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20/1/2009

Redlight Art Amsterdam

Redlight, Amsterdam

Red A.i.R. is a project that combines long and short-term residencies, a series of events and a final presentation in an attempt to question the possibilities and role of art in relation to areas undergoing processes of urban transformation.

A selected group of artists and cultural practitioners are invited to reside in the former brothels of the Bergstraat and the Korsjesporsteeg and answer, through their artistic and research practices, some of the following questions: What are today’s potentials for transitory structures and temporary occupations of place? How is it possible to make use of determined conditions of time and space to establish a reciprocal beneficial relation between artists and the hosting context? What is the mutual challenge set in motion for the public, as well as for the commissioners and neighbors, in an area under transformation? Finally, how can the quality of the resulting art production be measured, given on the one hand, art’s distinctive property of eluding any academic discipline, and on the other, the demands to fulfill clear and useful criteria?

By developing art works and activities during the course of the year, Red A.i.R. aims to provide a variety of concrete examples of the fluidity and complexity to the relationship between artists and place and artworks and different publics; as well as offer interesting points of reflection on the ongoing relation between the art practice and a sustainable socio-economical development.

January 22nd between 4 and 6pm will be the first introduction to the project with the guided tour of the artists’ studios and living spaces of the Bergstraat and the Korsjesporsteeg.

Long-term resident artists: Laurence Aëgerter, Mounira Al Solh, Alexis Blake, Egle Budvytyte, Francesca Grilli, Achim Lengerer, Ahmet Öğüt and Niels Vis.

Red A.i.R. is curated by Angela Serino for RedligthArt Amsterdam which is organized by the City of Amsterdam, the housing corporation De Key/Principaal, and the art organizations Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam and Kunsternaars&CO.

Opening: January 22nd, 4 –6 pm
Opening program:
16.00 h Reception
16.15 – 16.35 h Speeches
- Carolien Gehrels, Alderman of the City of Amsterdam
- Fer Felder, managing director of De Key – De Principaal
- Angela Serino, curator of Redlight Art Amsterdam
16.35 h Official opening
16.45- 17.45 h Redlight Art Amsterdam tour along the artist’s working places
17.45 h Drinks

If you would like to attend the opening please email at info@topstad.amsterdam.nl

Opening address: Singel 158 (corner Singel/Bergstraat) 1015 AH Amsterdam

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