Summer School Marfa 2013
May 20, 2013 - June 10, 2013FIND DAILY UPDATES ABOUT SUMMER SCHOOL MARFA ON THE BLOG: WWW.LEARN.TAAK.ME Click here to find all information for participants Summer School Marfa is a three week fieldtrip and student fieldwork studio from May 20 to June 10 2013 in Marfa, Texas for students from the Dutch [...more]
The Ultraperipheric: Susanne Kriemann
The Falklands Project, Jasmijn Visser
In March 2013, Jasmijn Visser and photographer Peter Lipton undertook a research expedition to the Falkland Islands. There, they investigated how political world powers have shaped both the political and social landscape of this group of islands since they were first discovered. Their expedition resulted in The Falklands Project, comprising [...more]
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April 14, 2013 - April 14, 2013The Commons
March 15, 2013 - August 31, 2013The Commons, or in old Dutch “meent” or “mient“, were traditionally defined as the elements of the environment – forests, atmosphere, rivers, fisheries or grazing land – that are shared, used and enjoyed by all. This form of joint ownership hardly exists anymore today and was transformed into private ownership [...more]
Held Aloft: Love in geometrical order
April 14, 2013 - April 14, 2013To celebrate the reopening of the Rijksmuseum a spectacular performance will take place on Sunday, April 14 2013 at 15.00 at the Museumplein in Amsterdam. The event is based on an idea of artist Job Koelewijn and titled Held Aloft: Love in geometrical order. In a whirling choreography, designed by mass choreographer [...more]
First artwork near N34
December 5, 2012Ronald van der Meijs, Obscura Reverse, 2012 This is the first art of the five art works that will be realized near the road N34. [...more]
Help de Homo Ludens. Kunstenaar kampeert op dak Hoog Catharijne
November 11, 2012 - November 18, 2012Call of the Mall
June 20, 2013 - September 22, 2013Opening weekend of the festival Stem Terug! Vote Back!
October 5, 2012 - October 7, 2012Fri 5 October de Appel arts centre 5 – 8 p.m.: Opening of the exhibition with work by: Otto Berchem, Sam Durant, Bojan Fajfric, Klaas van Gorkum & Iratxe Jaio, Platform BK, Roxy Movies, Jonas Staal, Yuri Veerman, XML Architecten, The Yes Men, Artur Zimjewski. With on the [...more]
The Theatricality of Commonality
September 6, 2012 - September 6, 2012Watch the video of the performative talk [...more]
Vote Back!
October 5, 2012 - November 4, 2012At a time when the political landscape is subject to great change just after the Dutch elections, Frascati and de Appel arts centre are organising Stem terug! Vote Back! in collaboration with TAAK and the Sandberg Institute Amsterdam. For the whole month of October we are presenting a festival about [...more]
Vliegbasis Soesterberg
The Centrum Beeldende Kunst Utrecht (CBKU), Stichting Utrechts Landschap, Vrede van Utrecht and TAAK formulated a cultural plan for Soesterberg Air Base. The main question is: in what ways can the natural surroundings and the cultural history of the base be used in the future? The project Soesterberg Air [...more]
Fieldwork Marfa 2012
Fieldwork: Marfa is the joint project of three major European schools, ESBA Nantes Métropole, HEAD-Genève and the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. This international researcher-in-residence programme is dedicated to the practice of art in public space, critical approaches to landscape, and artistic projects based on field investigation methods. Located in [...more]
BETER, de kunst van gezondheid
November 9, 2012 - February 8, 2013The BETER Consortium investigates the effects of art on (public) health. Can art make people better? The Project Health care and culture lead to heated discussions in these times of cutbacks. There is growing tension between the demands for demonstrable benefits and measurable results on the one hand and [...more]
Edison67
November 17, 2012Woensel West is a so-called Krachtwijk in Eindhoven and will be renovated for the next five years. TAAK and the Van Abbemuseum asked two artists to develop projects for the neighbourhood in this turbulent period of change. The Project Since 2010, TAAK and the Van Abbemuseum have been working with [...more]
The Ultraperipheric. Here and Elsewhere
July 10, 2012For a period of at least two years artists will be invited to travel to peripheral areas, where the dynamic interaction between humans and the landscape can be investigated. The final destinations will be determined in consultation with the artists – these can be anywhere in the world. The Project [...more]
Portscapes 2
TAAK invited four artists (HeHe, Jan Konings, Fritz Haeg, Tomas Saraceno) to create a permanent or semi-permanent work for Maasvlakte 2. The Project Since September 2008 the Port of Rotterdam Authority has been working on expanding Rotterdam port, by far the largest in Europe. A large area of [...more]