I’ll be again in Rotterdam next week, teaching a one-day master class on Dead Drops at mama showroom which will be part of the Land Art For A New Generation with: Aram Bartholl (DE, 1972), Artie Vierkant (USA, 1986), Coralie Vogelaar (NL, 1981) & Teun Castelein (NL, 1980), Dennis de Bel (NL, 1984), Jeremy Wood (UK, 1976), JODI (BE/NL, 1968), Juliette Bonneviot (FR, 1983), Kari Altmann (USA, 1983), Constant Dullaart (NL, 1979)
Date: Wednesday 29th of June 2011
Time: 10.00-16.00
Location: V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, 3012 XL Rotterdam
Artist: Aram Bartholl
Organisation: Showroom MAMA in collaboration with Kunstverein Hamburg and V2_
Contact: Susan Callaars susan@showroommama.nl
Registration fee: 10 Euro, lunch included Maximum of 20 participants


The exhibition Land Art for a New Generation opens at Showroom MAMA on June 17, 2011. In relation to this show artist Aram Bartholl will lead the “Dead Drops master class” in Rotterdam on June 29 organized by MAMA and V2_.
Dead drops were spots where Cold War spies left information behind for others to pick up. In 2010, Aram Bartholl started his Dead Drops project, for which he installed USB memory sticks in public locations. Everyone is welcome to upload or download information, creating an anonymous, offline, peer-to-peer network for the exchange of files. More information about the project and current Dead Drop locations is available at www.deaddrops.com.


Master class
Aram Bartholl will begin the master class with a presentation about his project. Participants will then have an opportunity for discussion. They will subsequently divide into small groups, begin making their own Dead Drops, and give brief presentations about them. The Dead Drops will then be installed in walls in Rotterdam.

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