Programme Director at Dutch Design Fashion Architecture
Rotterdam Area, Netherlands
- Current
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- Programme Director at Dutch Design Fashion Architecture (DutchDFA)
- owner at blutowr (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Head of Programme at POWER, 3rd International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam
- member at Committees
- Guest Curator at Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, for China Contemporary
- Head of Exhibitions, co-curator Mare Nostrum at THE FLOOD, 2nd International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam
- Chair of Advisory Board at FondsBKVB, national arts fund, Amsterdam
- Staff Member at Rotterdam Arts Council
- Coordinator Prix de Rome at Rijksakademie
- Curator of Dutch Railways 1839-1989 Exhibition at NS150 team, Nederlandse Spoorwegen
- Founder, with Ed Annink and Renny Ramakers, at Products of Imagination
- Education
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- Hogeschool Rotterdam
- Universiteit Leiden
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Christine de Baan’s Summary
blutowr
blutowr is an office for exhibitions, publications, research and advice in the field of architecture, contemporary art, photography, design and new media.
blutowr works, on commission or by its own initiative, on projects located at the intersection between contemporary culture and current issues in society. projects that connect cultures, disciplines and countries, and bring forth curiosity, new knowledge, understanding and trust. projects that are both critical and inspiring, both pragmatic and visionary.
blutowr is based on the conviction that the arts are vital and indispensable for creating and sustaining a humane society in a globalising world.
Christine de Baan’s Specialties:
curator, author, editor, consultant, manager
Christine de Baan’s Experience
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Programme Director
Dutch Design Fashion Architecture (DutchDFA)
(Design industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
The DDFA programme aims to strengthen the international position of Dutch Design, Fashion and Architecture on a long-term basis. For this it brings together the creative strength of these three disciplines with the combined administrative drive of Dutch economical, cultural and foreign affairs policies.
From 2009 - 2012 the DDFA programme office will fulfil the role of initiator, advisor, coordinator and stimulator of a cross-disciplinary programme of international activities in the field of Dutch fashion, design and architecture. Activities will be based on local demand for the specific knowledge, skills and qualities of Dutch designers, following from regional environmental, social and cultural issues.
DDFA is a unique public-private collaboration between three Dutch ministries - Economic Affairs, Foreign Affairs, and Education, Culture & Science - and Dutch design organisations such as NAi, Premsela, the Chief Government Architect and several professional associations. -
owner
blutowr (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Architecture & Planning industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)
see:
http://www.blutowr.org/ (in Dutch)
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Head of Programme
POWER, 3rd International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
June 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 8 months)
Worked with the Berlage Institute on POWER, 3rd International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, May to September 2007 in the Rotterdam Kunsthal. POWER questioned the future of the city in an ‘urban age’, wherein by 2050, two-thirds of the world's population will be living in urban environments, where the impact and collision of global forces is strongest. What will happen to the city? Who will take responsibility for its future? And what positive forces can architecture bring to bear on its development?
The challenge of these questions was met by proposals from 20 international teams of emerging architects/urbanists and experienced theorists, for cities such as Sao Paulo, Havana, Rome, Beirut, Astana, Johannesburg, Busan and Luoyang. They were presented and debated in exhibitions, publications, lectures and events, and accompanied by a master class on Rotterdam.
biennalerotterdam.nl
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Committees
(Arts and Crafts industry)
1999 — 2007 (8 years )
Quality Assessment Committee for Dutch art education, 2001-2002, 2006, 2007; Advisory Committee on Dutch design policy for the Dutch State Secretary of Culture, leading to the foundation of the Premsela Institute, 2000-2001; Advisory Board Incentive Grants, FondsBKVB, Design group, 1999-2000
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Guest Curator
Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, for China Contemporary
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)
November 2005 — July 2006 (9 months)
China Contemporary in the Nederlands Fotomuseum focused on the emerging visual culture of present-day China, propelled by the rapid growth of digital and print media, and influenced as much by global culture as by local tradition and history. It showed a new generation on a quest of discovery, gathering knowledge and experiences from varied sources, and developing individual voices.
The show brought together youth magazine City Pictorial, Modern Media’s clever glossies, and the epitome of investigative urban journalism, Urban China. It introduced the Chinese equivalent of Youtube, Toodou, critical weblogs, and the mixture of official slogans, ads and informal graffiti on city streets. And the work of artists Ou Ning and Cao Fei, photographers Peng & Chen, designers MEWE, 8gg, Wang Yiyang, Zhang Da and Jiji. Danwei created a China Media Timeline 1978-2006 for the show.
