Join us on 26 - 27 August as we celebrate the launch of Foam Talent 2021 | Digital 2021. With a festive online programme, we will launch the new online exhibition with a series of tours and screenings.

The award-winning Foam Talent Digital is back this year on 26 August with Talent 2021.&nbsp;<a href="/museum/programme/foam-talent-2021-digital">Foam Talent 2021&nbsp;|&nbsp;</a><a href="/museum/programme/foam-talent-2021-digital">Digital</a>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;multi-media platform showcasing the work of 20 artists that were selected through the annual Foam Talent Call. Their projects are translated&nbsp;into the digital realm, supported by audio, video and interactive elements. Liberating the photographs from their frames and taking them beyond the museum walls, the exhibition pushes the boundaries of the medium and explores the outlines of its future form.&nbsp;
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PROGRAMME
18.30 hrs CET on Thursday 26 August
We will launch Foam Talent Digital | 2021. Join the FB Livestream in which the featured Foam Talents introduce the exhibition and their work with a personal message. In addition, Foam curator Hinde Haest will give a tour of the online exhibition.
13.00 hrs CET on Friday 27 August
The launch of the online exhibition is followed by a live screening of five video interviews with Foam Talents Sarker Protick, Silvia Rosi, Daniel Castro Garcia, Hajar Benjida and Leonard Suryajaya.
<a href="https://fb.me/e/3G1xMMF4k">-&gt; Join the Facebook Live Event to get a notification as soon as the festival starts.</a>
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Foam Talent is supported by the Deutsche B&ouml;rse Photography Foundation and the VandenEnde Foundation. &nbsp;
Foam is supported by the VriendenLoterij, Foam Members, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, the VandenEnde Foundation and the City of Amsterdam.
In 2021 Foam receives additional support from the Mondriaan Fund and Kickstart Cultuurfonds.
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<div class="sidebar__content">LAUNCH FESTIVAL 
PROGRAMME
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18.30 hrs CET 26 August⁠
Introducing Foam Talent 2021
Scrolling with... virtual tours
 ⁠ 13.00 hrs CET 27 August⁠ Live screening of video interviews with Foam Talent 2021
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Launch Festival: Foam Talent 2021 | Digital

Following the award-winning first edition in 2020, Foam presents a brand new online exhibition celebrating a new generation of image-makers.

Image from the series Quarantine Blues

From the series Atlanta Made Us Famous

From the series Wish You Were Here

From the series Encounter

From the series If Spring Could Feel Ache

From the series The Mind is a Voice, the Voice is Blind

From the series Portraits in Madness

From the series Last Letters A Photographic Investigation of Taiwan White Terror

From the series Ghost Island

From the series Oil and Moss

From the series Golden Boy

From the series Heimat (in Quarantine)

From the series I Peri N Tera

ARTIS Zoo, the Netherlands, 2019

From the series Neuromantic

From the series Study of Cyclical Thoughts on My Leg

from the series Rasmi

From the series Turunç

From the series Facades

From the series Family Album

Foam Talent 2021 | Digital

The Foam Talent programme and the annual Talent issue of Foam Magazine are supported by The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, the VandenEnde Foundation and the Niemeijer Fund.

Foam Talent is made possible by Kleurgamma Fine-Art Photolab, Starframe, Oschatz Visuelle Medien and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.

Foam Magazine is sponsored by Igepa Netherlands BV, supplier of excellent paper.

Foam is supported by the VriendenLoterij, Foam Members, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, the VandenEnde Foundation and the City of Amsterdam.

In 2021 Foam receives additional support from the Mondriaan Fund and Kickstart Cultuurfonds.

Foam presents an all-access online exhibition celebrating the works of young artists shaping the future of photography.

 Foam Talent 2020 | Digital

You are invited to join us on 2 May for the official opening of two new exhibitions: 

CHANGING VIEWS &ndash; 20 YEARS OF ART COLLECTION DEUTSCHE B&Ouml;RSE <a href="/museum/programme/changing-views"><img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/2362x1183/0019af8ffa/joseph_szabo_priscilla_1969_c_joseph_szabo_courtesy_of_the_artist595x298.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="298" /></a> Priscilla, 1969 &copy;Joseph Szabo/ courtesy of the artist
With Changing Views &ndash; 20 Years of Art Collection Deutsche B&ouml;rse, Foam showcases an extensive range of works from one of the most important corporate collections of contemporary photography.&nbsp;The Art Collection Deutsche B&ouml;rse comprises approximately 1800 works from over 120 international photographers, including iconic names like Diane Arbus, Walker Evans, Bernd &amp; Hilla Becher, Rineke Dijkstra, Dana Lixenberg, younger photographers like Tobias Zielony and Mike Brodie and hidden gems like Gerd Danigel or Gabriele and Helmut Nothhelfer.&nbsp;
<a href="/museum/programme/changing-views">&gt; Read more about this exhibition</a>
The exhibition will be opened on Thursday, 2 May by Anne-Marie Beckmann, director of the Deutsche B&ouml;rse Photography Foundation. You are welcome&nbsp;from 17.30 hours onwards.
Changing Views &ndash; 20 Years of Art Collection Deutsche B&ouml;rse&nbsp;is curated by Foam and the Deutsche B&ouml;rse Photography Foundation. FOAM 3H: LILIAN KREUTZBERGER - WHITEANDGOLD &amp;&amp; BLACKANDBLUE <a href="/museum/programme/lilian-kreutzberger"><img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/596x397/bd3e6309d1/super_surface_by_lilian_kreutzberger_c_lilian_kreutzberger_courtesy_of_cinnamon595.jpg" alt="" width="596" height="397" /></a> Super Surface by Lilian Kreutzberger &copy; Lilian Kreutzberger, courtesy of CINNAMON From 3 May, Foam presents the elusive and mysterious work of Lilian Kreutzberger in the Foam 3h exhibition Whiteandgold &amp;&amp; Blackandblue.&nbsp;Lilian Kreutzberger (1984, Netherlands) is trained as a painter but in her conceptual projects she combines photographic techniques with other media such as sculpture and architecture. In her project Whiteandgold &amp;&amp; Blackandblue, the artist investigates the experience of material and space in the digital domain.&nbsp;
<a href="/museum/programme/lilian-kreutzberger">&gt; Read more about this exhibition</a>
Lilian Kreutzberger&rsquo;s project was developed with support of the Mondriaan Fund.
This exhibition is made possible with support of the Van Bijlevelt Foundation.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Foam Members, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

