In de zomer van 2011 gaf de Kulturstiftung des Bundes in Berlijn in samenwerking met de Haus der Kulturen der Welt onderdak aan het festival Über Lebenskunst. Dit culturele festival gaat over duurzaamheid, en heeft als doel verschillende visies ten aanzien van duurzaam wonen en leven in de 21ste eeuw te presenteren. Het eten en drinken voor de 8.000 festivalgangers werd voorzien uit de Vorratskammer / Pantry, een kunstproject van myvillages.org.In juli 2010 begon myvillages.org, de voorraadk...

'The university is now on air, broadcasting modern architecture' examines a key experiment by The Open University to mobilize new media environments for distance and adult education.

Eight episodes written by Joaquim Moreno, conversations with Tim Benton, Nick Levinson, Adrian Forty, Joseph Rykwert and Stephen Bayley, and contributions by Nick Beech, Laura Carter, Ben Highmore, and Joseph Bedford, offer a close reading of the course A305, History of Architecture and Design 1890-1939, which wa...

This edited volume offers an in-depth exploration of Dutch media art from 1985 onwards from many different perspectives. Through early access to the Internet, state subsidies and dedicated institutions and festivals, a vivid counter-cultural environment and a cosmopolitan artistic and intellectual scene the Netherlands hold a unique position in regards to the development of media art.

Introduced by four chapters that retrace the main events and actors (governmental institutions, festivals an...

Gil Nader (1968) and Moti Porat (1971) are known for their socially engaged work in which they explore the notion of individuality and question forms and norms of identity.

Forget & Remember investigates the background and migration history of their Jewish-Israeli families on the basis of their parents’ collections. In Forget & Remember, Gil's father Yitzhak and Moti's mother Naomi are the protagonists. The reader is introduced to the stories of and about them and their very different coll...

| A new book project by Alex Farrar, including an index of 49 questions about happiness.

| Limited-edition publication bound with several different covers, cut from a single drawing by Daniel Jacoby.

Are Dutch people happy people?

Does art make you happy?

What was your earliest memory of happiness?

What have you taught your children about happiness?

Notes on Happiness is a book project by artist Alex Farrar. The book is a long reflective text, based on conversations that Farrar had with peop...

How do you make a book about a period that is behind you? The publication Six impossible things before breakfast is a journey across twenty-five years of Verzameld Werk [Collected Work] and beyond. Verzameld Werk was an open house in the heart of Ghent. A playground for designers and guests, architects and artists. Tailor-made by thinkers and doers. It was founded in 1991, with Ingrid De Coster as one of its founders.

For this book, Ingrid De Coster collaborated with Loes Verstappen and Bas S...

'My Mom Wants to Go Back Home' is a documentary diary by photographer Hanna Hrabarska. Together with her mother Iryna, she fled the war in Ukraine, to find a temporary home in the Netherlands.

'This book is a journey. In the beginning it runs across borders, countries and cities. Later it extends inwards, into a landscape of our thoughts, feelings and emotions.'

Hanna Hrabarska (1986) is a Ukrainian photographer, visual artist, and photojournalist. She holds a Master of Arts in Journalism fr...

A Short History of Dutch Video Art beschrijft een reeks opmerkelijke momenten in de geschiedenis van de Nederlandse videokunst.Deze publicatie, uitgegeven in samenwerking met de Gate Foundation te Amsterdam, bevat een rijk geïllustreerd overzicht van het werk van videokunstenaars die de laatste dertig jaar in Nederland gewerkt en gewoond hebben maar afkomstig zijn uit verschillende culturen.De geschiedenis van de Nederlandse videokunst kan niet worden verklaard zonder de bijdragen van deze k...

In de publicatie Without and Within: Essays on Territory and the Interior onderzoekt Mark Pimlott de ontwikkeling van het openbare interieur als een categorie van ruimten die in de uitwisseling van architectonische modellen tussen Europa en Noord-Amerika gedurende de twintigste eeuw een specifiekeen belangrijke rol speelt.Without and Within is het resultaat van een driejarig onderzoek van Mark Pimlott die als praktijkhoogleraar verbonden is aan de TU Delft. De publicatie is fraai vormgegeven,...