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This cow has a secret

The mysteries of meat page 4 | Democracy in the dark page 4 Cross Media Week decoded page 5 | Freemasons conspire to open up Deciphering cycle symbols page 8

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LM E FI M M RAM DA G ER O ST PR M E : A NC US IE PL PER EX

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Plus: Ramadan Round-up (Part II) page 5 | Perverted innocence page 11

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PHOTO NOTES BY HANS EIJKELBOOM Contents: On the cover We all have our secrets.

Photo by Victoria Jacob.

Features Meat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Prix de Nuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Cross Media Week . . . . . . . 5 Ramadan Round-up 2 . . . . 5 Freemasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Bikers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Going out Short List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Mahomi Kunikata . . . . . . . 11 P/////AKTTotaal . . . . . . . . . 11 Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Clubs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Gay & Lesbian . . . . . . . . . . 14 Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Film. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Film Experience . . . . . . . . 19 Film Times. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Plus The Glutton . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Eefje Wentelteefje . . . . . . 23

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Thanks for everything, Hans.

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AROUND TOWN

Cow exam quenches thirst for knowledge.

By Celia Layton Sweet, sour, bitter and salty were the only tastes we thought we had until a fifth was added to the list in 1908. Professor Kikunae Ikeda of Tokyo Imperial University identified umami, a taste common to cheese, meat and other protein-rich foods, which had a distinctive taste all its own. After conducting research involving large quantities of seaweed broth, Ikeda discovered that the chemical responsible for umami (a Japanese word meaning ‘savoury’ or ‘meaty’) was monosodium glutamate, now readily available as a seasoning.

Taste plays a major role in food and eating. Processing, packaging and freezing food destroys most of the flavour, however, and so a significant flavouring industry has developed to make processed food palatable again. Flavourings can be added to pretty much any food without altering its appearance or nutritional value. Thus, a piece of candy can be made to taste like meat, for example—an idea we would normally turn our olfactory organs up at—and just one of the delicacies on offer at Het Centraal Koe-Examen at Paradiso on Thursday.

Described as a ‘food spectacle’ by Creative Producer Lisa Boersen, the event is aimed at foodies who want to know more about what they eat, while they eat. Video fragments, readings and discussions will compliment the six-course menu. ‘Our aim is to bring consumers and those working in the food industry together,’ explains Boersen. ‘As a result, we’ve invited a wide range of people to participate in the evening, including a farmer, the meat buyer for C1000 and a flavourist who will explain the sweets.’

She moos in mysterious ways.

Seated on school chairs, guests will take a general knowledge food test before the first course is served. The idea is that all the questions in the test will be answered by the end of the night, and guests will go away having increased their knowledge— and probably also their girth. The evening will be overseen by Bertha the circus cow.

Under her benign bovine gaze, guests will tuck into fare that includes carpaccio, Bertha salad (named after her, not containing her) and rhubarb and vanilla hangop.

Boersen is keen to emphasise that Het Centraal Koe-Examen is not advocating any specific farming methods, such as organic, but aims to look more generally at food production processes. This is echoed

by Danielle Nierenberg, who is contributing to ‘Rethinking the Global Meat Industry’, a debate at Felix Meritis on the same day. A Research Associate at the Washington-based Worldwatch Institute, Nierenberg will discuss the effects of mass meat production on the spread of disease, dwindling indigenous animal breeds and environmental degradation. An area of rainforest about the size of Belgium is cleared each year to make way for soya, 80% of which, Nierenberg estimates, is consumed by animals, not humans.

Neither event aims to put consumers off their meat, but rather to raise awareness of how food is produced, and of the alternatives available. In her book, Happier Meals (an obvious dig at McDonald’s), on which her lecture is based, Nierenberg says that making a difference doesn’t necessarily mean becoming vegetarian.

Supporting local animal products and introducing a few meat-free meals into your week is already a step in the right direction. In fact, to turn once again to Japan, a few small changes in your eating habits could induce feelings of Zen. Het Centraal Koe-Examen is on 5 October at 20.00, Paradiso, Weteringschans 6-8, 626 4521, €35 (€17.50 with own cow).

Tactics and antics Prix de Nuit reveals new campaign strategies.

By Mark Wedin Last Saturday at Paradiso. Prix de Nuit.

Eleven finalists strut their stuff during three solid hours of ultimate campaigning.

Voters must be swayed. The title of Best New Night Initiative is at stake—along with a big pile of prize money. Campaign tactics include, but are not limited to, flirting, bribing, groping and teasing the hell out of anyone with a potentially unmarked ballot stuffed in their pocket. This is real nocturnal democracy in action.

Here’s a recap: 9.04 p.m. Paradiso’s doors are wide

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It’s in the flavour!

open. Every patron that enters is handed a single, solid-white ballot. Their first sight is the foyer, where finalists eRRorKREW spin beats and project video on a wall from the comfort of a monsterbike. Their beamer is nicely balanced on top of a thick pile of Amsterdam Weeklies.

Downstairs, finalists Blijburg offer delicious chocolate-filled coconut balls.

Two patrons bite into them and chocolate squirts onto their shirtsleeves. Blijburg lose two votes.

Upstairs, finalists Vreemd are smearing Glo Paints all over their display table.

One girl in the group is wearing little more than a bra. Soon, the bra is removed, Glo Paints applied, and she walks around the entire building attracting maximum voter attention.

9.13 p.m. Tension grows. The doorman explains to patrons inside that if they leave the building, they can not return and vote again. Politics—even night-time politics—are a serious business to some. Just then, the topless Vreemd girl walks by, shaking her bare breasts at potential voters. Vreemd gets seven more votes.

9.52 p.m. The main hall is starting to fill up. Chaos builds. Finalists Flirtation have monitors displaying non-stop—albeit clothed—girl-on-girl action. Their voter support increases throughout the night.

Across the way, finalists Bold are equally beautiful. All legs and attitude, the women are a bit intimidating. Most voters watch from afar.

10.09 p.m. Bold start getting aggressive. They walk through the hall with fake swords and handguns, ‘suggesting’ that people vote for them. ‘If you vote for Bold, we will give you free tickets to our next party.’

10.48 p.m. The squatters of finalists Damoclash hand out fresh fruit and vegetables. Then they perform a skit with one of them dressed as a Minister of Culture. Afterwards, he is pummeled with fresh fruit and vegetables. The squatters rejoice.

11.14 p.m. At the very top of the hall, finalists BodyLounge continue to blindfold voters and tease their entire persons with feathers, ice cubes, warm, scented gusts of air and lots of anonymous physical contact. Voters with spouses walk away fully satisfied, but feeling slightly guilty.

12.00 a.m. The announcement of the winner is delayed.

1.22 a.m. Nachtburgemeester Chiel van Zelst and Paradiso programmer Maz Weston announce the results. Tension mounts. One of the Bold crew looks faint.

The Damoclash squatters get rowdy.

‘And the winner of the 2006 Prix de Nuit is...’ Then a stagehand grabs the microphone from Van Zelst and tells the audience to stop throwing fresh fruit at the Nachtburgemeester. He hands the mike back. ‘And the winner is... eRRorKREW!’ eRRorKREW run up on stage and jump around with trophy in hand. Voters are happy for them.

Attention quickly returns to the topless Vreemd girl.

Midnight campaigning.

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Looking back ’cross Cross Media Week.

By Johan Idema Last week, Westergasfabriek hosted the highly anticipated Cross Media Week, entitled PICNIC ’06. Amsterdam’s first-ever conference about cross media offered three days of lectures, workshops and performances, celebrating the exciting stuff happening on our computers, mobiles and iPods (think: MySpace, YouTube, Second Life, et al). Unfortunately, many weren’t able to cough up the €900 admission fee to mingle with media producers, content distributors, advertisers and investors. For those who couldn’t go, here are five amazing discoveries Amsterdam Weekly made at PICNIC ’06.

1. PICNIC ’06 was not about being creative, it was about doing business.

After three days of presentations, one thing was clear: this was not the promised ‘celebration of creative genius’. It was about the business of cross media, meaning lots of talk about marketing, management and advertising. Or, as one of the speakers stated: ‘It’s not ideas, but entrepreneurship that’s crucial to build cross media companies.’ The rare moments of creativity that were presented proved intriguing, such as when Amsterdam ad agency StrawberryFrog presented some of their recent work, treating the audience to some real, inspiring creativity. We needed more of that.

2. Westergasfabriek offers the perfect setting for PICNIC. Industrial authenticity and greenery create a perfect setting for high-tech talk. Excellent organisation, good food and drinks add to that. The picnic theme—brainchild of communication firm Artmiks—successfully created a laid-back atmosphere complete with Bambi statues, picnic tables and insect wall hangings. Speaker Marc Canter,

Input junkies.

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Picnic in a basket

founder and CEO of Broadband Mechanics, asked the obvious question: ‘Can you smoke a joint in the lounge?’

3. The cross media industry was talking to itself.

Cross media industry people tend to be men—four out of five, anyway—who sport an ultra-digital lifestyle (laptops, handhelds and mobile phones) and talk jargon (OPS, VOD and PIS). Speaker John Thackara, director of Doors of Perception, rightfully said PICNIC ’06 was the industry talking to itself, and pleaded for ‘an urgently needed diversity of the audience to reflect the real dynamics in cross media.’

4. Even with visionary speakers classic conference rules still apply.

Speakers still make or break a conference.

At PICNIC ’06, commercial speakers raving about their work (Pixar, MTV, KLM) outnumbered the ones putting things in perspective (such as Dan Gillmor, the director of the Center for Citizen Media: ‘I can’t make a case that in places where people don’t have water, broadband has top priority’). The roster was intriguing, but still it was a challenge to inspire those speaking to say interesting things. Many admitted that during media tycoon John de Mol’s speech they fell asleep. Marleen Stikker, initiator of PICNIC ’06 wished for more debate. But fortunately there was humour (‘The death of television will make people wonder in what way to point their furniture.’) and some sharp questioning (‘Do advertisers really need an ad agency to interact with their audience?’).

