Foam 3h: Karolina Wojtas We can't live – without each other, 2022

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

Maldoror #6, 2014

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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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.

Maldoror #6

Foam proudly presents the work of 20 artists shaping the future of photography in the group exhibition 

. The exhibition brings together artists from across the world, their work signifying a bold new direction in the photographic arts.

authenticity (2 CHAINZ) from the series BLACK SNAFU, 2022

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Joe from the series At last I see you, 2020

Image from the series The Dispossessed, 2023

Fortune in My Thirties from the series Interfaces of Predictions, 2023

A Ranked Amateur from the series To My Darling Love

Untitled from the series Eyes Dazzle as They Search for the Truth

Abraham Lincoln and Drone from the series American Glitch, 2021

Smiles from the series A Study on Waitressing, 2020 - present

Image from the series Frantz Fanon, Me and The Question, 2022

“BURIAL” from the series Las flores mueren dos veces, 2022

Image from the series POST, 2023

This year's Foam Talent offers a unique opportunity to explore shared experiences and perspectives and reflects a collective commitment to enriching our world with new and detailed stories. 

Daughter of Elephants from the series People of Clay, 2023

Front cover: Faceless, 2023. Image from the series (Inter)Faces of Predictions

Foam Talent Digital 2024-2025

Also on view in the digital exhibition

Foam Talent 2024-2025

Foam proudly presents the work of a new generation of artists in the group exhibition 

. The 20 participating photographers address the pressing problems of our times. Together, they explore and extend the boundaries of what photography is today.   

As a diverse group of artists, each of them presents their own visual language. Through their works, they critically look at the world around us. They use the photographic medium to question collective affairs and ongoing issues happening in the world. At the same time, they explore how these issues have an impact on a personal level, moving between a local, historical, symbolic, emotional and bodily perspective. 

This group of artists uses a wide range of photographic genres to tell their stories. With portraiture and documentary photography, digital created images and archival material, the talents create a space for the viewer to sit with situations and current events, to reflect and respond to.   

Complementing the physical experience at Foam, this digital exhibition offers a deeper look at the Talents and their works. What goes on behind the surface? What is the inspiration? What techniques are used? This exhibition combines artistic context with educational perspectives. Read, see, and hear more about the themes and topics and explore, engage, and interact with the works! 

 are: Marwan Bassiouni, Myriam Boulos, Olgaç Bozalp, Laura Chen, Kata Geibl, Lina Geoushy, Marvel Harris, Alexandra Rose Howland, Ange-Frédéric Koffi, Czar Kristoff, Yushi Li, Carla Liesching, Seif Kousmate, Pavo Marinović, Diego Moreno, Donja Nasseri, Ghazaleh Rezaei, Linn Phyllis Seeger, Ritsch Sisters, Donavon Smallwood.

Talent issue of Foam Magazine are supported by the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation.

The exhibition is made possible by Kleurgamma Fine-Art Photolab and Oschatz Visuelle Medien.

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

In 2022 Foam receives additional support from the Mondriaan Fund and receives a contribution through the Mondriaan Fund from the Ministerie van OCW.

The Feast Inside, from the series Paintings Dreams and Love

Graphic Foam Talent 2022

How to...

Czar Kristoff

Audio fragment for To Destroy Is To Build

from the series To Destroy is To Build

The momentary monument 'To Destroy Is To Build' is not only a web-to-print project but web-to-print-to-monument-to-publication-to... It leaks and flows like new media, like the flood, like the architecture of future society.

from the series To Destroy Is To Build

Myriam Boulos

Audio fragment for Tell the Trees to Smile by Myriam Boulos

Tell the Trees to Smile

from the series Tell the Trees to Smile

I remember Andrea's tears while we were walking towards his destroyed house that he was seeing for the first time since the explosion.

“All the war memories rushed back...
We
rushed to the corridors to hide which was exactly our moves and practice during the Lebanese civil war when the bombing would start.”

Zeina
worked on a rescue mission with a Chile team for 3 days.
The Chile team thought that someone was stuck under the ruins of a building.
“During these
3 days, the hope of finding someone was controlling us.”

Michel lost
his hearing aid during the explosion.
When he wants to listen to music, he puts the radio against his ear.

On August 4, Walid was at home with me. He was on this same balcony when the explosion happened. (...) (I cried in his room and in his arms every day for a few months after the explosion.)

