RAAAF explained

RAAAF is an experimental studio operating at the crossroads of visual art, architecture, and academic philosophy. The studio is based in Amsterdam and was founded in 2006 by Prix de Rome (Netherlands) laureate Ronald Rietveld[1] and philosopher Erik Rietveld.[2]

Art practice

RAAAF creates artworks through research with visual artists, architects, academic researchers, and craftsmen.[3] Artworks by RAAAF often relate to practices and policies that are connected with contemporary working and living environments.[4] [5] [6] One example is the art installation Vacant NL that served as the Dutch contribution to the Venice Biennale in 2010.[7] This work emphasized the possible uses of thousands of vacant buildings owned by the Dutch state.

Many projects by RAAAF include large spatial interventions at cultural heritage sites.[8] [9] For example, one intervention was to cut through Bunker 599, a monumental military bunker that was once part of the New Dutch Waterline.[10] This intervention questioned Dutch and UNESCO policies on historical preservation, which the artists deemed too conservative. In 2021 the bunker that was now sliced in half became itself listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.[11] Another example is the spatial intervention that in 2018 transformed a Delta Works test facility into the artwork Deltawerk //.[12] This work has been received both as a tribute to the Dutch struggle against the water and as questioning the viability of creating an indestructible Netherlands.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amsterdam . Universiteit van . 2023-11-06 . 2022-2023: Ronald Rietveld - Institute for Advanced Study IAS . 2023-11-11 . UvA Institute for Advanced Studies - University of Amsterdam . en.
  2. Web site: Professor Erik Rietveld at the Amsterdam UMC.
  3. Withagen . Rob . Caljouw . Simone . December 17, 2015 . 'The End of Sitting': An Empirical Study on Working in an Office of the Future . Sports Medicine . 46 . 1 . 1019–1027 . 10.1007/s40279-015-0448-y . 26681332 . 4920847 .
  4. Rhodes . Margaret . 2014-12-08 . The Weirdest Proposal Yet for the 'Office of the Future' . Wired . en-US.
  5. Web site: Burrichter . Felix . 2010-09-08 . The Architecture Biennale A Last Look . The New York Times Style Magazine . en-US.
  6. Heft . Harry . 2022 . Disrupting the Flow of Perception-Action through Design . Adaptive Behavior . en . 30 . 6 . 561–564 . 10.1177/1059712321989099 . 234162498 . 1059-7123 . Sagepub. subscription .
  7. Web site: Jordana . Sebastian . 2010-07-16 . Vacant NL, an exhibition during the Venice Biennale . ArchDaily . en-US.
  8. Sutton . John . 2022 . Preserving without conserving: Memoryscopes and historically burdened heritage. . Adaptive Behavior . 30 . 6 . 555–559 . 10.1177/10597123211000833 . 233663687 . Sagepub.
  9. Feiten . Tim Elmo . Holland . Kristopher . Chemero . Anthony . 2022 . Doing philosophy with a water-lance: art and the future of embodied cognition . Adaptive Behavior . en . 30 . 6 . 541–544 . 10.1177/1059712320983041 . 234176476 . 1059-7123 . Sagepub. subscription .
  10. 2010-10-19. Duncan. en-US. Geere. Dutch Bunker Sliced in Half. Wired. 2023-07-15. 2016-05-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20160507210416/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-10/19/dutch-military-bunker-sliced-in-half/. bot: unknown.
  11. Web site: 2021-11-03 . A sawed-through bunker that puts heritage in a new perspective NWO . 2023-07-17 . www.nwo.nl . en.
  12. Web site: 2016-12-19. A. J. P.. en-US. Artemel. "Hardcore Heritage": RAAAF's Latest Experiment in Historical Preservation. Metropolis.
  13. Web site: Deltawerk// (2018) . 2023-07-17 . www.landartflevoland.nl.

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