Migrating Democrazy*, 2010

fear
head high, the reed
does he hear the leaping of the fish?
does he suspect water?
pursuers are approaching
there is no bridge

Ed Hoornik (1910 - 1970)

*a gadget everyone wants to have, but like a foreign language in the mouth, it is poisonous because of the lack of control in the production process.


n.e.w.s.

Launched in 2008, based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Renée Ridgway and Rick van Amersfoort are co-initiators of n.e.w.s., a collective online platform for the analysis and development of art-related activities. It draws upon contributions from around the globe, bringing together different voices, accents and outlooks from the North, East, West and South. n.e.w.s. offers space for a potential series of global dialogues, transactions and collaborations concerning art and its discourse. Open-sourced, collaborative actions are integral to n.e.w.s. along with a community-developed database and events calendar. Building upon shared knowledge and past references, contributors engage with each others' practices. http://northeastwestsouth.net

Renée Ridgway

1965, Mountain Home, Idaho, U.S.A. Lives and works in Amsterdam. Artist, free-lance curator, writer and educator, Renée Ridgway completed her studies in fine art at the Rhode Island School of Design, (BFA) and Piet Zwart Institute (MA). She has exhibited widely in the Netherlands (Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Gouda Museum, Museum De Lakenhal Leiden) and at P.S. 1 and MoMA in New York.

Rick van Amersfoort

1964, Laren, the Netherlands. Lives and works in Amsterdam. Rick van Amersfoort is a researcher (for Buro Jansen & Janssen) and documentary filmmaker and experimental videographer. His work has been seen at the Rotterdam Film Festival, museum lectures, The University of Georgia, and online via Friends of the Earth and Stichting de Vrije Keyser.