Theory — Jun 24, 2018

To kick off the biannual Public Art Amsterdam manifestation, Joanna Warsza (Public Art Munich), Adeola Enigbokan (University of Amsterdam) and Floor Milikowski (journalist and geographer) will speak about the power of art in public space.
Price
€3,- (excl. museum entrance ticket)
Location
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Teijin Auditorium
Time
Jun 24, 2018, 2 pm until 5.30 pm
Main language
English
Admission
Tickets

In the past decades, distinctions between private and public space in Amsterdam have shifted. While private property continues to take over the public domain, the shrinking public space is being reduced to group experiences and mono-cultural entertainment. This concerns space that we share with one another and that defines both our collective and our autonomous, individual existence.

This Sunday Seminar offers a critical perspective on the development of public space in Amsterdam. It aims to explore, with a number of specialists, new possibilities for art in and for the public domain. Central questions in this are 'how public space can be curated, and how space can be preserved for various groups of people in the city.
The seminar ‘Pay Attention Please! Curating the City’ is organized in conjunction with the biannual Public Art Amsterdam manifestation. In the summer of 2018, eleven prominent Amsterdam art organizations join forces in order to showcase the wealth of Amsterdam's public space during the ‘Pay Attention Please!’ manifestation.

Several speakers will hold lectures during the seminar, followed by a panel with representatives of the various partner organizations of the Public Art Amsterdam 2018 manifestation, including Annet Zondervan (CBK Zuidoost) and Jacqueline Grandjean (Oude Kerk, Amsterdam). Confirmed speakers are Joanna Warsza (Public Art Munich), Adeola Enigbokan (University of Amsterdam) and Floor Milikowski (journalist and geographer).

Statue by Hans van de Bovenkamp, Gustav Mahlerplein Amsterdam.

PROGRAM

13.45
Doors open
14.00 - 14.05
Welcome
14.05 - 14.25
Introduction: Jeroen Boomgaard (LAPS / Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam) 
14.25 - 14.50
Talk: Floor Milikowski
14.50 - 15.30
Keynote: Joanna Warsza
15.30 - 15.55
Talk: Adeola Enigbokan
15.55 - 16.30
Break
16.30 - 17.30
Conversation: Jacqueline Grandjean, Josien Pieterse, Theo Tegelaers, Rieke Vos and Annet Zondervan
Moderator: Jeroen Boomgaard (LAPS / Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam) 
17.30
End of program
18.00
Museum closes

COLLABORATION

The seminar ‘Pay Attention Please! Curating the City’ is organized in conjunction with the biannual Public Art Amsterdam manifestation. In the summer of 2018, eleven prominent Amsterdam art organizations join forces in order to showcase the wealth of Amsterdam's public space during the ‘Pay Attention Please!’ manifestation.

Public Art Amsterdam is an initiative by CBK Zuidoost, De Appel, Framer Framed, GET LOST- art route, Frankendael Foundation, LAPS / Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Stichting NDSM-werf, Oude Kerk Amsterdam, P/////AKT, Stedelijk Museum and TAAK.

CREDITS

Public Art Amsterdam is made possible by the Mondriaan Fund, the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK), Lira Fonds, City of Amsterdam, the BPD Cultuurfonds and Gerrit Rietveld Academie.