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Allard van Hoorn was born on February 29th 1968 in Leiden, the Netherlands.
He investigates territory and how modification of spaces 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.
His work has been shown at institutions like the 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 and CCCB in Barcelona with upcoming events at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York and the Zendai Museum of Modern Art in Shanghai.
He has been featured in publications like the books 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 for, amongst others, 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 HTV News.
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 it's RAIN Networks.
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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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