October 29

Voting advice

PVDH

mmm, the political play has a very basic rule: Thou shall / must vote!
without a vote there is no play, not for the politicians and not for the electorate
so not voting is not part of it, remains whom to vote for and that is also quite simple :

centre : maintaining the status quo

left: maintaining the status quo, with major adjustments to the left
right: maintaining the status quo, with major adjustments to the right

centre left: maintaining the status quo, with minor adjustments to the left
centre right: maintaining the status quo, with minor adjustments to the right

extreme left: revolution, without compromise (Mao-Leninist flavor )
extreme right: revolution, without compromise ( Mussolini-Hitler flavor )

What to think a decent and socially caring human being - which more or less equates to "bourgeoisie" - will vote?
It will perpetually hover around the center in changing constellations every 4 year's election cycle as is proven by last 50 years of political history and only will change radically when the centrifugal forces will lose control.

-- Aos Ulvhi, from Nictoglobe's Facebook Archive (Apr 25, 2017 3:54:56 pm)

Our advice: PVDH!


Vote for PVDH!

October 25

Gedanken zum Krieg in der Ukraine

Jan Böhmerman

Fabelhaft!

October 25

Election time in the Netherlands

read carefully

vote with conscience

All red lines have been crossed, which is why we are redrawing them. Everyone within the Netherlands must take action against Israel's genocide in Gaza and the illegal occupation of Palestine. That is why you need to take the parties opinion into acccount.

Vote for a party from the first column!

September 21

RED LINE

Join the Demo on October 5th

13:00 Museum Square Amsterdam

All red lines have been crossed, which is why we are redrawing them. Everyone within the Netherlands must take action against Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the illegal occupation of Palestine. That is why we are taking to the streets once again.

Join the Demo˜

July 2

Bob Vylan

From "X"

Public statement


Public statement Bob Vylan

June 26

Rohtko, Dailes Theatre Riga

HF 2025 Amsterdam

Łucasz Twarkowsky/Anka Herbut

Rohtko is a play about one of the most intriguing art frauds in history. It is also a play about arts' market mechanism and its emotional / personal value: questening how to relate to an object of art, perceived as either fake or original. Partly based on Latvian born Rothko's own life story.

Seen June 25 2025 at de Stadsschouwburg (ITA) in Amsterdam as part of its yearly Holland Festival


Actors from the Latvian theatrical piece Rohtko in the final scene

May 30

Crashed

Fin 100

Paintings

Reworking of reworking of original drawing from March 18 2017


Fin 100 © 2025 - courtesy gallery d+n+r

May 15

Gallery d+n+r (archive)

Andreas Maria Jacobs 2018

Paintings

Complex everyday scenes of objects in their natural environment

May 7

Entering Gaza

AA 2017/2025

Drawing

Reworking of original drawing from March 18 2017

April 9 2025

Tariff's are hitting hard!

sunong about the ongoing tariff's war

Created with AI by traumbaum

Listen ...

Read ...

[Verse 1] Hey China baby, you played too rough, You slapped 34 on us — now that ain’t love. I gave you ‘til Tuesday to say you're sorry, But guess what, sweetie? That ship sailed early.

[Pre-Chorus] Don’t cry on the trading floor, It’s just diplomacy — but hardcore. We talk to some countries, not all — Guess which empire won’t get a call?

[Chorus – dancefloor explosion] We’re in a tariff fever, turn it up some more, 50 on 34, now we’re at 104. Don’t need no trade talks, we just do the math — Take your exports, baby, feel my wrath.

We got that tariff fever, shaking every port, Sinking markets like it's a contact sport. Raise it high, spin that tax roulette — If you retaliate, I’ll double the bet.

[Verse 2] The EU's next — oh, don’t look shocked, Ten percent for friendship, consider it docked. We’re spreading love like a steel-toed boot, Global harmony in a tailored suit.

[Pre-Chorus] Every deficit’s a dagger to my pride, So I fix it with some duties on the side. Who needs allies when you’ve got the vibe? Just me, my posts, and my 4D tribe.

[Chorus – harder, sassier] Yeah, it’s tariff fever, truth posted loud, Dancing through the trade war, feeling proud. Markets crash? That’s just the sound Of greatness echoing around.

104%, baby, that’s how we roll, Every import taxed like rock’n’roll. So grab your goods and say goodbye, We’re sanctioning the world tonight.

[Bridge – spoken word over synth solo, ultra sarcastic] This isn’t a tantrum — it’s strategic performance art. We’re liberating your exports… from your control. And hey, if your economy collapses? That just means... I’m winning harder.

[Final Chorus – glitter confetti breakdown] We’ve got tariff fever, rising with the moon, Trade talks canceled, no reply soon. So let’s all dance to the price of bread, And spin these sanctions till we're dead.

