Z.T. (Duurzame Versterkingskunst)

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Z.T. (Duurzame Versterkingskunst)
Z.T. (Duurzame Versterkingskunst)Duration: 03.06.2001-30.09.2001 Location: Forts of the ‘Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie‘ & the internet Participants: 9 Visitors: 84 Number of Events: 7 The premise of the project Z.T., duurzame versterkingskunst (2001) was to bring the ‘Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie’ (Dutch Water Defence Line) – as a whole – into people’s imagination as a unique place by creating a virtual Line. The title ‘Z.T.’ means ‘Zonder Toekomst’ (‘without future’) and refers not only to the history of this typical Dutch defence system (dating back to the sixteenth century), as interesting as it was tragic, but also to its future as projected by the Dutch government in order to fulfil its nomination as a World Heritage Site. In the past, flooding the land routed the enemy by making it impossible either to locate roads or to use boats, as the water released was too shallow for navigation. This ingenious system is simple and effective and was used several times. The advent of more effective explosives made the defence line’s batteries highly vulnerable, and they eventually lost their function entirely during the Second World War, when the Germans used aerial attacks instead of ground troops. During the Waterproof, Fort Asperen project, Van Heeswijk has been mapping the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie, trying to find out about daily life on the Line. She focused on its past and its present uses as well as reflections on its future. The internet site www.dehollandsewaterlinie.nl made it possible to visit the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie as a virtual monument. While navigating over the Line, the virtual visitor can see its forts, batteries and works, and is presented with visual material from the past and present, information on its past functions, its current uses, and visiting times. Several forts no longer exist and some are no longer accessible to the public. During the Waterproof project, Van Heeswijk took small groups of visitors to seven of these inaccessible forts, and at each occasion a different speaker was invited to give a view on the ‘shelf life’ of a monument and the relationship between defence and imagination. The speakers were media activist Martin Lucas, activist Ine Grevers, artist Wapke Feenstra, art historian Rudi Rolf, artist Babak Afrassiabi, freelance journalist Jo van der Spek and curator Maarten van Wesemael. Their stories – both in text and image – could also be found on the website www.dehollandsewaterlinie.net. 2001, Fort Asperen

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projects
De Strip/ Freehouse/ From the Sidelines/ Room with a view (Dissonance)/ Room with a view (Positioning)/ Room with a view (Real Stories from Life)/ Outside Livingroom/ I + the Other. Art and the Human Condition/ Until we meet again/ A House for the Community/ NEsTWORK/ State of Mind/ Break. Dance./ The Secret City/ The world is bigger than Schijndel/ Hotel New York P.S.1/ Valley Vibes. The Vibe-Detector/ Water walker/ Welcome Package Welcome Stranger/ A Christmas Pudding for Henry/ Under the Spell of the Ring/ Subway to the Outside/ Wish for a Coffee/ Acte de Présence - Sans Valeur/ Draw a line/ Raising a Ruckus/ Casco-Mobile/ Z.T. (Duurzame Versterkingskunst)/ A Paper House/ Face Your World/ Beyond ethics & aesthetics/ Room with a view/ Room with a view (Private)/ Room with a view (Annex)/ Room with a view (Longing)/ Room with a view (The Neighbour)/ The Office/ Casco, Coffee and Communication/ In the Field of Players/ The Dinner/ The Blue House/ Face Your World, StedelijkLab Slotervaart/ Dwaallicht (Will o the whisp)/ Works, Typologies and Capacities/ Some 7/ Ariadne/ Narratives of Desire/ An Sich/ Brain Storm/ Amnesia of a Landscape/ Care-Taker/ Fields of (inter)action/ Shelter-07/ Face Your World, Museumpark/ You and the City. Diaries of a Future Avant-garde/ Shanghai Dreaming, Holding an Urban Gold Card/ It runs in the Neighbourhood/ Talking Trash/ Buiten Post/ The Resistance of Small Happiness/ Public Faculty No. 1/

essays
Networks, faces, membranes/ Creative Urge, annex a Zeal for Improvement/ A House for the Community/ Principles of Hope/ Germinal/ Freehouse/ Conquest/ The Miracle of Gorinchem/ In The Field of Players/ The Artist as Versatile Infiltrator of Public Space/ Noem mij maar gewoon een portretschilder/

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Exhibition 'Reality 10'55 Odense'/ 'Some 7' at exhibition in RAM/ New website Jeanne van Heeswijk online/ Lecture at the NAi, Rotterdam/ Design Staalmanpark receives green light/ Kunst RAI 2006: 'Games People Play, Chapter 1'/ Exhibtion: 'Play! The Art of the Game' / 'Narratives of Desire. Realities Odense' in Arnhem/ 'Cascomobile' at the Busan Biennale/ Project presentation 'Care-taker'/ Visiting Scholar at Hunter College NY/ KONTROL #1 is online now/ Lecture at the MCA in Sydney/ 'FYW' nominated for Citizen Participation Prize/ Exhibition 'Room with a View' at Axel Lapp Projects/ Lecture at Architectural Association in London/ Evasions of Power, Sesion 4: 'Interventions'/ Symposium DEAF07: 'Interact or Die!'/ 5 projects at the Architecture Biennale Rotterdam/ 'Socially Yours', Seminar Hong Kong/ Kunsthal: Presentation 'FYW Museum Park'/ Presentation 'Systems' and 'Works, 1993-2007'/ 'Ariadne' moves to Sint-Oedenrode/ 'Memory Knight' at Art Rotterdam 2008/ International presentation ´Systems´/ 'The Urban Game Show' at the NAI/ Premiere 'It runs in the Neighbourhood'/ 'Narratives of Desire' at Axel Lapp Projects/ Breakfast lecture at the Design Publico Week / Fields of (inter)action at Venice Biennale/ New work coming up at 2008 Shanghai Biennale/ The Market of Tomorrow/ Women beyond the Verge/ Public Faculty no.1/ RAM opens 2010 with Citizens' Tales/ Nominated for Award for Participatory Art/ Talking Trash 13 April - 29 May/ Publications Jeanne van Heeswijk for sale/