<div class="sidebar__content">OFFICIAL OPENING 
Thursday 2 May 2019
from 17.30 hrs</div>

Official opening: Changing Views & Lilian Kreutzberger

From 3 May, Foam presents the elusive and mysterious work of Lilian Kreutzberger in the Foam 3h exhibition Whiteandgold &amp;&amp; Blackandblue.

Lilian Kreutzberger&nbsp;(1984, Netherlands) is trained as a painter but in her conceptual projects, she combines photographic techniques with other media such as sculpture and architecture. In her project Whiteandgold &amp;&amp; Blackandblue, the artist investigates the experience of material and space in the digital domain. Her multimedia work, which has a strong photographic dimension, is elusive and mysterious, and at the same time very tangible. Foam 3h displays a combination of reliefs, sculptural works and collages.
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Visit and revisit Foam 3h: Lilian Kreutzberger - Whiteandgold &amp;&amp; Blackandblue, other exhibitions and&nbsp;<a href="/nl/museum/programma/voor-leden">events</a>&nbsp;as&nbsp;<a href="/nl/over-ons/lidmaatschappen">Foam Member</a>.
Lilian Kreutzberger&rsquo;s project was developed with support of the Mondriaan Fund.
This exhibition is made possible with support of the Van Bijlevelt Foundation.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Foam Members, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

Lilian Kreutzberger

On Thursday 1 November, you are invited to attend the public opening of the new Foam 3h exhibition:

FOAM 3H: REBECCA SAMPSON - APPLES FOR SALE<a href="/museum/programme/senta-simond"><img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/3000x1800/db7359fe9a/3000x1800_exhibition_header_c_rebecca_sampson_1.jpg" alt="" width="697" height="418" /></a> Gathering of Indonesian housemaids on their day off &ndash;&nbsp;Victoria Park, Hong Kong, 2017,&nbsp;from the Series Apples for Sale, 2016-17 &copy; Rebecca Sampson
Foam is proud to present the first museum solo exhibition of the German-American artist Rebecca Sampson (1984). Her work is a photographic study of the daily life of Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong. With little to no leisure time or personal space, these labour migrants construct a parallel identity using social media channels. Far from home and in a completely female subculture, the women develop an ambiguous sexual identity. Sampson portrays this population in a layered multi-media narrative, consisting of documentary photography, social media footage, and text.
On the evening of the opening, the photographer presents her new book&nbsp;Apples for Sale, in which she captures the shadow existence of these women. Sampson will go into conversation with Foam curator Hinde Haest about her observations in Hong Kong and her inventive approach to documentary photography.
The exhibition is on view until 16 December 2018.&nbsp;
<a href="/museum/programme/rebecca-sampson">&gt; Read more about this exhibition</a>
The research for the project Apples for Sale was funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung in cooperation with the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin and within the context of the program Grenzg&auml;nger China &ndash; Deutschland.&nbsp;
This exhibition is made possible with support of the Gieskes-Strijbis Fund, the Van Bijlevelt Foundation and Kleurgamma Fine-Art Photolab
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Gemeente Amsterdam, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

<div class="sidebar__content">Public opening 
Thursday 1 November 2018 from 5.30pm onwards</div>

<div class="sidebar__content">Book Launch Apples for Sale 
Thursday 1 November&nbsp; 5.30 - 6pm
 PRICE Free
 LANGUAGE English</div>

 Public opening: Rebecca Sampson

On the occasion of the exhibition Rebecca Sampson - Apples for Sale, the artist will be presenting her new book Apples for Sale (2018) during the exhibition opening.