104%, baby — that’s the deal, When feelings are facts and pain is real. We’re making history, one post at a time — Now hit that beat and tax the rhyme. Link ...


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March 7

RAMMELLZEE: ALPHABETA SIGMA – A TWO-PART EXHIBITION EXPLORING THE WAR ON LANGUAGE

ALPHABETA SIGMA (Side A) – Palais de Tokyo (21 February – 7 September 2025)

The Palais de Tokyo and CAPC join forces to unveil and present the cryptic work of RAMMELLZEE, an iconic figure of the 1980s American underground scene. This is the first large-scale European event dedicated to his legacy, conceived in two acts—like the sides of a vinyl record, each complementing and expanding upon the other.

RAMM:ΣLL:ZΣΣ is not just a name—it’s an equation, a formula for elevation, detail, and perspective. His work exists at the crossroads of theory, performance, and materiality, forming a radical practice that turns language into a battlefield. His self-defined Gothic Futurism merges aeronautics, quantum mechanics, and the velocity of an electromagnetic transit system with the chemical aggression of spray paint and resin, turning symbols into weapons of resistance. Central to this equation is his cosmic array of characters—outlaws and antiheroes engaged in an endless wager on the domination of language, each representing a letter’s struggle to free itself from imposed structures. His creations, from his Letter Racers to his Garbage Gods, function as tactical entities in this ongoing linguistic war, transforming language into an active, combative force.


Rammellzee © Mari Horiuchi. Courtesy of Palais de Tokyo and Rammellzee Estate.

January 16

Mythen, Macht, Manipulation – Wie Verschwörungstheorien die Welt erklären

Andreas Heusser: Museum Strauhof, Zurich - Switzerland

Der vielleicht verrückteste Ausstellungsevent des Jahres


Andreas Heusser: Mythen, Macht, Manipulation – Wie Verschwörungstheorien die Welt erklären.

December 12

Not in my name

Open letter to Dutch Prime Minister Schoof

Oxfam Novib


(click on the picture above for more) © OXFAM Novib

November17

La Resocialista Internacional

Another Deep Dive

AI Generated Podcast

Listen to the Podcast: Exploring Agam Andreas's "La Resocialista Internacional" ...

Below a summary as created by Google's NotebookLM

The provided text is a digital artwork, specifically a piece of electronic literature, titled "La Resocialista Internacional." Created by A. Andreas in 2010, the work uses bold text, dates, and fragments of Dutch and French language to create a visually striking and thematic experience. These fragments delve into themes of rebellion, societal corruption, and the power of art, often expressing criticism of contemporary culture and institutions. The piece also alludes to a traumatic event from the artist's past, referencing a "murdered man" and a "festival of stimulants," evoking a sense of despair and vulnerability.


Table of Contents: Exploring Agam Andreas's "La Resocialista Internacional"

Sous-Ratures / /C (H) RIS (T) IS (T) ////: This section, using strikethroughs and parentheses, hints at a critique of religion and societal structures, setting the stage for the work's themes.

Urban Tactics: Introduces the urban environment as a space for resistance and social commentary.

De(-)dic(t)ation: Explores the idea of dedication and commitment, possibly to a revolutionary cause, using wordplay to emphasize ambiguity.

Movement and Transformation: This subsection uses short phrases to evoke a sense of collective action and individual change.

The felaheen march, The shrine walk, Sealine, To drown again.

Proclamations of Resistance (2010-2013): This section presents a chronological series of bold statements, highlighting the work's radical political and artistic message. Each statement captures a key idea explored within the work, ranging from societal critique to artistic rebellion.

Mapping Consciousness and Art (undated): A series of phrases that point to the work's engagement with individual perception, the passage of time, and the relationship between art and freedom.

Chronological Fragments (2008-2010): A list of dates and locations, possibly referencing events or artistic interventions related to the larger project. These entries offer a glimpse into the development and evolution of the work over time.

"In Modeum Rudolf Hess": A multilingual narrative that delves into themes of violence, surveillance, and the fragility of the body. It presents a dreamlike sequence centered around a murdered man, a police officer, and a sense of guilt and complicity.

"BURGERWAANZIN.NL": The final entry highlights the collaborative nature of the work, crediting both the original dream by Judith V. and the symbolic notation by A. Andreas. This suggests an interplay between individual experience and artistic interpretation.

