Written by Noor Kikkert On Thursday 30 April 2019 Martijn Winkler gave the first-year BA students MKDA a lecture on his latest short film series #tagged. The series confronts its viewers with the impact social media have in our daily lives. “The moment you grab your phone, you get sucked in the digital world and… Read More “SHUTTING OFF WHILE TURNING ON’’
Written by Fleur den Uijl and Janneke Luns For the Master specialization Art, Market and Connoisseurship and Contemporary Art History one of the required subjects was a study trip to London. Here we had to engage in depth with exemplary works of western art history from early modern times to today, in original and in… Read More Our week in London
Hi! I am Dieke, 21 years old, and for the first semester in my third year of studying MKDA I went on exchange to Hong Kong. As an art student, the VU Worldmap doesn’t give you a whole lot of exchange destinations (IBA is better off, as always), but I had already decided that I… Read More Students’ Stories: Dieke Ribbers in Hong Kong
Written by Esmee Schoutens This fall I received Early Career Fund from CLUE+ to conduct archival research in the United States for five weeks. I am now a second-year research master student of the Critical Studies in Art and Culture track. I mostly focus on modern and contemporary art, specifically on art/technology collaborations and artistic… Read More Scavenging American Art & Technology Archives – Esmee Schoutens
Geschreven door Iris de Baat Gietijzeren straatlantaarns, vuilnisbakken, bankjes en hekken: ze zijn tegenwoordig niet meer weg te denken uit het straatbeeld. Toch is het pas sinds het begin van de negentiende eeuw dat publieke ruimtes in steden werden ingericht met straatmeubilair. Door de opkomst van straatmeubilair werden steden veiliger en schoner, maar vooral ook… Read More Gietijzeren ornamentiek: omarming of verwerping? – Iris de Baat
Geschreven door Aukje Worm Na een lange reis, met een tussenstop op vliegveld Caïro, een overnachting in Accra en een langdurige busreis richting Kumasi, ben ik vrijdagavond 28 september aangekomen bij de accommodatie in het dorpje Kwaso. Het weekend was goed om even te acclimatiseren, kennis te maken met de workshopleiders Nadia en Irene, de vrijwilligers en het dorpje Kwaso.… Read More Students’ Stories: Kalì Earth Architecture Workshop Ghana (Internship) – Aukje Worm
Hi everybody! My name is Lieke Haan, I am 20 years old and I’m in my second year of MKDA. Currently I am in Florence with the course Buitenlandse Excursie, so I am writing this blog from the garden while I am sitting in the sun to tell you something about the board year I… Read More Students’ Stories: Lieke Haan
