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Open day at breeding ground BOUW
Last year, we and all other tenants of the BOUW incubator have again worked hard in a place where making, building and crossovers are central. The AGA LAB also opens its doors this Friday night and gives you an insight into what has been made in the past year. Plus Zedz, artist-in-residence of December, will print live.…
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Knust@AGA LAB – Saturday 9th of December from 16h
On the 9th of december from 16:00 – 20:00 you are very welcome to attend an afternoon of book presentations, music and live printing: the newest Art Prison publication by Zoran Pungerčar will be presented; Astrid Florentinus newest book “Sphere” will be released; Zedz will present his work and there will be a performance by…
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Panel and reflections on East Type West Type 10 November
It’s time for a new era in Arabic Type design! We invite you to join us on Friday November 10th to the final of East Type West Type! The panel and the reflection are the wrap-up of the project East Type West Type in which international designers and performers have participated. The panel will focus…
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Assistance for analogue black & white photography
The analogue dark room for black and white photography will be taken into use in November and Clarke Cole will assist AGA LAB. She will be available on a regular Saturday of the month. Make an appointment on time to use the dark room.
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New filter installation
The silk screen department has a new filter installation. It’s very environmentally and user friendly. This is made possible due to the financing of Prince Bernhard Cultural Fund and Fonds Kwadraat.
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Director exchange with Frans Masereel Centrum
At the end of July Kristien van den Oever, director of AGA LAB, joined the Frans Masereel Center (FMC) in Kasterlee, Belgium. In the autumn of 2017 Sofie Dederen, director of the FMC, will be repaying the visit. Previously, Ivan Durt and Tom Dries visited AGA LAB to find out more about the ‘daily usage’…
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Workshop “Making natural paint”
… and its application in printing techniques Saturday the 28th of October the workshop “Making natural paint” will be organized, where we will share our experience after 6 years of research in and around AGA. We will focus on the process: starting with growing the plants, to extracting the paint, and eventually applying it in…
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Shaped by nature – lithography workshop by AiR Ausma Šmite
Introduction Workshop Lithography by current artist-in-residence Ausma Šmite Nature is a recurring theme and inspiration in the life and work of Ausma Šmite*. She grew up in the Gauja National Park of Latvia, which is full of forest flora and fauna. In the limestone plates used for lithography you can also see remnants of life:…
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Exposition: Double Landscapes (04/06 – 01/09)
Starting at the 4th of July until the 1st of September this year, Wouter Venema and Jessie Yingying Gong will show their work at Galerie Joghem at Sanquin. The exposition is organised by a collaboration between AGA LAB and Sanquin and will open its doors on Friday the 7th at 5pm by Kristien van den…
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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Too? by Patricia Kaersenhout | Opening by Astrid H. Roemer
Community art project, exhibition, and performance 29 June to 30 September 2017 | WOW Amsterdam | Opening: Thursday 29 June 5pm ʻGuess Whoʼs Coming to Dinner Too?ʼ is a community art project by visual artist and activist Patricia Kaersenhout, in cooperation with the Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier (AGA LAB), Het GildeLab, BYBROWN and WOW Amsterdam. With…