Public Opinion is our editor’s chance to share their thoughts with us. Film editor Basje Boer recently watched both this year’s most talked about music documentaries on Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse respectively, and wanted to get four things off…
It was probably the hottest day of the year: Wednesday 1 July. The deal was: ‘Take part in our Public Search and win an instant party and eternal fame.’
As part of the ‘Cultural Marketing Awards’, the annual Gouden Struis award seeks out the year’s very best marketing campaign within the cultural sector. We (alongside five other campaigns) were nominated for our kick off campaign, that targeted to and…
You are Public! And Lucas de Man, Lucky Fonz III and Maartje Wortel are Public, too.
Early 2012 we were sitting in a restaurant in Groningen. We were there for Eurosonic, a festival platform for new European pop music. We had stayed up late drinking the night before. We saw a lot of bands and spoke…
While searching for direction within the April programme, it occurred to me that minimalism could be the north star to guide the way: not only do we have World Minimal Music Festival (10 – 11 – 12 April) coming up…
The Stedelijk Museum, de Appel and W139 are obvious choices when looking for contemporary art in the city, but there are plenty of other places to discover both emerging and more established artists. Think about the residencies on offer at…
How do you create a myth? With words and allegorical narratives. Or you use image, with icon paintings, formal portrait photography, shocking selfies. This month I delved into divergent templates of myth-making found within the We Are Public programme, suddenly…