The work of the German-American artist Rebecca Sampson (1984) is a photographic study of the daily life of Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong. With little to no leisure time or personal space, these labour migrants construct a parallel identity using social media channels. Far from home and in a completely female subculture, the women develop an ambiguous sexual identity. Sampson portrays this population in a layered multi-media narrative, consisting of documentary photography, social media footage, and text.
During the exhibition opening, the photographer presents her new book Apples for Sale, in which she captures the shadow existence of these women. Sampson will go into conversation with Foam curator Hinde Haest about her observations in Hong Kong and her inventive approach to documentary photography.
The evening is organised in the context of Sampson's first solo museum exhibition, which is on show until 16 December 2018 at Foam 3h.
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/3000x1800/f8483148c6/3000x1800_exhibition_header_c_rebecca_sampson_1.jpg" alt="" width="693" height="416" /> Gathering of Indonesian housemaids on their day off &ndash; Victoria Park, Hong Kong, 2017,&nbsp;from the Series Apples for Sale, 2016-17 &copy; Rebecca Sampson
The research for the project Apples for Sale was funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung in cooperation with the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin and within the context of the program Grenzg&auml;nger China &ndash; Deutschland.&nbsp;
This exhibition is made possible with support of the Gieskes-Strijbis Fund, the Van Bijlevelt Foundation and Kleurgamma Fine-Art Photolab
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Gemeente Amsterdam, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.
FLORENTINE RIEM VIS STIPENDUM&nbsp; Rebecca Sampson is the second recipient of the Florentine Riem Vis Grant, which was established in memory of Florentine Riem Vis (1959-2016). The grant is awarded annually with the goal of supporting young photographic talent in the development of their artistic career.
ABOUT REBECCA SAMPSON Rebecca Sampson (Germany, 1984) studied photography at Ostkreuzsch&uuml;le - School of Photography and Design in Berlin. Her work has been exhibited internationally and was part of the exhibition Gute Aussichten Deluxe in Deichtorhallen / Haus der Photographie Hamburg in 2018. She is currently working on a science and art project with the Technical University in Berlin, and is a resident at the Goethe Institute. This year her first book Apples for Sale was published by Kerber Verlag. Sampson lives and works in Berlin.

<div class="sidebar__content">EVENT INFO 
1 November 2018 5.30 - 6pm
 PRICE Free
 LANGUAGE English</div>

Book Launch Rebecca Sampson

Foam is proud to present the exhibition Foam 3h: Rebecca Sampson - Apples for Sale.

Foam is proud to present the first museum solo exhibition of the German-American artist Rebecca Sampson (1984). Her work is a photographic study of the daily life of Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong. With little to no leisure time or personal space, these labour migrants construct a parallel identity using social media channels. Far from home and in a completely female subculture, the women develop an ambiguous sexual identity. Sampson portrays this population in a layered multi-media narrative, consisting of documentary photography, social media footage, and text.
While on a visit to Hong Kong in 2013, Sampson observed how hundreds of labour migrants &ndash; homeless for one day &ndash; spent their Sundays in the parks and public spaces of the city. The photographer spent many Sundays with them and gradually got to know them.&nbsp;The portraits made by Sampson and by the domestic workers themselves form a sharp contrast with the exemplary passport photos attached to their application forms, which Sampson was able to obtain by pretending to be a potential employer. These documents &ndash; for which the women pay steep fees to private brokers &ndash; reveal gross deficiencies in the local labour law. The artist juxtaposed the photographs provided by the agency &ndash; obediently smiling ladies wearing an apron with the text &lsquo;Apples for Sale&rsquo; &ndash; with the images posted by these workers on social media. The discrepancy between the constructed typology of the model housekeeper, and images of their desperate attempts to escape from their dreary everyday life, begs the question which of the two images is furthest removed from reality.
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OPENING AND BOOK PRESENTATION The exhibition opened in the presence of the artist on Thursday 1 November 2018.&nbsp;During this event Rebecca Sampson presented her new book Apples for Sale. The artist and Hinde Haest (curator Foam) will talk about Sampson's observations in Hong Kong and her inventive approach to documentary photography.&nbsp;
Florentine Riem Vis Grant Rebecca Sampson is the second recipient of the Florentine Riem Vis Grant, which was established in memory of Florentine Riem Vis (1959-2016). The grant is awarded annually with the goal of supporting young photographic talent in the development of their artistic career.
Visit and revisit Rebecca Sampson - Apples for Sale, other exhibitions and&nbsp;<a href="/museum/programme/for-members">events</a>&nbsp;as a&nbsp;<a href="/about/memberships">Foam Member</a>.
The research for the project Apples for Sale was funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung in cooperation with the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin and within the context of the program Grenzgänger China &ndash; Deutschland.&nbsp;
The Foam 3h exhibitions are made possible with support from the Gieskes-Strijbis Fund, the Van Bijlevelt Foundation and Kleurgamma Fine-Art Photolab.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Gemeente Amsterdam, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.
ABOUT REBECCA SAMPSON Rebecca Sampson (Germany, 1984) studied photography at Ostkreuzsch&uuml;le - School of Photography and Design in Berlin. Her work has been exhibited internationally and was part of the exhibition Gute Aussichten Deluxe in Deichtorhallen / Haus der Photographie Hamburg in 2018. She is currently working on a science and art project with the Technical University in Berlin, and is a resident at the Goethe Institute. This year her first book Apples for Sale was published by Kerber Verlag. Sampson lives and works in Berlin.

Rebecca Sampson 

Former Foam 3h exhibitor Doina Kraal is back at Foam. Thursday 6 April she will present her book Touche-&agrave;-Tout at Foam Editions. 

Concurrently with the book launch, a special edition of a photograph from the Touche-&agrave;-Tout project will be offered for sale in the gallery.
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/893x883/b09c93af86/595uitnodiging-booklaunch.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="588" />
In 2012 and in 2014 Doina Kraal exhibited her work at Foam 3h. With the portable multimedia installation from the last exhibition, she travelled from Asia to Oceania, from North America to South America and from Africa back to Amsterdam. Together with publisher <a href="http://www.onomatopee.net/" target="_blank">Onomatopee</a> the installations In de Rarekiek, Brain-net and Touche-&agrave;-Tout were made into her first artist book.
You are welcome to attend the book launch from 18.00 until 19.30 hrs at Foam Editions, the gallery on the third floor of Foam.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Delta Lloyd, the City of Amsterdam, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

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6 April&nbsp;2017 18.00 - 19.30 hrs.
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PRICE Free
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LANGUAGE Dutch </div>

Book launch Doina Kraal

Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam joins Maison Descartes and Museum Van Loon in presenting work by three young French photographers.

