Gerrit Rietveld Academie

Shanghai Gesture

weaving a cultural exchange

During the world expo 2010 in Shanghai, dutch fashion designer Alexander van Slobbe was asked to take the theme of Amsterdam during the dutch golden age as inspiration for a collection in which designers from both Amsterdam and China would be able to work together. Back in Amsterdam Alexander met Joost Post and they decided to do a follow-up in which the textile department (TXT) of the Rietveld academy would participate. Students from TXT developed hand- or industrially woven fabrics inspired on China and the golden age, that were transformed into winter coats by alumni students of the GRA fashion department. These collaborations resulted in an exhibition in museum Willet-Holthuijsen (Amsterdams Museum) and in this publication.

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The Gerrit Rietveld Academie started a preparatory course in Aruba.
Find out more: here

On Saturday the 18th of June 2011 the collaboration between Fashion students, Graphic Design and Fine Arts students did have it's climax in a crossover experience of art, design and fashion.

All fashion students presented their work in one titillating event at the Rietveld Academy with the graduates individual collections as the proverbial cherry on the cake.

have a look at the site:

www.fashion2011.rietveldacademie.nl

Would you like to study at the Rietveld Academie? Our last regular consultations were on March 22. But book an appointment for one of the last, extra, consultations, to apply for the year 2012/2013. More information on our admission procedure, and the link to the consultation appointment form can be found here .

Artist and essayist Sjaak Langenberg and designer Rosé de Beer have been taking up their places as the new Rietveld Research Residents.
They succeed Henri Jacobs, who brought his Surface Research project to a close with an exhibition and a book.

More about: Research Residency

In Metroplis M a review is given of We Are The Time Studium Generale Rietveld Academie. The text is in Dutch only.

Rietveld Research Residents Sjaak Langenberg and Rosé de Beer who stayed at Kunstnarhuset Messen in Ålvik (Norway) for a month discovered that patterns used in Hardanger embroidery and folk costumes make ideal parking lots.
In the Volkskrant of May 11th you can read the article about their stay in Norway.
Also NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Cooperation) reports about it on their website: www.nrk.no.

picture: Sjaak Langenberg and Rosé de Beer

From 1 – 28 June 2012 the Holland Festival will take place. The Holland Festival is an performing arts festival in the Netherlands since 1947, annually presenting exceptional work at an international level.
This year students of the Rietveld Academie are invited to stage their thoughts on performance. This will result in two weeks of adventurous evenings at Frascati Theatre next to a program with artists as Marina Abramovic, Matthew Barney en William Kentridge.

The collaboration between the Holland Festival and students of our academy is both unique as logical referring to a similar international outlook and offering a broad perspective on the professional practice.

Rietveld! In Frascati

4 -16 June 2012

09.00 – 10.30 pm

Click here for tickets

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Surface Research/ Oppervlak Onderzoek

Surface Research/Oppervlak is the result of the research of visual artist Henri Jacobs. Jacobs is the first Rietveld Research Resident in the period of 2009-2011. This publication gives a reflection on the research and gives insight in the formation of the Rietveld Research Residency. With contributions of Lucy Cotter, Jeroen Boomgaard and Ann Meskens. Graphic design by students Emma Olanders and Daniel Norregaard.

During the bookpresentation philosopher Ann Meskens did have a dialogue with Henri Jacobs. This dialogue will be online soon.

Surface Research/Oppervlak Onderzoek is a Rietveld Publication

ISBN 978-94-91108-00-6, 15 euros

The book is sale in various bookshops, including: PRS -Public Rietveld Shop- Gerrit Rietveld Academie Fred. Roeskestraat 96.

More info about our books

The book launch was on Friday February 17th 2012 at Nieuw Dakota Amsterdam

Closing date: June 20th 2012
visit: www.sandberg.nl/apply

Suzan Drummen teaches at Fine Arts
She will have an exhibition at Museum Het Valkhof.
On Monday February 27th she will give a lecture about this exhibition and her earlier work.

Entree €7, inclusive drink    
Reservations: airbesiendershuis@gmail.com        
Monday February 27th     
start: 08.00 pm     
Steenstraat 27, Nijmegen    

more information: www.airbesiendershuis.nl

12 . 05 - 02 . 06 2012

HANS-PETER FELDMANN

opening 11th May 4 - 6PM

The library of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy will host

Another exhibition

an overview of the artist’s books made by German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann (1941, Düsseldorf), known for his remarkable use of photography, other imagery and ordinary objects in his work.
The exhibition is curated by Frank Mandersloot, who has built up an impressive collection of books by Feldmann over the last decades. In this exhibition Feldmann’s work is displayed in vitrines especially designed by Mandersloot for this occasion.

Library - Rietveld Academie    
Benthem Crouwel Building    
room 030    
open:  Mo. - Sat. 12AM - 5PM    
(closed May 17, 18 and 19)    

Apply now for the O-year at june 2nd.

For more information about the Orientation year, and for downloading the application form, visit: O-year .

One Minute videos about sports – as seen through a different lens in 12 categories:

The loser 
Speed 
Feet 
Anthem 
The ideal body 
Slow 
Sport and TV 
Athlete and landscape 
Spectators 
Trophies 
Sports of the past 
Empty stadium

participate

Participating is better than winning! Visit the One Minute site to learn more how to participate

Deadline June 1, 2012 

Each participant receives a medal on paper and is entitled to a prize. Fill in your shoe size on the entry form.

finish

SPORT [ ] like [ ] dislike will be shown in London during the Olympics before travelling on to Brussels, Amsterdam, and other cities in the world

The book Heartbeat Iran of Paul van den Berg can be ordered at the Rietveld Academie for € 29,--:
contact:
Rieneke van den Broek, secretariaatcvb@grac.nl, tel.: 020 57 11 671

Hearbeat Iran can be bought also at the better bookshops in Amsterdam.
ISBN 978-90-9024508-9