Tuesday 4 September 2007
A Shared Passion
Already 14 days back in 'Good-Old-Amsterdam" and catching up with the (Art)-News in my morning paper, I saw an article that made me draw a parallel to what I experienced during my visit to the apartment c.q studio of Lyubov Mirjavadova.
Liuba is a modern artist, a painter, a poet, and a sincere individual.
As I climbed the stairs that smelled of cat-piss, I was thinking about what Rena Efendi had told me earlier that day about her most inspiring artist: Javad Mirjavad, now regarded as Azerbaijans most famous painter, who died in 1992 and had married Liuba when she was 16 years old..
Most of his work is scattered all over the world, a great deal of his paintings is in the Henning Museum in Denmark but Liuba still has some of her husbands paintings and drawings stacked in her apartment.
Paintings where everywhere, so were the writings on the walls and the doors….it reminded me of the houses in Amsterdam that I visited, to see the works of students of the painting department in the eighties and nineties……
My romantic heart opened up when I recognized the same passion for paint and painting and made me question (again) about the significance of ART Education.
Because it is my believe that being an artist is NOT a profession – it is a vocation. It is predestined…….
“Through painting I get nearer to understanding the sense of existence where omnipresent light gives birth to color, and I, enchanted and spellbound, wander in the painting of the world. An artist is both madness and will, which, at first sight seems incompatible.
An artist needs longevity, which does not make sense either, because artists embezzle their lives. They only learn something by giving up on themselves completely. Surrendering themselves wholly to art, they would live in their paintings.”
(words of Javad Mirjavadov)
That is what I recognized in the paintings of JAVAD and LJUBA and I realized this is something you can’t learn or teach or judge.
Liuba is a modern artist, a painter, a poet, and a sincere individual.
As I climbed the stairs that smelled of cat-piss, I was thinking about what Rena Efendi had told me earlier that day about her most inspiring artist: Javad Mirjavad, now regarded as Azerbaijans most famous painter, who died in 1992 and had married Liuba when she was 16 years old..
Most of his work is scattered all over the world, a great deal of his paintings is in the Henning Museum in Denmark but Liuba still has some of her husbands paintings and drawings stacked in her apartment.
Paintings where everywhere, so were the writings on the walls and the doors….it reminded me of the houses in Amsterdam that I visited, to see the works of students of the painting department in the eighties and nineties……
My romantic heart opened up when I recognized the same passion for paint and painting and made me question (again) about the significance of ART Education.
Because it is my believe that being an artist is NOT a profession – it is a vocation. It is predestined…….
“Through painting I get nearer to understanding the sense of existence where omnipresent light gives birth to color, and I, enchanted and spellbound, wander in the painting of the world. An artist is both madness and will, which, at first sight seems incompatible.
An artist needs longevity, which does not make sense either, because artists embezzle their lives. They only learn something by giving up on themselves completely. Surrendering themselves wholly to art, they would live in their paintings.”
(words of Javad Mirjavadov)
That is what I recognized in the paintings of JAVAD and LJUBA and I realized this is something you can’t learn or teach or judge.
Wim Vonk
LINKS ABOUT ARMENIA
Dear Fellow Travelers and everybody interested!
Find below many interesting links about Armenia!
http://www.armeniainfo.am/
Armenian Phrases (Eastern Armenian using phonetic
transliteration system)
http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Armenian_Phrases
http://www.caucasusmedia.org/partners.php
http://www.armenianow.com/ Independent News Service (Armenia)
http://groong.usc.edu/news/
(Daily World News collected by/about Armenia/Armenians region arts, Armenia, Diaspora, politics, etc…)
http://www.virtualani.org/citymap.htm historic Armenian Site on the border with Armenias 2nd Largest City Gyumri. \
Armenian Forum (Journal)
http://www.gomidas.org/forum/about.htm \
http://www.gomidas.org/forum/contents.htm (quick link to issues- last one was published in 2003)
(Some recent Articles online:
http://www.gomidas.org/forum/af10c1.pdf (Armenia and Its Diaspora: Is There Scope for a Stronger Economic Link?)
http://www.gomidas.org/forum/af9dk.pdf (Review: Marc Nichanian Writers of Disaster: Armenian Literature in the Twentieth Century, volume 1, The National Revolution
http://www.gomidas.org/forum/af10c3.pdf (Caucasus Chronicles: Nation- Building and Diplomacy in Armenia, 1993–1994)
http://www.humanistischeomroep.nl/human/hos/html/varia/news.jsp?news=46641
(New film by Dutch Filmmaker- Dorothee Forma - The Story of my Name- an Armenian History)
In the Shadow of "Heroes" 2nd Bishkek Int’l. Exhibition of Contemporary Art (Caucasus and Central Asian Artists)
` cut and paste:
http://universes-in
universe.org/eng/islamic_world/articles/2005/in_the_shadow_of_heroes
PARAJANOV INFO
http://www.parajanov.com/maestro.html
Adieu Parajanov - Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Armenien
7.11. - 11.12.2003
Kunsthalle Wien (project space am Karlsplatz) (Museumsquartier) Vienna,
Austria
http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/exhibitionInfo/exhibition/13378
A BOOK OF COLLECTED ARTICLES FROM CURATORS AND ART CRITICS OF ARMENIA,
AZERBAIJAN, EGYPT, GEORGIA, IRAN, LEBANON, PALESTINE, AND TURKEY
http://www.btmadra.com/books/books.html
Contemporary Art In The Caucasus And The Region:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran and Turkey
Papers PresentedAt One-Day Seminar
on Issues and Problems of
Contemporary Art In Armenia
Held in Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
June 8, 2004
see;
http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:pHn51WVv73gJ:www.accea.info/SeminarPacket.doc+adieu+parajanov&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&client=safari
OR:
http://www.accea.info/SeminarPacket.doc.
