6 Sep
Guests arrive in Amsterdam.
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7 Sep
International Visitor’s Programme begins, hosted by Mondriaan Foundation. Visits to Premsela Foundation, Platform 21, SMART Project Space, De Appel, If I Can’t Dance I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution (all Amsterdam).
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8 Sep
International Visitor’s Programme continues। Visits to De Paviljoens in Almere; Casco and BAK in Utrecht.
In the evening return to Amsterdam for the Mondriaan Foundation’s Cocktail party for the opening of the cultural season at De Bazel.
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9 Sep
International Visitor’s Programme continues. Visits to Prins Claus Fonds, Das Arts, Amsterdam.
4 p.m. Guests present their work in discussion afternoon at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam.
Limited audience*
Evening guests travel to Rotterdam and visit opening at TENT. for opening of exhibition BLURRR. Open to public (free entry).
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10 Sep
Visits to Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Nai, and Witte de With, Rotterdam.
8 p.m. Discussion I Am Public: Art and Social Change in Douala, Cameroon held at Witte de With, Rotterdam, moderated by Emiliano Gandolfi. Open to public (free entry).
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11 Sep
Visit to Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam. Afternoon: possibility to go to Flux-S festival in Eindhoven, MuHKA in Antwerp or stay in Rotterdam for the festival De Wereld van Witte de With.
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12 Sep
2pm A peer critique session will take place in the studio of Enough Room for Space in which international artists and cultural producers will discuss their existing and upcoming projects on the transit between Africa/Cameroon and Europe. Limited audience*
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13 Sep
Visit to Stroom Den Haag, in The Hague to join tour of Soft City exhibition. Open to public (free entry).
Evening, drinks reception hosted by Fucking Good Art, Rotterdam.
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14 Sep – 17 Sep
Guests work together with hosts:
• Achille Atina with Zoë Gray (Witte de With)
• Ruth Belinga with Annie Fletcher (Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven)
• Achillekà Komguen with Rob Hamelijnck & Nienke Terpsma (Fucking Good Art Magazine)
• Goddy Leye and Hervé Youmbi with Kim Bouvy & Elian Somers (Het Wilde Weten), with David Maroto (Duende), Lucia Babina (iStrike)
• Lionel Manga with Emiliano Gandolfi & Alexander Vollebregt (TU Delft)
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16 Sep
8:30 pm Cameraroon! at WORM, Rotterdam, a night of films selected by "Talking About!" guests. Expect a broad range of films, both professional and amateur, from this multilingual country, where French and English intermingle with many tongues to tell West African stories with a global resonance. Open to public (€5 entry).
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17 Sep
8pm, The Glocal Artist Collective. Het Wilde Weten, Duende and RAIR in collaboration with Goddy Leye (Artbakery) and Hervé Youmbi (Cercle Kapsiki) will present an event about the role of local artist collectives in a global context. Goddy Leye, Hervé Youmby, the Spring Hill Institute (Birmingham), Surinam Artists Ravi Rajcoomar and Roddney Tjon Poen Gie in Residence in Duende will introduce their practices in collectives, followed by a roundtable discussion. Open to public (free entry).
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18 Sep
10pm Lions club international: closing party and performance event with live music at Club Attent, Rotterdam. Open to public (free entry).
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19 Sep
Guests return to Cameroon.
* If you wish to attend, please contact Lucia Babina at lucia.babina@gmail.com