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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen presents Ugo Rondinone – Vocabulary of Solitude: the first, comprehensive mid-career solo exhibition of the works of Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone (1964). Rondinone had his breakthrough in the nineties with his spatial installations, in which he combined various disciplines such as light, sound and architecture. Clowns and rainbows are recurring themes in his work and also prevail in this exhibition. Ugo Rondinone – Vocabulary of Solitude consists of 45 sculptures of lifelike clowns, captured in everyday actions, which have not been exhibited before. Ammodo supports the exhibition to contribute to the exposure of Rondinone’s work in it’s entirety.

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Exhibitionoverview, Vocabulary of Solitude, 2016, photo: Stefan Altenburger

Theatre of the World is an opera by Louis Andriessen, directed by Pierre Audi. The opera is inspired by the life of the Jesuit Athanasius Kircher (1601-1680). It follows Kircher, who makes a journey through time and space accompanied by a twelve year old boy. The production was accompanied musically by ASKO | Schönberg under the direction of Reinbert de Leeuw. Ammodo supports Theatre of the world to contribute to the development of contemporary opera.

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De Nationale Opera, Theatre of the world, 2016, photo: Ruth Walz

Dai Hanzhi: 5000 Artists is an exhibition of works by Chinese artists with whom Hans van Dijk (1946-2002), or Dai Hanzhi as he was known in China, worked when he was active in the ’90s in China as a curator, art historian and gallery owner. The programme includes two exhibitions in Beijing and Rotterdam, and aims to give Van Dijk’s work visibility and recognition. Ammodo supports Dai Hanzhi: 5000 Artists to contribute to the development and opening up of the contemporary art scene in China and, in particular, to honour the work of Hans van Dijk.

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Hans van Dijk in his studyroom, photo: Zhang Haier

Tomoko Mukaiyama (1963) is a Dutch-Japanese pianist, performer and visual artist based in Amsterdam. For the performance La Mode Tomoko works together with nine dancers from the Spellbound Contemporary Ballet (Rome), architect Toyo Ito and composer Yannis Kyriakides. La Mode puts fashion, music, dance, performance, video, light and spatial design on an equal footing. Ammodo supports La Mode to contribute to both the development of Tomoko Mukaiyama and to enable the creation of a new international installation performance of the highest quality.

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Scene from La Mode, 2016, photo: Gregor Khuen Belasi

Ed Atkins: Recent Ouija is the first major solo exhibition of British artist Ed Atkins (1982) in the Netherlands. Atkins is known for his use of the latest digital media technologies such as high definition cameras, projectors and digital editing. His work investigates the impact of a hyperreal virtual world on the viewer’s physical reality. For his presentation at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Atkins takes over the large downstairs gallery in the new building to create an environment of video images, Dolby surround sound, collages and drawings. Nine recently developed works are displayed. Ammodo supports Ed Atkins: Recently Ouija to contribute to the development of Ed Atkins and the recognition of his work.

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Ed Atkins, Recent Ouija, 2015, photo: Gert-Jan van Rooij

Through the Fraslab programme Frascati offers theater makers and/or dance artists at the start of their careers the opportunity to develop new work. Twice a year, four people have the opportunity to produce a work of about 45 minutes and then to present it to an audience of professionals. For Fraslab, Frascati focuses on creators who want to extend the boundaries of their profession and discipline. In addition, Frascati organises the Frascati Sessions. In these sessions, participants have the opportunity to exchange knowledge, experience and working methods with experienced artists and leading thinkers. Ammodo supports Fraslab and the Frascati Sessions because both initiatives stimulate research within the performing arts and contribute to the development of talented theater and dance makers.

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Frascati, I’m Not Here Says The Void, 2014, photo: Thomas Leiden

Noorderzon is an international performing arts festival that takes place every August in Groningen. The festival focuses on presenting small and medium size productions within the broad spectrum of interdisciplinary performing arts. In collaboration with international partners Noorderzon annually (co)produces a number of performances by promising theatre makers. Ammodo supports Noorderzon in actualising these international (co)productions because they make a contribution to the development of the performing arts.

