2gift Performance sect newsgroup
After Initiating It is time to have some try outs with the performance sect. I may be waiting for a friendlier climate than july /august 2005. There are over 80 inscriptions of peoples interested to jump into directions of any kind. Legal, illegal, Art or political, writing, film or photography. Art school students, filosophers, independant artists, musicians and videomakers based in Amsterdam have suscribed.

I will have to install the nework. At the moment I am researching Yahoo groups, bloglist groups and other possible online systems. A search through network-cultures by former member of board Zootengenant is Geert Lovink. Discovering of the vast thousands of online groups is being digested and getting form soon. Members of the sect will recieve an e-mail and preferably by the end of august we will give it a try #3 on the slippery slope of NDSM

De Rode Loper- Dasarts Festival 10 september
Installation as in Test portal will be developped once more in the Ten Kate Hal, DasArts.

"De Goden Verzoeken" - rituelen in het Hindoeisme - Tropenmuseum
Tropenmuseum curator Ben Meulenbeld en Marijke Besselink with producer Bianca Schrauwen visited my atelier to brainstorm on the subject of Astrology and its pilgrimage for the upcoming exposition De Goden Verzoeken - rituelen in het Hindoeisme.

I was hoping to join the making of an installation with my research material, from the 9 planets and their attributes for rituals. Marijke Besselink got truely inspired with my material and we are now working on the idea to make a vitrine with this idea. Furthermore I have got an invitation to send my ideas to organise a workhop/ lecture/ photo- installation - Rituals in our personal lives - Performing Pilgrimage- - Interest has been shown for the prints of 2GIFT into a final Art-experience /exit of the exhibition.

Personally I think to be around the making of this exposition is very interesting. First thing to do tomorrow after finishing this report is sending proposals and link to this site To Marijke Besselink. ( Tentoonstellingen afdeling Publiek en Presentatie)

I am very happy with the opportunity to work towards a Workshop in the Tropenmuseum for the Study of ritual and the future of ritual as I am Highly interested in reading Richard Schechner ( former dasArts Mentor ! ) and Felicia Huhes-Freeland, but also books like Theory of Religion of Artaud. I wish to spend a day a week at the TIN to develop theory in depth.

Gallery "De Praktijk" - exposition ZootenGenant
Early April ZootenGenant invited Dirk Vermeulen to their Atelier to show new prints from India This material is only partly shown at the dasArts website for some of the content is not less spiritual though defenitely more intimate. But not printed yet for we didn't want to offend the small printshop next to the Hindu Temple. Besides we made prints of a written diary and drawings of Zoot. End of August will be the second appointment with Dirk and the planning for an exposition is for december- januari 2006. This will be the 3rd exposition of ZootenGenant in De Praktijk.

Scenario preparation
I hope to be able to develop scenario during the IDFA special workshops, and thus prepare for Final Project proposal. Furter I hope to finish edit and do some more try out shots started in may 2005 and not developed far enough. Most of all I will need to write down ideas that have come to me during this IT

Nacht van de filosofie?
During the Test- Portal festival I shared an intimate intake with Carla Hoekendijk, Organiser of The Night of Filosophy in Felix Meritis Amsterdam. Last years quest was also Peter Sloterdijk and through his tour manager and wife Babs, carla had alreaddy heard of My encounter with Peter Sloterdijk at DasArts. Talking about the Non Event, Bubbles in wich my models were placed and the dark space under the table.

I must say It was very inspiring to have talks on Theory and Practice in this installation. Our mutual friend Klaas Kuitenbrouwer from Mediamatic joint an under the table conversation and We were transmitted life in the air and received by radio all over Test-Portal grounds Klaas Kuitenbrouwer is interested to brainstorm with me for an audio installation suitable for a filosophical audience. We wait for Carla to join.

Network group Lies Holtrop
Has invited me to present my work after my Test-Portal presentation lecture in her Network group.