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nat muller, Pays-Bas

Musings, thoughts before & after, anecdotes and critique of passing through - and rubbing shoulders with - life in arts and culture.

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Du vin, du pain, du Euro-Med: Positions on Cultural Management
October must be one of the cruellest months in Cairo, with pollution, smog and all other …
nat muller | 14 nov 2008
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CitySensing in Istanbul!
Join me in Istanbul for a weekend under the banner of “CitySense: Surveillance, Secrecy, …
nat muller | 19 sept 2008
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Seeing Red - Feeling Blue: The United Colours of Cultural Stereotypes
One would have expected a more varied approach of one of Holland’s most famous photo …
nat muller | 11 sept 2008
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False Ceilings and the Distribution of Knowledge
Last week I spent a few days in Istanbul, in preparation of a media art project I am …
nat muller | 18 août 2008
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9 1/2 Weeks: Body Counts and other Statistics
The solution to finding a snappy title is always to steal someone else’s. Preferably one …
nat muller | 27 juil 2008
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Of Visual Occupations, Appropriations and Resistances: Roundtrip Tel-Aviv-Ramallah.
The economy of fear is a strange beast: it sneaks up on you without you noticing it. You …
nat muller | 21 juil 2008
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18.000 Words Please: On the State of Contemporary Art in the Middle East
SICA (The Service Centre for International Cultural Activities) invited me to write an …
nat muller | 30 mai 2008
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And Then There Were Only Two: On the Evacuation of Art
I have recently pondered how to write about war – or armed conflict for that matter – and …
nat muller | 15 mai 2008
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Doing the Cairo Crush
I am celebrating my 10-day anniversary in Cairo. There’s much to celebrate because till …
nat muller | 04 mai 2008
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Iraqi Dates, Looted Artefacts and Architectural Parasites: The Redirective Practice of Michael Rakowitz
The Home Works IV Festival, organised by Ashkal Alwan – the Lebanese Association for …
nat muller | 27 avr 2008
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Territorial Phantom haunts Phantom Territories
Last week, on April 1st no less, I had my last event for a while in the Netherlands, …
nat muller | 14 avr 2008
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Form, Video Art and funky One-liners: Global Art Forum at Art Dubai 2008
The Global Art Forum is to Art Dubai what the quintessential (and by now obligatory) …
nat muller | 04 avr 2008
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Stiletto Heels, Free Champagne, and Missing Artworks: Art Dubai 2008
Dubai is much reviled as the Planet’s largest building site (the amount of cranes per …
nat muller | 31 mars 2008
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To Breathe or not to Breathe: That is the Conspiratorial Question
Last week the Transmediale08’s exhibition drew to a close. A nice opportunity to mention …
nat muller | 29 fév 2008
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The Politics of Fear: A Walk on the Conspiratorial Side of Life
As far as I am concerned the session “Embedding Fear. The Internet and the Spectacle of …
nat muller | 19 fév 2008
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Imag[en]ing the Conspiratorial: Transmediale08 “Conspire”
Just back from Berlin where I wallowed in artistic conspiracies and others for a good 5 …
nat muller | 09 fév 2008
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Stagnating Politics, Power Cuts, and Teaching Media Art in Beirut
So I am in back in Beirut: city of daily 3-hour power cuts, checkpoints, crazy traffic, …
nat muller | 21 jav 2008
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Interview with Gemak’s Robert Kluijver
The Hague, home to the Netherlands’ seat of government and to the International Criminal …
nat muller | 27 déc 2007
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Syntax or Architecture: Musing on Models of Interaction
December really is the festive season! It seems every arts and culture venue has pushed …
nat muller | 20 déc 2007
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When everything else fails, there’s always the sales! Be[com]ing Dutch #2
In my previous post I summarised Dick Pels' position on the big question how to relate …
nat muller | 06 déc 2007
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I am Weak, Therefore I am Righteous: Be[com]ing Dutch #1
Be[com]ing Dutch is the ambitious two-year project of the Van Abbemuseum, comprising …
nat muller | 06 déc 2007
Tongue-twisting your way into a new fund for the arts and culture: Arts Collaboratory
It seems that whomever works in arts and culture – at one point – will come up with a name for an institution, art collective, project or event title…that will …
nat muller | 06 déc 2007
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Interview with Erden Kosova
Erden Kosova is a critic and curator based in Istanbul. He contributes to two independent …
nat muller | 06 déc 2007
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Interview with NOMAD's Basak Senova
September 9th saw the “soft opening” of NOMAD’s 3rd edition of their ctrl_alt_del sound …
nat muller | 06 déc 2007
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Interview with Justin Bennett
The practice of The Hague-based artist and composer Justin Bennett often takes on an …
nat muller | 06 déc 2007



 
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