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Vertical Cinema at the Stedelijk

Vertical Cinema at the Stedelijk

Feb 20, 2014 |  by  |  Art, Event

Sonic Acts commissioned ten artists to create new visually stunning video pieces especially for the vertical screen. I recently heard this showcase was being held in Rotterdam, which nearly made me want to go there. Can you imagine how glad I was when I read the Stedelijk was showing the same films. (..more)

Look at some amazing animated film at EYE

Look at some amazing animated film at EYE

Nov 14, 2013 |  by  |  Art, Event

Right now at EYE the KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival is going on. There you can view animated films rewarded with many awards, being listed as promising, student material and you can even follow master-classes, thematic programmes, parties and activities; you can create your own sock puppet, and who doesn’t want that? (..more)

Eat, drink, dance and get cultivated at Museumnacht 2013 #1

Eat, drink, dance and get cultivated at Museumnacht 2013 #1

Oct 30, 2013 |  by  |  Art, Event

We at Overdose like a good party and culture, so Museumnacht is a perfect match. This Saturday 50 museums in Amsterdam will invite you to come visit them at night. Next to their regular exhibitions, they’ll try to entertain you to the fullest with drinks, food, music, interactive workshops and a lot of fun. Since there are too many places to visit and too many drinks to drink, we've written down two possible routes you can take. (..more)

Bring Your Own Beamer is back with over 75 artists

Bring Your Own Beamer is back with over 75 artists

Sep 27, 2013 |  by  |  Art, Event

Bring Your Own Beamer (BYOB) is a series of one-night exhibitions, hosting artists and their projectors. An idea originally thought up by the internet artist Rafael Rozendaal who lets people crowd-source this concept. (..more)

See new photography at Unseen photo fair

See new photography at Unseen photo fair

Sep 24, 2013 |  by  |  Art, Event

Unseen photo fair had its first run last year. With lots of big galleries and great work it had to be a great success for the galleries to return and the festival to survive into the next year. Guess what happened. Last year was a grand mixture of different styles of photography and great work. (..more)

An enlightening interview with Lumisokea

An enlightening interview with Lumisokea

Nov 22, 2012 |  by  |  Art, Music

I visited Lumisokea couple of weeks ago, a Belgian-Italian DJ duo. In the bunker in North I was taken on a journey, submerged in deep bass, dub and noise… A friend of mine described it as Zen-terror. All created live on stage. Their show is beautifully enlightened by two lights behind the DJs which slowly move in different geometrical shapes. A real interesting experience, especially when the light touches your face or body which really made you part of the show. (..more)

Transnatural art and music festival

Transnatural art and music festival

Sep 3, 2012 |  by  |  Art, Event, Music

Transnatural has been one of my favourite art festivals to go to in Amsterdam for the past several years. It’s a festival that combines nature, art and technology, a symbiosis that drives interesting, almost necessary change and new projects. In recent years Transnatural was held at De Verdieping but it has moved a new location: NEMO. (..more)

Experts talk about the impact of design at the What Design Can Do! conference

Experts talk about the impact of design at the What Design Can Do! conference

Apr 20, 2012 |  by  |  Art, Event

Let me introduce you to the 2nd edition of the international conference about the impact of design. WHAT DESIGN CAN DO! Or better: what can’t design do? When we think of design we tend to think about branding, clothing or furniture. What if we take design out of it’s box and see how design (thinking) can aid in solving social and environmental issues? Design has been and is able to change, inspire and solve. (..more)

Meet the artist by the name of Berndnaut Smilde

Meet the artist by the name of Berndnaut Smilde

Apr 10, 2012 |  by  |  Art

We can be proud of our city for having artists such as Berndnaut Smilde (1978, Groningen), who makes installations, sculptures and photos. He creates temporary spaces based on the location given to him, the exhibition space. This is what Smilde says about Nimbus II, the featured image: (..more)

Cinema Egzotik's John Carpenter special in EYE film museum

Cinema Egzotik’s John Carpenter special in EYE film museum

Apr 3, 2012 |  by  |  Art, Event

Cinema Egzotik is a monthly returning curated movie night by Ronald Simons and Martin Koolhoven. Trailers, inspirational fragments and rip-offs from film history are given hilarious critique and commentary. These movie nights previously took place in the Balie but they have found a new place to call home in EYE. For this upcoming event Martin and Ronald will be showing two classics: (..more)