Stichting Ammodo, For arts, architecture and science

Dutch Masters from the Hermitage is a major retrospective exhibition at the Hermitage Amsterdam displaying work by the Dutch Masters of the 17th century which form part of the collection of the Hermitage in St Petersburg. Alongside work by Rembrandt, pieces by other Dutch masters from the Golden Age will be exhibited including Abraham Bloemaert, Frans Hals, Jacob van Ruisdael, Jan Steen and Joachim Wtewael. Many of these works have not been seen outside St. Petersburg before: this exhibition allows them to be seen in their country of origin for the first time. Ammodo is supporting Dutch Masters from the Hermitage so that this special retrospective can be achieved in the Netherlands.

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Dutch Masters: Rembrandt, Young woman with earrings, 1657

The opera Sunken Garden written by the Dutch composer Michel van der Aa together with the English author David Mitchell is one of the very first fully to integrate 3D film with live performance. The story is about a filmmaker who wants to make a documentary about the disappearance of three persons, and in preparing for this becomes entangled in a mystical garden, which will function as a place between life and death. Ammodo supports Sunken Garden to contribute to the development of an ambitious, experimental production of the highest international level, and as such a renewal of the opera genre.

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Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Sunken Garden, 2013, photo: Mike Hoban

Each year Toneelschuur Productions offers a select group of directors and theater artists the opportunity to further develop their talent through individual counseling by means of the programme House for Talent. The development of talent, professionalism and increasing involvement of audiences development are central to the programme. Participating makers include Paul Knieriem, Michiel de Regt, Erik Whien and Joost van Hezik. Ammodo supports Toneelschuur because House for Talent promotes the flow of directors and producers/playwrights to the big companies and thus contributes to the development of talented directors and theater makers.

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Toneelschuur Producties, Met mijn vader, photo: Annegien van Doorn

Since 2013 the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam is extending an invitation in every odd year to an internationally interesting theater director: Brandstichter. In Brandstichter the work of the chosen international director is presented by several companies. In every even year it is the turn of an international theatre company of the highest caliber: Brandhaarden. In Brandhaarden the work of various directors is presented by one international theater company. Ammodo supports Brandhaarden/Brandstichter as a way of contributing to high quality international programming and contextualization in the Dutch theater.

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The Sound of Silence, 2007

Mime theatre maker Boukje Schweigman (1974) develops the musical movement performance Erf (“inherit”). The show is performed by local players alongside professional actors. Erf is a play with ritualistic features about intangible legacies, family ties and location history. The substantive point of departure is the origin and belonging of every man to his biological and cultural history which is passed on through the generations and place of origin (touching on the different meanings of the word “erf”. Ammodo supports Erf to contribute to the artistic development of Boukje Schweigman.

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Boukje Schweigman, Erf, 2015, photo: Jochem Jurgens

In the exhibition Close-Up, EYE Film Museum presents recent film and video works and installations by a new generation of artists working in the Netherlands. The medium of film has undergone a major development in recent years: the relatively young generation explores the boundaries between film, video and visual arts and is no longer tied to a single medium. The exhibition includes work by Melanie Bonajo (1978), Felix Burger (1982), Janis Rafa (1984) and David Verbeek (1980). Ammodo supports Close-Up to contribute to the development of contemporary artists by offering them the opportunity to demonstrate recent work within a museum context where the work can be displayed under optimal conditions at a high technical level.

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Melanie Bonajo, videostill from Night Soil – Economy of Love, Close-up, 2015

The exhibition Your light is my life provides an overview of the works from the oeuvre of the Czech artist Kristof Kintera (1973). Kintera makes mechanical sculptures and installations which typically have a humorous and political motif. Kintera developed a box-in-box architecture especially for Kunsthal Rotterdam in which he displays many of his sculptures and installations together in one large gallery space. Ammodo supports Your light is my life as a means of contributing to the visibility and development of Kristof Kintera.