The three institutions, located within a stone&rsquo;s throw of each other, offer a variety of multimedia presentations in which the relationship between the individual and society forms the principal theme. The three photographers complement each other well, in form and substance, since they all tackle overlapping subjects such as environment and identity in their own unique way.&nbsp;
Alexandre Maubert, Justine Pluvinage and Vera Sch&ouml;pe all studied photography at the &Eacute;cole Nationale Sup&eacute;rieure de la Photographie (ENSP) in Arles. They developed entirely new projects were developed for Foam and Museum Van Loon, while Maison Descartes presents the photographers&rsquo; final exam work.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION At Foam, Vera Sch&ouml;pe shows a city undergoing permanent reconstruction. In her installation Another Beirut, the focus is on everyday urban scenes and the way individual people deal with a sense of uprootedness. In a multimedia presentation, Utopia, Alexandre Maubert examines the development of an ideal city in South Korea. New Songdo is the prototype of a future city in which new technologies will play a decisive role. Justine Pluvinage presents video portraits of individuals who have chosen to opt out of the rat race of today&rsquo;s world.
Alongside the Foam exhibition, Museum Van Loon presents new work by the photographers in the form of interventions inspired by the collection and design of the museum.&nbsp;The exhibition at Maison Descartes features work that the three photographers produced for their final exams in 2009.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Immersion was made possible with support from Van Bijlevelt Stichting and &amp;Samhoud.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Delta Lloyd, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

Immersion

Four different concepts, four different guest curators, four visionary presentations and one museum that offers all of them a stage.

What's Next?

Rico Scagliola (1985, Switzerland) and Michael Meier (1982, Switzerland) have taken pictures and have filmed teenagers for more than two years, creating their archive of photographs and videos of today&rsquo;s Facebook generation.

The youth of today grows up with the picture-worlds of the Internet. Platforms of self-presentation such as Myspace and Facebook are a normal part of their lives. It is natural for them to learn at a very young age how to present themselves in pictures. They are used to adopting alter egos and to playing with their (sexual) identities. Each and every day they decide yet again who they want to be and what role they want to play. Rico &amp; Michael use young people&rsquo;s visual sophistication, fantasies and skilled self-presentation. The duo adapt this 'in-your-face' view on photography, documenting the construction of their pictured identity. The result is an intriguing project on youth and pop culture.
Images from this archive have been combined into an installation called Double Extension Beauty Tubes. More than a thousand pictures are being presented in a dark space on ten iPads. The order of the images is intuitive and in a stream of consciousness mode. Metalheads, vampires, platinum blondes in high fashion outfits pose self-consciously in front of Rico &amp; Michael&rsquo;s camera.&nbsp;
This exhibition has been made possible by Van Bijlevelt Stichting and the Gieskes-Strijbis Fund.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Delta Lloyd, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION The rhythm, the quantity of photographs and the pulsing beat of the music all conjure up an experience of contemporary youth cultures such as emo, gothic, heavy metal and punk. The rhythm in which the images are presented greatly influences the experience of the installation. Sometimes you see the same teenager ten times in a row, then you see ten different but fast-changing images. Sometimes the presentation slows down, sometimes the images actually stop for a moment. Using soft-focus and theatrical lighting, the photographs are balanced between eighties aesthetics and glam kitsch.&nbsp;
ABOUT RICO &amp; MICHAEL Rico &amp; Michael live and work in Z&uuml;rich. They studied photography at the Z&uuml;rcher Hochschule der K&uuml;nste from 2006 to 2010 and began collaborating as a duo in 2008. Since then Rico &amp; Michael have worked on their archive of photographs and videos of today&rsquo;s Facebook generation, commercial commissions and projects for magazines. In 2011 Patrick Frey Editions published their 480 pages book Neue Menschen. This summer Double Extension Beauty Tubes will also be on show in Museum Winterthur in Switzerland.

Rico & Michael

This exhibition presents a retrospective of the various attempts in Russia to produce coloured photographic images. 

Primrose - Russian Colour Photography can be viewed as a journey through various techniques and genres, meanings and messages, mass practices and individual experiments. The title 'Primrose' refers to the primrose flower, used metaphorically here to represent the many colours in which it appears during early spring.
The use of colour in Russia stems from the early 1850s and practically coincides with the invention of the medium itself. The term colour photography is slightly disingenuous, since at first it referred to a toning technique in which black and white photographs were painted by hand.
Traditionally this technique was used by specialized tradesmen who added colour to the photographs according to certain methods and within the contours of the image. This technique became so popular that it started a trend in and of itself and to a large extent determined the appearance and aesthetics of colour photography in Russia.
Initially used especially for portraits, picturalist landscapes and nudes, it later also found favour with avant-garde artists. Interestingly enough these aesthetics also formed the starting point for Soviet propaganda and for portraits, political leaders and reportage.
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/595x447/7139f10f0d/595_yakov_khalip.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="447" /> Yakov Khalip. Sea cadets. End of 1940s, Artist&rsquo;s colour print, On the reverse side text of congratulation to Alexander Rodchenko, Collection of Moscow House of Photography Museum, &copy; Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow / Moscow House of Photography Museum
The exhibition is curated by Olga Sviblova and Elena Misalandi.
Primrose - Russian Colour Photography is made possible with the support of SICA.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Delta Lloyd, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Primrose - Russian Colour Photography contains works by renowned photographers and artists such as Sergey Produkin-Gorsky, Ivan Shagin, Dmitry Baltermants and Robert Diament. But it also shows unique photos of Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stephanova, and recent works from the famous Luriki series by Boris Mikhailov, in which he mocked the visual culture of the Soviet propaganda.
Primrose - Russian Colour Photography is organised as part of Netherlands-Russia 2013 by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Moscow City Government, Moscow City Culture Department and the Multimedia Art Museum/ Moscow House of Photography Museum.
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Primrose

