This week the city of Groningen will once again dominate the European music stage. The 31st edition of the European Music and Showcase Festival Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) takes place from 11-14 January at various locations in Groningen. What once started out as a simple band competition between Dutch and Belgian bands in the mid 1980s has evolved into a multi-disciplinary music festival and an international media event that stimulates the circulation of European repertoires and festival networks. Continue reading “Eurosonic Noorderslag: Research or Recognition?”
arts-in-society
A Dancing Museum
by Carmen van Bruggen
‘It is time to see, to make visible and bring alive the moving bodies of a culture’
Boris Charmatz in Manifesto for a Dancing Museum.
She wears dirty sneakers, blue Adidas sweatpants and a simple grey t-shirt. Her outfit, however, reveals nothing of the styles she dances: Russian Folkdance and ballet. It has a brilliant effect, the banging of her sport shoes on the museum floor, while she plays both the male and female roles of classical pieces. Of course she is a contemporary dancer. She does whatever she wants. She mixes styles, appropriates any role and enjoys the absence of any clear dance rules. Continue reading “A Dancing Museum”
Rodin on Tour in Groningen!
By Margreta van Kammen
Together with other master students of the curator track in Groningen, I follow a course taught by the director of the Groninger Museum, Andreas Blühm, on Rodin and the current Rodin exhibition in the Groninger Museum.
Symposium: Philosophy and Literature
Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen and Center for Contemporary European Philosophy, Radboud University Nijmegen
invite you for the symposium
Philosophy and Literature
Wednesday December 21, 2016
10:30 – 18:00
Virtual Reality Experience of Reading
In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation.
Stéphane Mallarmé
With this quote in mind, how much has the experience of reading changed over time and what does the experience look like in the age of digital technologies? Continue reading “Virtual Reality Experience of Reading”
Experiences, Emotions, Episodes. Contemporary Positions in Film Phenomenology
De verweesde samenleving
Door Krina Huisman
Minister Schippers is het niet eens met het advies van de door haar ingestelde commissie-Schnabel. In februari dit jaar verscheen het rapport Voltooid leven waarin de commissie concludeert dat het onnodig en zelfs onwenselijk is de euthanasiewet te verruimen. Continue reading “De verweesde samenleving”
The Trump Theatre
Discussions about the presidential debates have been less about the content of the policies proposed by both candidates focusing on their behavior, e.g. Trump’s ‘hovering’ over Hillary Clinton was commented on frequently. Continue reading “The Trump Theatre”
Would You Like To Fly Through an Orchestra?
This registration of the Second Symphony by Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) comes with a special gimmick: the performance of the entire piece has been filmed in one single shot. Continue reading “Would You Like To Fly Through an Orchestra?”
“The Knowledge of the Curator”: The Experience of a Sponge in a Pressure-Cooker
by Daphne Verberg
How do you exhibit a prayer nut (a micro-carving the size of – you guessed it – a nut!) in the daily hustle and bustle of the Rijksmuseum? And how do you display fashion design whose tactility makes visitors want to reach out and touch it, although they are not allowed to? Or what are art lovers looking for when they gaze at a masterpiece? Do they want to know the personal stories of Marten en Oopjen or are they trying to comprehend the virtuosity of Rembrandt? Continue reading ““The Knowledge of the Curator”: The Experience of a Sponge in a Pressure-Cooker”
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