reviews 14.06.11 Nader Vossoughian
Which funding model serves the arts best? On June 10th, the same day the Dutch art world received the devastating news on the extent of the culture cuts, art professionals gathered in New York City for a conference comparing different models of private and public funding in the United States and the Netherlands.
Who Is Ringing The Alarm?
opinion 23.04.10 Anna Tilroe
In a previous issue, METROPOLIS M asked artists what role they believe art plays in today's crisis-battered world. We continue the discussion here with a contribution from Anna Tilroe, who in the form of a letter, asks whether the art world, certainly in the Netherlands, is really interested in social engagement.
01/08/07 Mounira Al Solh
The young Lebanese artist Mounira Al Solh is currently working on a video entitled The beach is a stereo, a stereo, in which she tells the story of a group of men who live in Beirut on the threshold of being emigrants and immigrants.
01/08/07 Lotte Haagsma
There is nothing new about art going into the neighbourhood. In the 1990s, especially, it was common for artists to seek contact with the residents of the neighbourhoods in which they lived, in an effort to make a form of art that had direct sociocultural implications. This tendency seemed to be somewhat on the decline, but is now undergoing a striking revival in response to political influences.
01/08/07 Maxine Kopsa
He has lived and worked in Amsterdam’s Zuidoost district for years, speaks the language, listens to the music, organizes parties and exhibitions, and recently even opened up his own gallery, called ‘Fuck’. Jonas Ohlsson is an ‘art honky’ who has found his niche in the black ghetto.
01/08/07 Bregje van Woensel
The numbers are impressive. Some clips get downloaded from YouTube over a million times. Activist video clips by young Dutch-Moroccan rappers like Appa, Kempi and Salah Edin hit the right note for a broad group of supporters. Artistically, not all of it is equally fascinating, but the message is clear as a bell.