Exhibition: Amsterdam, Mediamatic
Gastarbeider Dating
Curated by Irina Birger and Katja Sokolova
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30 Jan 200816 Mar 2008
Mediamatic Vijzelstraat 72, 3rd floor, suite 3.10 1017 HL Amsterdam (view on map) T +31206389901 www.mediamatic.net
Katja Sokolova Dating Poster
Looking for a new friendship, cultural dipping or creative impulse? Curious about other people and cultures? Then Gastarbeider (Immigrant) Dating is something for you! From January 27th to the 16th of March 2008, 10 artists from 7 different countries will land in the Mediamatic exhibition space. Each artist will stay for one week and bring in friends.
We welcome you to visit every Wednesday to Sunday from 16.00 - 20.00 hrs. Our daily programme includes the photobooth, the friend drink station and all the events you will find on the right.
A exhbition series about identity, feeling at home, being foreign and meeting each other. And the start of a new dating site for the Netherlands. Register on the website, add your dating profile and you'll find the best matching profiles of others. Beyond that, it's up to you!
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Aimee Zito Lema will show that Argentina is not only steak and tango, but also literature and film. Kyoko Inatome and Emiko Chujo will introduce the culture of making Japanese mochi in the Netherlands. Zhana Ivanova will film a remake of a Bulgarian comedy from the 70s, with Mediamatic visitors as actors. Gil&Moti will have conversations with Arabic waiters in a kibbutz kitchen. Brian McKenna will search for fellow Canadians in Amsterdam using a microphone and a radio transmitter. Sara Rajaei will demonstrate the difference between Iranians and Arabs. And Irina Birger and Katja Sokolova will teach Dutch men how to date the Russian way. They are also the curators of this exhibition.
Gastarbeider Dating (www.mediamatic.net/gastarbeider) is open from Wednesday to Sunday from 16:00 to 20:00, with various special activities also outside of normal opening hours. Visitors can photograph themselves and their (new) friends in the photobooth, or celebrate new friendships at the Friend Drink Station. The opening is on January 26th at 20:00. From the 26t of January on there will be a dating site online: www.mediamatic.net/dating
| week 5: | 30.01 - 03.02 | Irina Birger (Rusland, 1972) en Katja Sokolova (Rusland, 1977) |
| week 6: | 06.02 - 10.02 | Aimee Zito Lema (Argentinië, 1982) |
| week 7: | 13.02 - 17.02 | Kyoko Inatome (Japan, 1973) en Emiko Chujo (Japan, 1973) |
| week 8: | 20.02 - 24.02 | Zhana Ivanova (Bulgarije, 1977) |
| week 9: | 27.02 - 02.03 | Gil & Moti (Israel 1968 en 1971) |
| week 10: | 05.03 - 09.03 | Brian McKenna (Canada, 1975) |
| week 11: | 12.03 - 16.03 | Sara Rajaei (Iran, 1976) |
Irina Birger Dating Poster
Aimee Zito Lema Dating Poster
Emiko Chujo Gastarbeider Dating Poster
Kyoko Dating Poster
Datingposter Zhana.jpg
Gil&Moti Dating Poster
Brian Dating Poster
Sara Rajaei Dating Poster
