Brakke Grond, Flemish Cultural Centre

Internet Yami-ichi / Black Market Amsterdam 9 & 10 May 2015 at de Brakke Grond

On the 9th and 10th of May 2015 the Internet Yami-ichi / Black Market took place in Flemish Art Centre ‘de Brakke Grond’ in Amsterdam as part of the theme month Hack / Play. With 60 stands, 160 artists and 2.000 visitors it was a great success. Find out more about this analogue market to celebrate the Internet: brakkegrond.nl/yamiichi

This edition of Internet Yami-ichi was initiated by Jan Robert Leegte / BrowserBased and de Brakke Grond with the generous support of Stichting DOEN and AFK (Amsterdam Fund for the Arts).

Bring Your Own Beamer 2013 - Aftermovie

The largest, free IN/OUTdoor edition of Bring Your Own Beamer in the Netherlands was held in Amsterdam, October 4th, 2013.

Medialab SETUP from Utrecht, FIBER, the organisation behind the Amsterdam based FIBER festival, graphic designer Nick Liefhebber and Flemish Arts Centre 'De Brakke Grond' joined forces to make this edition happen.

Over 75 digital creative minds projected their work on various locations at the Nes. Imagine alleyways, bikes, rooftops, through windows, onto steam, with sound and interacting with the audience. This digital gallery (where the sky was literally the limit) was visited by more than 2000 visitors.

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FIBER Festival 2017 - 'An Exploration of Poetry and Form' - UTOPIA blu*

►FIBER Festival 2017 - Conference
● Date: Saturday 13 May 2017
● Location: Flemish Arts Centre De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam

►UTOPIA blu* (UK/NL)
If poetry would have a physical form what would it be? UTOPIA blu* is a cooperative architectural design firm located in Amsterdam, NL and London, UK. They work with a variety of partners and have collaborated with Dutch fashion designer Anouk Wipprecht to create the amazing spiderbots.


● FF17 Conference - Emerging Artists and Interdisciplinairy Practices

►About FIBER Festival 2017 - Prima Materia: alchemical thinking and making in art, design and music
The FIBER team retrieved its inspiration for the 2017 years theme by its fascination over connections between todays experimental art/design practices and a renewed interest in the ancient field of alchemy. Through an extensive program of conference talks, a public exhibition, AV performances, and live electronic music, the festival explores the theme Prima Materia; alchemical thinking and making in art, design and music.

Prima Materia showcases artists and designers who question and reimagine the relationship between man, technology and matter. Technology has a profound effect on nature and we’re in great need to create a sustainable and more emotional relation with the earth. At the same time it is getting harder and harder to predict our future as a human race in the context of fast technological developments of things like artificial intelligence, big data and decentralised networks – developments that feel almost like organic, all-encompassing forces of nature. The human scale and the tools that we use to interpret the world are being radically transformed. We seem to be caught in the middle of invisible forces.