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Kristof Kintera, Demon of growth II, 2013-2014

Together with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Rijksmuseum organises the exhibition Hercules Segers Wonderland. The Rijksmuseum has the largest collection of Segers work in the world. The exhibition includes these works alongside (inter)national loans from London, Dresden, Paris and Berlin, amongst others to provide an overview of Seger’s work which is as complete as possible. Hercules Segers (1589/90 – 1633/38) was a celebrated printmaker, painter of landscapes, artist and artdealer. Ammodo supports Hercules Segers Wonderland to contribute to the creation of this exclusive retrospective.

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Hercules Segers, Larch, ca. 1615 – 1630

SHIROKURO is a performance by pianist Tomoko Mukaiyama, choreographer Nicole Beutler and lighting designer Jean Kalman. The foundations of SHIROKURO are the compositions of Galina Ustvolskaya and Robert Schumann. The nature of SHIROKURO is innovative: in this “dance concert” the basic principle is that dance and music are equal. By supporting this collaboration Ammodo aims to contribute to the development of a production in which dance, music and light are approached in an innovative way.

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Tomoko Mukaiyama and Nicole Beutler, SHIROKURO, 2013, photo: Anja Beutler

SPRING is a festival that encourages and presents contemporary artistic developments in the field of crossovers between dance, performance and theater. In May 2016 SPRING presents eight new (co)productions of new work by Jan Martens, Nicole Beutler and Tim Etchells, amongst others. In the series, a balance is sought between young and ‘established’ innovators with both small and larger productions. Ammodo is supporting SPRING over the period 2016-2018 to contribute to the realisation of new international (co)productions.

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SACRIFICE, Erna Omarsdottir & Valdimar Johannsson, Icelandic Dance Company

To commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Hieronymus Bosch in 2016, the Bosch 500 Foundation is organising an exhibitions entitled Hieronymus Bosch – Visions of a Genius in the Noordbrabants Museum. The exhibition aims to provide a complete overview of the works attributed to Hieronymus Bosch. It will bring together for the first time drawings, paintings, panels and triptychs on loan from international museums and private collections. The exhibition is accompanied by a scientific research project, the Bosch Research and Conservation Project, which amongst other things will include the restoration of certain works by Bosch. Ammodo supports Hieronymus Bosch – Visions of a genius to contribute to the realisation of this unique exhibition.

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Hieronymus Bosch, The Magician

Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) presents the contemporary dance performance Separate Ways, performed by the dancers of NDT 1. The performance consists of two world premieres: Clowns by Hofesh Shechter and Shut Eye from the choreographers Sol León and Paul Lightfoot. It is the first time that Shechter choreographed a piece for the NDT. He wrote the music and designed the costumes for Clowns himself. Ammodo supported Separate Ways as a way of contributing to the development of the NDT dancers and choreographers in question, and thus to the furtherance of contemporary dance.

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NDT 1, Seperate Ways, 2016, photo: Rahi Rezvani

Under the artistic direction of Lotte de Beer, from 2016-2018, Operafront will each year present an international co-production of new work for small and medium-sized halls. By editing existing operas and applying flexible manufacturing methods Operafront seeks to develop the opera of the future. The first production is an adaptation of Verdi’s La Traviata. The second opera, Caliban, is a new production and the third opera, Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss jr., is an adaptation of new and existing material. Ammodo supports Operafront as a way of contributing to the professional development of Lotte de Beer and the renewal of the opera genre.

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Photo: Caliban, 2017

In the exhibition Late Rembrandt over 100 works produced in the last phase of Rembrandt’s life are brought together for the first time and displayed in the Philips Hall of the Rijksmuseum. The exhibition of paintings, etchings and drawings follows the life and work of Rembrandt from about 1652 until his death in 1669. It has been put together from museum and private collections throughout Europe and the United States. Highlights of the exhibition include Self-portrait with two circles (Kenwood House, London), Portrait of Jan Six (Six Collection, Amsterdam) and Jacob’s Blessing (Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel). Ammodo supports Late Rembrandt to contribute to the realization of this unique exhibition.

