Lecture: The Architecture of Macedonian Churches

 

We happily invite you to the upcoming lecture by VAMA-student Ivana Bidikova. In light of the current exhibition Ongekende Schoonheid. Ikonen uit Macedonië (Unknown Beauty. Icons from Macedonia) at the Catharijneconvent in Utrecht, Ivana Bidikova will present her paper The Architecture of Macedonian Churches from the Byzantium and Early Ottoman Period. She will discuss some of the most characteristic churches and review their architectural form, paying particular attention to the interactions between the architecture and the fresco’s housed inside.

 

Everyone is welcome to attend the lecture, but please register at info@catharijneconvent.nl

Coordinates
Thursday, April 14th
15:30-16:30
Catharijneconvent Utrecht, Auditorium

Further Information
Museum Catharijneconvent

 

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More News for Prospective Students

Couldn’t make it to the VU Master’s Day in March?
Not quite sure about your choices yet?
Want to know more?

 

On Tuesday May 10th, the Art & Culture department of VU University is hosting another Master’s Day. On this day, prospective students can get a taste of course programmes such as Visual Arts, Media & Architecture, Design Cultures, Intermedialities in Media & Arts, etc. The day will consist of a series of sample classes taught by professors and lecturers. The aim is to introduce prospective students to the programmes by way of first-hand experience rather than descriptions. It will also give them a chance to wander through the halls of the department and catch a glimpse of what goes on there.

 

Coordinates
VU University, main building, room 11A-06
Tuesday May 10th, 12:30-18:30

Further Information
for more information and registration, please visit http://www.let.vu.nl/nl/opleidingen/mastervoorlichting/kunst-cultuur/index.asp
you can also download the schedule here

 

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Autonomy Summer School

The second Autonomy Summer School will take place at DAI (Dutch Art Institute) in Arnhem from July 6 to 10. The Summer School is part of the Autonomy Project, a collaboration between universities, art schools and the Van Abbemuseum that seeks to stimulate reflection among students and young practitioners on the notion of autonomy. What could autonomy mean today – in art, academia, and elsewhere? In a number of practical and theoretical workshops, the Summer School will focus on ‘mediating autonomy’, that is to say on the use of media (including television, radio and the internet) for the creation of autonomy in both an artistic and a social or communal sense. VAMA and other VU MA students  who are interested in participating can contact Sven Lütticken for more information.

The Summer School will also serve as preparation for a public conference that will take place at the Van Abbemuseum in October. Speakers will include Jacques Rancière and Thomas Hirschhorn. In the fall, Sven Lütticken will offer a tutorial in conjunction with this conference.

Applications
s.lutticken@let.vu.nl

Further Information
Autonomy Project

 

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Photo Gallery

Luc Deleu listens to the final presentations of the masterclass Luc Deleu/T.O.P. Office at Stroom den Haag © Wouter Davidts, 2011

 

We have posted some new photos online. Check out the Gallery to see pictures from the Masterclass: Luc Deleu/T.O.P. Office and from the Kitsch bike tour through Amsterdam.

 

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Kunstschrift & Lucas van Leyden

 

At the beginning of March, the journal Kunstschrift published its first issue of 2011. The issue was dedicated to ‘collage’ and included texts by Paul van den Akker and Frits Scholten, both lecturers at VU University and editors of Kunstschrift.

Less than a month later, the second issue has already appeared. Entitled Lucas van Leyden. Een uitbundige poppenkast, it focuses on the work of the 16th century artist Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533). It appears on the occasion of the exhibition Lucas van Leyden en de Renaissance at the Museum de Lakenhal (Leiden), on show until June 26th.

 

Further Information
Kunstschrift
Museum de Lakenhal

 

Related Exhibitions
Elsewhere in Europe, the work of two of van Leyden’s contemporaries is currently on show: the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum in Aachen (Germany) has dedicated an exhibition to Joos van Cleve (Leonardo des Nordens – Joos van Cleve, until June 26th), and the National Gallery in London is hosting an exhibition on Jan Gossaert (Jan Gossaert’s Renaissance, until May 30th).