In Look At Me And Tell Me If You Have Known Me Before, Monica Nouwens captures the ambivalent appeal of one of the world&rsquo;s largest cities: Los Angeles.

In&nbsp;Look At Me And Tell Me If You Have Known Me Before&nbsp;Dutch&nbsp;photographer&nbsp;Monica Nouwens depicts the lively DIY subculture of the city she lives in. Her subjects belong in hip, young L.A. and live in the context of a city and culture facing a financial and moral crisis. Her work blends roughness, sensuality and emotional moments into a fragile but timeless image of beauty and the human condition.
In Look At Me And Tell Me If You Have Known Me Before, Nouwens provides an insight into a group of people who have abandoned the dominant consumer culture, in search of a more personal, smaller-scale and more poetic alternative. In photos shot mostly at night, Nouwens gives a romantic, fleeting impression of their lives.
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/595x397/e664f37e34/595_vibeke_2012_c_monica_nouwens.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="397" /> Vibeke, 2012 &copy;&nbsp;Monica Nouwens&nbsp;
Her cinematographic photos of gatherings, parties and activities in L.A. allow broader insight into the relationships between people and their urban and social environment. Nouwens&rsquo; images do more than simply record a moment in time. Look At Me And Tell Me If You Have Known Me Before offers a glimpse into a collective psyche that reflects the hopes, fears and nightmares of an entire generation.
The exhibition at&nbsp;Foam&nbsp;features&nbsp;a selection of photos from this special project. The atmospheric images of Monica Nouwens are also incorporated&nbsp;in a dazzling multimedia installation.
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/700x600/3542f793b8/installatieshot.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="510" /> Installation Monica Nouwens at Foam, 2013 &copy; Christian van der Kooy
Look At Me And Tell Me If You Have Known Me Before is a Paradox production. This project is made possible by the Mondriaan Fund, VSBfonds and Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Delta Lloyd, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Nouwens has been portraying marginal urban communities in America for more than fifteen years: from idealistic utopians, neo-art communities and anarchistic movements such as &lsquo;Food Not Bombs&rsquo; to disillusioned, drug-addicted commandos returning from the war in Iraq. Nouwens is fascinated by the wealth of social manifestations in the city. Over the years her view of society in America and Los Angeles has undergone a significant development, from outside observer to involved insider. Ultimately this has formed the basis for the more personal and independent work Look At Me And Tell Me If You Have Known Me Before. This is where her experience, lifestyle, artistic vision and love-hate relationship with the city come together.
ABOUT MONICA NOUWENS Monica Nouwens (Netherlands, 1964) has been an artist in residence at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, and attended the California Institute of the Arts. In addition to her independent projects, her work has been regularly published in print media. She previously worked with Volume, Domus and V Magazine and her work has appeared in publications such as Vogue, Archis and Surface. In recent years Nouwens&rsquo; work has also been on show at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, the Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, and Ron Mandos Galerie, Amsterdam. Her work is included in a number of prestigious collections such as the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Salvatore Ferragamo, Florence, and Levi&rsquo;s, London.

Monica Nouwens

In spring 2014 Foam presented The Enclave, a major multi-media installation by Richard Mosse (1980). Six large screens showed footage of the conflict situation in Congo.

The footage shot with infrared film that was designed for camouflage detection results in vibrant, psychedelic magenta coloured sites of the jungle war zone. Besides the film installation, related photo works are presented.
Throughout 2012 and 2013, Richard Mosse and his collaborators Trevor Tweeten and Ben Frost travelled in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, infiltrating armed rebel groups in a war zone plagued by frequent ambushes, massacres and systematic sexual violence.
The resulting installation, The Enclave, is the culmination of Mosse&rsquo;s attempt to rethink war photography. It is a search for more adequate strategies to represent a forgotten African tragedy in which, according to the International Rescue Committee, at least 5.4 million people have died of war-related causes in eastern Congo since 1998.
The Enclave immerses the viewer in a challenging and sinister world, exploring aesthetics in a situation of profound human suffering.
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/700x600/91114cbc6c/2013_richard_mosse_installation.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="510" /> Installation Richard Mosse in Foam, 2014 &copy; Christian van der Kooy&nbsp;
The Enclave is made ​​possible with&nbsp;the support of SNS REAAL Fonds, EIDOTECH, Stichting Democratie &amp; Media.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Delta Lloyd, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.
ABOUT THE&nbsp;EXHIBITION A long-standing power vacuum in eastern Congo has resulted in a horrifying cycle of violence, a Hobbesian &lsquo;state of war&rsquo;, so brutal and complex that it resists communication, and goes unseen in the global consciousness. Mosse brings a discontinued military surveillance film to this situation, representing an intangible conflict with a medium that registers an invisible spectrum of infrared light, and was originally designed for camouflage detection.
The resulting imagery, shot on 16mm infrared film by cinematographer Trevor Tweeten, renders the jungle war zone in a disorienting psychedelic palette. Ben Frost&rsquo;s ambient audio composition, comprised entirely of recordings gathered in the field in eastern DRC, hovers bleakly over the unfolding tragedy.
At the heart of the project, as Mosse states, is an attempt to bring &ldquo;two counter-worlds into collision: art&rsquo;s potential to represent narratives so painful that they exist beyond language, and photography&rsquo;s capacity to document specific tragedies and communicate them to the world.&rdquo;
The installation represented Ireland at the 55th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia.