http://www.parajanov.com/maestro.html (Go immediately to Sergei Parajanaov Films and Bio… the link won’t go directly for some reason?) Scroll down for more links to all his films.
http://www.cinemaseekers.com/Peleshian.html Peleshian info
www.gaiff.am Golden Apricot International Film Festival- Yerevan
ArteEast/CinemaEast Programme
http://www.arteeast.org/cinemaeast/spring04/spring04-films/jagadakeer.html
http://www.utopiana.am/ ‘Utopiana’ Art website
http://www.accea.info/main.htm
LIZA Legal Gender Cultural Foundation foundation + film festival for women
www.liza.am
HETQ -Investigative Journalists
www.hetq.am
(Year of Armenia - L’Année de l’Arménie- 2006/2007-France)
OFFICIAL WEBSITE AND A FEW LINKS…
http://www.armenie-mon-amie.com/
http://www.armenie-mon-amie.com/Installation-de-Sarkis-au-Musee-du.html
http://www.armenie-mon-amie.com/Installation-de-Nora-Martirosyan.html
Regards Projetés – Arménie
expositions / projections / rencontres
du 13 mars au 20 mai 2007
Strasbourg / Toulouse / Paris / Saint-Etienne
http://a360.typepad.com/a360/2007/03/regards_projets.html
also
Cut and paste:
http://www.apollonia-art exchanges.com/apollonia.php?idm=25&id=28&rub=1&type=2&idmGen=24#28
Taner Akcam talk from University of Amsterdam – 12/2006
Armenian Genocide. Taner Akçam: A shameful Act
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBNI4PcEp2I
Official site of Arto Tunçboyaciyan, percussionist and singer, was born in Turkey in 1957 of Armenian descent of the Anatolian root. Lives in Armenia. Look out if his band is playing when you are there (ARMENIAN NAVY BAND)
http://www.naregatsi.org/Artoistan/index_html.htm
BLUE MOSQUE 12 Mashtots Ave.
http://www.armeniainfo.am/sites/?section=religious_desc&page=4&site_id=125
With warm thanks to Tina Bastajian
About the work of Tina Bastajian
http://www.kinostudio.org/
Iris, Paula and Kristiina
Find below many interesting links about Armenia!
http://www.armeniainfo.am/
Armenian Phrases (Eastern Armenian using phonetic
transliteration system)
http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Armenian_Phrases
http://www.caucasusmedia.org/partners.php
http://www.armenianow.com/ Independent News Service (Armenia)
http://groong.usc.edu/news/
(Daily World News collected by/about Armenia/Armenians region arts, Armenia, Diaspora, politics, etc…)
http://www.virtualani.org/citymap.htm historic Armenian Site on the border with Armenias 2nd Largest City Gyumri. \
Armenian Forum (Journal)
http://www.gomidas.org/forum/about.htm \
http://www.gomidas.org/forum/contents.htm (quick link to issues- last one was published in 2003)
(Some recent Articles online:
http://www.gomidas.org/forum/af10c1.pdf (Armenia and Its Diaspora: Is There Scope for a Stronger Economic Link?)
http://www.gomidas.org/forum/af9dk.pdf (Review: Marc Nichanian Writers of Disaster: Armenian Literature in the Twentieth Century, volume 1, The National Revolution
http://www.gomidas.org/forum/af10c3.pdf (Caucasus Chronicles: Nation- Building and Diplomacy in Armenia, 1993–1994)
http://www.humanistischeomroep.nl/human/hos/html/varia/news.jsp?news=46641
(New film by Dutch Filmmaker- Dorothee Forma - The Story of my Name- an Armenian History)
In the Shadow of "Heroes" 2nd Bishkek Int’l. Exhibition of Contemporary Art (Caucasus and Central Asian Artists)
` cut and paste:
http://universes-in
universe.org/eng/islamic_world/articles/2005/in_the_shadow_of_heroes
PARAJANOV INFO
http://www.parajanov.com/maestro.html
Adieu Parajanov - Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Armenien
7.11. - 11.12.2003
Kunsthalle Wien (project space am Karlsplatz) (Museumsquartier) Vienna,
Austria
http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/exhibitionInfo/exhibition/13378
A BOOK OF COLLECTED ARTICLES FROM CURATORS AND ART CRITICS OF ARMENIA,
AZERBAIJAN, EGYPT, GEORGIA, IRAN, LEBANON, PALESTINE, AND TURKEY
http://www.btmadra.com/books/books.html
Contemporary Art In The Caucasus And The Region:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran and Turkey
Papers PresentedAt One-Day Seminar
on Issues and Problems of
Contemporary Art In Armenia
Held in Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
June 8, 2004
see;
http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:pHn51WVv73gJ:www.accea.info/SeminarPacket.doc+adieu+parajanov&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&client=safari
OR:
http://www.accea.info/SeminarPacket.doc.
