Opening of the year Sandberg
On the 25th of September we celebrated the opening of the year in the Rietveld Gym. There were panel conversations with the heads of departments, moderated by Flavia Dzodan, performances by Sandberg Instituut alumni ghenwa noiré and Alec Mateo. Our hosts of the day were Sabine Pendry & Amanda Payne, alumni of the temporary programme Re:Master Opera, who showed scenes of their graduation work.
Group photo Sandberg 2024/2025.
Panel with heads of department: Ludwig Engel & Julian Schubert (Studio for Immediate Spaces) and Judith Leysner (Fine Art), moderated by Flavia Dzodan.
Performance by Alec Mateo: Practice, Again - A Sonic Improvisation.
Panel with heads of department: Anja Groten (Design Department) and Tom Vandeputte (Critical Studies), moderated by Flavia Dzodan.
Panel with heads of department: Gertrude Flentge & Lara Khaldi (Lumbung Practice), Jerszy Seymour (Dirty Art Department), Dorine van Meel (Planetary Poetics), moderated by Flavia Dzodan.
Improvised electric-bouzouqi solo performance by ghenwa noiré.
Introduction by Ruby Hoette, Director Sandberg Instituut and Research.
Introduction by Maaike Lauwaert, Chairperson Executive Board Gerrit Rietveld Academie.
Sabine Pendry & Amanda Payne, performing selected scenes from the spoken-opera Two Across.