Link to the original work: "La Resocialista Internacional (2010-2013)"

November 1

Europe turns it's back

Gallery dnr

From the archive


© Gallery dnr archive, AA January 13 2017

October 7 2024

Deep Dive

New Auschwitz

An AI Podcast about Art and Current Events

A podcast created from a private WhatsApp exchange between Hero Werkman and Andreas Maria Jacobs discussing Werkman's project proposal *), touching sensitive and problematic fields such as Holocaust inversion, the politico-economical and historical backgrounds of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

This podcast was created using Google's AI notebooklm tool. A tool which analyses a given text and creates an audio transcript called a Deep Dive, in which an artificially created male and female voice are discussing the text. Although the transcript does not seem to be censured at all, some mistakes needs to be corrected: the Guernica example is wrongly attributed to Jacobs whereas it was Werkman who came up with it.

Listen to the Podcast: Deep Dive about Art and Current Events ...

*) The project proposal:

I would like to briefly explain the New Auschwitz project.

In particular, the explanation of why New Auschwitz.

It is about the fact that no one and no people has the exlusive right to the "worst suffering".

Everyone and every people suffers. Suffering is not a possession but a feeling and a characteristic of a feeling is that it has a beginning and an end. All human beings are subject to this. In essence it is not a personal but a human experience. Certainly no person or people has a monopoly on it and therefore not on Auschwitz. If people start to appropriate and monopolize feelings, such as the deep suffering that was inflicted on them, for example the persecution of the Jews in WWII, more suffering can arise from this. That is what New Auschwitz is about.

Take a good look at what the State of Israel has been doing in recent decades. Perfecting the systematic oppression of Palestinians with as the icing on the cake the total destruction of Hamas and Hezbollah. And the arrogance, just like the Germans of that time, that one is completely in the right. Not wanting to be addressed about one's behavior, not even by the UN. I want to name that danger.

That is why I am renaming Gaza to New Auschwitz, Southern Lebanon to New Auschwitz II and the West Bank to New Auschwitz III.

I invite artists to contribute to this imagination in their own discipline. **) In the hope of creating more awareness for the unimaginable and continuing suffering by this deep form of ignorance. It is precisely by recognizing and sharing pain as a human experience that one can go beyond personal, political and religious identifications and beyond the concept of injustice being done and perhaps learn from it and choose a better reality.


--- Hero Werkman (Gallery Kein Kampf)

**) Send your contributions before the deadline of November 1st to herowerkman@hotmail.com.

3 Aug - 3 Sept 3

Artists Against the Kremlin

De Balie, Amsterdam

A major anti-war and dissident art exhibition

February 2-4 2024

#nfcdab2024 - 6th Edition

Exhibition: "Leise-Park", Berlin DE

div. artists

January 27 2024

Painting

de Kooning's Imagery of Vacancy

Peter Dellolio

December 2 2023

Art

Girl/Sieve

Judith V.

October 28 2023

Politics

Cease Fire Now!

sunday-october-29-2023-national-demonstration-in-the-hague

October 20 2023

Politics

In Solidarity with the Palestinian People

Sign the petition

July 23 2023

Politics

The Santiago Boys

Evgeny Morozov

A wild tale of how Allende's engineers and a British management consultant dared challenge corporations and spy agencies - and almost won. Written and presented by Evgeny Morozov.
Broadcasted live on Radio Patapoe (Amsterdam) Wednesday's at 22:00 starting July 26th

June 7 2023

AI Art

AI generated image of Putin drowning in a flooded area

Andreas Maria Jacobs

Generated by Andreas Maria Jacobs with Diffusers

May 19 2023

Fred Astaire and Joan Crawford - Art created with AI

Images generated with Diffusers App

AI / Prompt sculpting

Experimenting with AI generated images using "prompt sculpting" - the technique of working towards a resulting image by slightly modifying the textual input prompt (the underlying text2img algorithm's input), resulted in a.o. these images.
Using Google's "Lens" function I came to know that most probably the original image used to generate these outputs came from this picture.

Prompt being used : BDM, female, dancing with, SS officer, germany, 1940s style, photo, sepia

Generated by Andreas Maria Jacobs with Diffusers


Prompt being used : BDM, female, dancing with, SS officer, germany, 1940s style, photo, sepia,yellowish

Generated by Andreas Maria Jacobs with Diffusers

September 14 2022

LetterVerzet / Wibautotisme

Aktie Typografie in de jaren 80

Tentoonstelling in Vrij Paleis, Paleisstraat 107 (NRC) 23-28 September 2022

View flyer

August 20 2022

Jeannine & Ralf Schulenburg

Gallery dnr

Paintings

View...


Ralf Schulenburg - Geflecht, 70cm x 100cm Acryl on Canvas

August 5 2022

My Father was a Revolutionary

Vlady (Kibalchich): La Revolución y los elementos

By Jacob Boas

What is an intellectual worth without probity of the intelligence. Victor Serge.
What is terrible when you seek the truth, is that you find it. Victor Serge
La política ... ha sido la mayor fuente de males y pérdida de tiempo. Vlady
...

Read...


