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Discover our English activities!

Written by deBuren on 29 March 2013

• 16.04.2013 - 19:30 Erotic Capital: Lecture and interview Catherine Hakim
• 26.04.2013 - 02.06.2013 citybooks exhibition in Amsterdam
• 28.04.2013 - 17:00 The New Sermon #4: lecture by Jules Evans (Philosophy for life)
• 14.05.2013 - 19:30 'Grijze Cellen': lectures and debate about scientific misconduct
• 16.05.2013 - 19.05.2013 - 19:00 Film: Élevage de poussière / Dust breeding by Sarah Vanagt
• 17.05.2013 - 20:30 A discussion with Sarah Vanagt about the deciphering of marks of war
• 21.05.2013 - 20:30 The Pop-Up City Live: citybooks in the Brakke Grond
• 23.05.2013 - 20:00 MO*Lecture: Sunita Narain: Ecology of the poor
• 24.05.2013 - 19:30 MO*Lecture: Sunita Narain: Who still believes in global environmental agreement?
• 22.06.2013 - 9:00 > 17:30 I Am Europe: Join the debate, share your ideas, get heard

VIDEO | Norman Davies talks with Luuk van Middelaar

Written by deBuren on 5 February 2013

With the publication of the Dutch translation of his book Forgotten Kingdoms: the hidden history of Europe, British historian Noman Davis spoke with Dutch historian Luuk van Middelaar, who is also speech writer for EU president Herman Van Rompuy. Moderator Rik Van Cauwelaert steered the discussion.

dOCUMENTA 13: 23 Skidoo

Written by A Prior on 13 August 2012

Until dOCUMENTA 13 concludes, this website will present some working notes and interventions in the run-up to A Prior #23.Today: an introduction, two fragments from Bitsy Knox's diary and e-mail from Daniel Miller to Kai Althoff.

Listen to Joost Zwagerman audiobook for citybooks Sheffield

Written by deBuren on 27 February 2012

Yet again, there is lots of new content to discover at www.city-books.eu. Dutch author Joost Zwagerman has recorded his citybook Vallei flies high, or: Satori in Sheffield, and it can now be heard and downloaded in three languages: Dutch, English and French. What’s more, there is a whole range of newly translated citybooks available to read and download, including texts by Simone Lenaerts, Thomas Gunzig, Caroline Lamarche, Goce Smilevski, Werner Schandor and Jeroen van Rooij.

Good news?

Written by Paul Lewis on 26 October 2011

What would be the collective story of Europe’s top young journalists, brought together to ponder the future of journalism? The temptation would be for aspiring journalists to portray themselves as the victims in a “bad news” story. The headline? ‘Journalism Is Dying’. An opinion piece by Paul Lewis, journalist The Guardian, following his opening lecture at the conference YoungPress.eu in Antwerp. Authoritative media personalities, from both home and abroad, are invited to attend all three days.

Travel without moving!

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!

A Slice of Kaas

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!

Time Travel: Life is somewhere and sometime else

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.

Time Travel: Bucharest

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.

Time Travel: INSTANT-ART MANIFESTO

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.