5. Content as the next big idea?

Many industry insiders searched PICNIC ’06 for the next big thing. If we believe the conference speakers, it’s not going to be about tools or tech, but about content, which will massively increase the coming years and be user-generated. Speaker Joris van Heukelom, Director of Content for KPN TV & Media was smart enough to point out the downside of all this growth and predicted content stress. Probably, the next PICNIC will feature the new addicts of the 21st century: input junkies.

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Ramadan Round-up part 2

By Sharida Mohamedjoesoef Which of the following three statements is true?

1. ‘Ramadan’ is the Arabic word for fasting.

2. Muslims, great and small, must fast.

3. Muslims are not allowed to eat or drink for 30 days in a row.

Last week, your Ramadan reporter set out for the stately canal house Felix Meritis to attend lectures on Judaism and Islam, the reason being that this year the Jewish New Year—Rosh Hashana—and Ramadan coincide. Little did I know that I was going to be in for a kosher Ramadan dinner party and interesting talks surrounding both of these religious events. Had you been there, it might have helped you dismiss the above statements as absolute rubbish. (Unless of course you already knew...)

Still, the magic of the spoken word should not be underestimated, especially in the case of Saoed Khadjé.

Well-versed and very down to earth, this Islamic teacher had his audience spellbound while covering the dos and don’ts of Ramadan. Regrettably, Khadjé’s speech sounded off to the people who needed it the least. Come on: city councillor Ahmed Aboutaleb, former MP Mohammed Rabbae, Hadassa Hirschfeld, vice-president of CIDI (Centre Information and Documentation on Israel), and Rabbi Avraham Soetendorp of the Liberal Jewish Community in Den Haag aren’t exactly morons when it comes to Islam and Judaism—and all are advocates of dialogue with a capital D. Unfortunately, it was an invitationonly event but, quite frankly, I could think of a few people who could really do with a lesson or two from Khadjé to get rid of some false notions regarding Ramadan. And I’m not just referring to non-Muslims here.

One such misconception is that people have come to believe that ‘Ramadan’

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is the Arabic word for ‘fasting’. FYI: it is the name of the ninth month in the Islamic lunar calendar, commemorating the revelation of the Koran to the Prophet Muhammad.

The fast during the month of Ramadan is laid down in the Koran and has to be observed from dawn to sunset.

In other words, my dears, the evenings and nights are yours to do as you please—provided of course your activities remains within the bounds of decency. And when you’re sick, pregnant, travelling or having your period, you are not supposed to fast.

Explaining the spiritual realm of Ramadan is less straightforward, as Khadjé pointed out. For more than any other month of the year, Ramadan is a period in which most Muslims endeavour to connect to God 24/7 by putting their devotion to God first and foregoing primary needs—as well as egos.

‘But what if you are a very devout person who feels that this craving for food and drink only prevents you from focusing on God?’ Hirschfeld asked.

Khadjé seemed at a loss here, which I thought was rather odd, because to my knowledge, the Koran is very clear on that: if you cannot sustain the fast, then do good deeds, for instance, by feeding the poor.

Khadjé was saved, however, by wafts of mouth-watering smells of food, heralding the moment of Iftar, the traditional evening meal to break the fast.

After the recitation of a brief prayer, Muslims and Jews alike were finally able to sink their teeth into dried dates and apples covered with honey before moving on to the other courses. I guess the way to dialogue really is through the stomach. Shana Tova and Ramadan Mabrouk.

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A not very secret society:

250 years of Dutch Freemasonry

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his year, the Grand Lodge of the Netherlands Freemasons is celebrating its 250th anniversary.

On 7 October, for the first time ever, all local Freemason Lodges across the country will be holding an open day.

But what exactly is this semi-clandestine group, and what do they do? That depends on who you ask. According to the British footballer-turned-self-pro-

Old boys’ club and conspiracy theory magnet comes out of the shadows. Are the Freemasons really opening up to the outside world?

A girl tries to find out.

BY MANJIT KAUR PHOTOS BY LARD BUURMAN claimed-Son-of-God David Icke, Freemasons are part of an alien reptilian species that has interbred with humans to control the universe. If you ask the average per-

son on the streets, Freemasonry is an old boys’ club that hands out jobs and controls businesses and government.

The view that unites everyone’s opin-

ion is that it is a secret society.

Along with the international scandals concerning Freemasonry Lodges like the P2 (Propaganda Due) in Italy, who were reputedly responsible for the deaths of Italian premier Aldo Moro in 1978 and Roberto Calvi (‘God’s Banker’) in 1982, the time for the Freemasons to make clear who they are and what their role is in the modern world seems overdue.

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Freemasons like Jan van der Plas and Wouter van Ravenzwaay are bending over to open up.

do come to the talks and performances.

We have a lot of social events that are open to women. But there are no real secrets,’ Van Ravenzwaay insisted.

This is especially the case since we are living in a time when many countries around the world are beginning to restrict and even constitutionally ban organisations that are not publicly transparent.

Terrorism and extremism has meant that public tolerance of cloak-and-dagger dealings is in decline and, seeing as the Freemasons were treated with suspicion long before al-Qaeda came along, it seems hard to imagine how they can survive such a climate.

Straight to the source The best way to find factual information on the Freemasons, of course, is to go straight to source. As a woman, I was somewhat surprised that Brother Evert Kwaadgras, librarian and curator of the Grootoosten der Nederlanden, the official Grand Lodge of the Netherlands in Den Haag, agreed to let me interview him. I was even more surprised when he suggested doing the interview in his office at the lodge itself.

‘What about the no-women thing?’ I asked, the second we sat down. The only other people I’d seen from the moment I entered the place were women, so I was confused. Kwaadgras explained: ‘In the days when Freemasonry was beginning to establish itself in the Netherlands, the first lodges were set up by English and Scottish men with Dutch male friends, from the traditions of the Grand Lodge set up in London in 1717, which had no female members—it was just that way. I think in those days, women and men also lived more separate lives. Freemasonry descends from the symbolism of stonemasons—quite a masculine trade—and there were simply no women present at those first meetings.’

He continues: ‘The membership of women is a reoccurring discussion amongst even Freemasons themselves, especially here in the Netherlands. Perhaps one day things like that will change, but we have never been fanatical about the issue and certainly have never had any objection to women being in the building—when we have exhibitions or lectures, women are quite welcome to visit.’

Despite continued probing, Kwaadgras came back to the same answer: Freemasonry was set up by men, for men and that’s that. He did also mention mixed lodges and even women-only ones, like the Vita Feminea Textura, or Order of Weavers. Traditionally, these lodges were set up for women related to Master Masons, and have been around for a couple of centuries. Some have earned the right from their country’s Grand Lodge to express themselves as Freemasons; the Grootoosten der Nederlanden, meanwhile, accept the fact that Dutch women’s lodges exist, but they aren’t affiliated in any way.

In the Netherlands—like much of the rest of the world—Freemasons are registered institutions. Like all such organisations—museums, charities, churches and so on—they are also registered at the Kamer van Koophandel [Chamber of Commerce] to report their financial activities to the tax office. Each local lodge must be recognised by the Grootoosten, and must operate within the rules issued through that recognition,

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‘Anyway, I met an artist friend of mine and he was wearing a badge. When I asked him what it was, he told me it was his lodge emblem. I was shocked; he was such an open and free-thinking person.’ which means that it must operate a fraternal esoteric membership only, following a constitution which gives a guide of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols. In realspeak, that means each lodge can choose whoever they like as members—as long as they’re men. They must meet regularly and publicly inform their members of the date, time and place for these meetings and keep recorded minutes. But the Grand Lodge doesn’t dictate what local lodges do the rest of the time and, in fact, interaction between lodges isn’t really encouraged.

Local lodges are usually made up of like-minded members who share a common ground of some sort, like professions or hobbies, or working for the same company. Because they are perceived in this ‘closed shop’ way, one of the main criticisms against the Freemasons is that they are at work behind the scenes in positions of power, and that they abet corruption by covering up mistakes or crimes by their own brethren.

Why join?

Kwaadgras gave me a copy of De Orde van Vrijmetselaren onder het Grootoosten der Netherlanden: Een Korte Geschiedenis, MJM de Haan’s commemorative history of Dutch Freemasonry which, while it clearly explains how the organisation came into being, still doesn’t clear up quite why anyone would want to join.

There are eight lodges in Amsterdam, including the oldest in the country, La Bien Aimée on Vondelstraat, which, stretching back to 1735, predates even the Den Haag chapter.

In a back room at Wynand Fockink, the proeverij on Pijlsteeg which is official jenever supplier of for the Willem Fredrik Lodge and rumoured Masons meeting

room of the late 17th century, Jan van der Plas and Wouter van Ravenzwaay explain their involvement in the organisation.

Both Freemasons for 25 years, they are the first point of contact for anyone who wants to become a member of La Bien Aimée. They themselves became involved through the suggestion of friends. ‘I had friends who were Freemasons but I wasn’t really interested until I became the director of a company,’ says Van der Plas. ‘Not long after I got the job, I was feeling isolated. One day I thought: “perhaps I’ll go and see the Freemasons,” because my friends had invited me. I became a Mason, just like that.’

He continued: ‘I am a businessman, and when I was younger, business was a tough game and you could get shot down by others. But in the Lodge, you are always welcome and that was a good feeling.’

‘That’s the point,’ Van Ravenzwaay adds. ‘You are simply accepted for who you are, not judged in any way.’ His story is similar to his companion’s. ‘For a long time, my uncle, who was quite high up in the ranks, kept telling me I should join.

But I’d heard all these rumours, you know: funny secrets and no women. Anyway, I met an artist friend of mine and he was wearing a badge. When I asked him what it was, he told me it was his lodge emblem. I was shocked; he was such an open and free-thinking person. We sat and talked about how and why he became a Freemason and I thought: “if he can be a Freemason, then so can I,”’ laughed Van Ravenzwaay.

But something must have changed to allow him to reconcile his doubts about the furtiveness and the gender exclusivity?