http://www.parajanov.com/maestro.html (Go immediately to Sergei Parajanaov Films and Bio… the link won’t go directly for some reason?) Scroll down for more links to all his films.
http://www.cinemaseekers.com/Peleshian.html Peleshian info
www.gaiff.am Golden Apricot International Film Festival- Yerevan
ArteEast/CinemaEast Programme
http://www.arteeast.org/cinemaeast/spring04/spring04-films/jagadakeer.html
http://www.utopiana.am/ ‘Utopiana’ Art website
http://www.accea.info/main.htm
LIZA Legal Gender Cultural Foundation foundation + film festival for women
www.liza.am
HETQ -Investigative Journalists
www.hetq.am
(Year of Armenia - L’Année de l’Arménie- 2006/2007-France)
OFFICIAL WEBSITE AND A FEW LINKS…
http://www.armenie-mon-amie.com/
http://www.armenie-mon-amie.com/Installation-de-Sarkis-au-Musee-du.html
http://www.armenie-mon-amie.com/Installation-de-Nora-Martirosyan.html
Regards Projetés – Arménie
expositions / projections / rencontres
du 13 mars au 20 mai 2007
Strasbourg / Toulouse / Paris / Saint-Etienne
http://a360.typepad.com/a360/2007/03/regards_projets.html
also
Cut and paste:
http://www.apollonia-art exchanges.com/apollonia.php?idm=25&id=28&rub=1&type=2&idmGen=24#28
Taner Akcam talk from University of Amsterdam – 12/2006
Armenian Genocide. Taner Akçam: A shameful Act
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBNI4PcEp2I
Official site of Arto Tunçboyaciyan, percussionist and singer, was born in Turkey in 1957 of Armenian descent of the Anatolian root. Lives in Armenia. Look out if his band is playing when you are there (ARMENIAN NAVY BAND)
http://www.naregatsi.org/Artoistan/index_html.htm
BLUE MOSQUE 12 Mashtots Ave.
http://www.armeniainfo.am/sites/?section=religious_desc&page=4&site_id=125
With warm thanks to Tina Bastajian
About the work of Tina Bastajian
http://www.kinostudio.org/
Iris, Paula and Kristiina
Thursday 19 July 2007
Binnenstebuiten
door Janneke van der Putten
Het is hier als een binnenstebuiten gekeerde wereld, met de ongeborgen naaktheid van de achtergelaten fundamenten van huizen, de opengebroken straten en de straatwerkens in hun allerdaagse kleren. Alles is wat het is, en wat het was, zonder afgewerkte doekjes. Zonder enig uniform en oordopjes wordt er in de grond gegraven en gebroord, met de typische modieuze zwart puntige schoenen aan. Wanneer de werkers door en fototoerist worden aangesproken, komen de sigaretten weer uit de zakken en wordt de pauze ingeluid.
Het is hier als een binnenstebuiten gekeerde wereld, met de ongeborgen naaktheid van de achtergelaten fundamenten van huizen, de opengebroken straten en de straatwerkens in hun allerdaagse kleren. Alles is wat het is, en wat het was, zonder afgewerkte doekjes. Zonder enig uniform en oordopjes wordt er in de grond gegraven en gebroord, met de typische modieuze zwart puntige schoenen aan. Wanneer de werkers door en fototoerist worden aangesproken, komen de sigaretten weer uit de zakken en wordt de pauze ingeluid.
Monday 9 July 2007
Waar rook is, is leven
Door Janneke van der Putten
Na heel wat belevenissen belanden wij zondagavond op houten banken, in de hoek van een vochtig, grotachtig restaurant. Tv staat aan, piano ernaast, een grote witte koelkast tegen de stenen muur en de ouders achter een pan. Ik zou bijna vragen om te helpen mee koken.
De kleine onopvallende ingang van het restaurant leidt ons door een donker gangetje, vol mysterie van wat er schuilt. Aan de rechterkant een lage opening, naar het keukentje toe, waar een vleessnijdende jongeman gebogen staat over zijn bloedige bezigheid.
Het is niet een restaurant waar alles vanzelfsprekend klaar staat. Nadat wij onze bestelling hebben gedaan, snelt de vader, terwijl hij zijn colbertje aan doet, naar buiten, misschien wel naar de groenteman.
Later stromen er meer klanten binnen, en wordt er geserveerd. Feestelijkheid, muziek en rook hangt in de lucht. Daarbij vinden enkele komische momenten plaats, waarbij de zoon met een spuitbus door de ruimte, en over de banken heen zwaait.