When I gave her this tiny flower, my grandmother told me “Dis aux arbres de sourire”, which means tell the trees to smile.

Marwan Bassiouni

Audio fragment for New Western Views by Marwan Bassiouni

from the series New Swiss Views

from the series New British Views

from the series New Dutch Views

Ghazaleh Rezaei

'Lamentation' from the series The Martyrs

'The Pieta' from the series The Martyrs

'Carrying of the Martyr's Portrait' from the series The Martyrs

Bringing to Light

'Burial' from the series The Martyrs

Kata Geibl

from the series See Daylight

from the series Nothing New Under the Sun

Audio clip for Kata Geibl - There is Nothing New Under The Sun / See Daylight

from the series There Is Nothing New Under the Sun / See Daylight

Donja Nasseri

from the series Woman, who would be King

Audio clip for Donja Nasseri - Woman, who would be King

Alexandra Rose Howland

Audio clip for Alexandra Rose Howland - Leave and Let Us Go

from the series Leave and Let Us Go

Pavo Marinović

Audio clip for Pavo Marinovic - Marble Ass

Marble Ass

Talent Digital 2022

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Felipe Romero Beltrán - winner of the Foam Paul Huf Award

Michael, Michael at home, Portland, Oregon, USA, May, 2015

Who has the power to decide which photographers get particular resources and opportunities? What are the ethical dilemmas around commissions and assignments? We highlight a few industry resources that provide practical advice for photographers who are trying to navigate the territory between their own practice and the media industry at large.

Archive of Public Protests

In Practice: Resources for Photographers

Installation of Carlijn Jacobs

General Presskit - Interior & Exterior

Janette Beckman - Rebels

Jakob Ganslmeier & Ana Zibelnik - GIGA

Foam Talent 2024 - 2025

Felipe Romero Beltrán - winner of the Foam Paul Huf Award 2023

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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 © Foam. Photo: Christian van der Kooy.⁠

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

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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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.

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

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Susanne Khalil Yusef (b. 1984) considers herself to be Palestinian. Her grandparents fled Jaffa in 1948 and were determined to return. They never did. Khalil Yusef&rsquo;s Palestinian heritage is central to her highly personal artwork through which she addresses urgent topics such as displacement, human rights and identity. She creates small and expansive multimedia installations inspired by stories derived from various archives, found objects and personal encounters. The objects, characters, colors and forms have a meaning and play their own part in the story she wants to convey.
<img src="https://a.storyblok.com/f/113697/595x893/c528c2d6d5/12_untitled__ceramic__2020_collaboration_with_wonne_lr.jpg" alt="" width="595" height="893" />Beverages for friends' in collaboration with WONNE, 2020 C Susanne Khalil Yusef.
Susanne Khalil Yusef was born in 1984 in Germany and has lived in the Netherlands from when she was a teenager. She obtained her masters degree in 2018 at St. Joost Academy in 's-Hertogenbosch. During her bachelor she studied at the International Academy of Arts in Ramallah, Palestine for a semester. Her work has been exhibited at Textiel Museum Tilburg, Museum Arnhem and Slash Gallery, part of WORM in Rotterdam. Recently Khalil Yusef&rsquo;s art has been added to the permanent collections of museum Arnhem and textielmuseum Tilburg. 
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uPX0htPouJo" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Foam 3h: Susanne Khalil Yusef -&nbsp;Lalalala, 2020 &copy; Foam. Video by Tiberiu-Mihail Cimpoeru.
Foam visited the studio of Susanne Khalil Yusef.&nbsp;Watch the video to learn more about Khalil Yusef's inspirations and the meaning behind her work.
The exhibition is made possible by the Van Bijlevelt Foundation.
Foam is supported by the BankGiro Loterij, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, City of Amsterdam, Delta Lloyd, Olympus and the VandenEnde Foundation.

<div class="sidebar__content">ABOUT FOAM 3H 
Foam 3h is a project space where recently graduated artists and photographers are invited to present their first solo museum exhibition.
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Foam selects national and international artists who's portfolio should be shown to the world. The artists are challenged to experiment, surprise and push the limits of photography. Over the years, Foam 3h has become an important meeting place for photographers, artists, students, collectors and other players in the photography field.</div>

Susanne Khalil Yusef - Lalalala

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.

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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.

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Thursday 1 November 2018 from 5.30pm onwards</div>

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Thursday 1 November&nbsp; 5.30 - 6pm
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 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.

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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.

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.
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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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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.

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