The Blue House, lJburg, Amsterdam
The Blue House Fact Sheet
The Blue House
Jeanne van Heeswijk, Yane Calovski, Dennis Kaspori, Hervé Paraponaris, m7red, Nicoline Koek, Silvia Russel, Marthe van Eerdt, Rudy J. Luyters, Cheikh ‘Papa’ Sakho, Barbara Holub, Paul Rajakovics, Orgacom, Joost Grootens, Marianne Maasland, Marga Wijman, Marcel Möring, Inga Zimprich, Howard Chan, Tere Recarens, Carel Weeber, Wilfried Hou Je Bek, Daniela Paes Leão, Amy Plant, Ella Gibbs, Jo van der Spek, Igor Dobricic and Johan Siebers. Johan Bakker, Sonia Boyce, Roé Cerpac, Peter van Keulen, Elke Krasny, Marjolein Schaap, Cesare Pietroiusti, Sarah van Sonsbeeck, Dirk van Weelden, Nicky Zwaan.
Project initiated and led by artist Jeanne van Heeswijk in collaboration with Dennis Kaspori and Hervé Paraponaris.
May 2005
December 2009
IJburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
In 1996, Amsterdam City Council proceeded with the development of IJburg, a new residential being created on a cluster of manmade islands east of the city. IJburg is set for completion in 2012, by which time it will provide 18,000 dwellings for 45,000 residents.
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Situated within one of the residential blocks, The Blue House has been taken off the market for four years on the initiative of artist Jeanne van Heeswijk. During this time it will act as a centre for cultural production, researching into and documenting the genesis and evolution of IJburg’s community.
As well as free accommodation, the Blue House offers each visiting artist a EUR 6,000 fee for the six month residency, plus travel expenses.
As The Blue House has no single, regular source of public funding, artist residency costs and project overheads are financed from a variety of sources.
The Blue House’s Hospitality programme strand has been developed as Stage Four of ALMOSTREAL, a European Cultural Foundation project supporting and researching artistic collaboration within different cultural contexts in Europe.
Artists, architects and creative thinkers of various nationalities are invited to live and work in the house on six month residencies, undertaking live research and producing artworks and projects which examine the evolving urban space and contribute to the building of community history and identity.
Jeanne van Heeswijk in collaboration with Dennis Kaspori.
Contact for further information
Irene den Hartoog
Het Blauwe Huis
Willy Mullenskade 13
1087 KH Amsterdam
Tel: 0031(0)6 514 174 95 3859 5379
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Artist Project websites
Autohotel
www.autohotel.net
Boekenkas
www.blauweboekenkas.org
Chill-ROOM
www.wijbouwenzelf.blogspot.com
ALMOSTREAL
www.almostreal.org/read-more
Identiteitbouwer
www.identiteitbouwer.org
Chattheater
www.teatrodochat.com.ar
IJboot
www.ijboot.nl
Radio Ruisriet
www.m2m.streamtime.org
Artists websites
Daniela Paes Leao
www.dpaesleao.blogspot.com
M7Red
www.m7redes.blogspot.com
Rudy J. Luijters
www.luijters.be