Na heel wat belevenissen belanden wij zondagavond op houten banken, in de hoek van een vochtig, grotachtig restaurant. Tv staat aan, piano ernaast, een grote witte koelkast tegen de stenen muur en de ouders achter een pan. Ik zou bijna vragen om te helpen mee koken.
De kleine onopvallende ingang van het restaurant leidt ons door een donker gangetje, vol mysterie van wat er schuilt. Aan de rechterkant een lage opening, naar het keukentje toe, waar een vleessnijdende jongeman gebogen staat over zijn bloedige bezigheid.
Het is niet een restaurant waar alles vanzelfsprekend klaar staat. Nadat wij onze bestelling hebben gedaan, snelt de vader, terwijl hij zijn colbertje aan doet, naar buiten, misschien wel naar de groenteman.
Later stromen er meer klanten binnen, en wordt er geserveerd. Feestelijkheid, muziek en rook hangt in de lucht. Daarbij vinden enkele komische momenten plaats, waarbij de zoon met een spuitbus door de ruimte, en over de banken heen zwaait.
Tussenruimte
Door Janneke van der Putten
Zondagmorgen 29 april 2007, nog in de nacht, staan wij op een stil en vreemd rustig gebied: de visa ruimte, een tussenruimte. De balies ervan zijn geel, de informatiebordjes, aan het plafond hangend, zijn groen en de marmeren vloer is beige gemengd met oranje.
Dit is de eerste ruimte die we in het land der Zoroasters betreden. Het is een aangename eerste kennismaking. De maan ziet er hetzelfde uit als in Nederland en schijnt in de koele nacht hoog boven het vliegveld. Wanneer je een stap uit het vliegtuig zet, ruik je de olielucht, gemengd met de zeelucht van de Kaspische zee. Deze geurt toch niet zoals de lucht in Zandvoort, maar ik herken er een zeelucht in. Ik kan me voorstellen dat dit een echt moederland is, waar de geur je bij wederzien helemaal bedwelmd.
Zondagmorgen 29 april 2007, nog in de nacht, staan wij op een stil en vreemd rustig gebied: de visa ruimte, een tussenruimte. De balies ervan zijn geel, de informatiebordjes, aan het plafond hangend, zijn groen en de marmeren vloer is beige gemengd met oranje.
Dit is de eerste ruimte die we in het land der Zoroasters betreden. Het is een aangename eerste kennismaking. De maan ziet er hetzelfde uit als in Nederland en schijnt in de koele nacht hoog boven het vliegveld. Wanneer je een stap uit het vliegtuig zet, ruik je de olielucht, gemengd met de zeelucht van de Kaspische zee. Deze geurt toch niet zoals de lucht in Zandvoort, maar ik herken er een zeelucht in. Ik kan me voorstellen dat dit een echt moederland is, waar de geur je bij wederzien helemaal bedwelmd.
Friday 27 April 2007
CHECK OUT; BLOG OF AN X-RIETVELD STUDENT
http://sophiatabatadze.blogspot.com
SHE LIVES IN GEORGIA, BUT KNOWS THE CAUCASUS REGION QUITE WELL. SHE ALSO WRITES ABOUT IT!
SHE LIVES IN GEORGIA, BUT KNOWS THE CAUCASUS REGION QUITE WELL. SHE ALSO WRITES ABOUT IT!
LIST OF FELLOWTRAVELLERS
ARMENIA & AZERBAIJAN: THINGS HAPPEN IN LIMINAL ZONES
1. Thekla Ahrens
Student Rietveld Academie : basisjaar
2. Eva Aussems
Student Rietveld Academie :basisjaar
3. Carin Baeten
Student Rietveld Academie : Textile dept.
4. Karim Bennamar
Philosopher/ Lecturer Higher Institute of Amsterdam
5. Mariska vd Berg
Lecturer Design Academy Eindhoven/
Projectmanager SKOR(Organisation for Art in Public Space)
6. Paul van den Berg
Architect / Lecturer Rietveld Academie
7. Maria Blaisse
Artist/ designer
8. Maaike Boorsma
Student Rietveld Academie : Theatre dept.
9. Lucette ter Borg
Writer / Art critic
10. Paula Bugni
Masterstudent MFA , Dutch Art Institute
11. Sarah Charalambides
Student Rietveld Academie : Graphic Design
12. Mrova Cieszynska
Student Rietveld Academie : Dogtime
13. Sarah Gerats
Student Rietveld Academie : Fine Arts
14.Jeron Halewijn
Director artists society in Amsterdam
15.Aaf van van Halm - van Essen
Cultural producer connected to Rietveld Academie
16. Naomi Hoogervorst
Trainee Rietveld Academie / design-engineer
17. Wendela Hubrecht
Student Rietveld Academie
18. Rini Hurkmans
Visual artist & lecturer Rietveld Academie
19. Khalid Jamaludin
Civil engineer
20. Klopper Heleen
Artist/designer - lecturer Rietveld Academie
21. Korczak Kasia
Masterstudent Werkplaats Typografie
22. Kristiina Koskentola
Masterstudent MFA, Dutch Art Institute
23. Meijer Marjo
Visual artist / alumnus Rietveld Academie
24. Navarro Martinez Eva
Student Rietveld Academie: Dogtime
25. Femke Poppinga
Interior architect/ alumnus Rietveld Academie
26. Janneke van der Putten
Student Rietveld Academie: Textile dept.
