Stichting Ammodo, For arts, architecture and science

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

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.

In 2023, Ammodo released the documentary In Between Realities about the work of Michel van der Aa. Watch it now at ammododocs.org.

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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

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

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

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

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.

In 2023, Ammodo released the documentary In Between Realities about the work of Michel van der Aa. Watch it now at ammododocs.org.

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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