written in 1948 by the Polish poet Tadeusz Różewicz and created by sweeping through autobiographical childhood memories.

www.revisor.nl →

Bowing (lino, 2011, Emily Kocken)

More info on the new Revisor website →

A selection of video art curated by Dutch ISFTH Foundation (NL)
Vernissage: Saturday, 11 December
18:30 to 21:00

[. BOX] Video Art Project Space
Via F. Confalonieri 11
20124 Milano

More info on the website of Visual Container →

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Opening:
Saturday 27 November 2010
17:00-19:00 by photographer
Rineke Dijkstra, with an
afterword by Peter Svenson.

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Organized by Huis Marseille
Museum for Photography in Amsterdam.
Runs until 27 February 2011.

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Address:
Keizersgracht 401
1016 EK Amsterdam
open: Tu-Su 11-18
http://www.huismarseille.nl/en/visitor-information

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER, 16th 14:00 [class will start at 15:00]
Location: Tschaikowskistraße 51, 13156 Berlin, Germany

As part of an ongoing project that seeks to reengage the abandoned Iraqi Embassy the group Collasus has asked artists both international and local to produce a site specific work for the abandoned building. There were no guidelines, and no limit to participation. The ultimate group of participants will be that of varied backgrounds, ages, and practices within the umbrella of ‘art’.
This opportunity is seen less as a lament to buildings past, a claiming of its future, or the complex history between Iraq and the rest of the world, rather it seeks to find an alternative use through collectivity, art and criticism.

It was asked that each participant consider the space carefully, considering both the social weight, and the fact that installations will be left in the former embassy free to be interacted with (and possibly altered or stolen) by the public. The work will remain anonymous in the former embassy. Each work will be published with its author on the website iraq-embassy.com in the following weeks.

Participants:
Collasus, Alex Auriema, Ben Wolf Noam, Beny Wagner, Billy Rennekamp, Caleb Waldorf, David Knowles, Eddie Peake, Elizabeth Skadden, Emily Kocken, Hayley Silverman and James Whipple, Heath Valentine, Legwork, Leila Peacock, Luca Antonucci, Mariette Auvray, Matt Austin, Mirak Jamal, Nishita Mehta, Saulius Leonavicius, Sean Fabi

In conjunction with the installed work at the embassy, Collasus will be organizing a four day seminar with the Public School Berlin around the topic of Territorial Regimes. The first class will take place on opening day (October 16th at 14:00) at the Embassy rain or shine. If you have not already signed up, please do so via The Public School Berlin. Note the suggested readings for the first day.

Disclaimer: Entering the abandoned embassy is trespassing. Visitors to the Embassy will need to traverse a small fence (we will provide assistance to those who need it) and understand that the once inside they are breaking the law – and this is potentially punishable under German/Iraqi penal code.

Please wear warm clothing and proper footwear.

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PROGRAM
From 16:00–20:00 hrs / Book presentation 18:00 hrs / There will be food & drinks

‘The evidence Emily finds, collects and presents of the lives of others, using strategies of inventing and displacing, merged into the realm of her individual history, does not pretend to be ‘real’. It is genuinely open to the perception or imagination of the spectator to share this unusual artistic space involving others.’ – Egle Obcarskaite

The catalog ‘Collecting Evidence’ is 72 pages, with photos and text, full colour, hard cover with dust jacket. Published by C&H Art Space, Amsterdam.

C&H Art&Design
Jacob van Lennepstraat 37H
1053 HB AMSTERDAM
+31 (0)6 11 32 32 83

Opening: 7 August at 16:00
with bar and buffet

Location: RC De Ruimte
JP Coenenstraat 51-55
1972 AP IJmuiden

‘Handmodelling’ is part of the group
show ‘Binnenzee [Innersea]’ curated
by Emily Kocken: five artists from
Amsterdam dug deep in the mental
and mythical ground of the coastal
industrial town IJmuiden.

Opening hours: Thursday – Sunday
13:00 – 17:00 and by appointment
Show runs until 28 August
finissage on 28 August at 16:00

visit www.rcderuimte.com
for weblog and contact information

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show runs until September, by appointment only

C&H Art&Design
Jacob van Lennepstraat 37H
1053 HB AMSTERDAM
+31 (0)6 11 32 32 83

Stadsdeelkantoor
[District Council] Info center
Anton de Komplein 150
Amsterdam Zuidoost

Visiting dates and hours:
Mon–Fri 9:00 – 16:00 (Thu till 20:00)
closed 5 May & 13 May

The info center staff appreciates a
phone call to announce your visit:
(020) 25 25 000
http://www.zuidoost.amsterdam.nl

The photo book Tracing the Mother Key
is available on location.

Or order by sending an email
to info@emilykocken.nl
Size: 20 x 25 cm, hardcover
120 pages / price €49,50

Opening reception 1 May at 18:00 in Museum of Peace (Vredesmuseum),
IJzertoren, Diksmuide (Belgium). Show runs until 15 August, followed by a tour in
Belgium and France (Verdun, Munster).

Find Diksmuide on google maps →

Exhibition until 14 May

Stadsdeelkantoor Amsterdam Zuidoost
Anton de Komplein 150
1102 CW Amsterdam
The Netherlands

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