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newsletter July / August 2016

This weekend it will be time for the Rotterdam Summer Carnival again, with a special contribution from TENT & de Kunsthal. In addition, four exhibitions can be seen in TENT this summer. Many activities are also organized in the temporary sculpture park Uproot Rotterdam; by neighbors, new generations of designers and artists and by residents of the neighborhoods of uprooted images. Read it all in our well-filled newsletter!

Exhibitions in TENT

Now on display

up to and including 18 / 09 / 16

TENT has four exhibitions this summer; the group exhibition Optic Mountaineering with work by 13 artists who worked in residencies in Rotterdam and Basel; the video installation Happyland of the Authentic Boys; audio-visual graduation work in the TAA 2016 en The Back Room - Arie de Groot.

Uproot Rotterdam

Graduate Residency: Mat Do

25/07/16 - 29/07/16

The second guest in the Graduation Residence in the pop-up sculpture park is visual artist Mat Do. He graduated from the Piet Zwart Institute and will continue his graduation project during his residency; Friday July 29 he will share the results. Watch the whole Graduate Residency program on the page of Uproot Rotterdam.

Uproot Rotterdam

Uprooted Neighbors: 4salsa

29/07/16, 19:00-21:00 uur

A number of local associations and companies from the neighborhoods where the artworks were uprooted organize activities around the exhibited images. On Friday 29 July there are dance rehearsals by Dansschool 4Salsa from Hoogvliet. View the entire Uprooted Neighbors program on the page of Uproot Rotterdam.

street parade

TENT & Kunsthal in Rotterdam Summer Carnival

30/07/16 - 31/07/16

TENT and the Kunsthal participate in the street parade of the Rotterdam Summer Carnival. This summer, artist Mette Sterre, the artist duo Bere van der Lippe & Bart Stuart and the young participants of the Instituto Buena Bista Summer School are working on an artistic float this summer, together with Tirzo Martha and David Bade.

Uproot Rotterdam

Uprooted Neighbors: Mister Dutch

04/08/16, 13:30 uur

A number of local associations and companies from the neighborhoods where the artworks are rooted organize activities around the exhibited images. On August 4 Mister Dutch BV from Pendrecht organizes a language training in the sculpture park. In this language course, guests can join a Dutch language lesson.

Shared Space TENT

Rotterdam Cultural Histories #8: Hard Work

to be seen up to and including 04 / 09 / 16

Rotterdam Cultural Histories #8 shows all editions, photos and other archive material from the illustrious magazine Hard Werken. Although only ten issues of this cultural magazine appeared in the 1979 - 1982 period, it has had a major impact on an entire generation of graphic designers in the Netherlands and abroad.

education

TENT x Tate Collective

10/08/16 - 19/08/16

TENT and Tate Modern work together with young people and artists from Rotterdam and London in an intensive exchange project: TENT x Tate Collective. Here different dimensions of 'exchange' are explored: what does exchange mean in cultural production, and in geographical, urban and institutional frameworks?

All You Can Art

David Bade & Tirzo Martha

21/08/16

The 10 anniversary of Instituto Buena Bista (IBB, Curaçao) is celebrated in the Kunsthal Rotterdam with a summer exhibition and a studio for talented young people. In the sculpture park of Uproot Rotterdam IBB initiators and visual artists David Bade and Tirzo Martha realized a sculpture. Their project will be concluded on August 21 with a presentation of the Summer School results and new artworks.

R&D scheme

Awards and deadline 3e round

09/09/16

In second round of the R&D scheme In 2016, a total of 18 applications were granted for a total amount of € 101.575,00. The deadline for the third round closes on Friday 9 September at 23:00 PM. Artists who have questions about their application can register for the consultation hour with the Art Office on August 30 and 31, there are still a few spots available.

Uproot Rotterdam

Finissage

21 / 08 / 16, from 17: 30 hours

Sunday 21 August is the last day of the pop-up sculpture park Uproot Rotterdam† You are most welcome for a concluding snack and drink between the statues in the Museum Park. After the 21st times the uprooted images back to their original locations.
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Rotterdam art in Lonely Planet

Rotterdam is an open-air gallery or modern and contemporary art

In July, the Lonely Planet website focused on the art collection in the public space of Rotterdam; with entries from, among others The destroyed city, Erasmus en Sylvette. More (Dutch) information about these images can of course be found on the websites of Sculpture International Rotterdam and BKOR.

CBK R'DAM makes possible

Tentacle

14/08/16 - 25/09/16

This summer, Tentakel brings life to the brewery on various squares in Rotterdam. Tentakel shows exciting structures, interactive sculptures, workshops and theater performances by contemporary artists and makers, for young and old. The Tentakel Festival takes place on eight Wednesday afternoons at various locations in Rotterdam.

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