21 May 2010

Jan van Eyck Academie presents Agora: The archive – exhibited & Book fair

Agora: The archive – exhibited
Book fair – Jan van Eyck publications and over 4,000 library doubles

Agora: The archive — exhibited is centred on the archive of former gallery/foundation/artists' initiative Agora in Maastricht. Agora was set up in Maastricht in 1972 by artists Theo van der Aa and Ger van Dijck. Apart from the fact that Agora greatly boosted the art climate in the city of Maastricht and the province of Limburg, it also gained a leading position in the area of innovative artists' initiatives in the Netherlands.

Agora and the Fandangos network exhibition and accompanying publication by Marc Goethals; guided tours in Dutch on 22 & 23.05, in English on 24.05

15–2 for Filliou [a VEC tribute]
Ron Bernstein & Rod Summers

First World Television Convention #2 reconstruction of the World's First Television Convention
by Raul Marroquin; exhibition curated by Lene ter Haar

22–24 May
Time-based productions
programme curated by Leen Bedaux
- screenings

Discursive Programme (in English)

22.05.10
- Introduction by Koen Brams
- Agora, 1972-1985
Leen Bedaux
- World's First Television Convention
Lene ter Haar
- In the Shadow of a Vocal Minority on Agora and the Medium
Nathaniel Boyd

23.05.10
- Introduction by Koen Brams
- Agora: actions/situations, past/present
Martha Hellion
- Multiplicity and Consistency reflections on the space of the book
Mariana Castillo Deball
- Guido Goossens in conversation with Rod Summers

24.05.10
- Introduction by Koen Brams
- About Klaus Groh
Leen Bedaux
- South of the border, common grounds on the relations between Agora and Flanders
Caroline Dumalin
- The operations of Schède [1974-1980]: anonymous, ambulatory and ephemeral
Dirk Pültau
- About I am (Galerie Remont, Warschau, 1978)
Leen Bedaux