THE STRUCTURAL SKETCH OF A SKELETON OF OBSOLETE POLITICS

July 15 2022

Lenin and Marx swimming

More fun with AI

By Dall.E 2

After a long wait finally allowed to use the official Dall.E 2, a text to image convertor, based on state of the art Artifical Intelligence Made some fun images using the phrase Lenin and Marx swimming in a Moscow river

Also tried to do something with Chairman Mao and General Secretary Xi Jinping, but unfortunately that was not allowed by Dall.E 2's policies (sic!)

But luckily we still have the series Stalin and Lenin dancing available elsewhere on this site


Lenin and Marx swimming in a Moscow river

October 23 2020

Digital Art

Hans Heiner Buhr

More work from Hans Heiner Buhr in Gallery d+n+r

www.heiner.world

July 19 2020

Corona Dark (2020)

Harry Dukker

"Photography in uncertain, claustrophobic dark times, inspired by the Covid 19 pandemic.

Applying images which I often capture like cloudy skies, the sea, flowers, trees but this time also walls, railing and planes.

The images are rather dark so it takes one more sec to see where you are looking at."

Harry Dukker 2020

More work from Harry Dukker is available at: https://www.harrydukker.nl/4902-2/

https://www.harrydukker.nl/4902-2/

June 25 2020

New Digital Collage Art

Fabio Paris and Linda Rocco

New Digital Collage wants to celebrate the technique of contemporary collage, generating a dynamic showcase of innovative research in the realm of digital experimentation.

The online exhibition will be open for a year, growing daily after its launch in March 2020.

The project New Digital Collage has been conceptualised and curated by Fabio Paris and Linda Rocco.

Agam Andreas (NL) Plaza, dimensions variable Digital Collage, B/W Print

May 30 2020

The Art of Life

Hans Heiner Buhr

Poems and drawings from Hans Heiner Buhr

Hans Heiner Buhr was born in 1965 in East Berlin. He had a happy childhood in East Germany, playing football against the wall and being tough warrior Crazy Horse in countless battles in the plains and forests of Kaulsdorf Süd. Studied Art education and Russian language in Dresden and Smolensk and after that he went to Amsterdam and studied painting. Lived in the 1990s in Berlin as a young artist. Moved to Rustavi and Tbilisi in Georgia in the end of the 1990s. Lived in Samarkand, Uzbekistan teaching German language. He founded the travel agency „Kaukasus-Reisen“. Lives with his family in Tbilisi.

Find his art at www.heiner.world

Access the full collection (PDF)

Hans Heiner Buhr, Self portrait Me vs Me – About the eternal struggle with myself on Superrare.co

May 24 2020

AA, The Last Worker / De Laatste Arbeider

800 x 1133 Pixels on Screen

Re-working of an older work from 2018

May 22 2020

Landscape with Lake

Print on Canvas

Image of a landscape with a lake

April 30 2020

Recursive Lines and Colors

Print on Canvas

Intensely digitally processed image of an older work , wich was already an intensely digitally processed image of a still older work

March 25 2020

4u$$

Art in quarantine

ART IN QUARANTINE // OPEN CALL FOR E-MAIL ART & ART BY E-MAIL

Following the outbreak of COVID-19 recently declared as pandemic by World Health Organization, and the consequent application of quarantine measures by many countries, portuguese artist collective wr3ad1ng d1g1t5 announces the call for e-mail art / art by e-mail “ART IN QUARANTINE”.

Having in mind the potential of this initiative to constitute a unique and artistic historical archive, as well as its interdisciplinary nature in the promotion of bridges between arts and health, we invite you, during the next 40 days, to send your contribution (textual/visual, sound and/or multimedia), via the following e-mail: artinquarantine@gmail.com

March 15 2020

"Nothing" is meaningful"

AA created art with AI

Constructed using the free availlable software RunWayML an open source AI solution which allows the use of a slew of different AI trained sets and provides means to use them on your own data

Using its text to image GAN (Generative Adversarial Neural Network) and selecting several sentences made of the abstract concepts: Television and Radio combined with some adjectives and nouns the following images were produced

The images themselves evoke a kind of eerie painterly atmosphere, which probably is caused by the un-understanding of the AI of the particular meaning of these concepts.

The dataset used appears to have the visual cognition of a 5 to 6 year old, it is interesting to see how this translates to the resulting outcome

Also interesting to note is that adding one or several spaces will change the output significantly. It is as if "nothing" is very meaningful for our AI!

Tv statiuc with radio phone ,AA 2020 (Input exactly as above, including misspelling and spaces)

Art created with AI

Februari 21 2020

a large building with a clock on the top of it

AA created art with AI

a large building with a clock on the top of it

Art created with AI

Februari 2020

VvG 2020

AA

Digital Painting

January 21 2020

Computent statt compliziert

AA

A2 Poster