Gebied F-7 in Almere. Foto: Google Earth

LOCALISMS, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands

12 April until 19 October 2008

During the last week of the exhibition At Random? Networks and cross-pollinations a workshop was held in Museum De Paviljoens. The artists and designers participating in this workshop share a common interest in the singularities and peculiarities of specific locations. The workshop focused on the area F-7, the only plot of land in the heart of Almere that hasn’t been rulerdrawn yet. It is home to temporary buildings and activities: youth housing, coffeeshop De Blowboot, a building materials storage site for the Municipality of Almere, youngsters, school for lower secondary professional education Villa Parkhurst, De Muur – Almere’s grafitti hotspot, carnival trailers and Museum De Paviljoens.

The workshop formed the upbeat to LOCALISMS, an exhibition that focuses on the poetry in the street, the discovery of the (urban) landscape, unnoticed sounds, the investigative look, archives of image and sound, wanderlust and world travellers.The exhibition LOCALISMS started with a workshop on the 1st of April 2008 with Enough Room for Space and the artists Richard Wentworth, Marjolijn Dijkman, Savage, Eric Van Hove, Melle Smets, Maurits Hertzberger, Frank Koolen, Sara Kolster, Derek Holzer, Marc Boon, Kristin Posehn, SoundTransit, Maarten Vanden Eynde and Julie Peeters. During the run of the exhibition new work is developed and new participants will add their observations.

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