Events — Oct 7, 2018

On the occasion of the Weekend van de Wetenschap (Science Weekend), the Stedelijk Museum organizes a program with lectures on and guided tours through Stedelijk BASE.
Price
Museum ticket + €3
Location
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Teijin Auditorium
Time
Oct 7, 2018, 12 pm until 2 pm
Main language
Dutch
Admission
Tickets

What does it take to make an exhibition? How does the curator determine which artworks are being shown and how? Margriet Schavemaker and Hans Lentz talk about the creation of the collection presentation Stedelijk BASE.

THE STORIES IN STEDELIJK BASE

The collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam contains over 90.000 artworks. Stedelijk BASE is the permanent installation of iconic works from the collection of the Stedelijk Museum. It occupies the entire new wing of the museum and features a selection of around 700 pieces grouped around historic movements, social themes, and influential artists. This is only a small percentage, so how was this selection made? Margriet Schavemaker, co-curator of Stedelijk BASE, talks about the choices she had to make and the stories you can find in the exhibition. For the first time, for example, visual art and design are shown next to each other, and no longer in separate galleries.

THE EXHIBITION DESIGN

Architect Rem Koolhaas designed the exhibition as a city, with streets, alleys and squares full of art. The walls are made of steel and weigh about 500 kilos per 1,5 meter. As a puzzle, they were put together in the museum. Hans Lentz was responsible for the construction and talks about this project. How were such heavy walls installed and how do you ensure that they don’t fall over?

The program ends with a tour through Stedelijk BASE. After the presentations, a museum guide takes you through the exhibition. Groups consist of up to 15 people

Watch this video about the making of Stedelijk BASE:

Please to view this video.

PROGRAM

11.45 am
Doors open
12 am
Margriet Schavemaker on the stories in Stedelijk BASE
12.30
Hans Lentz about the exhibition design
13.00
Guided tours through Stedelijk BASE
14.00
End of program

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Hans Lentz is Coordinator of Exhibition Installation at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and was responsible for the execution of the exhibition design of Stedelijk BASE. Since 2012 he has led exhibition projects at the Stedelijk Museum, ranging from small presentations to large and complex projects. Examples include the immersive exhibition design for media artists Aernout Mik and Ed Atkins.

Margriet Schavemaker is Manager of Education, Interpretation and Publications at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and co-curator of Stedelijk BASE. In her position as manager she leads the educational and public programs and the publication policy of the museum. As a curator she developed various exhibitions, such as: Jean Tinguely – Machine spectacle (2017), Zero: Let us explore the stars (2015) and The Stedelijk Museum & the Second World War (2015). She studied art history and philosophy at the University of Amsterdam and defended her PhD thesis “Lonely Images: Language in the Visual Arts of the 1960s” in 2007.