With the 2000s consisting of a steady stream of impactful events for PLANETART, this iteration is chockfull of spectacle. One of the defining events of this era was the opening of the social service building in Enschede that enabled PLANETART to become the creative breeding ground that it secretly had always wanted to be. It … Read more(00-05) DIY-cultuur verovert Nederland - Deel 2
From the beginning of the 21st century PLANETART experiences an unprecedented growth. A series of large-scale events is brought to Amsterdam, Enschede and all cities in between. In the year 2000 for example, when PLANETART is given the largest hall of the Melkweg during the WorldWide VideoFestival, and transforms it into a dystopian construction site … Read more(00-05) DIY-cultuur verovert Nederland - Deel 1
With our newly gained knowledge of internet art it’s time to put our money where our mouth is. After Exploding Digita the exhibiting of internet art quickly gained a substantial follow-up. So substantial that it required a national collaboration of artists. On this yearly event the avant-garde of Dutch art presented a holistic program of … Read more(95-00) De Geboorte van het Internet - Deel 2
It’s another day of strolling through the archive for Lars and Kees. This time, they’re in search of the elusive beginnings of the internet. With that also came the revolutionary form of internet art and a crazy collaboration between artists across the entire spectrum of media arts. Brace yourselves for the Kunstvlaai; a yearly event … Read more(95-00) De Geboorte van het Internet - Deel 1
We have come to the last tiny part on music that was part of our detour into the musical history of Kees. I say tiny part because during the interview, Kees and I quickly become distracted by another gem in the archive. I guess this only shows that interviews also follow the messy rules of … Read more(90-95) The New Musics of the World, Part 3
How to continue our deep dive into the new world of music that came with technologies such as the drum computer and synthesizer? We already learned about the incredible impact this had on what we could expect music to sound like. The drum kit with its human touch was replaced by a mechanical, repetitive alternation … Read more(90-95) The New Musics of the World, Part 2
When it comes to discussing Kees’ musical career and its place in history there is a lot to say. We are slowly approaching the end of the 80s and 90s and those were characterized by a series of fascinating changes within the world of music. This encapsulates more than one might think. Yes, it is … Read more(90-95) The New Musics of the World, Part 1
This is already the fourth iteration of this blog, but it was part of the interview that was conducted on the drowsy afternoon of the previous iteration, when Kees and Lars strolled through the archive on that small, white, chaotic attic. When I last wrote, we took a break after a strange visit from one … Read more(84-90) Launching Kees’ Career – Part 2
In the third rendition of our deep dive into the history of Kees de Groot and PLANETART, Kees and Lars – both mildly sleep deprived and still yawning – meet each other in the increasingly stuffed attic of the man himself. Written on the floor are catchwords of those times to remind visitors of the … Read more(84-90) Launching Kees’ Career – Part 1
In the last blog, we encountered Kees in his office to talk about his time at the AKI and his first steps as an autonomous artist. And if there was anything to learn from that it was that especially then, the world of art was changing into something that its predecessors hardly understood anymore. Industry … Read more(79-83) Kees de Groot and PLANETART- Part 2