Richard Mosse

In her multimedia installation Domestic Science, Annegien van Doorn sets in motion everyday substances such as toothpaste, custard and mayonnaise.

Annegien van Doorn

2014 marks twenty years since the genocide in Rwanda. In light of this, Foam presents Love Radio, a transmedia exhibition of Eefje Blankevoort and Anoek Steketee about the complex process of reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda, told by means of the popular radio soap Musekeweya (&lsquo;New Dawn&rsquo;).  

The project Love Radio straddles the thin line between fact and fiction. The photographs and video-installations do not strictly adopt a documentary approach. The camera is not only being used to raise social issues, but is also an instrument of the imagination. By playing with light and directing those portrayed, alienating images are created in which the surroundings serve as an oppressive d&eacute;cor. &nbsp;
Photographer Anoek Steketee and journalist/filmmaker Eefje Blankevoort frequently travelled to Rwanda together. With the following question as their starting point: &ldquo;how can perpetrators and victims live with each other again after a history of gruesome killings?&rdquo;, they chart the complex reality of a country after a traumatic event in a poetic manner. In doing this, they do not put emphasis on the horrific history, but on the present and future of Rwanda.
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/595x446/fd76073c95/595_rilundo_2014_c_anoek_steketee.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="446" /> Rilundo, 2014 &copy; Anoek Steketee
The project is developed in close cooperation with Sara Kolster, Kummer &amp; Herrman, Martijn Eerens,&nbsp;Thijs Gadiot and Thomas Lievestro.
Love Radio is financed by The Creative Industries Fund NL, &nbsp;Dutch Cultural Media Fund, Foundation for Democracy and Media, &nbsp;SNS REAAL Fonds, &nbsp;Sem Presser Fonds, &nbsp;The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK), Mondriaan Fund.
Partners: Prospektor, SubmarineChannel, Foam, NIOD, Humanity House, Radio La Benevolencija.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Delta Lloyd, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.
ABOUT&nbsp;THE EXHIBITION Love Radio is about the magic of radio and the influence of media in a society. The same frequency at which radio station Radio Libre des Mille Collines&nbsp;(RTLM) stirred up the population to kill the Tutsi in 1994, is now used to broadcast radio soap opera&nbsp;Musekeweya. The weekly&nbsp;program is incredibly popular, with&nbsp;approximately 80% of the Rwandan population listening in. The story takes place in two fictional villages, Muhumuro and Bumanzi. Despite the enmity, friendship ties&nbsp; between the villages exist as well. The love between Shema en Batamuriza is like a Rwandan Romeo and Juliet.
Musekeweya&nbsp;seems to be a fairly normal soap opera at first, full of intrigue, heroes, villains, and romances. However, there is a difference: the story must not only entertain listeners, but above all, educate them how violence arises and how it can be prevented.&nbsp;
Besides Musekeweya, another story is discussed in the exhibition as well: the reality of Rwanda at present. In video-interviews, creators and listeners of the soap tell about their experiences and the developments in the country. Piece by piece, the complex reality comes forward and it becomes clear that the truth does not exist. While happy endings dominate the radio program, reconciliation is more difficult&nbsp;in real life.
The web documentary is available on <a href="http://www.loveradio-rwanda.org/">www.loveradio-rwanda.org</a>.&nbsp;
Love Radio&nbsp;is an initiative of filmmaker and journalist Eefje Blankevoort&nbsp;(1978, NL) and photographer Anoek Steketee (1974, NL). The project comprises a web documentary, short visual stories for smartphones and an exhibition at Foam.

Love Radio

Doina Kraal presents her installation Touche-&agrave;-Tout, with which she will travel the world. Touche-&agrave;-Tout stimulates all the senses using different media: you can taste flavours, smell scents, you can touch objects, hear &ndash; and make sounds. The audience automatically becomes part of the installation.

For&nbsp;her multimedia installation <a href="http://www.doinakraal.com/work.php?view=rarekiek_000">In de Rarekiek</a>, which was presented in Foam in 2012, Doina Kraal won&nbsp;the Foam 3h Award from Foam and the Gieskes-Strijbis Fund which allowed her to start her new project Touche-&agrave;-Tout.&nbsp;
Touche-&agrave;-Tout will be a similar&nbsp;but&nbsp;smaller installation, with which Doina will travel from Asia to Oceania, from North America to South America and from Africa back to Amsterdam. The presentation in <a href="/talent/foam-3h">Foam 3h</a> kicks off&nbsp;this journey, which you can follow at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.touche-a-tout.nl/" target="_blank">www.touche-a-tout.nl</a>.&nbsp;
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/595x414/04a37ebab3/595_doina_kraal_red_cedar_wood__palo_santo_and_mdf_on_a_steel_frame.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="414" /> Touche-&agrave;-Tout; red cedar wood, palo santo and mdf on a steel frame. The installation holds a variety of objects/smaller works. 2014, by Doina Kraal, photo &copy; Gert Jan van Rooij
ABOUT DOINA KRAAL Doina Kraal (1980) graduated from the Fine Art and New Media department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam in 2002. She then earned a Master in Fine Art at the Central Saint Martins College of Art in London. Her work has been shown in the Point Blank Gallery, Johannesburg, Times Square Gallery, New York, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Soledad Senlle Gallery, Amsterdam and other locations in the Netherlands.
This project is made possible with financial support by The Gieskes-Strijbis Fund, the Van Bijlevelt Foundation, The Mondriaan Fund, The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts and sponsoring by forte_forte and Lejan.
Foam is sponsored by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Delta Lloyd, Gemeente Amsterdam and the VandenEnde Foundation.
ABOUT TOUCHE-A-TOUT All the media that Kraal uses (rarekiek, slide, film and video, Internet) are representations of different forms of reality by means of which she keeps looking for the least static forms. In most cases photography is the starting point. During the exhibition, the work is&nbsp;revealed together with a performance by the artist herself to kickstart the exhibition.