27. Marja van Putten
Webdesigner/visual artist /alumnus Rietveld Academie
28. Richtje Reintsma
Masterstudent MFA Sandberginstitute
29. Keimpe Reitsma
Economist/ connected to the city council of Amsterdam
30. Sophia Rohlig
Student Rietveld Academie : Theatre dept.
31. Wilbert van Rossum
Personnel Dept. Rietveld Academie
32. Gabriëlle Schleijpen
Head of the General Lecture programme Rietveld Academie/ Course director Dutch Art Institute, Enschede
33. Scholten Hans
Visual artist/ lecturer Mastercourse Photography Breda
34. Daphne de Sonneville
Student Rietveld Academie : Fine arts
35. Su Tomesen
Visual artist/ director -alumnus Sandberginstituut
36. Dragana Travas
Student Rietveld Academie
37. Marijke de Valck
Lecturer Mediastudies University of Amsterdam/
Policy officer Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences
38. Marion Verbruggen
Musician( recorder)
39. Boy Vereecken
Masterstudent Werkplaats Typografie
40. Anne Verhoijsen
Visual artist/ alumnus Sandberginstituut
41. Arthur de Vries
Student Rietveld academie: ceramics
42. Wim Vonk
webdesigner/visual artist-alumnus Gra
43. Eelco Wagenaar
Student Rietveld Acadamie: Dogtime
44. Terry Vreeburg
Student Rietveld Academie
1. Thekla Ahrens
Student Rietveld Academie : basisjaar
2. Eva Aussems
Student Rietveld Academie :basisjaar
3. Carin Baeten
Student Rietveld Academie : Textile dept.
4. Karim Bennamar
Philosopher/ Lecturer Higher Institute of Amsterdam
5. Mariska vd Berg
Lecturer Design Academy Eindhoven/
Projectmanager SKOR(Organisation for Art in Public Space)
6. Paul van den Berg
Architect / Lecturer Rietveld Academie
7. Maria Blaisse
Artist/ designer
8. Maaike Boorsma
Student Rietveld Academie : Theatre dept.
9. Lucette ter Borg
Writer / Art critic
10. Paula Bugni
Masterstudent MFA , Dutch Art Institute
11. Sarah Charalambides
Student Rietveld Academie : Graphic Design
12. Mrova Cieszynska
Student Rietveld Academie : Dogtime
13. Sarah Gerats
Student Rietveld Academie : Fine Arts
14.Jeron Halewijn
Director artists society in Amsterdam
15.Aaf van van Halm - van Essen
Cultural producer connected to Rietveld Academie
16. Naomi Hoogervorst
Trainee Rietveld Academie / design-engineer
17. Wendela Hubrecht
Student Rietveld Academie
18. Rini Hurkmans
Visual artist & lecturer Rietveld Academie
19. Khalid Jamaludin
Civil engineer
20. Klopper Heleen
Artist/designer - lecturer Rietveld Academie
21. Korczak Kasia
Masterstudent Werkplaats Typografie
22. Kristiina Koskentola
Masterstudent MFA, Dutch Art Institute
23. Meijer Marjo
Visual artist / alumnus Rietveld Academie
24. Navarro Martinez Eva
Student Rietveld Academie: Dogtime
25. Femke Poppinga
Interior architect/ alumnus Rietveld Academie
26. Janneke van der Putten
Student Rietveld Academie: Textile dept.
27. Marja van Putten
Webdesigner/visual artist /alumnus Rietveld Academie
28. Richtje Reintsma
Masterstudent MFA Sandberginstitute
29. Keimpe Reitsma
Economist/ connected to the city council of Amsterdam
30. Sophia Rohlig
Student Rietveld Academie : Theatre dept.
31. Wilbert van Rossum
Personnel Dept. Rietveld Academie
32. Gabriëlle Schleijpen
Head of the General Lecture programme Rietveld Academie/ Course director Dutch Art Institute, Enschede
33. Scholten Hans
Visual artist/ lecturer Mastercourse Photography Breda
34. Daphne de Sonneville
Student Rietveld Academie : Fine arts
35. Su Tomesen
Visual artist/ director -alumnus Sandberginstituut
36. Dragana Travas
Student Rietveld Academie
37. Marijke de Valck
Lecturer Mediastudies University of Amsterdam/
Policy officer Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences
38. Marion Verbruggen
Musician( recorder)
39. Boy Vereecken
Masterstudent Werkplaats Typografie
40. Anne Verhoijsen
Visual artist/ alumnus Sandberginstituut
41. Arthur de Vries
Student Rietveld academie: ceramics
42. Wim Vonk
webdesigner/visual artist-alumnus Gra
43. Eelco Wagenaar
Student Rietveld Acadamie: Dogtime
44. Terry Vreeburg
Student Rietveld Academie
PROGRAM AZERBAIJAN, IRAN & ARMENIA
Saturday April 28
Amsterdam 13.10 - Moscow 18.40
Arrival and departure in Moscow at/from Shermentevo 2
Moskow - Baku 22.55 - 03.15 ( April 29 )
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Sunday April 29
Arrival in Baku at 03.15 Hour
Please prepare your payment for your entrance visa to Azerbaijan
60 euro for NL, Germany,Spain.
