De Appel Curatorial Programme 2011/2012 presents
Three Artists Walk into a Bar…
Curated by The Black Swan – participants of de Appel Curatorial Programme 2011/2012
13 April–12 May 2012
Location: Various physical and non-physical sites, SALTO – Public Broadcast Amsterdam, Het Veem Theater, de Appel Boys’ School in Amsterdam, amongst others.
www.threeartistswalkintoabar.com
FIRST IT WAS A JOKE.
THEN AN OPEN INVITATION.
NOW WE BRING YOU: THREE ARTISTS WALK INTO A BAR…
COMING TO SITES ALL OVER AMSTERDAM, TO A THEATRE, STADIUM, SUPERMARKET, STOREFRONT, A TELEVISION, PAVEMENT, TELEPHONE AND COMPUTER NEAR YOU:
MORE THAN 90 ARTISTS. OVER 70 WORKS. 6 EVENTS. ALL IN JUST 5 WEEKS.
OUR GENERATION SPEAKS BACK.
WHO SAID APOCALYPSE WAS NOW?
FOUR HORSEMEN? HELL NO. THREE ARTISTS WALK INTO A BAR…
AND FOR THOSE WHO COME ANYTHING GOES!
CAN YOU TAKE A JOKE?
FOR MORE INFORMATION SIGN UP HERE: www.threeartistswalkintoabar.com
Artists: Haseeb Ahmed, Roi Alter, Yosuke Amemiya, Arndt & Bornstück, Zayne Armstrong, Marwa Lamia Arsanios, Mercedes Azpilicueta, David Bernstein, Daniela Bershan, Clifford Borress, Mitchel Breed, Deniz Buga, Chad Burt, Crystal Z Campbell, Jaiyoung Cho, Steven Chodoriwsky, Simeon Cieslinski, Edward Clive, Edmund Cook, Valentina Desideri, Olivia Dunbar, Ingeborg Entrop, Efrat Gal, Kevin Gallagher, Ceemin Golshan, Fotini Gouseti, Yoeri Guépin, Rosie Heinrich, Maja Hodošček, Anna Hoetjes, Andy Ingamells, Sergei Inja, Adrià Julià, Krõõt Juurak, Rei Kakiuchi, Hyemin Kim, Saebon Kim, Rachel Koolen, Pawel Kruk, Alexi Kukuljevic, Géraldine Longueville, Pernille Lonstrup, Anna Łuczak, Isabel Marcos, David Maroto, Fran Meana, Toeh Meisami, Magdalena Mellin, Eden Mitsenmacher, Lara Morais, Momu & No Es, Pendar Nabipour, Aapo Nikkanen, Saskia Noor van Imhoff, Irene O’Callaghan, Anouchka Oler, Ane Østrem, Joyce Overheul, Jurgis Paškevičius, Miguel Peres dos Santos, Eric Philippoz, Enrico Piras, Doris Prlic, Julia Reist, Kirsty Roberts, Padraig Robinson, Dušan Rodić, Nathania Rubin, Jeremiah Runnels, Vanja Smiljanic, Sarah Stein, Fraser Stewart, Marija Sujica, Witta Tjan, Diego Tonus, Sander Uitdehaag, Deniz Unal, Janneke van der Putten, Katja van Driel, Susan van Hengstum, Timmy van Zoelen, Rui Vilela, Kym Ward, Amanda Wasielewski, Jeff Weber, Christoph Westermeier, Aline Weyel, Robert Wittendorp, Mariana Zamarbide, Emile Zile.
Saturdays at de Appel Boys’ School:
Talks, workshops, screenings from 3–10pm
Speakers: Talks and workshops by Joost de Bloois, Lee Campbell, Simon Critchley, Dora Garcia, Giselinde Kuipers, Michael Portnoy, VOINA group.
The screenings are selected by participating artists and the curators.
Curators: This year the participants of de Appel Curatorial Programme decided to form an international curatorial collective, The Black Swan, to create a platform for future collaboration. The Black Swan is: Antonia Alampi, Katia Krupennikova, Qinyi Lim, Sanne Oorthuizen, Alec Steadman, Ivana Vaseva.
Sponsorship in kind:
Drukkerij Raddraaier, Amsterdam
Het Veem Theater
SALTO Publieke Omroep Amsterdam
Talia Gastronomia Culturale Interattiva
Partner institutions:
De Ateliers (Amsterdam);
Dutch Art Institute / MFA ArtEZ (Arnhem);
Jan van Eyck Academie (Maastricht);
maHKU – Utrecht Graduate School of Visual Art and Design | Fine Art department (Utrecht);
Master Artistic Research, The Hague | Royal Academy of Art and the Royal Conservatoire (Den Haag);
Sandberg Institute | Fine Arts department (Amsterdam);
Master Fine Art, Piet Zwart Institute, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam University (Rotterdam);
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (Amsterdam).
Three Artists Walk into a Bar… is supported by SKOR | Foundation for Art and Public Domain within the framework of the institutional alliance between SKOR and de Appel arts centre. Made possible with the generous support of the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK). Media support by Metropolis M.
Launch of the exhibition: Friday 13 April, 6.00pm, or, A Bar Cycles into a Street…
Meeting point: 6pm at de Appel Boys’ School.
Eerste Jacob van Campenstraat 59
(entrance: Ferdinand Bolstraat).
We cordially invite you to our on-the-road launch event; a bike tour along various locations of Three Artists Walk into Bar… followed by a reception at de Appel Boys’ School.
All are welcome, reservation is not required.
Closing event: Saturday 12 May, 6–10pm de Appel Boys’ School.
For further information
PR Three Artists Walk into a Bar…
Ivana Vaseva M: +31 641 91 35 33
Katia Krupennikova M: +31 630 88 85 77
pr@threeartistswalkintoabar.com
www.threeartistswalkintoabar.com