Doina Kraal Touche-à-Tout

Two unique workshops organized Especially for Foam Fans and hosted by Foam photographers. Embark on a fantastic adventure with Safari Tours at Rust.

Discover Photography Playground through the eyes of an emerging photographer from the Foam 3h talent program.
On the evening of Tuesday 15 December, Annegien van Doorn will hold the first Safari Tour, followed by Ola Lanko on Saturday, 19 December.
SAFARI TOUR BY ANNE ENERGIEN OF THORN Annegien is Fascinated By every day, banal and ordinary objects in our home environment. The objects That Van Doorn uses in her work move beyond Their day-to-day function and osmanthus take on a new form. Domestic objects Usually That Are Considered as visually worthless turn out to have qualities That are easily overlooked. Through playful, humorous and absurd actions, thesis trivial objects reveal the appeal and sexuality that's hidden behind Their homely appearance And They pay an unexpected tribute to the imagination. She Showed this in 2014 in Foam 3h with her ​​multimedia installation Domestic Science, in-which she set in motion everyday substances zoals toothpaste, mayonnaise and custard. During her workshop at the Playground Annegien inspires you to look at a whole new level to your surroundings and discover unexpected subjects for your photos. Annegien van Doorn (1982) graduated in 2004 in photography at the St. Joost Academy in Breda. From 2006 to 2008 she attended the Masters of Fine Arts Arte y contextos Intermedia at the University of Barcelona.
SAFARI TOUR BY OLA Lanko In 2014 Ola Lanko Showed her exhibition All year round in Foam 3h. In her work Lanko combines a systematic and analytical way of thinking with a playful visual language. Ola combines a systematic and analyzing view with a playful visual language. She Believes it is Necessary to handle the role of photography in our lives, in a critical and conscious way to get the most out of it. During her workshop as part of the Playground Ola Lanko will take you into her creative process and method. Ola Lanko (1985) Studied sociology at the National University in Kiev and photography at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Her work HAS BEEN Awarded the Steenbergen Stipendium for Photography (2012) and the New Talent Photography Award (2013). Since 2010 she Constantly takes part in exhibitions and is working on her own projects. Ola Lanko teaches photography at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and is a guest lecturer at various academies in the Netherlands and Belgium.
REGISTRATION AND COSTS Participation in the Playground Safari Tours is absolutely free for Foam fans. Cameras will be provided by Olympus. It is possible to bring one guest free of charge. Minimum age is 18 years. Due to limited places, we recommend to register soon.
NOT YET A FOAM FAN? <a href="/about/memberships">Sign up&nbsp;</a>
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ABOUT OLYMPUS PHOTOGRAPHY PLAYGROUND The Olympus Photography Playground is an initiative designed to encourage encouragement more people to Become Involved with photography through an emphasis on creativity and inspiration. This year, interactive playground includes installations by the artists Maser and Leigh Sachwitz &amp; Andi Thoma, challenging audiences to increasement Their knowledge about photography in a playful way. The Photography Playground is a European event and in 2015 traveled to Hamburg, Vienna, Munich and Paris.&nbsp; &gt;&gt; <a href="/museum/programme/foam-photography-playground">Discover the full program</a>
Read more about the partnership between Olympus &amp; Foam <a href="/about/partners">here</a>.&nbsp;

<div class="sidebar__content">Safari Tour info 
Playground Safari Tour with Annegien van Doorn Tuesday, 15 December 19.00 - 21.00 hrs.
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Playground Safari Tour with Ola Lanko Saturday, 19 December 14.00 - 16.00 hrs.
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Roest Jacob Bontiusplaats 1 1018 PL Amsterdam</div>

Foam @Playground: Safari Tours

On the final day of the exhibition <a href="/museum/programme/anne-de-vries">Anne de Vries &ndash; E _ M E R G E</a>, Foam organises a lunch-session with several lectures and artist-talks around the central theme of the relation between photography and visual arts.