35 euro for Finland
46 dollar for Poland
50 dollar for Argentina
40 dollar for Croatia
Transfer to
Consul Hotel
Baku, AZ1110, 92c, Hasan Aliyev Str.
Tel: 0099412-4986095, 4651282
Unfortunatedly we cannot enter our rooms before 3 pm.
There will be a breakfast for us at 7 am and
it will be possible to leave our luggage, and if people really feel EXHAUSTED there will be a couple of rooms available for a little nap.
This day the group will have time for a first exploration of the city.
It is recommended to visit some museums today because tomorrow the State Art Museum and the Maiden's Tower , and maybe other museums will be closed.
There will be no further programme .
Suggestions for a hearty meal:
The restaurants Canaq Quala and next to it Shusha in Tabriz Kucasi .
Cheap and very local according to the Lonely Planet.
Tonight: Consul hotel, Baku
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Monday April 30
Breakfast at 8.30 local time
Today the group will be split up in smaller groups and we hope to have meetings with
interesting collegues in galleries , art centers and other places most kindly put up for us by Jahangir Selimkhanov, who works for the Soros foundation in Baku .
(The Open Society Institute (OSI), a private operating and grantmaking foundation, aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform. On a local level, OSI implements a range of initiatives to support the rule of law, education, public health, and independent media. At the same time, OSI works to build alliances across borders and continents).
Jahangir Selimkhanov will try to arrange for some translators since not everybody that we will meet is fluent in English. Detailed information will be given to you at breakfast- so please be there in time.
No evening programme.
Tonight: Consul hotel, Baku
*************************
Tuesday May 1
Breakfast at 7.30 am
Today we have a bus available to make a tour with the whole group around the Abseron Peninsula. We will pay attention to both the Zoroastrian firetemples as well as to the post-industrial landscape and the social history connected to it.
Rietveld - dinner for the whole group in Baku in restaurant Beh Beh.
LOCATION TO BE CONFIRMED .
Tonight: Consul hotel, Baku
*****************************
Wednesday May 2
Breakfast at 7.30 am
Another day for sightseeing in town and for some meetings with collegues ( preferably in small groups). .
Detailed information will be given to you at breakfast- so please be there in time.
In the evening we hope to offer the group a concert of Mugam - traditional Azerbaijanian music in the interiors of the XVth c. Shirvanshahs' Palace.
TO BE CONFIRMED
Tonight: Consul hotel, Baku
*********************************
Thursday May 3
Breakfast at 5.30 am
Ladies please don't forget to put a headscarf in your handluggage
6.00 am Departure from Baku
to Astara in Iran.
We will make a stop in Qobustan, 60km south of Baku
and visits its Stone and Bronze age petroglyphs as well as
it's mud volcanoes.
For the rest of the day we will be in the bus .
Around 07.00 pm passport and custom check at the Astara Border
The border will close at 5 pm so the group should pass
the border by walking.
For the night we will stay in the Astara Inn
Iran, Astara Hakim Nezami Ave, in front of the Health offoce.
Tel: 0098-0185521-6063 to 4
According to Lonely Planet there are `kababis' around Shahrdari square
and if you wish , stylish dining at the Espinas Hotel's restaurant.
********************************
Friday May 4
Breakfast at 6.30 am
Departure by bus at 7 am to Tabriz via Ardabil
where we will have two hours time to visit
the magnificent Sheik- Safi-oldin Ardabili Mausoleum .
In Tabriz we will be able to visit the Bazaar and
the fabulous Blue Mosque
For the night we will stay in
Tabriz international Hotel
Iran, Tabriz, Imam Khomeini Ave., Abresan crossroad,
Tel: 0098-411-3341081 to 9
http://www.hoteltabriz.com/
**************************************
Saturday May 5
Extremely Early Breakfast at 5 am
Departure at 5.30 am from Tabriz to Yerevan.
13 hours nonstop bus riding + 2 hours border checking.
We hope to find time to visit the Tatev monastery in Armenia's southern region
(to be confirmed).
But first we have to pass the Noordoz border.
Please have your visa payment of 20 dollar available
It has to be paid in Arminian " dram"
20 dollar is about 10.000 dram .
We hope to arrive in
Yerevan around 9 pm .
In Yerevan we will be accomodated in the
Areg Hotel
Armenia, Yerevan, 80, Burnazjan Ave.
Tel: 003741- 456-213
http://www.areg.am/
*************************************
Sunday May 6
Breakfast at 8 am
Excursion by bus to Holy Echmiadzin ( not far from Yerevan).
For Armenian Christians , Echmiadzin has unparalleled importance.
We will try to include time for the Vernissage market (only in the week-end).
Tonight:
Areg Hotel in Yerevan
Some trendy cafes in Yerevan :
Artbridge Bookstore Cafe, Eastern Cuisine ( that's seems to be the name),
Sayat Nova ( nightclub as well).