‘It’s true women are not allowed to be initiated, but there are annual dinners for members and their partners, and women

Not so secret So, no secret handshakes, no aprons or rolled-up trouser legs? ‘We do have signs and handshakes, which I think came about during the years when people like the Catholic Church and governments tried to ban organisations like ours,’ says Van Ravenzwaay. ‘But we only wear aprons during the rituals as a symbolic sign of the tradition we come from. And we don’t explain the rituals ourselves, because there should be something unknown for the members to experience. But that doesn’t mean our rituals are secret—there are many books and articles explaining them, you can find the information everywhere.

The point is that, unless you experience them for yourself with the rest of the brothers in the Temple, you simply cannot imagine what the feeling is like.

‘Maybe that is why people think it’s a secret, because every Freemason will tell you his own version and people don’t want to know that, they want to be able to say, you can’t be a Freemason because I know it should be like this or that.’

‘That is what it is all about in the end,’ Van der Plas says. ‘The feeling, not just during the rituals but also when we just meet for gatherings. Perhaps a member wants to speak about something that’s worrying him: he can speak out and be heard without judgement and other members might be able to help or offer advice, even if it is something very personal or private.

‘The important thing is trust. You know that when you’re in the Lodge you’re safe to be just yourself.’

The two men say that Freemasonry is an attempt for free-thinking men to gain better self-understanding through symbolically interpreting rituals contained in the books and documents that the organisation has collected. The Grootoosten has a catalogue of these collections, and members of the public are quite welcome to examine them, just like any other museum or library. By performing these rituals in closed environments, Freemasons believe that they are better able to serve society at large and to understand the higher aims of human nature.

This understanding is reached by means of the three levels that must be attained to become a regular Freemason, each involving a ritual: the first is apprentice, the second is fellow of the craft and the third is Master Mason.

One of the most recognised symbols associated with Freemasonry is a triangle outline with an eye in the centre. Both eye and triangle are potent symbols that were used in hieroglyphics by the Egyptians as far back as 3000 BCE. Then, the two together represented the bond between the builders of the pyramids and the god of people, the Pharaoh and his journey through the underworld to the afterlife.

Today, the similar-looking symbol of Freemasonry represents hope, trust and faith for Freemasons. According to Van der Plas and Van Ravenzwaay, Freemasonry membership includes people from all walks and faiths, Christians, Jews and Muslims alike, and there are Freemasons all over the globe. www.vrijmetselarij.nl

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5-11 October 2006 Cycle me beautiful: are you physical, meditative, social or visual?

WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? What are those strange symbols that have appeared on Amsterdam’s streets? Are they the product of Masonic gasten met kwasten? A new kind of crop circle? Nope, they are meant to tell us what kind of bikers we are.

BY FLORIS DOGTEROM PHOTO BY VICTORIA JACOB

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eeing the mysterious symbols the city’s asphalt has been enriched with lately, one might wrongly conclude that a posse of Freemasons have been let loose with a spray can. These 42 temporary road signs are part of a kind of art project called Group Portraits GP06—CityPlay-Space, an initiative from the Fonds BKVB, the Dutch Foundation for Visual

Arts, Design and Architecture and the Nederlands Architectuur Fonds. ‘It should have been 2,000 signs,’ says Fred Woerden. ‘In that case, the project could be really successful.’ Interdisciplinary teams were invited to conduct research and develop their own vision of the urban environment and public space. Woerden, who is an artist, formed a group with a philosopher of science and two architec-

tural designers. Their research project Archetypen op de fiets [‘archetypes on bicycles’] is aimed at cyclists; they are fascinated by the idea that many Amsterdammers are riding their bikes unconsciously. Always the same, boring route. ‘By applying codes on the asphalt we are trying to make people break their habits. The codes have been designed on the basis of archetypical cycling

behaviour. We distinguish four kinds of cyclists: physical, meditative, social and visual ones,’ Woerden says.

The code for the physical cyclist resembles route indications on a map of a mountainous area. ‘We wanted to lay down the dynamics of a cyclist dodging other road users,’ Woerden explains. The meditative road sign consists of a string of parallel stripes, not unlike the sleepers of a railway track. ‘The space one needs to cycle around introvertedly is marked out by a rhythmic repetition,’ says the project’s website. Aha. The archetypal social cyclist should be triggered by a sign that looks a bit like a cobweb. Or a crop circle, for that matter. For the explanation of the visual cyclist’s landmark, again the website’s description is too good to ignore: ‘The cyclist’s progress is contained and the direction, square with the direction of the of the traffic flow, is indicated. The onedimensional space (straight ahead) evolves into the two-dimensional space (straight ahead and sideways), which refers to the surroundings that visually open up on that spot.’ Jeez.

Woerden says: ‘We hope that cyclists see the signs and become aware of the kind of cycling style they have.’ But if people see the signs without any explanation, how will it work for them? ‘That might be a problem,’ says Woerden. ‘But we have distributed thousands of flyers in the city and built a website with instructions. On the other hand, as an artist, I don’t believe in explaining too much.’

The time was now ripe for a bike ride to elucidate the project’s concept. In front of the Albert Heijn on Jan van Galenstraat we come across a social sign. ‘Lots of people come together here, doing shopping or whatever. As a cyclist you meet them at this point.’ Down the road, on the bridge over the Westelijk Marktkanaal, a visual sign has been sprayed on the road.

‘Here, the city opens up,’ says Woerden.

‘The buildings move back, and to both sides you have a wide view over the water.’ At the end of the ride, on Entrepotdok opposite Artis, we ride over the only meditative road sign of the day. ‘It’s a pity that we couldn’t apply ribs here,’ says Woerden. ‘And the stretch of stripes should be much longer as well. That way, you would really come into a meditative rhythm when cycling over them.’

The question remains though: why did taxpayers spend €8,000 on an utterly vague project like this? ‘It is very abstract,’ admits Woerden. ‘Just like many modern art works. The idea is that we don’t give away too much. The spectator has to be amazed. In this project we make it extra-difficult for that spectator, because, unlike in a museum, there is no context.’ OK, fine, but still... why? ‘I think it is important that people get involved in this. People do so many things, on a daily basis, without realising what it is they are doing. I always think there is more to everything we do. I want to invite others to think the same way I do.’

The results of the complete GP06 project are on show at 66 East, Sumatrastraat 66, until 22 October. The signs, meanwhile, have been made with chalk spray and will disappear in a couple of month’s time. www.archetypenopdefiets.nl

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SHORT LIST

Peter Björn & John, Friday, Paradiso

THURSDAY 5 OCTOBER Festival: Kwartiermakersfestival 2006 Kwartiermaken translates literally as ‘to make room for’—and the stated aim of this festival is to demonstrate the capacity of people with mental health issues to make a positive contribution to society through the arts, highlighting the positivity of talent rather than the stigma of illness or being ‘different’. The festival has been running in various parts of the Netherlands since 2002. This year’s programme offers an impressive range of performances, productions, exhibitions and workshops, as well as a number of film presentations including Jonathan Caouette’s Tarnation at the Filmschuur on 9 October. Other highlights include the performance of Gogol’s Dagboek van een Gek at the Toneelschuur on 5 October. Haarlem’s psychiatric museum Het Dolhuys is also hosting a number of workshops. The museum café will be open for the duration in the evenings, serving crazy Belgian food at dwaasdolle prices. For the full programme see www.kwartiermakersfestival.nl. (Angela Dress) Various locations, times and prices, Haarlem.

reconsider. The reason is the Kick Off Party celebrating Club 8’s new and improved line-up, which combines all the sleazy low-brow fun of an illegal squat party (but with working toilets) with funky DJs playing accessible tunes to a relaxed party-hardy crowd. If you’re tired of coked-up bouncers, crappy dance music and fellow clubbers consisting of loud-mouth philistines and vapid Hilton-wannabes gawking at each other in designer chairs while sipping overpriced drinks, head on down to this joint in De Baarsjes. The libation is cheap and plentiful and the peeps are laid-back though can still strut their stuff on the dance floor. We highly recommend moving your butt to the sets of Club Rascal’s DJ Dash and the David Gilmour Girls of Circus Bezerkus fame.

(Luuk van Huët) Club 8, 22.00-04.00, €5.

SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER Art: Forty Part Motet

Sweden has had quite a large outpouring of guitar bands in recent years. Groups like Mando Diao and The Hives have been hitting it big time in Europe with their not really innovative, but nevertheless very catchy, rock songs that draw heavily on ’60s influences. The latest from the land where everybody seems to be wearing skinny jeans are those lovely boys Peter Björn & John. Although their band name hardly suggests originality either, their music, however, is quite a different story from the sweaty beats of their rock compatriots. Their current hit ‘Young Folks’ is a light, sweet, pop tune about summer love, complete with whistling in the chorus. More flares than skinny jeans, actually. And genuinely good, too. (Sarah Gehrke) Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 20.00, €8.50.

Sound sculptures; sound installations; paintings with speakers. All of these terms have been used to describe the work of Canadian sonic artist Janet Cardiff, and all of them fall wide of the mark somehow. Add in elements of poetry, drama and classical music and that’s getting nearer to what she achieves with a pair of headphones. She’s perhaps best known for her walks, with participants pointed around a chosen area by the artist’s instructions. One long-running walk, The Missing Voice (Case Study B), at London’s Whitechapel Library guided listeners in Walkmans through the neighbourhood of Huguenots, Jews, Gilbert & George and Jack the Ripper. At CoBrA, visitors wander around inside a Renaissance score. In Forty Part Motet, Cardiff has individually recorded each of the 40 voices of Thomas Tallis’ polyphonic blockbuster Spem in Alium nunquam habui and plays them through 40 different speakers arranged in a semi-circle. Wandering in and out of the arrangement, participants can choose whether to listen to the piece as a whole— the concert-hall experience—or as individual, disjointed parts—the gallery experience. Forty Part Motet is the first of three sound sculptures by Janet Cardiff that will be on show at CoBrA over the next few years. (Kim Renfrew) CoBrA Museum (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00). Until 19 November.