On Sunday November 1, the final day of the exhibition <a href="/museum/programme/anne-de-vries">Anne de Vries &ndash; E _ M E R G E</a>, a lunch-session around the central theme of the development and relation of photography into visual arts is organized. The exhibition by De Vries is based on his interpretation of the influence of technology on our perception and experience of the world. Within this framework Clemens Jahn, author of the article &lsquo;Photography after Photography after Photography, delivers a lecture. Accordingly artists Anne de Vries and his contemporary Timur Si-Qin present their work, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Judith Vrancken.
In his lecture, Clemens Jahn elucidates his in the acknowledged art magazine Texte Zur Kunst published article &lsquo;Photography after Photography after Photography&rsquo;. &ldquo;As photography has left the frame, permeating all that we do, its institutionalization has become all but impossible&rdquo;&ndash; states Jahn in his critical reflection on the position of photography and image manipulation within visual arts. Photography is no longer a means for representation, but more than anything else an instrument. Anne de Vries and Timur Si-Qin belong to the generation of artists who are extending the boundaries of photography in both form and content. How Anne de Vries and Timur Si-Qin relate to photography and visual arts in our contemporary digital era is discussed during the panel discussion. Of course there is opportunity for the audience to ask questions.
<a href="/museum/programme/anne-de-vries">E _ M E R G E</a> is the first major solo exhibition of the Berlin-based visual artist Anne de Vries. De Vries grew up in a time in which photography, Photoshop and mobile upload feeds came to seem entirely natural. His practice of photography is strongly influenced by his interest in the contemporary image culture. By combining everyday, common objects with new material, technologies and printing techniques, De Vries presents his reflection on the appeal of progress, the position of the individual among the masses and the role of imaging in an increasingly globalised economy.
NEXT LEVEL From 2015 Foam is organising the <a href="/about/press-office/next-level">Next Level</a>&nbsp;exhibition series with support from Ammodo. This series aims to introduce a broad public to the innovative art of relatively young image-makers who take a revolutionary approach to the medium of photography.&nbsp;Anne de Vries&rsquo;s new work is supported by the Mondriaan Fund.
ABOUT ANNE DE VRIES De Vries (The Hague, 1977) has participated in numerous international group exhibitions in amongst others Museum De Hallen, Haarlem; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis; The Moving Museum, Istanbul; Cell Projects, London, and Foam, Amsterdam. His work is included in several private and corporate collections and the collections of Rhizome, New York; Museum Winterthur, and Foam, Amsterdam. De Vries was a resident at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam from 2011-2012. He studied at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, and at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York. Anne de Vries is represented by Galerie Martin van Zomeren in Amsterdam.
ABOUT TIMUR SI-QIN Timur Si-Qin (Berlin, 1984) lives and works in Berlin and is a leading figure in a new generation of artists associated with the contemporary philosophical movements of &lsquo;New Materialism&rsquo; and &lsquo;Speculative Realism&rsquo;. He grew up in Berlin, Beijing and in a native Indian community in the American Southwest. Si-Qin&rsquo;s work has been shown internationally at Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn; CCS Bard, New York; Museum Fridericianum, Kassel and at the Taipei Biennial. Last year he participated in the Art Post-Internet group exhibition at the UCCA, Beijing. Timur Si-Qin completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Universiry of Arizona, Tuscon. He is represented by Soci&eacute;t&eacute; in Berlin, and by Magician Space in Beijing.
ABOUT CLEMENS JAHN Clemens Jahn (Munich, 1986) is a Berlin-based designer, editor and cultural producer. He studied visual communications at Universit&auml;t der K&uuml;nste (UdK) Berlin, and London College of Communications with a focus on multimedia graphic design and visual systems. He has worked with a range of international institutions, such as the MAD Museum of Arts and Design, New York; University for Arts and Culture St. Petersburg; ZKM | Karlsruhe, and Kunsthalle Bern. He recently co-published the anthology Turning Inward in cooperation with Sternberg Press.
ABOUT JUDITH VRANCKEN Judith Vrancken (1983) is an art historian, critic and writer. She&rsquo;s a former editor for the publishing house Leesmagazijn and currently an editor for We Are Public and scriptwriter for Nederlands Dans Theater. She regularly contributes to Art Agenda, Frieze d/e, Flash Art, Metropolis M and Artforum. For the latter she wrote an article on Anne de Vries&rsquo; exhibition in Foam. Vrancken divides her time between Amsterdam and Berlin.

<div class="sidebar__content">Event Info 
Sunday 1 November 2015 13.00 &ndash; 15.00 hrs. Language: English Tickets: &euro;15, regular rate &euro;10, reduced rate Free for WE ARE PUBLIC Lunch is included</div>

E _ M E R G E artist talks 

Aby Fulani

We invited musician and producer Aby Fulani to create a playlist inspired by the works of Liz Johnson Artur. Offering a fresh way to experience the exhibition, music adds new dimensions to the essence of Liz's work, especially while museum doors are closed.

The different rooms were displayed like an assembly of different drummers and percussionists.

Liz Johnson Artur - of life of love of sex of movement of hope, 2021

 in 2014. Using inkjet print as the main medium, the artwork is displayed at 120 x 90 cm.

Maldoror #6, 2014

In 2021 Foam receives additional support from the Mondriaan Fund and Kickstart Cultuurfonds

visible in

When Jean-Vincent Simonet came across the book 

 (The Songs of Maldoror), he felt hugely attracted to the dark, theatrical and transgressive character. The cutting-edge book praising youth revolt, blasphemy and the victory of dream over reality was published in 1869 by Comte de Lautréamont. Simonet decided to revive the literary enigma. His photographs are based on the atmosphere it evokes: gothic angels provided with dramatic blue photoshopped skies full of stars and dead branches merged into pink and blue shapes that look like hairs. The eclectic style inspired him to shift between analogue and digital, using digital techniques to glitch and merge photographs. This enables the mysterious atmosphere of the book to become tangible in the pictures. That the book was once banned because of its blasphemous character, comes as no surprise.

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