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Peand el's video diary
Hip Hop from Greenland
January 29th, 2010, posted by: Tanja Baudoin
This is Peter Lyberth's a.k.a. Peand el's page. He's a rapper from Greenland. On this page he will show us around Greenland in 30 days.
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Screening
A hunter from Uummannaq
Kaffemik 1: Ole Jorgen Hammeken and friends
January 29th, 2010, posted by: Tanja Baudoin
Ole Jorgen Hammeken is a filmmaker and hunter, born in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. Before he went to Uummannaq he was studying law, but had this burning passion inside himself to be a real Eskimo and spend the rest of his life living as a hunter.
On Thursday he hosted an evening at Mediamatic and presented his own film and the projects of his friends.
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Picture by Stanley Greene / NOOR from the series Consequences by Noor used with permission from NOOR Images.
Ole Jorgen Hammeken tells us it's colder in Amsterdam than it is in Ummannaq at the moment. That is hard to believe when we see the gigantic icebergs and snow planes that feature in his documentary ‘Global Warming Dog Sled expedition’. In 2007 Ole, together with a team of local men from Ummannaq, opened up a new sled route via the inland ice to Illulissat, when the old postal sled route no longer could be used by dog sleds due to global warming. His film is an impressive documen...
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Proviant uit Groenland
Anya van Lit en Joost Bottema over Bardot Proviant Klub
January 14th, 2010, posted by: Tanja Baudoin
Zaterdag 16 januari 2010 vanaf 20:00 uur opent bij Mediamatic de tentoonstelling Bardot Proviant Klub. Anya van Lit en Joost Bottema presenteren hun reportage over het leven van de Inuit in Uummannaq, Groenland. Met een publicatie van Joost en foto’s en video’s van Anya.
Vorig jaar maakten Anya en Joost hun eerste reis door Groenland en werkten ze aan een serie artikelen over Groenland voor onder andere dagblad Trouw. Ze keerden terug om hun onderzoek verder uit te diepen.
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Bardot Proviant Klub. Jan 16 - Feb 28 2010 at Mediamatic.
Wat hebben jullie deze keer in Groenland gedaan?
Anya: “De eerste keer dat we in Groenland waren hoorden we veel verhalen over Uummannaq, een plaats in het noorden van Groenland. Het is een eiland dat zich boven de poolcirkel bevindt, nabij het bekende ijsfjord Ilulissat. Hier wordt het meeste ijs ter wereld geproduceerd, maar dat trekt nu steeds verder terug vanwege de klimaatveranderingen. In de baai er omheen zijn ongeveer zeven nederzettingen gevestigd. Een vrouw vert...
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Opening Bardot Proviant Klub
Saturday 16 January at Mediamatic, from 20:00 hrs
January 11th, 2010, posted by: Tanja Baudoin
An exhibition with images stories and experiences from Greenland's nature and culture, made by photographer Anya van Lit and author Joost Bottema, who traveled through this vast country together. DUS architects designed and built the polar dining room where friends savoured imported seal meat and other inuit joys.
During the opening there was a performance by artist Abner Preis called ‘Wizards, Giants and Elves’, Seamus Cater & Viljam Nybacka sang acoustic songs of Greenland and beyond, you could make eskimo-slippers, the Bardot Cinematheque was open and delicacies from Greenland were served. Music was by DJ Katja ‘Inuit Polar Bear’ Novi: Brigitte Bardot and Greenlandic tunes.
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Amsterdam Biënnale, the final days
Get your free Travel Catalogue at the door
December 23th, 2009, posted by: Michel Langendijk
Untill Sunday 3 January 2010 the 37 pavilions of the Amsterdam Biennale 2009 are on show. The first ‘user generated’ bienale is only closed on Christmas day and New Year and will be open on all other days from 13:00 to 19:00 hrs (6 p.m. in the weekend).
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A Biennale Interview
The idea of interaction
Conversation with the curators of the Leeds pavilion
December 14th, 2009, posted by: Tanja Baudoin
Jon Wakeman, Karen Watson and Megan Smith explain what they are presenting in the Amsterdam Biennale 2009.
The Leeds pavilion “I Am Leeds” opened Saturday 12 December together with Nicosia, Tehran, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro. The Amsterdam Biennale is now COMPLETE and can be visited until January 3, 2010.
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The Leeds Pavilion, curators: East Street Arts.
Dec 12 - Jan 3 2009/10, in the Amsterdam Biennale at Mediamatic.
I heard it was a coincidence that you came here?
Jon Wakeman: ‘We were visiting Amsterdam and Rotterdam with members of our organisation East Street Arts (ESA). On our last day we visited Mediamatic, and it was just the beginning of the Travel-project.’ Karen Watson: ‘We just came out of a project called “United”, which was about trying to find a way of uniting the city of Leeds and the visual arts. We also thought about the ques...bookmark:
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