Club: Club 8 Kick Off Party

Ballet: Carmen

Those of us that proudly proclaim that West Side is the Best Side should already be in the know, but those of you that are disdainful of travelling occidentally will have to

For those who sniff that Het Nationale Ballet can be a bit stuffy—and there are a few such sniffers around town—make way for some fresh air. The company’s programme

FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER Indie: Peter Björn & John

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this month is varied, virtuosic and multicultural, too, while operating almost full-time at a fever pitch. With choreography by the company’s artistic director, Ted Brandsen, Carmen reworks and compresses the oft-told temptress/bullfighter tale into a fervent parable of female independence. Reprising one of last year’s uncontested triumphs, William Forsthythe’s The Second Detail deconstructs standard ballet techniques to reveal new aspects of the American choreographer’s project of pushing the body to its expressive limits. And a still-untitled world premier by Krzysztof Pastor marries Turkish music to costumes and decor by happening Dutch designer Tatyana van Walsum.

Shake a leg and get to this, if not one of the many dance events erupting out across the country under the Dansweek banner. (Steve Schneider) Het Muziektheater, 20.15, €20-€37.50.

SUNDAY 8 OCTOBER Pop: The Hidden Cameras Joel Gibb and his Toronto-based collective The Hidden Cameras have garnered international acclaim for writing fantastic pop music that comments on, and promotes, gay culture in varied ways. Yet their music is significantly more complex than just that alone, as Gibb tackles political issues and the quirks of relationships—gay and straight—in his work through eclectic, symphonic pop garnished with flecks of brass, woodwinds and choir singing. Their third full-length LP, Awoo, is arguably the best yet, exploring a gamut of styles and emotions through 13 forays into pretty pop, classical and all things in between. Gibb is celebrating with a two-month European tour with some of the 13-plus-member collective that contributed on the album. Expect an animated, colourful showcase of some of Canada’s best pop music, topped off with a touch of flair. The band play tonight in part III of the Stars and Boulevards series.

(Shain Shapiro), Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 21.30, €12.

MONDAY 9 OCTOBER Hiphop: Jurassic 5 This LA crew have been a big name on the hiphop circuit for nearly 10 years now, providing the world with bouncers like What’s Golden and Concrete Schoolyard. Never afraid to bust out some proper party tunes, they have still always maintained their credibility. However, Jurassic 5’s latest release, Feedback, has been bemoaned by many as being that one bit too slick. But for all of you non-purists out there, live shows are J5’s specialty—as anyone who saw them last August in Paradiso will attest—and they’ll most certainly rock a fine show again tonight (probably for the purists, too).

(Sarah Gehrke) Paradiso, 21.00, €19 + membership.

TUESDAY10 OCTOBER Experimental: Darkness is Enlightening If you have not heard of Lydia Lunch, remove the pop-culture-restricting box from your head and listen up: Lydia has been one North America’s most influential performers since the late 1970s. She writes, sings, acts, models, paints... if I continued the list, I’d run out of words for the piece. A self-made, self-aggrandising confrontationist, as she likes to be called, Lunch has developed a creative, sexy, salacious persona through her albums, sexual exploitations, writing and modelling, from working with Sonic Youth and Einstürzende Neubauten to masturbating on screen in the self-directed arthouse flick Fingered In. Tonight, she will be performing with the multimedia collective Psychick TV for a new art piece entitled Darkness is Enlightening: The Real Pornography alongside musical performances from Black Sun Productions’ Oli Novadnieks, Val Denham and DJ Bob. Experimentally sexy stuff indeed. (Shain Shapiro) Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 21.00, €22.50/€27.

WEDNESDAY11OCTOBER Jazz: Michael Moore Quintet I could begin this piece on Michael Moore by writing something fiendishly clever, but that would be entirely contrary to the style and purpose of this exceptionally fine wind player and composer. Fluent on alto sax, various clarinets and the universal grammar of post-bop, Moore is a mainstay of the Amsterdam scene, forever called upon to enrich and embellish jazz dos around town. Because of his decision to reside here, he’s missed out on the acclaim, and perhaps celebrity, that would no doubt accrue if he lived on Central Park West. But that in no way detracts from his keen and—dare I say it—profound musicianship. He’s an endlessly inventive improviser and melodist, and approaches his work with a seriousness and intensity that suggest that, for him, it’s a kind of spiritual practice, while for anyone else who still believes that music is a sublime and substantial gift, it’s a thrill to be part of. (Steve Schneider) Bimhuis, 21.00, €14.

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Amsterdam Weekly ‘Crayon’ by Mahomi Kunikata: Crayolas have never been the same since.

of Mahomi Kunikata’s exhibition, March of the Absent Friends, testifies to artists’ continuous chiselling away at the innocence/experience dichotomy.

The 27-year-old Japanese artist currently on show at the Reflex New Art Gallery does this vibrantly and violently in the 48 pieces comprising what is her first solo gallery exhibition ever.

Kunikata’s medium is manga, and her mentor is Takashi Murakami, Japan’s top pop artist, perhaps most famous for, in 2003, whitewashing the classic Louis Vuitton handbag while technicolouring its traditional LV-mono-

gram design. Rainbow is the new black in the world of Murakami and his six protégés who form the Kaikai Kiki collective and work together in a factory outside Tokyo. According to Reflex Gallery curator Alex Daniëls: ‘[Kunikata’s] is a pretty new world for Amsterdam to see. We may be shocked by the content indeed, but the form is also very new for Europeans.’ (Over half the pieces in March of the Absent Friends have already been sold.)

At first glance, Kunikata’s paintings and drawings appear to be quintessential manga. The protagonists are globe-headed, long-limbed figures with an enviable fashion sense. Flying saucer-size eyes do all the emoting on faces with barely any indication of other mucus membranes, much less mood. Yet, this isn’t manga à la Sailor Moon: it’s the X-rated material of otaku. ‘Otaku’ is the colloquial Japanese word for ‘geek’ and since the ’60s, has come to refer to a subculture of mostly young, male and girlfriend-less fans of erotic manga and its movie form, anime.

Their zealous devotion has produced a uniquely Japanese subculture serious and subversive enough to—in a Western context—make Trekkies appear as mainstream as Oprah viewers.

Kunikata’s larger canvases place characters in detailed narrative scenes whereby everyday life—particularly that of female adolescence—is fraught with pernicious encounters and grotesque images.

‘Suzumi-chan’s Christmas memories’ is a comic-strip-like collage recounting the time when the bare-chested, babyblue-pantied manga character was kidnapped by boys dressed as Santa and Rudolph. Kunikata explains how they ‘stripped her down completely, tied her up with Christmas tree decorations, and placed cakes on her body, licking her all over until the cake was gone. While they didn’t rape her or anything, the experience was traumatic nonetheless.’

Coloured Christmas lights are used to bind her legs and a star-shaped ornament or cookie serves as a gag, all the while stuffed animals and phallic ephemera (from candles to bowling pin) witness the molestation.

‘Crayon’ could well be taken as the exhibition’s mascot piece. With a crotch

from their own artwork, the three groups are continually organising regular exhibitions in—and out of—P/////AKT, usually for young, unknown and controversial artists.

This weekend is the annual P/////AKTotaal, where all the tenants of the building will file out into the 400 square-metre exhibition space and show off their wares. Included in this group are the band Ghost Trucker (who share their lead singer with popular guitar band Caesar) and DJ Kid Goesting. Both are performing Friday night, and both guarantee a party to last as long as you do (P/////AKT got one of those snazzy allnight permits for special events).

But aside from the music and fun, the weekend is simply a chance to meet

the huurders, who work in various fields from writing and painting to theatre and dance. One of them, Patrick Minks, is an experimental film-maker and editor. Among his many projects, he’s edited much of Jos de Putter’s documentary work. Minks has been at P/////AKT since the beginning, and he’s quite happy with the environment. ‘Most of the work I do, I do alone,’ he says. ‘So it’s nice to have a place where other people are around. There’s another film editor down the hall and we work with a lot of the same people. That’s nice because you can share each other’s experiences.’

For the exhibition, Minks will be screening a work in progress called Splijtstof. ‘It’s a collaboration with a sound

Manga has taken on a new post-Murakami neurosis. And the artistic results are no mere power puff.

‘DID HE WHO MADE THE LAMB MAKE THEE?’

By Karina Hof In the late 1700s, William Blake published a collection of mystical poems expressing his view on the two polarities of the human soul. Songs of Innocence and Experience would become canonical, not merely as an example of early Romantic English poetry, but testament to art’s tireless negotiations between novelty and been-there-done-that, and—thanks to postmodernism—been-there-donethat-and-will-do-it-again-with-novel-selfconsciousness.

Over two centuries later, the opening

Artists open their doors at P/////AKT and Zeeburg this weekend.

ACHANCE TO MEET THE HUURDERS

By Mark Wedin Three years ago, an old paint factory on Zeeburgerpad was transformed into another budding broedplaats. All walks of creative life moved in, got to work, and called their new home P/////AKT. Of the 15 individual and group initiatives working there, three are most visible: AX710, De Parel and Aim. Aside

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for a vanishing point, the painting is an otaku’s wet dream. Yet, the piece is meant to critique more than arouse. As Kunikata explains: ‘There are a lot of people who look at my drawings and say, “looks like she really likes otaku.” So, I started to think about the differences and similarities between a girl who looks like she really likes otaku and the characters in my drawings, and I came up with this drawing, which is my interpretation of a girl who “looks like she really like otaku.’”

As one of the smaller frames on display, the painting captures, Vermeer-like, a stunned moment in the world of a bluehaired girl whose form-fitting school uniform, pink headband and enormous eyes make her the epitome of Hello Kittycute. But the girl’s face competes with what lies beneath: her legs are spreadeagled, one hand supporting her left thigh, the other holding a pink crayon up to her matching pink labia, prominently revealed by white panties wedged to the side. ‘Crayon’ is a self-reflexive embodiment of artist-drawing-artist-drawing, germane to Kunikata’s sympathy with the subversiveness of manga and, simultaneously, her own post-feminist way of emasculating otaku.

