From 1st of May 2015 till 31st of January 2019 I was working as director/curator at Nieuwe Vide art space in Haarlem, The Netherlands. (3,5 days a week, on a freelance basis). www.nieuwevide.nl

As a director/curator my tasks a.o. included:
– budgetting
– applying for funds
– drafting contracts for freelancers
– composing a program
– composing and leading a team
– editor-in-chief of a new magazine
– communicating with stakeholders
– curating and designing exhibitions
– stimulating press coverage.

I was founder of Nieuwe Vide’s Journal of Humanity as well and came up with the Focus Artist-concept. I also started the Soup Corner in 2016 (weekly eating soup together with people form the neighbourhood and people that hire a studio at Nieuwe Vide).

Topic Program 2017 & 2018: Counterculture

Program 2017 supported by: Mondriaan Fund, Gemeente Haarlem
Neighbourhood program 2017 supported by: Bankgiro Loterij Fonds

Below the projects that have been organized as part of the 2017 program.

DOES KITTYKAT KNOW THERE’S A PIGEON ON THE CLOTHES CLOSET? 
Date: 28th January – 5th March 2017
Curator: Lennard Dost
About: Beat Generation. What is the legacy of Beat Generation? What is it’s potential for the now?
Artists: Nickel van Duijvenboden, Pablo Pijnappel, Ivanka Annot, Riet Wijnen, Jantine Wijnja, Michiel Westbeek & Rosemarie Swingle, Stefanie Posavec, Matthew Humphreys.
Incl. 2 days with poetry readings led by Joshua Baumgarten
Day 1: Will your face look like my face when the poet is held upside down?
With: Linde Suzanne, Noah Litampha, Dick van’t Hoff, Beatrijs Bakker, Jonah Vos, Louky van Eikelenburg. Music by: Gerhardt Heusinkveld.
Day 2: fort he sake of the sound; the typewriter as rock ’n roll relic
With: Marc van der Holst, Gerjon Gijsbers, Joshua Baumgarten, Mishal Zeera, Joubert Pignon
Music by: Amir Adeel.
Incl. lecture Joanna Freer.
Incl. publication (articles by a.o. David Mills, Lynnette Lounsbury, Joanna Freer, Ytje).
With on opening: performances by The Irrational Library, Marc van der Holst. Dj: Crazy Crudesjev.
Press: Haarlems Dagblad (3x)

Photos © Bogdan Andrei Bordeianu

PARTICIPATION NIEUWE VIDE IN INTERSECTIONS 2017 (ART ROTTERDAM)
Date: 9-12th February 2017
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Artist: Natasha Taylor. Collaborated intensively with Taylor in 2017, as she was Nieuwe Vide’s 2nd Focus Artist. Focus Artist concept was initiated by me and started in 2016. From 2016 on each year there was 1 artist with whom we collaborated intensively. He/she got a solo-project, participated in group exhibitions, and represented Nieuwe Vide at this art fair
Incl. theremin performance by Thorwald Jørgensen.
Press: Metropolis M

THE MURDER OF THE REAL…
Date: 17th March -2nd April 2017
Artist: Natasha Taylor. Collaborated intensively with Taylor in 2017, as she was Nieuwe Vide’s 2nd Focus Artist. Focus Artist concept was initiated by me and started in 2016. From 2016 on each year there was 1 artist with whom we collaborated intensively. He/she got a solo-project, participated in group exhibitions, and represented Nieuwe Vide at an art fair
Incl. conversation with Toon Fibbe & Natasha Taylor. A.o. about the focus artist concept and what it means for artists.
Incl. performance by Toon Fibbe & Ferhat Oz
Incl. performance by professional wrestlers Dragan and Young Money Chong
Press: –

Photos © Bogdan Andrei Bordeianu

EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL. THE POLITICS OF GAMING
Date: 21st April -18th June 2017
Curator: Lennard Dost
About: video games and politics.
Artists: Josh Millard, Alex Hovet, Gordon Calleja, Joseph Delappe, Grayson Earle, Jasper Terra, Arno Coenen, Marieke Verbiesen, Pippin Barr, Escape from Woomera Collective, Tale of Tales 
Incl. 24h-game-jam with students Mediacollege, Amsterdam.
Incl. tour for students Game Studies and Cultural Analysis of Leiden University.
Incl. game night for youngsters arranged by youth centre Flinty’s (Haarlem).
Press: De Volkskrant, Metropolis M

Photos © Bogdan Andrei Bordeianu/Saskia Burggraaf

WORDS ARE ALL WE HAVE
Date: 7th-30th July 2017
Curator: Lennard Dost
Concept: new works based on audio play ‘All that Fall’ by Samuel Beckett.
Artists: Lukas Simonis & Natasha Taylor, Jan Van Den Dobbelsteen, Pernille Lonstrup, Marius Bruijn, Matthias Konig.
Incl. publication
Including finissage with performances by: Jan Van den Dobbelsteen, Pernille Lonstrup, Lukas Simonis & Natasha Taylor
Press: Haarlems Dagblad, De Concertzender (Dr Klangendum), Jegens en Tevens