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Head of Exhibitions, co-curator Mare Nostrum
THE FLOOD, 2nd International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
May 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 6 months)
Worked with Adriaan Geuze, West8, on THE FLOOD, May-June 2005 in Las Palmas, about the consequences of global warming for the urban environment. ‘Water Cities’ presented a history of building with water and proposed solutions for the imminent and worldwide danger of flooding, showing Dutch tradition and innovation as well as spectacular projects in Asia and the Gulf.
‘Mare Nostrum’ investigated the worldwide transformation of coastlines into urban strips by mass tourism. Though tourism can strengthen poor economies, its profits mostly go to foreign companies, while original environments and cultures are destroyed. So, could these assets be both retained and exploited? Could tourism be sustainable, and benefit local people? And how could tourist cities become ‘better cities’, with diverse economies and real public space? International teams of architects presented proposals for Brazil, Croatia, Spain, the Ukraine, Taiwan, the Caribbean (Supersudaca), etc.
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Chair of Advisory Board
FondsBKVB, national arts fund, Amsterdam
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)
May 2000 — May 2004 (4 years 1 month)
For a full term of four years, chaired the Advisory Board for Incentive Grants at the FondsBKVB, consisting of seven groups for different disciplines. The FondsBKVB, Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, is the national body responsible for awarding grants to individual artists, designers and architects. Its objective is to nurture excellence in visual arts, design and architecture in the Netherlands.
Though fully financed by the Ministry of Culture, the FondsBKVB is an autonomous foundation and its decision-making process is wholly independent. All grant applications are laid before advisory boards, and grants are awarded only after their positive recommendation. Board members are personally involved in, or closely associated with, the world of visual arts, design and architecture.
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Staff Member
Rotterdam Arts Council
(Arts and Crafts industry)
April 1993 — April 2000 (7 years 1 month)
Responsible at the Rotterdam Arts Council (now RRKC) for Design, New Media, Film, later also Fine Arts and Architecture. Policy advisor for the City of Rotterdam, editor and moderator of debates, curator of projects and events, such as the Rotterdam Design Prize. Chaired Programme Committee for AIR Zuidwaarts/Southbound.
rrkc.nl
designprijs.nl
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Coordinator Prix de Rome
Rijksakademie
(Arts and Crafts industry)
January 1990 — January 1993 (3 years 1 month)
Organized Prix de Rome for Architecture & Landscape Design, Film & Photography and Sculpture & Public Art. The Prix de Rome (since 1870) is the oldest Dutch prize for young artists and architects. Rejuvenated several times, its aim is to stimulate artistic development in an international context.
The Prix de Rome office is based at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, which also provides facilities and exhibition space for final contestants. Winners are chosen by an international jury, their work is documented in a catalogue and presented in a museum.
prixderome.nl
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Curator of Dutch Railways 1839-1989 Exhibition
NS150 team, Nederlandse Spoorwegen
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)
September 1987 — December 1989 (2 years 4 months)
Exhibition about the present, past and future of Dutch railways for their 150th anniversary. Its subject was the societal and spatial impact of railways on the Netherlands since 1839. The exhibition received 600.000 visitors during the summer of 1989. It was spread out over 17.000 m2, in specially built pavilions designed by OMA. Many photographers, filmmakers and designers were commissioned for the exhibition, among them Hans Werlemann and Ed Annink.
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Founder, with Ed Annink and Renny Ramakers,
Products of Imagination
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
1985 — 1987 (2 years )
Together with Ed Annink and Renny Ramakers, researching, curating and realising ‘Products of Imagination’ (1987), a publication and exhibition about experimental product design in the Netherlands. Also started foundation by the same name.
productsofimagination.nl
Christine de Baan’s Education
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Hogeschool Rotterdam
Architectural Design, Willem de Kooning Academy 1979 — 1986
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Universiteit Leiden
French 1975 — 1977
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Christine de Baan’s Interests:
Board member of V2_Organisation, Rotterdam; Showroom Mama, Rotterdam; Made in Mirrors, Sittard; Archis, Amsterdam (RvT); ArtTable, Amsterdam
Christine de Baan’s Groups:
ArtTable, Mobile City, Cultuur 3.0
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Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Art Link
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