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Amsterdam, NL. 21 June 2008
13 ARTISTS IN OOSTEREILAND PRISON
A Reality Show for Human Rights
An international project to examine how isolation affects the creative process begins on 1 August when thirteen artists from nine countries enter solitary cells at the Oostereiland Prison in Hoorn. The volunteers include sculptors, painters, photographers and performance artists from Europe, the United States, Africa and Japan.
Aim of the unique art event 13 ISOLATIONS is to examine how 29 days and nights of solitary confinement affect imagination, creativity and artistic commitment (endeavor?). Living and working in strict isolation for 23 hours a day, the prisoners will be filmed and the images streamed world-wide on the Internet via www.13isolations.com, allowing the largest audience ever to follow a live art event.
The artists will arrive in Amsterdam by train and plane on 29 July. On Wednesday 30 July at 18:00 they will be guests of the Melkweg Cafe, "Eat at Jo's".
On Thursday 31 July at 17:00 they will be guests of Tong Ah Chinese - Indonesian Restaurant, followed by a press party at the Amsterdam Hilton with DJ Koldun, at 20:00.
On Friday 1 August the artists will be transported to Oostereiland.
The prisoners will be provided only food, water and art materials, will have no contact with each other and have no telephone or computer connection to the outside world. Given just one hour a day of freedom to shower and exercise outside their cells, their lives will mirror the experience of millions of innocent and powerless people living in conditions of poverty, forced labor, human trafficking, political repression, discrimination and wrongful imprisonment.
An exhibition of the completed work in Oostereiland Prison, will be open to the public from Saturday, 30 August to 14 September.
On the opening day visitors will be able to visit the cells and talk to the artists.
Live video streaming for the event will be provided by Streamzilla and the Internet connection provided by Online.
The City of Hoorn has offered Stichting Episodes, organizers of the event, the use of the prison cells and the courtyard as part of their cultural season.
Local art organizations have also been invited to exhibit their work, and the city plans to show three films in the prison courtyard during the event.
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For interviews and more information:
Anthony Murrell, Director Stichting Episodes
Telephone 06 271 78946
Email mur.ant@gmail.com
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Amsterdam, NL. 15 May 2008
EPISODES' tweede internationale kunst project genaamd''13 isolations", heeft 13 erkende kunstenaars geselecteerd, die voor 29 dagen vrijwillig gevangen zullen zitten, in de oude gevangenis van Hoorn , op het Oostereiland van 1 tot 29 augustus 2008.
Deze kunstenaars zijn multicultureel, beoefenen verschillende disciplines, en hebben zich bovendien vrijwillig opgegeven om ge'i'soleerd opgesloten te worden voor de tijd van een maand, slechts voorzien van eten, water en kunst-materialen; de ontwikkeling van hun werken kan acht uur per dag van 1 tot 29 augustus gevolgd worden op www.13isolations.com
Het 13 kunstenaars zijn: Kim Tuin, Isabella Mara, Sanyu Nagenda, Kirsten Leenaars, Kim Tuin, Priscila Fernandes, Moses Foster, Fred Martin, Katya Grokhovsky, Raymond Watson, Lekan Oguntunde, Noriko Yamaguchi and Steven Gerlich.
Dit zou een heel groot kunst-project moeten worden, alleen al omdat internet overal is, er ook een expositie van het werk komt voor twee weken in de plaatselijke Oostereiland, de gevangenis sluit en een monument wordt terwijl het kunst-seizoen net begint.
Isolations is kunst in de vorm van experimenteel onderzoek, en de kunstenaars staan voor mensen in onterende leef situaties van discriminatie, onterechte gevangenschap, overheersing, dwangarbeid, slavernij, armoede, etc.
Episodes is een openbaar netwerk, gericht op het publiek maken van het werk van individuele kunstenaars en de promotie van werkelijke culturele uitwisseling van overal ter wereld.
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Informatie: Anthony Murrell, Director of Episodes
Postbus 10398 1001 EJ Amsterdam, Netherlands mobile +31 0627178946
info@episodenetwork.org
www.episodesnetwork.org
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Amsterdam, NL. May 15, 2008
EPISODES, creates “first of its kind” art event for a global audience.
EPISODES' second international art project, called “13 Isolations” has selected the 13 artists who will be imprisoned for 29 days in August 2008.
13 artists of multiple cultures and various artistic disciplines have volunteered to be confined in isolation for one month and provided with only art materials, food and water. They will be live streamed 8 hours a day on the Internet.
Amsterdam, NL. May 11, 2008 13 Isolations will take place in Hoorn, Netherlands at the Oostereiland Prison, August 1-29, 2008.
13 artists of multiple cultures and various artistic disciplines have volunteered to be confined in isolation for one month and provided with only art materials, food and water. They will be live streamed 8 hours a day on the Internet for a global audience to view, possibly the largest audience ever to see a live art event.
The Mayors office and the Hoorn city government will sponsor the Landmark prison site and subsequent exhibition space at the prison.
The 13 artists are: Kim Tuin, Isabella Mara, Sanyu Nagenda, Kirsten Leenaars, Kim Tuin, Priscila Fernandes, Moses Foster, Fred Martin, Katya Grokhovsky, Raymond Watson, Lekan Oguntunde, Noriko Yamaguchi and Steven Gerlich.
13 Isolations is art as experimental research and the artists act as metaphors for the larger scale isolations brought on by wrongful imprisonment, discrimination, tribalism, forced labor, human trafficking and poverty to mention a few.
As the artists struggle to compromise their aloneness with unique works of art, the evidence of their struggle will be exhibited to the public for 2 weeks.
EPISODES encourages the participation of companies in Holland to participate in this exciting event opening at the start of the cultural season. The public excitement generated by this event and exhibition makes it an excellent opportunity for corporate exposure. 13 isolations web site www.13isolations.com will broadcast the event and become a docking station for Internet traffic to interact with; by posting blogs, uploading videos about personal experiences with isolations and reporting any violation of human rights. Information gathered over the course of the event will be available for medical institutions, governments, NGOs and the public via our web site.
EPISODES is a public service art network dedicated to bringing the applied imagination of artists to the public domain and promoting genuine cultural exchange among the global community.
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For further information contact: Anthony Murrell, Director of Episodes
Postbus 10398 1001 EJ Amsterdam, Netherlands mobile +31 0627178946
info@episodenetwork.org
www.episodesnetwork.org