Photos © Bogdan Andrei Bordeianu

NIEUWE VIDE STUDIO’S #1: VITO WILLEMS
Date: 11th-13rd August 2017
Curator: Vito Willems
Artist: Vito Willems
Press: –

Photos © Bogdan Andrei Bordeianu

SOUND HACKSPACE WORKSHOP SERIES
Date: October 2017 – March 2018
Curator/organiser: Jaromir Mulders
Concept: Lennard Dost
About: lectures, performances and workshops about sound and technology
25th Oct: Pure Data workshop by Jaromir Mulders
8th Nov: performance + lecture by Roald van Dillewijn
22nd Nov: Arduino workshop by Jaromir Mulders
6th Dec: performance + lecture by Vito Willems
20th Dec: Modular Synth Workshop by Jaromir Mulders
10th Jan: performance + lecture by Chris Mulder
24th Jan: Atari Punk Console workshop by Jaromir Mulders
21st Feb: Circuit Bending workshop by Jaromir Mulders
7th Feb: performance + lecture by Matthee de Bruijn
21st march: final presentation, at De Pletterij, Haarlem. With performances by: Jaromir Mulders, Chis Mulder, Matthee de Bruijn, Elephant Indigo.
Press: –

Photos © Bogdan Andrei Bordeianu

DAYDREAMING SUBVERTS THE WORLD
Date: 8th September – 5th November 2017
Curator: Lennard Dost
About: situationism
Artists: Mario Santamaria, Anna Mikhailova, Bogdan Andrei Bordeianu, Bureau for the Investigation of Contemporary Anxiety, Kristina Borg, Michael Holly, Lukas Simonis & Cor Gout, Jeroen Jongeleen.
Incl. reading/therapy sessions by Bureau for the Investigation of Contemporary Anxiety
Incl. zine workshops
Incl. sound tours through city of Haarlem
Incl Kunstlijn weekend
Incl outdoor cinema (movies: Pixadores, The Edukators)
Press, a.o.: De Volkskrant, NRC Handelsblad, Haarlems Dagblad (3x), Malta Today, Jegens en Tevens, Telegraaf.nl, Metropolis M, Froot.nl, Eenvandaag.nl, Romanian radio

Photos © Bogdan Andrei Bordeianu

NIEUWE VIDE ACADEMY 2017: VOOR OMA CORRY VAN DE FLAT
Date: September – December 2017
Coach: Geertje van de Kamp
With: youngsters
Concept: education programme for kids in age of 14-19. Takes couple of months, in which they get introduced in Dutch art world, do workshops, visit galleries and museums, and in the end; create their own exhibition, with art works created by themselves.
Press: –

Photos © Marinus de Beer

NIEUWE VIDE STUDIO’S # 2: JAN KUHLEMEIER
Date: 17th-19th Nov 2018
Curator: Jan Kuhlemeier
Concept studio-series: Lennard Dost
Artists: Jan Kuhlemeier, Ide Andre, Daan den Houter, Vincent Uilenbroek.
Press: –

Photos © Bogdan Andrei Bordeianu

NIEUWE VIDE CINECLUB 2017
Date: October 2017 – March 2018
Curator/organiser: Katayoun Arian
Concept Cineclub: Mare van Koningsveld
About: film club for migrants, and about migration.
Specifically: migrants now living in Haarlem: Masood Banozadeh, Nouf rafea, KH Sajedeh, Bayan Jouma, Jameel Arsheed.
They came together once every two weeks, discussed films, created films themselves with cellphone, about their lives in Haarlem.
Including collaboration with ZOOMIN.TV (Amsterdam), Docu Lab (Haarlem), De Pletterij (Haarlem).
Film programme 13th Jan 2018 @ Nieuwe Vide:
12.05 – 13.50 Masood’s choice: ‘Casablanca’ (Michael Curtiz, VS, 1942, 105’)
13.50 – 14.25 Nouf’s choice: ‘The Emigrants’ (Mohammed Abdulaziz, Syrië, 2015, 105’)
14.25 – 16.25 Saji’s choice: ‘Bashu, The Little Stranger’ (Bahram Beizai, Iran, 1986, 118’)
16.40 – 18.00 Bayan’s choice: ‘Dance Iranian Style’ (Farshad Aria, Nederland, 2015, 82’)
18.00 – 19.30 Diner + conversation with director of ‘Dance Iranian Style’: Farshad Aria
19.30 – 23.30 Jameel’s choice: ‘The Irony of Fate’ (Eldar Ryazanov, Rusland, 1975, 184’)

Photos © Bogdan Andrei Bordeianu

Film program 22nd Feb 2018, at De Pletterij:
Short movies participants made themselves. Katayoun Arian interviewed every participant after screening of the film.
Press: –