As she said, communicating through an interpreter, on the evening of her opening: ‘I don’t think that otakus would like me. I think the otaku taste is for a very perfectly shaped, perfectly proportioned girl without a single pimple, or anything like that, and there’s very specific types that the otaku have.

Some otaku people don’t even like real people, they’re so obsessed with these cartoons.’

Indeed, a gentle and warm Kunikata seems worlds away from the otaku fantasies she creates. Her amorphous figure, even when dressed in a tailored, all-black suit as on the night of her debut, is nothing like the sharp neon angularity of manga. Kunikata does have an edge, but it’s a shy one that must be drawn out by— and in—her work. If innocence is earnestness, Kunikata herself appears a lamb. But her artwork undeniably bleats with painful experience.

March of the Absent Friends runs until 4 November at Reflex New Art Gallery (Tues-Sat 11.00-18.00), Weteringschans 79A, 423 5423. A second solo show for Mahomi Kunikata is being planned for the near future.

designer,’ he explains. ‘What we did was to create images and sounds without knowing what the other person was doing.’ They based the work on a piece by American composer/writer Paul Bowles, and they added certain rules, like limiting the film’s duration to two minutes.

Alongside meeting the P/////AKT tenants, you can also follow the nearby cultural route called C-burg, a bike path that’s laid out to lead you towards the various open ateliers in the nearby Zeeburg community. With this many artists’ doors open, you ought to step inside and say hello.

P/////AKTTotaal runs from 6 until 8 October, P/////AKT, Zeeburgerpad 53, www.pakt.nu, www.c-burg.nl

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De Van Swieten Society, see Sunday

MUSIC Thursday 5 October Classical: Lunch Concert Featuring the brass department of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.

Muziekgebouw, 12.30, free World: Amsterdam-Fèstival: Mohamed Briouel & Orchestre Arabo-Andalous de Fès Arab-Andalucian folk music. KIT Tropentheater, 19.45, €16/€20 Rock: Status Quo Old-time rock riffage ever befitting the band’s monicker. Heineken Music Hall, 20.00, €39 Classical: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Led by Russian conductor Vladimir Jurowski, who next year takes over at the London Philharmonic, the orchestra will be bursting through Turnage’s Evening songs, Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No.3 and Stravinsky’s ballet Le baiser de la fée. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €30 Singer-songwriter: Matt Costa Oh-so-earnest acoustic songwriting from this upcoming American frequently compared to Jack Johnson. Melkweg, 20.30, €12 + membership Contemporary: Nieuw Ensemble, Cappella Amsterdam With mezzo-soprano Margriet van Reisen and conducted by Ed Spanjaard, the two outfits join forces to present a perspective of Dutch composer Ton de Leeuw. Works include the trilogy Car nos vignes sont en fleur, ‘And They Shall Reign For Ever’ and ‘Invocations’. Muziekgebouw, 20.30, €20

Pop/Rock: Peter Bjorn and John (See Short List) Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 20.00, €8.50 + membership Electronica: Subbacultcha! Featuring bizarre beatfriendly electro pop from Germans Der Tante Renate and electro cut-ups and experiments from locals Living Ornaments. Patronaat, Haarlem, 20.00, free Classical: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (See Thursday) Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €30 Gospel: Soweto Gospel Choir This colourful, spiritual and memorable 26-piece choir featuring singers from all over Soweto love travelling the world to spread their faith and spirit through celebratory South African gospel. Meervaart, 20.15, €30 Electronica: Audio Drive In/Uit One of the strangest gigs to occur in the region this week is sound artist Sasker Scheerder’s ‘audio drive-in’ in the car park of the Post CS building. If you’ve got a vehicle, just drive it in, open the boot and doors, tune into the music and feel the ground rumble. Electro noise and ‘paranoia’ provided by sound terrorists Aux Raus. Mediamatic, 20.30, free Contemporary: Nederlands Kamerkoor German romanticism led by Uwe Gronostay. Works by Albert Becker, Franz Wüllner, Gustav Jenner, Anton Webern, Arnold Mendelssohn, Max Reger, Karl Weigl and Arnold Schönberg. Muziekgebouw, 20.30, €19 Pop/Rock: The Veils Bluesy pop cabaret is one way to look at The Veils, the songwriting vehicle for Finn Andrews. With its revolving moods and storytelling sensibilities, new disc Nux Vomica is possibly more accessible than his last release. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.30, €15 Americana: A Boy Named Sue Johnny Cash tribute.

Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €5

Jazz: Corrie van Binsbergen: Het Wisselend Toonkwintet A literary concert led by guitarist Van Binsbergen and his ensemble. The performance is narrated

by Toon Tellegen who’ll be sharing his absurd and touching animal stories. Bimhuis, 21.00, €14

Experimental: AUXXX A new outlet for unconventional artists, this edition’s focus is on music and games.

Tamaho Miyake’s Cobra Ensemble plays improvisations and compositions by Kurtag, Matt Lewis, Dick Raaymakers and John Zorn. OCCII, 21.00, €4

Pop/Rock: Fools Gold Indie pop rock night featuring sets from The Pax and Deluxe, plus screenings of short films as part of the Amsterdam Film eXperience. Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €5

Rock: The Black Keys It’s taken a good amount of time, but this bluesy duo are finally starting to throw off the White Stripes comparisons. The gritty fellows from Akron, Ohio, have stuck to their guns and new disc Magic Potion is yet another remarkably solid release. Melkweg, 21.00, €13 + membership

Jazz: Perron 19 Acoustic jazz fusion. Badcuyp, Bovenzaal, 21.00, €8 Rock: Patty Hurst Shifter Rootsy guitar rock. Maloe Melo, 22.00, €5 Pop/Rock: Talentblender Live music and spoken word, with sets from female-fronted rockers Daisy Vain, rapper Willa and Laura and Her Darlings. Sugar Factory, 22.00, €7

Friday 6 October

Blues: The Jamie Saft Blues Explosion Eclectic blues rock and jazz from the Hammond organ player and his band. Bimhuis, 21.00, €14 Pop/Rock: This Leo Sunrise, Winterbirds Indie rock.

Dwaze Zaken, 21.30, €3 Rock: Sideburns Night A celebration of all things ‘mutton chops’, with a Beatclub session also taking place. Maloe Melo, 22.00, €5

Jazz: Lunch Concert Students from the jazz department of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.

Bethaniënklooster, 12.30, free

Electronica: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone Electro pop from (finally) hip San Francisco indie musician Owen Ashworth. Support from The Dead Science. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 22.15, €7

World: Amsterdam-Fèstival: Maâlem Abdellah Lakbakbi Yacoubi & Aissaouas Broederschap Sufi music. KIT Tropentheater, 19.45, €16/€20

Soul/R&B: F.Q.P. Six-piece ensemble promising a mix of nu-soul, R&B, jazz and funk. Alongside originals, look out for popular covers of Jill Scott, D’Angelo,

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Saturday 7 October World: Amsterdam-Fèstival: Maâlem Ahmed Dkaki Ensemble Moroccan Gnawa meets Western jazz. KIT Tropentheater, 19.45, €16/€20 Hiphop: 10 Jaar Walboomers Celebrating 10 years of the label with sets from Lange Frans & Baas B, THC, Lloyd, Ghetto Spit, Halv, Fouradi, Stiko Junior & Citton and Tim & Rotterdam. Melkweg, 20.00, €10 + membership

LL Cool J Hiphop: LL Cool J NYC hiphop from an icon who should need no introduction. At ease with ballads or heavy beats, he’s hitting town in support of collaborative album Todd Smith (featuring the likes of Pharrell Williams, Juelz Santana and Mary J Blige) and the upcoming Todd Smith Pt 2: Back to Cool. Heineken Music Hall, 20.00, €35 Classical: De Nederlandse Opera Choir Backed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, vocal power and dynamics are the key to this performance of excerpts from Rachmaninov’s Liturgie van St Johannes Chrysostomus, Kodály’s Psalmus hungaricus and Shostakovich’s Symphony No.11 in G. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €40/€50 Rock: Fake It Or Leave It Some blasts from rock history in a special tribute concert. Jon Bovi and Queen tribute Miracle warm things up, but the true headliners are SSIK, Holland’s own full-costume KISS tribute.

Melkweg, 20.30, €13.50 + membership Rock: Blast From the Past Rockabilly made for dancing, with The Polecats (UK) and Catmen. Cruise Inn, 21.00, €15

Jazz: XLJAZZ 2006 Led by Joost Dieho, the jazz orchestra will be blasting through arrangements from the repertoire of Frank Zappa. Special guests include percussionist Hans Hasebos and tenor saxophonist Efraim Trujillo. Bimhuis, 21.00, €12

Sunday 8 October

Big band: Konrad Koselleck Big Band The contemporary-thinking big band are back, and this time they’re joined by jazzy pop singer Sylvi Lane and crooner Ronald Douglas. Sugar Factory, 20.00, €9

Salsa: Abanicos This 11-piece ensemble specialise in salsa, merengue and boleros, performing hits from the repertoire of Celia Cruz, Eddie Palmieri and Buena Vista Social Club. Even if you’ve only dabbled in Latin, there’s plenty to sound familiar and make you want to dance. Badcuyp, Bovenzaal, 15.00, €5

Classical: Carmina Burana Orff’s world-famous musical interpretation of the medieval manuscript, tonight performed by the choir and orchestra of the Romanian State Philharmonic and the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Moldova; conducted by Alexandru Lascae.

Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €39.50

Contemporary: De Van Swieten Society Performing Schubert’s Adagio and Rondo Concertante in F, Ignaz Lachner’s Piano Trio in C, and Mendelssohn & Bartholdy’s Piano Quartet in F minor. Bethaniënklooster, 15.00, €15

Opera: Dutch Opera Singers Fragments from the world’s most popular operas, performed every Monday night by Lieve Geuens, Mylou Mazali, Rob van Surksum, Edwin van Gelder, Hein Hoogendoorn and Yolanda van Tongeren. Vondelkerk, 20.30, €18.50

Classical: Le Charlemagne Orchestra A trio of Haydn concertos, with pianist Karin Lechner, violinist Sami Meridinian and conducted by BartholomeusHenri van de Velde. Muziekgebouw, 15.00, €25

Singer-songwriter: Jennifer Terran, Laura Mihalka Soft, folky experiments as American all-rounder Terran promotes new album Full Moon in 3, with cellist and folk singer Mihalka in tow. Zaal 100, 21.00, €7

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Jazz: Ab Baars & Ig Henneman The jazzy duo launch their new album with a hometown party before heading off to tour Japan next week. Zaal 100, 16.00, free

Rock: Lampshade Fuzzy shoegazing rock from Denmark/Sweden. Fronted by the ethereal voiced Rebekkamaria Andersson, their tunes are at once melancholic, hypnotic and strangely uplifting. Support from Benjamin Winter and J Kleinberg. Bitterzoet, 21.00, €5

Singer-songwriter: Americana Treasures It can be tough being a solo performer, travelling from stage to stage alone. So a chance to team up with friends is rarely knocked back, and in this tour, that’s precisely what you get. If you’re into folk, Americana or just some plain and simple acoustic storytelling, you can’t go wrong with the likes of Dar Williams, Caroline Herring, Jeffrey Foucault and Kris Delmhorst. Patronaat, Haarlem, 20.00, €15

Rock: Stars and Boulevards III Yet another collection of rock and pop talents, as established acts mix it up with the ‘next big thing’. The Hidden Cameras (see Short List) have already left an unforgettable impression on Amsterdam in the past—if not also some unexplainable stains. Likewise, Sub Pop signings Kelly Stoltz have been enjoying some success. The full bill is diverse, with sets from I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness, Denison Witmer, Teitur, Dan Sartain and Parts & Labor. Ticket holders for Mogwai at Melkweg get in for free. Paradiso, 18.00, €12 + membership Folk: La Minor You just can’t beat a bit of Russian folk jazz, especially when mixed with some punky drunken seamen spirit. Of all the Stubnitz acts you’ll hear this season, none may sound as at home on the ship as La Minor. Stubnitz, 20.00, €5 Classical: International Recital for Two Pianos Piano duos consisting of Dmitri Pervouchine (Russia), Matthias Fischer (Germany), Wilfried Lingenberg (Germany) and Dragosh Mobach (Netherlands), teaming up for works by Arensky, Hindemith, Bialas, Gershwin and Rachmaninov. Cristofori, 20.15, €10

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Rock: Mogwai Almost all-instrumental rock from Scotland’s post-rock heroes—one of the loudest bands around. Will they be able to flick off Amsterdam’s noise regulations this time round, or will they take it easy and focus on some of their more ambient numbers? Melkweg, 20.30, €18 + membership

Pop/Rock: Johan, Alamo Race Track A lesson in melodic guitar pop from Johan, while Amsterdammers Alamo Race Track give a little taster of their upcoming album. P60, Amstelveen, 21.00, €13

Jazz: Bik Bent Braam 20 Jaar A jazz dining experience: Bik Bent Braam plays ‘Swine & Swing Musical’ highlights from the Braam oeuvre while Italian chef Bigio L’oster serves up sensational Italian cuisine.

Bimhuis, 19.00, €45

Singer-songwriter: Xavier Rudd Adult pop from the unusual Australian-Canadian multi-instrumentalist who takes the concept of a one-man-band to a totally different level with his array of instruments from around the world. Melkweg, 21.00, €14 + membership

Contemporary: Cristina Zavalloni Jazz meets modern classical as Italian vocalist Zavalloni presents her new album Idea. Bimhuis, 14.30, €14

Soul: James Hunter Classic-sounding soul, blues and R&B from this smooth British crooner. Melkweg, 20.30, €14 + membership

Johan, Alamo Race Track

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Hiphop: Illicit A live hiphop show to cherish. Performing with real instruments and touching on their favourite influences from the worlds of soul, funk and jazz, this crew from Utrecht have established themselves as one of the grooviest and most versatile combos on the scene. Sugar Factory, 21.00, €8.50 Jazz: Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw With special guest, trombonist Bill Reichenbach. Bimhuis, 21.00, €14

Pop/Rock: The Magic Numbers Sweet guitar pop from the popular Brit outfit. Melkweg, 21.00, €15 + membership

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Classical: Lunch Concert With Duo Macondo. Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal, 12.30, free

Heavy: The Real Amsterdam Underground Loud and hard is the motto of this triple bill, featuring American hardcore punks The Despised, Sanctum and locals Man Made Filth. OCCII, 21.00, €5

Contemporary: Ives Ensemble The ‘Greatest Hits of All Time’ as the ensemble perform the Dutch premiere of Michael Finnissy’s aforementioned work, plus six other popular hits from their repertoire. Felix Meritis, 20.15, €20.50

Reggae: Tony Rebel & Warrior King Roots reggae from two Jamaican legends. Melkweg, 21.00, €18 + membership

Reggae: Jam Session Led by Ghettowish. Musicians and vocalists welcome. Volta, 21.00, free

Experimental: DNK-Amsterdam Electro-acoustic experimental jam session. Performers include Tamaho Miyake, Daisuke Terauchi, Rozemarie Heggen, Harold Schellinx, Jean-Jacques Duerinckx and Fabrizio Rota. OT301, 21.30, €4

Jazz: Michael Moore Quintet (See Short List) Bimhuis, 21.00, €14

Tuesday 10 October Classical: Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra Performing Dvorák’s Cello Concerto in B and Brahms’s Symphony No.4 in E; with cellist Gavriel Lipkind and conducted by Peter Sánta. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €25 Classical: Jerusalem Quartet A Shostakovich string quartet programme. Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal, 20.15, €30 World: The Karnatic Lab A concert series devoted to exploring elements of Karnatic music from southern India and fusing them with jazz styles. Led by Ned McGowan and Gijs Levelt. Badcuyp, Bovenzaal, 20.30, free Darkness is Enlightening (See Short List) Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 21.00, €22.50/€27 Jazz: Jazz Café Live jazz and improv every Tuesday night. Zaal 100, 21.00, €3 Hiphop/R&B: Vers Open-mike night for lovers of beats and rhymes. Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €5

The Pipettes Pop/Rock: The Pipettes Polka dot pop as these three young Brighton ladies spread joyful dancing with their swinging ‘60s indie rock. And don’t miss backing band The Cassettes because they’re all part of the one bouncing package. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 21.30, €8 Pop/Rock: Club 3voor12 Live radio and TV session featuring reggae popsters Luie Hond and eccentric chanteuse Lillian Hak. Register for tickets at www.3voor12.nl. Desmet Studios, 22.00, free Singer-songwriter: Texas Mike & The Dead Ringers Rock and Americana from songwriter/producer Texas Mike. Support from Morgan Finley, Rick te Liddy and Lucky Fonz III. Maloe Melo, 22.00, €5

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CLUBS Thursday 5 October

5-11 October 2006 Crossfader Hiphop and dancehall favourites. Melkweg, 23.59, €10 + membership Dance Arena Alternative dance, pop and rock. Melkweg, 23.59, €7 + membership

Sunday 8 October

Poptrash Three decades’ worth of rock, electro and hiphop with The Punchout DJs. Melkweg, 23.00, €4

WickedJazzsounds Jazz, hiphop, broken beats, nujazz, funk and Afro sounds, as classic vinyl collides with live musicians. Driving the decks this week are Phil Hornemen and Urvinson, while live guests blasting out fresh ideas over the grooves include singer Paul van Kessel and sax player Jeff Hollie. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €8.50

Friday 6 October

Monday 9 October

Fantastic Voyage Pt II A PickUp Club party that brings 16 artists aboard one boat. Alongside the bands and performers, DJs include Flamingo, Ashman, Daniel Sanchez and Quartier Mustache. Stubnitz, 21.0005.00, €10

Cheeky Monday Weekly drum ‘n’ bass night. Winston Kingdom, 22.00-03.30, €5

Kick Off Party (See Short List) Club 8, 22.00-04.00, €5

Pop! An intoxicating mix of cocktails and pop music.

Sugar Factory, 23.00-04.00, €5

Vreemd Weird electro and weirder events, featuring Steven de Peven, Prutt, Carlos Valdes, Fingerverf & Co and The Colour of Sin and Prudence Madison. Sugar Factory, 01.00-05.00, €6.99

Wednesday 11 October

Struttin’ Hard funk. Loud funk. All kinds of funk. With Taco Fett, Lord Fader and Alviz. Bitterzoet, 22.0004.00, €5 The Zoo With Frederik Abas, Raymundo and Manga.

The Zebra, 22.00-04.00, €10 Awakenings Marking 10 years of Swedish label Drumcode, founder Adam Beyer will be on hand to lead this long night of unrelenting techno. Westergasfabriek, 22.00-07.00, €35 The Infamous Mudclub With the David Gilmour Girls, Josz le Bon and Monica Electronica. 11, 22.30-04.00, €10 020303 Acid and electro with Filter Fedde (Bunker), V-Neal (eRRoRKREW), Kwik (eRRoRKREW), Kreits & Matoii (Bass Culture) and Hakki Takki (eRRoRKREW).

Studio 80, 23.00, €6 Marco V Commercial dance and house from the esteemed producer/DJ. Melkweg, 23.00, €17.50 + membership ¿Que Pasa? Latin-crossover night with reggae, folk, ska, punk and mestizo. Melkweg, 23.00, €7 + membership ’90s Now Hits from the last decade. Hotel Arena, 23.00-04.00, €10 Something Old, Something New A wide range of tunes, as the name suggests. With DJs Celcius and Edgarage. Odeon, 23.00-05.00, €10 Paradisoul Including a live set from rising hiphop icon Lupe Fiasco who, thanks to the backing of Jay Z and Kanye West, is tipped for huge success. Paradiso, 23.59-05.00, €15

Saturday 7 October ...is the new... With English DJ James Holden, Richard Parker and Radar. 11, 22.00-04.00, €12

GAY& LESBIAN Thursday 5 October Film Night Sugar’s film night series kicks off with butch-femme gangster romp Bound, starring Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly. Custom Café Sugar, 20.00-01.00, free

Friday 6 October Vrouwenavond Stacks of women come to worship at the temple of the Tenth Muse, but their gay male friends are welcome too. DJs spin mainstream, chartfriendly tunes from 10 p.m. onwards. Café Sappho, 21.00, free Club Cut The improbable theme at this off-the-wall club tonight is Girl 6, the Spike Lee Joint. Hosted by Joke and Meta with Miss Tabitha peforming at 2 a.m.

Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €10

Saturday 7 October M.U.L.T.I.S.E.X.I. Open-minded night with the Fanklub DJs, RFHDelfos, Bijker and Dig Nampook. Studio 80, 23.00, €7.50

Bed Soulful house and urban beats. The DJ team includes Marly Mar, Denniz & Jip Deluxe, Yasmin le Bon and Goodgrip. Hotel Arena, 22.00-04.00, €15

Loveboat + Mutation A truly international do, sweety darling: take the Lovebus to the Loveboat, where DJs Royalty, Glaucio Duarte and Erkan will spin all the way to Cologne. Disembark, then start all over again at Mutation. Jolly Hotel Carlton (pick-up point), €55

nlectro With Cheesy Swa, Roest and other guests.

Club NL, 22.00-04.00, €5

Sunday 8 October

Awakenings Lights, bass, action. Featuring four live sets and four mammoth DJ sets, guests include Nuno dos Santos, Estroe, Michel de Hey, 2000 and One, Bart Skils and Solid Decay. Westergasfabriek, 22.0007.00, €35 Motion A big-name club night featuring a headline DJ set from Underworld’s Darren Emerson. In support is Proluctors, Mplay and Jesse Voorn, making for a stylish, sensory party. Panama, 23.00-04.00, €20 Supernatural Wildstyle Groovy soul and sweet funk from DJs Svendex and Edo Salgado. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €10 Jetset Venue With Jose Nunez (US), Eddie Amador (US), Erick E, Ricky Rivaro and Rishi Romero. The Powerzone, 23.00-06.00, €14 Putsch Hosted by theatre/party initiative The PickUp Club, minimalistic electro and house grooves will be rocking the industrial terrain all night long. DJs include Sandrien, Claude Vonstroke and Carlos Valdes.

NDSM-werf, 23.00-08.00, €15 Electronation Joining forces with ElectroRock and Club Revolver, there are three areas to choose from tonight. DJs include Tomas Andersson, Terry Toner, Seutek & David Vunk and Shiva. Stubnitz, 23.00-late, €15

S.O.S. Straightforward Sunday afternoon shagathon, for men into leather, sports gear and, of course, naturism. The Eagle, 16.00-20.00 Glamour Karaoke Fling on a boa. Step up to the mike. Be prepared to blast out some Eurovision of yesteryear. The best three will go on to a prize-winning finale. Amstel Taveerne, free

STAGE Thursday 5 October Dance: Dansweek: Dans-Dubbel #1 Part of the nationwide Dansweek, it’s two for the price of one: ‘Reflection’ is a duet—accompanied by a jazz contrabassist—exploring how two bodies can influence and mirror each other. ‘*[M(E)GO]*: An Assisted Solo’ attempts to merge dancer and musician into one soloist. Melkweg Theater, 20.30, €8 Performance: Still Life with Man and Woman An absurdist, suspenseful performance which is sup-

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5-11 October 2006 posed to take place on a film set, where uninvited apparitions and imaginary friends visit a man and a woman. Based on a scene from Michelangelo Antonioni’s film Blow Up, the themes are love, ghosts and rain-dancing. In English. Gasthuis, 21.00, €TBC until Saturday 7 October

not to document situations, but rather, create abstractions searching for the human qualities within such situations. De Appel (Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00), until 5 November Lucy Stein, Anat Stainberg & Norberto Llopsis Segarra Paintings and drawings by Stein, whose work consists of character sketches of women and femininity, other times infused with blatant self-mockery, and still at others, with an all-pervading sense of darkness.

It also marks the commencement of a weekly soap opera-style performance (every Sunday afternoon in October, climaxing on Museumn8) by duo Stainberg and Llopsis Segarra. Although the two exhibitions are separate, they have one thing in common: a fascination with the material. Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), until 5 November

Friday 6 October Theatre: Flex! The first production of Theaterwerkplaats Zuidoost, amateur actors from various theatre collectives in Bijlmer offer a humourous look at today’s Dutch society. In Dutch. AC Holendrecht, 20.00, €5 Theatre: Hemel boven Berlijn In collaboration with the American Repertory Theatre, Toneelgroep Amsterdam presents a stage adaptation of the 1987 Wim Wenders classic Der Himmel über Berlin about an angel who falls in love with a mortal and seeks to cross over. In English and Dutch. Stadsschouwburg, 20.15, €11.50-€22.50

Spirito y Carne Contemporary artworks from the DNBKunstcollectie, offering a modern vision of themes such as spirituality, religion, life and death.

Amstelkring (Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 5 November

Guido Vlottes (Pretty on the Inside), see: Opening

Performance: Still Life With Man and Woman (See Thursday) Gasthuis, 21.00

Ballet: Dansweek: Carmen (See Short List) Het Muziektheater, 20.15, €20-€37.50

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Theatre: Hemel boven Berlijn (See Friday) Stadsschouwburg, 20.15, €11.50-€22.50

Opening

Saturday 7 October

Performance: Still Life With Man and Woman (See Thursday) Gasthuis, 21.00

Music in the Air Action shots and portraits of music and dance performances. ABC Treehouse (Thur-Sun 13.00-18.00), opens Thursday, until 29 October

Sunday 8 October

Nachbarn/Buren Harm van den Berg creates sound installations from snippets of conversation recorded on the streets. For this work, he’s collected statements and fragments of speech from Dutch people talking about Germans, and vice versa. Goethe Instituut (Mon-Fri 09.00-19.00), opens Thursday, until 25 October Rosmorduc: Traces AK Studios and [De ïs Ka] present the Amsterdam debut of Belgian artist Rosmorduc.

Herengracht 447, opens Thursday, closing Sunday

Carmen Ballet: Dansweek: Carmen (See Short List) Het Muziektheater, 14.00, €20-€37.50 Theatre: Hemel boven Berlijn (See Friday) Stadsschouwburg, 16.00, €11.50-€22.50

Monday 9 October Dance: STAU After first presenting STAU in 2004 as a ‘research project’ exploring different stage dimensions and a strong performer/audience connection, Anouk van Dijk and her company set off on a two-year world tour. In the process, they’ve developed various residency versions, often involving local dancers.

Expect a humorous, emotional and intimate experience for this new Amsterdam premiere. Theater Bellevue, 19.00 + 21.00, €12.50/€15.00

Vrouwen van Nederland Daniel Koning’s portraits of 130 Dutch women of all ages and groups, taken within one-and-a-half years, aims to show the diverse backgrounds of four generations of women in a time when their role in society has changed radically and rapidly.

Melkweg Galerie (Wed-Sun 13.00-20.00), opens Thursday, until 29 October Binnenkort in dit Theater Under the tag of Worst Kees Scenario, illustration duo Yvonne Kroese and Reinoud van Hasselt present a series of political and satirical film posters. Filmmuseum (Mon-Fri 09.00 22.00, Sat 17.00-22.00, Sun 13.00-22.00), opens Friday, until 22 October Fly Me to the Moon For once not taking itself too seriously, the Rijksmuseum presents one of its oldest and previously unseen items, a moon rock. This allows Rotterdam art duo Liesbeth Bik and Jos van der Pol to pose some unusual questions, such as: will they open a branch of the museum on the moon? Rijksmuseum (Daily 09.00-18.00), opens Friday, until 19 November

Tuesday 10 October Theatre: Hemel boven Berlijn (See Friday) Stadsschouwburg, 20.15, €11.50-€22.50

Music/Theatre: Hustlin’ Shakespeare Classic Shakespeare excerpts brought together to form a new musical play. From salsa to disco, the Bard is entering a brave new world. Let’s hope he likes it. In English.

Sugar Factory, 20.00, €12.50 Ballet: Dansweek: Carmen (See Short List) Het Muziektheater, 20.15, €20-€37.50 Theatre: Hemel boven Berlijn (See Friday) Stadsschouwburg, 20.15, €11.50-€22.50 Dance: Dansweek: Dans-Dubbel #2 In ‘Marvin’ Jasmine Morand follows the post-human evolution of a humanoid robot, from programming to the discovery of his spiritual consciousness. ‘Bava’ is a duet between a dancer and a doll, exploring the idea of the monster hidden in everyone. Melkweg Theater, 20.30, €8 Performance: Still Life With Man and Woman (See Thursday) Gasthuis, 21.00

Something FAKE

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Dance: STAU (See Monday) Theater Bellevue, 19.00 + 21.00, €12.50/€15.00

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Something FAKE With its collection of items to tease you, this 3D magazine continually touches upon the theme of non-authenticity in the modern world. No opinion is offered, just objects, products and media expressions that show the term to its extremes. The visitor can then decide on what’s real and what’s fake.

Platform 21 (Thur-Sun 12.00-18.00), opens Friday, until 27 October Waterstof New drawings by Dineke Blom. AdK Actuele Kunst (Wed-Sat 12.30-17.30), opens Friday, until 11 November Collectors in St Petersburg A celebration of the cosmopolitan nature of early 20th-century St Petersburg, when the city was so prosperous that its art scene flourished and expansive collections were born. This exhibition introduces four key collectors from the period, each with their own preference for a particular school, country or period, be it ‘old masters’ or con-

temporary art from the mid-19th century. Featuring masterpieces by Murillo, Boucher, Rousseau, Delacroix and others. Hermitage Amsterdam (Daily 10.00-17.00), opens Saturday, until 11 March 2007 De helden van het circus The circus seen through the eyes of famous artists. Paintings, drawings and prints by Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, Chagall, Klee and more. Teylers Museum Tues-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 12.00-17.00, Haarlem, opens Saturday, until 14 January 2007 Janet Cardiff: Forty Part Motet (See Short List) CoBrA Museum (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), opens Saturday, until 19 November Picasso: Master of Line Women, love and eroticism played a vital role in the life and work of Pablo Picasso.

