The question seemed innocent: What European art and culture belongs in a European canon? But my oh my, has that question caused a stir. Words like ‘colonial discourse’, ‘Eurocentrism’ and ‘Western epistemology’ started filling out mailboxes. But there were also…
Punk has been around for 40 years, and EYE is celebrating with the programme FURY! Punk Culture. Prepare for the series with our Punk 101. The Sex Pistols, Anarchy in the UK The Sex Pistols released their debut single Anarchy…
Tangled, pulsating bodies, energetic and raw. The Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) has reeled in a choreographer with a rock ‘n’ roll attitude, Hofesh Shechter. Shechter (Israel, 1975) makes energetic, uplifting pieces fit for many dancers, and writes his own, often…
The première of Heart of a Dog, a film about the relationship between Laurie Anderson and her dog Lolabelle, seemed like a good moment to take a look at how famous twentieth-century artists have found inspiration in their pets. Chris…
From glamour photographers to studio photographers: you can’t miss out on these seven portrait photographers, according to our film & photography curator Basje Boer. What makes a portrait good? It’s a question that doesn’t dawn on me when I see…
Films about an alcoholic dad and a daughter that runs away from home? “That’s just reality, you see that everywhere you look,” says Chris Oosterom, director of Imagine Film Festival. “All the films are about imagination during Imagine. It’s about…
It is kind of exciting. A match, between two We Are Public members. Pia from Ijmuiden and Maureen from Amsterdam, meet for the first time. The location is The Dutch National Opera and Ballet building along the Amstel in Amsterdam….
Puppets, the length of pencils, hang helplessly from strings attached to a Plexiglas ceiling. A tongue made of a foamy material, the length of an arm, rests on a chair. “We spent two hours yesterday figuring out how we could…