***********************************
Monday May 7
Breakfast at 8 am
Information on the programme will be delivered here, so be in time.
- The artist Karen Andreassian ( video & photography) wrote :
“ I would be happy to meet you and maybe some of your colleagues who might be interested in my work on 7 May, at 11.00 at the Club, a cafe on 40 Toumanyan str. You can call me on my mobile (37493) “ .
Yardan Azatyan will welcome the whole group at the Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts and talk about the artistic situation in Armenia .
Yardan Azatyan is Art Historian, vice-president of the NAAC, director of the Art History Department of Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art (ACCEA), and he teaches History of Contemporary Art in Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts. He graduated from Yerevan State Institute of Fine Arts. His Ph.D. thesis is The Historiography of World Art during the Cold War. Fluent in English, he is a translator of philosophy.
Time and adress to be announced at breakfast.
Rietveld as well as Rijksacdemie -alumnus, artist Nora Martirosan
(nowadays living in Montpellier)
wrote:
“You should definitely visit
-the central marker - Republic's prospect (former Lenin's)
-the memorial to the victims of the genocide of 1915, outside of the center, but you can take public transport or walk, it's called Tsitsirnakaberd. There is a museum on the spot and you can try to have a guide there.
- Sergej Paradjanov's museum
-manuscript museum
-national gallery
-historical gallery (in the same building)
- and just stall the streets.”
Tonight:
Areg Hotel in Yerevan
********************************************
Tuesday May 8
Breakfast at 8 am
Detailed information will be given to you at breakfast- so please be there in time.
Today we will be welcomed at Accea by Eva Kachatrian,
Co-Director of Department of Fine Arts of Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art. The exhibitions at Accea of the last years address feminist issues and the problems of women's art. Educated as a music critic, she graduated from Yerevan State Conservatory.
Eva Kachatrian will put up some meetings with a couple of artists for us as well.
a schedule for this will be presented to you.
Last meeting and Rietveld- dinner at Marco Polo, 1/3 Abovyan Poghots
Nora Martirosan suggested this place to us.
Time to be announced at breakfast.
Tonight:
Areg Hotel in Yerevan
**********************************
Wednesday May 9
Early breakfast - time to be announced
Transfer to Yerevan airport for
Depart by SU192
Don't forget to bring your DEPARTURE-TAX of 20 dollars in Armenian dram.
Yerevan - Moscow 07.10 - 09.05
Moskow - Amsterdam 10.40 - 12.10
Amsterdam 13.10 - Moscow 18.40
Arrival and departure in Moscow at/from Shermentevo 2
Moskow - Baku 22.55 - 03.15 ( April 29 )
*********************************
Sunday April 29
Arrival in Baku at 03.15 Hour
Please prepare your payment for your entrance visa to Azerbaijan
60 euro for NL, Germany,Spain.
35 euro for Finland
46 dollar for Poland
50 dollar for Argentina
40 dollar for Croatia
Transfer to
Consul Hotel
Baku, AZ1110, 92c, Hasan Aliyev Str.
Tel: 0099412-4986095, 4651282
Unfortunatedly we cannot enter our rooms before 3 pm.
There will be a breakfast for us at 7 am and
it will be possible to leave our luggage, and if people really feel EXHAUSTED there will be a couple of rooms available for a little nap.
This day the group will have time for a first exploration of the city.
It is recommended to visit some museums today because tomorrow the State Art Museum and the Maiden's Tower , and maybe other museums will be closed.
There will be no further programme .
Suggestions for a hearty meal:
The restaurants Canaq Quala and next to it Shusha in Tabriz Kucasi .
Cheap and very local according to the Lonely Planet.
Tonight: Consul hotel, Baku
**************************************
Monday April 30
Breakfast at 8.30 local time
Today the group will be split up in smaller groups and we hope to have meetings with
interesting collegues in galleries , art centers and other places most kindly put up for us by Jahangir Selimkhanov, who works for the Soros foundation in Baku .
(The Open Society Institute (OSI), a private operating and grantmaking foundation, aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform. On a local level, OSI implements a range of initiatives to support the rule of law, education, public health, and independent media. At the same time, OSI works to build alliances across borders and continents).
Jahangir Selimkhanov will try to arrange for some translators since not everybody that we will meet is fluent in English. Detailed information will be given to you at breakfast- so please be there in time.
No evening programme.
Tonight: Consul hotel, Baku
*************************
Tuesday May 1
Breakfast at 7.30 am
Today we have a bus available to make a tour with the whole group around the Abseron Peninsula. We will pay attention to both the Zoroastrian firetemples as well as to the post-industrial landscape and the social history connected to it.
Rietveld - dinner for the whole group in Baku in restaurant Beh Beh.
LOCATION TO BE CONFIRMED .
Tonight: Consul hotel, Baku
*****************************
Wednesday May 2
Breakfast at 7.30 am
Another day for sightseeing in town and for some meetings with collegues ( preferably in small groups). .
Detailed information will be given to you at breakfast- so please be there in time.