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Exhibition overview, Late Rembrandt, 2015

Programme V – Spiritwalking is a (international) co-production from the Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT). For this production NDT collaborates with the Kronos Quartet from San Francisco. The Kronos Quartet plays new and existing works from among others composer Philip Glass. The production is shown in the Food Center Amsterdam, the previous Markthal. The support of Ammodo is aimed at contributing to the development of a (international) co-production which will add to the renewal of the art of dance.

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NDT, Programme V – Spiritwalking, photo: Rahi Rezvani

Germaine Kruip presents the performance A Possibility of an Abstraction: a sixty-minute transdisciplinary, international co-production in which theater, film and visual arts are integrated. The performance is a cinematic theater experience creating the illusion of an abstract video game created on the spot by a combination of sound, light, shadow and reflection. Ammodo supports the production of A Possibility of an Abstraction to contribute to the development of contemporary performance art and the artistic development of Germaine Kruip.

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Germaine Kruip, A Possibility of an Abstraction, 2016

Blank Out is the new operatic production from composer-director Michel van der Aa. It is a composition for a ‘real’ soprano and a virtual baritone. The opera examines the human condition in a combination of live action, interactive 3D film and music. The performance premieres in 2016 during the Opera Forward Festival. Blank Out pushes the dramatic possibilities of opera by fully integrating technological resources in the theatrical performance. The project is a continuation of the technological innovation that Van der Aa applied in his film opera Sunken Garden (2011-2012), amongst other projects. Ammodo supports Blank Out to contribute to the creation of new work and the artistic development of Michel van der Aa.

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Michel van der Aa, Blank Out, 2016, photo: Marco Borggreve

In 2011-2012 the Dutch National Ballet organizes the festival of new work entitled Present/s. Ten leading choreographers will create new pieces for the Dutch National Ballet. The ten choreographers are: Hans van Manen, Ton Simons, Paul Lightfoot & Sol León, Krzysztof Pastor, Ted Brandsen, Alexei Ratmansky, David Dawson, Christopher Wheeldon and Juanjo Arqués. All new choreographies will be performed with musical accompaniment by the Dutch Symphony Orchestra. Ammodo supports Present/s to contribute to the development of dance in general and in particular to the expanding repertoire of the Dutch National Ballet.

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Present/s, 2011

Toneelgroep Stormvogels presents the show De meester en Margarita by the Flemish director Julie Van den Berghe. De meester en Margarita is based on Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel from 1966 of the same name. The company has chosen not to use a conventional reworking of the book for the performance, but to create it’s own new stage adaptation. The aim is to create a contemporary, theatrical rendition of the underlying themes of this famous novel. Ammodo supports De meester en Margarita as a contribution to the artistic development of Julie Van den Berghe and Toneelgroep Stormvogels.

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Toneelgroep Stormvogels, De meester en Margarita, 2016, photo: Floyd Koster

For over twenty years De Appel, through its Curatorial Programme, has offered six future curators from different continents the opportunity to learn the skills that are necessary to becoming a curator. For eight months the participants attend workshops and seminars with tutors and guest lecturers, research case studies, take business trips and meet art professionals. De Appel wants the programme to be closely linked to current events. Therefore, starting in 2013, a project was launched to revise and develop the Curatorial Programme during the following years. Ammodo supports this revision of the Curatorial Programme because the programme contributes to the development of young curators at an international level.

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Curatorial Programme deelnemers 2014-15, photo: Shinji Otani

The exhibition The Frick Collection. Treasures from New York is the first major exhibition to be held in the recently renovated Mauritshuis after its reopening in 2014. The exhibition consists of 36 masterpieces including paintings, drawings, sculptures and applied art from the 13th to 19th century, on loan from the Frick Collection in New York. The Frick Collection is the art collection of wealthy American steel magnate Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919). It is the first time that so many works from the collection have been lent for exhibition outside of America. Ammodo supports The Frick Collection. Treasures from New York to contribute to the realization of this unique exhibition.

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Exhibition overview, The Frick Collection. Treasures from New York, 2015