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Kid Coala, Noorderzon, 2014, photo: Pierre Borasci

The exhibition Bit Rot focuses on the influential thinker and author Douglas Coupland (1961) and reveals the mind of the artist. The exhibition combines his own work with pieces loaned from his own collection. In the Spring of 2015 Coupland was a resident artist at the Google Cultural Institute in Paris. The result of this project, The Living Internet, also forms part of the exhibition. An eponymous paperback has been published alongside the exhibition; the book includes new and existing short stories by the artist. The title Bit Rot refers to the phenomenon of spontaneous decomposition of digital data. Ammodo supports Bit Rot because through this exhibition Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art offers insight into the versatility of an influential thinker and creator.

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Exhibitionoverview, Bit Rot, 2015, photo: Cassander Eeftinck-Schattenkerk

In 2016 the Dutch National Opera presents the new opera production Only the sound remains. Only the sound remains is directed by the renowned American director Peter Sellars (1957) and consists of two parts, which are based on Japanese Noh dramas. The central theme of these pieces is the encounter between the living and the dead, between humans and spirits, the earthly and the heavenly. The music is composed by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. Ammodo supports Only the sound remains to contribute to the development of contemporary opera.

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De Nationale Opera, Only the sound remains, 2016, photo: Ruth Walz

The performance Medea.Matrix is directed by Susanne Kennedy and was developed in collaboration with visual artist Markus Selg. They break through the traditional Medea interpretations and create their own universe of theater and art installation. The show is a co-production with the Vienna Festival. It is a multimedia solo performance performed by the German actress Birgit Minichmayr. Ammodo supports Medea.Matrix to contribute to the creation of new work by Susanne Kennedy.

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Geblässehalle, Landschaftspark Duisburg Nord, photo: Hermann & Clärchen Baus

Gavrilo Princip is a play about the Serb who shot the Habsburg Crown Prince, Franz Ferdinand, in 1914: the event that is widely considered to have been the trigger for the outbreak of the First World War. Gavrilo Princip juxtaposes a reconstruction of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and a multitude of scenes from European literature together with recorded descriptions from people recounting the moment they heard the news of the attack. The play is a collaboration between the Holland Festival, HAU Berlin and the Kaaitheater in Brussels. Ammodo supports Gavrilo Princip to contribute to the production of new theatre work.

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De Warme Winkel, Gavrilo Princip, 2014

Moderation(s) is an exchange project between Witte de With and Spring Workshop in Hong Kong being led by the Malaysian artist and writer Heman Chong (1977). During the course of a little more than a year, exhibitions, residencies and a performance programme are being organized. Ammodo supports Moderation(s) to contribute to the development and opening up of the local Asian contemporary art scene.

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Moderation(s), by Tai Po with Ho Sin Tung, 29 January 2013

De Warme Winkel launched a series of performances of works by Russian artists in 2010, beginning with Poets and Bandits about the poet Boris Rhyzhy. Jandergrouwnd, (“Underground”) a play about the illegal art scene in Moscow in the ‘70s and ‘80s of the last century, will form the second part of the Russia series. De Warme Winkel will base this performance on the book Jandergrouwnd a hero of our time by Vladimir Makanin. Ammodo supports Jandergrouwnd to contribute to the development and presentation of a performance that seeks to revive interest in literature that has almost been forgotten.

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De Warme Winkel, Jandergrouwnd, 2012

Through the international exhibition Lissitzky – Kabakov, Utopia and Reality the Van Abbemuseum brought the oeuvres of renowned Russian artists, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov and El Lissitzky together for the first time. Following on from the Van Abbemuseum it could be seen in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg and the Multimedia Art Museum (MAMM) in Moscow. Ammodo supports Lissitzky – Kabakov, Utopia and Reality to bring the early Soviet avant-garde art and the art that emerged at the end of the Soviet era to a larger public audience and to help stimulate new insights in the discourse concerning art history in the twenty-first century.