In the evening we hope to offer the group a concert of Mugam - traditional Azerbaijanian music in the interiors of the XVth c. Shirvanshahs' Palace.
TO BE CONFIRMED
Tonight: Consul hotel, Baku
*********************************
Thursday May 3
Breakfast at 5.30 am
Ladies please don't forget to put a headscarf in your handluggage
6.00 am Departure from Baku
to Astara in Iran.
We will make a stop in Qobustan, 60km south of Baku
and visits its Stone and Bronze age petroglyphs as well as
it's mud volcanoes.
For the rest of the day we will be in the bus .
Around 07.00 pm passport and custom check at the Astara Border
The border will close at 5 pm so the group should pass
the border by walking.
For the night we will stay in the Astara Inn
Iran, Astara Hakim Nezami Ave, in front of the Health offoce.
Tel: 0098-0185521-6063 to 4
According to Lonely Planet there are `kababis' around Shahrdari square
and if you wish , stylish dining at the Espinas Hotel's restaurant.
********************************
Friday May 4
Breakfast at 6.30 am
Departure by bus at 7 am to Tabriz via Ardabil
where we will have two hours time to visit
the magnificent Sheik- Safi-oldin Ardabili Mausoleum .
In Tabriz we will be able to visit the Bazaar and
the fabulous Blue Mosque
For the night we will stay in
Tabriz international Hotel
Iran, Tabriz, Imam Khomeini Ave., Abresan crossroad,
Tel: 0098-411-3341081 to 9
http://www.hoteltabriz.com/
**************************************
Saturday May 5
Extremely Early Breakfast at 5 am
Departure at 5.30 am from Tabriz to Yerevan.
13 hours nonstop bus riding + 2 hours border checking.
We hope to find time to visit the Tatev monastery in Armenia's southern region
(to be confirmed).
But first we have to pass the Noordoz border.
Please have your visa payment of 20 dollar available
It has to be paid in Arminian " dram"
20 dollar is about 10.000 dram .
We hope to arrive in
Yerevan around 9 pm .
In Yerevan we will be accomodated in the
Areg Hotel
Armenia, Yerevan, 80, Burnazjan Ave.
Tel: 003741- 456-213
http://www.areg.am/
*************************************
Sunday May 6
Breakfast at 8 am
Excursion by bus to Holy Echmiadzin ( not far from Yerevan).
For Armenian Christians , Echmiadzin has unparalleled importance.
We will try to include time for the Vernissage market (only in the week-end).
Tonight:
Areg Hotel in Yerevan
Some trendy cafes in Yerevan :
Artbridge Bookstore Cafe, Eastern Cuisine ( that's seems to be the name),
Sayat Nova ( nightclub as well).
***********************************
Monday May 7
Breakfast at 8 am
Information on the programme will be delivered here, so be in time.
- The artist Karen Andreassian ( video & photography) wrote :
“ I would be happy to meet you and maybe some of your colleagues who might be interested in my work on 7 May, at 11.00 at the Club, a cafe on 40 Toumanyan str. You can call me on my mobile (37493) “ .
Yardan Azatyan will welcome the whole group at the Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts and talk about the artistic situation in Armenia .
Yardan Azatyan is Art Historian, vice-president of the NAAC, director of the Art History Department of Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art (ACCEA), and he teaches History of Contemporary Art in Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts. He graduated from Yerevan State Institute of Fine Arts. His Ph.D. thesis is The Historiography of World Art during the Cold War. Fluent in English, he is a translator of philosophy.
Time and adress to be announced at breakfast.
Rietveld as well as Rijksacdemie -alumnus, artist Nora Martirosan
(nowadays living in Montpellier)
wrote:
“You should definitely visit
-the central marker - Republic's prospect (former Lenin's)
-the memorial to the victims of the genocide of 1915, outside of the center, but you can take public transport or walk, it's called Tsitsirnakaberd. There is a museum on the spot and you can try to have a guide there.
- Sergej Paradjanov's museum
-manuscript museum
-national gallery
-historical gallery (in the same building)
- and just stall the streets.”
Tonight:
Areg Hotel in Yerevan
********************************************
Tuesday May 8
Breakfast at 8 am
Detailed information will be given to you at breakfast- so please be there in time.
Today we will be welcomed at Accea by Eva Kachatrian,
Co-Director of Department of Fine Arts of Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art. The exhibitions at Accea of the last years address feminist issues and the problems of women's art. Educated as a music critic, she graduated from Yerevan State Conservatory.
Eva Kachatrian will put up some meetings with a couple of artists for us as well.
a schedule for this will be presented to you.
Last meeting and Rietveld- dinner at Marco Polo, 1/3 Abovyan Poghots
Nora Martirosan suggested this place to us.
Time to be announced at breakfast.
Tonight:
Areg Hotel in Yerevan
**********************************
Wednesday May 9
Early breakfast - time to be announced
Transfer to Yerevan airport for
Depart by SU192
Don't forget to bring your DEPARTURE-TAX of 20 dollars in Armenian dram.
Yerevan - Moscow 07.10 - 09.05
Moskow - Amsterdam 10.40 - 12.10
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