Allard van Hoorn was born on February 29th 1968 in Leiden, the Netherlands.
He investigates territory and how modification and intervention of (public) space(s) can lead to new experiences. He uses architecture, music, (re-) design, dance, sculpture, installation and writing to conduct his research.
He is interested in narratives of translation, displacement and representation that open up possibilities of reinterpretation of form and function of our everyday living space and experiences.
His work has been shown at institutions like Gasworks, London, the Stedelijk Museum CS in Amsterdam, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Shanghai, the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, The Moore Space in Miami, Museo de la Ciudad de México, the German Architectural Center (DAZ) in Berlin, the Zendai Museum of Modern Art in Shanghai, CCCB in Barcelona and the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York.
In 2009 he was resident artist at Gasworks in London where he created local versions of his project Urban Songlines.
In 2010 his work will be shown at the Botkyrka konsthall in Tumba, Sweden, EV+ A Open / Invited in Limerick, Ireland, ByTheWay Projects and Galerie Gabriel Rolt in Amsterdam.
He has been featured in publications like the books Kapital K _ A Classless Character by Onomatopee, On Barcelona by Actar Publishers and Strategies for Reaching the Millennium Development Goals by BigPictureSmallWorld Inc. and the Buckminster Fuller Institute and a variety of magazines.
He lectured on art and has organized workshops and panels for, amongst others, Gasworks, London, Hogeschool sint-lukas, Brussels, Belgium, the Museo de Arte Moderna in Salvador de Bahia, the program Pensando en Voz Alta in Puebla, Mexico organized by Fundacion/Coleccion Jumex, at Sheffield Hallam University, the university for architecture UIC / ESARQ in Barcelona and Instituto Superior de Arte in la Havana, Cuba.
He has written articles for publications like Urban China, Glowlab and is editor on the board of HTV De IJsberg.
Platform for Urban Investigation
He is the founder of the Platform for Urban Investigation, the nomadic, cross-disciplinary research facility investigating local urban environments around the world working with architects, designers, choreographers, musicians and visual artists. The Platform for Urban Investigation collaborates with the Rijksakademie Amsterdam and its RAIN Networks and is project collaborator for Urban China Magazine.
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HIGHLIGHTS on special projects, activities, solo and group exhibitions can all be found under:
allard van hoorn / projects
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COMPLETE INFORMATION on all projects, exhibitions, special activities, workshops, bibliography etc. can be found under:
allard van hoorn / biography
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