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At deBuren captivating guests cross swords in order to give inspiring contributions to the public debate, on topics ranging from the cultural, academic and political field. Apart from organizing lectures, debates and exhibitions, we also stimulate the virtual debate through columns by a wide range of authors.
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Written by deBuren on 26 October 2010
Read, listen to, watch and download city portraits on www.city-books.eu. citybooks is a residential project for authors, photographers and video artists. They make unique city portraits in commission of the Flemish-Dutch House deBuren. The citybooks are made available as text, e-book and podcast, all free of charge. This work in progress will shape an extensive network of the ‘United States of Europe’. Travel without moving!
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Written by deBuren on 26 October 2010
Everyone in Flanders is crazy about Elsschot. This craziness reaches its climax with the auction of the bed of Elsschot. deBuren however, looked across the border and took Elsschot to Heerlen, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Jakarta and... California, where the young American Peter Laurence (who learned Dutch by reading Geert Mak) launches ‘A Slice of Kaas’ this weekend, a project on the graphic interpretation of Kaas by Dick Matena!
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Written by Jean-Lorin Sterian on 29 June 2010
TIME IS A BOOK is a project founded by artists Dirk Braeckman and Els Dietvorst. Time Travel spread over 300 books internationally. deBuren went to Bucharest and posed these questions to four young artists. Can art be engaged? Can you, as an artist, still be radical? Today, photografer Jean-Lorin Sterian responds.
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Written by Matei Branea on 23 June 2010
TIME IS A BOOK is a project founded by artists Dirk Braeckman and Els Dietvorst. Time Travel spread over 300 books internationally. deBuren went to Bucharest and posed these questions to four young artists. Can art be engaged? Can you, as an artist, still be radical? Today, anarchistic cartoonist Matei Branea responds under the title ‘Time is a chair'.
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Written by deBuren on 16 June 2010
The last episode of ‘Het Gentse Time Festival’ took place in 2009. Curators Els Dietvorst and Dirk Braeckman decided to make a book instead of a festival. A place for thought, not an event. Many artists used their different art practices to participate in the creation of this book. The project is now given an international dimension via Time Travel.
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Written by Ana Chiritoiu on 15 June 2010
TIME IS A BOOK is a project founded by artists Dirk Braeckman and Els Dietvorst. Time Travel spread over 300 books internationally. deBuren went to Bucharest and posed these questions to four young artists. Can art be engaged? Can you, as an artist, still be radical? Today, literary critic Ana Chirițoiu responds.
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Written by David Schwartz on 8 June 2010
TIME IS A BOOK is a project founded by artists Dirk Braeckman and Els Dietvorst. Time Travel spread over 300 books internationally. deBuren went to Bucharest and posed these questions to four young artists. Can art be engaged? Can you, as an artist, still be radical? Today, director David Schwartz responds.
Graphic column
Written by deBuren on 7 June 2010
This week the fourth graphic column by Maaike Hartjes: 'Green tree'
Graphic column
Written by deBuren on 1 June 2010
This week the third graphic column by Maaike Hartjes: 'Billboard, billworld'
Graphic column
Written by deBuren on 25 May 2010
This week the second graphic column by Maaike Hartjes: 'In the back of the closet'