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El Lissitzky, Prounenraum, 1923 (reconstructie uit 1971), photo: Peter Cox

Not Making Sense as Something Else is an exhibition series in which P/////AKT presents six solo exhibitions by emerging artists. The series offers talented young artists the opportunity to develop new work, gain experience in organizing a solo exhibition and to engage with a relevant audience. The participating artists are Bram de Jonghe, Dan Walwin, Bas van den Hurk & Hans Delmeulenaere, Claudia Pagès & Ulijona Odišarija, Roderick Hietbrink and Kasper Bosmans. Each is invited to develop new work to exhibit in P/////AKT. By supporting this initiative, Ammodo aims to contribute to both the artistic development of the artists and to the visibility of their work.

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Bas Van Den Hurk & Hans Demeulenaere + guest artists Lorelinde Verhees & Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Politics of Installation, part 2, 2015

Each year Julidans presents the two-year program Artists’ Lab, developed for talented international choreographers. In Artists’ Lab the choreographers work on new productions under the guidance of renowned theatre makers and choreographers. In the firts year young, talented choreographers will be introduced to eachother and the work of the choreographers of Julidans. In the second year they will create a danceproduction with the whole group of young choreographers which will be presented during the festival. Through Artists’ Lab, Julidans seeks to bridge the gap between young choreographers and professionals in the field by bringing talented Dutch and international dance artists together and giving them the opportunity to develop new work to be presented at leading venues. Ammodo supports Artists’ Lab as a means of contributing to the development and visibility of young choreographers who demonstrate the potential to succeed at an international level.

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The solo exhibition Marlene Dumas: The Image as Burden provides an unique overview of the work of Marlene Dumas. Dumas’ retrospective exhibition presents around two hundred paintings and drawings dating from the late ‘70s through to today: the most extensive collection that has yet been seen in Europe. The works on display are largely drawn from international private and museum collections and include key pieces such as The Painter, Models, The White Disease, Dead Marilyn and the recent series of drawings Great Man. Ammodo supports Marlene Dumas: The Image as Burden to contribute to the development and enhancement of the work of Marlene Dumas.

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Marlene Dumas: The Image as Burden, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2014, photo: Gert Jan van Rooij

Global Collaborations is a three-year programme through which the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (SMBA) attempts to form an approach to the developments in contemporary art from non-Western regions. The project focuses in particular on collaborations with art institutions in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, a symposium, and a series of six exhibitions with accompanying publications and an online platform. Ammodo supports Global Collaborations to contribute to a sustainable embedding of non-Western art in museum policy.

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How Far How Near, 2014, photo: Gert-Jan van Rooij

At the invitation of the Ruhrtriënnale (Germany) and the Ghent music center, De Bijloke (Belgium) Silbersee is making a contemporary international operatic theater work, Homo Instrumentalis. The show is directed by Romain Bischoff (1961) and is a transdisciplinary co-production intergrating song, dance, text, light and video art. The piece is inspired by the theme of the relationship between humans and technology, approached from a historical and philosophical perspective. Ammodo supports Homo Instrumentalis to contribute to the development of quality contemporary operatic theater.

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The Dutch National Ballet in close cooperation with the National Ballet Academy in Amsterdam started the Junior Company. The Artists Development Programme of the Junior Company of the National Ballet is intended as a springboard for top talent which is in the transitional phase between studying Dance and then moving into the professional field. It offers young dancers a two-year work experience and training placement, preparing them for a possible position with the National Ballet. Ammodo supports the Junior Company to promote new dance talent and to preserve the quality of the Dutch National Ballet.

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Het Nationale Ballet Junior Company, Ernst Meister, No time before time, 2016, photo: Michel Schnater

Since 2011 De Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam presents an annual series of exhibitions with international masterpieces. Each year Masterpiece exhibits a piece of art of the highest quality in the church space. A prerequisite for selection is that the work has either never been seen in the Netherlands before, or at least not for a very long time. In addition to being of a very high quality the pieces chosen are also of a spiritual or religious nature. Ammodo supports Masterpiece to contribute to the development of exhibition concepts in De Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam.

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El Greco, Pentecostés (Pinksteren), ca. 1600, Photographic Archive