In 1930, the world-famous artist began working on a series of prints commissioned by the Paris art dealer Ambroise Vollard. The series spans seven years and is one of the key works of Picasso’s oeuvre. Here the complete set of 100 works, known as the Vollard Suite, can be seen in the Netherlands for the first time.

CoBrA Museum (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), opens Saturday, until 4 February 2007 Pretty on the Inside New paintings by Guido Vlottes.

De Praktijk (Tues-Sat 13.00-18.00), opens Saturday, until 11 November

Hellen van Meene Following up her photographic portrait series of teenagers—most of whom she already knew from her own surroundings—Van Meene spent four years travelling to Japan, England, Germany, Latvia and Russia to find new models for her portraits. Huis Marseille (Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00), until 26 November Rembrandt and Uylenburgh: Dealing in Masterpieces Featuring 20 masterpieces by Rembrandt, this exhibition aims to uncover a little known aspect of his life: collaboration with art dealer Uylenburgh. Rembrandthuis (Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 10 December The Kate Show Artists from different disciplines show works inspired by supermodel, style icon and muse Kate Moss. The focus is on the relationship between public and private life and how a public person is allocated an image or personality by the media. Foam (Sun-Wed 10.00-17.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 14 December Inside Iran An overview of Iranian painter Khosrow Hassanzadeh, whose works focus on political and social developments in his home country, and demonstrate a critical approach towards both Iranian state propaganda and Western prejudices about the Muslim world. Tropenmuseum (Mon-Fri 11.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 7 January 2007

Ramon Otting: Texas Expressive, rough and largescale paintings by Ramon Otting, inspired by his trip to the state of cowboy hats and oil fields. Mendo (WedFri 12.00-18.00, Sat 12.00-17.00, Sun 13.00-17.00), opens Saturday, until 21 November

Museums Alexandra Leykauf & Lisa Oppenheim A series of pictures exploring the relationships between landscape, representation and reproduction. The theme running through both artists’ work is the visualisation of the pictorial mechanism, with much of the works showcased being reproductions and edits of previous photographs—either from archival or historic footage—re-contextualised to embrace new feeling and thought. Foam (Sun-Wed 10.00-17.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 15 October Portrait Photographs from Isfahan, 1920-1950 An exceptional selection of portrait photography from the city of Isfahan. Taken between 1920 and 1950, these images provide a remarkable insight into life in Iran when the traditional culture was developing into a modern society—a transformation largely reversed after 1979, with the establishment of the Islamic Republic. Foam (Sun-Wed 10.00-17.00, Thur, Fri 10.0021.00), until 29 October Tian-Sying Yang: Maintenance For a month, this Taiwanese artist took photographs at KLM’s Engineering and Maintenance department. The result was a series of abstract still lifes overflowing with composition, colour and form. Foam (Sun-Wed 10.00-17.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 1 November Bouwjaar ’86 Marking 20 years of ARCAM, the architecture centre revisits its opening year of 1986, bringing it back to life through videos, photos, models, newspaper articles and city impressions. Aside from world dramas like Chernobyl and the Challenger explosion, 1986 marked completion of the Stopera, primary school the Evenaar, the housing on Zwanenburgwal and the railway stations Sloterdijk, De Vlugtlaan and Lelylaan. ARCAM (Tues-Sat 13.0017.00), until 4 November Melik Ohanian: Something in Time The first solo exhibition in the Netherlands of the French-Armenian artist, featuring a comprehensive survey of his films. A world-renowned video artist, Ohanian (1969) intends

Spectacular City: Photographing the Future Spectacular City: Photographing the Future Extraordinary photographs exploring the beauty and strangeness of our urban reality. The large-scale images exhibited are often manipulated, constructed or reconstructed to reveal a different view of urban surroundings—iconic buildings as well as deserted street corners. Featuring works by Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, Edward Zwakman and many others. Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (Tues-Sat 10.00-17.00), Rotterdam, until 7 January 2007 The Vincent 2006 Showcasing works of the five nominees for The Vincent van Gogh Biennial Award for Contemporary Art in Europe. The winner will be announced on 17 November. Stedelijk Museum CS (Fri-Wed 10.00-18.00), until 14 January 2007 Werkplaats Jan van Scorel Three newly restored paintings from Dutch master Jan van Scorel’s studio.

The restauration process will be explained and the results of the technical research will be presented to the public. Centraal Museum (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), Utrecht, until 14 January 2007 Who Can I Trust? An exhibition on the persecution of homosexuals in Germany between 1933-1945 and also in the Netherlands during the Nazi occupation.

Verzetsmuseum (Tues-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat-Mon 12.0017.00), until 14 January 2007

Galleries Afrovibes: Zanele Muholi Only 1/2 the Picture is a presentation of photographic works from the awardwinning South African artist. Galerie 32-34 (Tues-Sat, 11.00-17.00)

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GP06: Stad-Speel-Ruimte On show is the sixth edition of Group Portraits, an interdisciplinary project which teams together designers, artists and architects and invites them to research and develop their own vision on urban environment and public space. This time the theme is ‘Play in the City’. 66 East (Fri-Sun, 14.00-18.00), until 22 October Scroll: 40 years of visual narrative Activist/artist/ librarian Tjebbe van Tijen presents a selection of his life’s work: layered picture scrolls telling wide-ranging stories. Mediamatic, until 22 October IDENTITY Seeking to break down the bricks of ‘identity’ to decipher what it really means in this modern world, the old church is transformed by the multidisciplinary works of 35 international artists. Each presenting a unique point of view, the pieces examine how identity can be represented and affected by culture, religion and other factors. Oude Kerk (Mon-Sat 11.00-17.00, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 22 October Tape This Cellotape, masking tape, duct tape... Admit it, where would you be without tape in your life? In the art world, tape is more usually a tool, or an aid, allowing an artist added control, then eventually removed from the finished product. But finally tape is getting the credit it deserves in this exhibition featuring a whole collection of works created entirely with taping techniques and experiments. Arti et Amicitiae (TuesSun 13.00-18.00), until 22 October Rembrandt: Death, Dissection & Doctors One of the more unusual exhibitions of Rembrandt year, the Lloyd Hotel takes inspiration from his 1632 painting ‘Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp’, linking the world of the Old Master with contemporary anatomical works by artists such as Joep van Lieshout, Damien Hirst and Erwin Olaf. Lloyd Hotel (Daily 08.00-01.00), until 22 October

Contemporary Barbarism Ellert Haitjema presents photos from Iran, Eastern Turkey, Morocco and Syria.

De Balie (Fri-Sun 12.00-18.00), until 15 October Carlos Blaaker Caribbean-inspired artworks. Galerie Nola Hatterman (Fri 13.00-18.00, Sat, Sun 13.0017.00), until 15 October Mixed Works The medley includes: Misschien zal het vannacht gaan regenen featuring new drawings by Jacobien de Rooij, Simon Says, a film by Maya Cohen, Colalitzia, a film by Elad Larom and Via Dolorosa, a film by Nir and Nadav Nadler. W139 (Tues-Sun 13.0019.00), until 15 October THEAUSTRIANABSTRACTS Multidisciplinary artworks and new media by promising young Austrian artists.

Curated by Norbert Pfaffenbichler. Arti et Amicitiae (Tues-Sun 13.00-18.00), until 15 October The Silver Bridge An ambitious installation of eight projections by Irish artist Jaki Irvine, filmed in Dublin and loosely inspired by 19th-century Gothic novel, Carmilla, by Joseph Sheridan Lefanu. SMART Project Space, until 18 October

EVENTS Thursday 5 October Opening: Vlinderpaviljoen Autumn is setting in, but it’ll be summer all year long in Artis’ new butterfly pavilion, which officially opens to the public today.

Why is that newsworthy? Well it’s a state-of-the-art new building in the old zoo, for one thing, and flying around are 1,000 butterflies of around 20 different species. If you’re feeling peckish, there’s plenty of sliced fruit scattered throughout the building too. Artis, 09.00, €16 (standard zoo entry) Discussion: Something FAKE A special event for the opening of the exhibition, guests including Bea Correa (designer), Annemarie Commandeur (trend forecaster), Björn Franke (designer) and Todd Reisz (architect) will be on hand to share their thoughts on ‘fake’. In English. Platform 21, 20.00, €8 Lecture: Rethinking the Global Meat Industry By Danielle Nierenberg of the Worldwatch Institute, this lecture on sustainability in the food industry tackles the harmful effects of factory farming in both industrialised and developing countries, and explains the range of consequences for the environment and human health. In English. Felix Meritis, 20.00, €10

Afdalen uit het dal New paintings by young Eindhoven artist Jeroen Vrijsen. Galerie Smits (Wed-Sat 13.30-17.30), until 25 October With Arms Wide Open... An unusual, humorous photo series by Marjo van den Boomen, offering a surreal vision of parenthood. KochxBos Gallery (Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00), until 28 October Jozef van Ruyssevelt Oil paintings, gouaches, pastels and aquarelles by the Belgian artist (1941).

Galerie de Rietlanden (Sat, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 31 October Gebroken Glans Recent paintings using traditional oils and more experimental materials such as ceramics and glass. Suzanne Biederberg Gallery (Wed-Sat 14.00-18.00), until 1 November Mahomi Kunikata See article on p. 11. Reflex New Art Gallery (Tues-Sat 11.00-18.00), until 4 November Radiant: 30 Years Ra Revisiting the last 30 years of the gallery, including works by more than 60 artists.

Galerie Ra (Tues-Sat 12.00-18.00), until 4 November The Kurds of Iraq Photographs by Michiel Hegener.

Ruigoord, until 12 November

Amsterdam-Fèstival Debate: Amsterdam-Fèstival Debates and analysis about Dutch-Moroccan culture and politics. In English.

KIT Tropentheater, Kleine Zaal, 20.30, free Debate: Het Nieuwe Onbehagen Is there any salvation in Dutch politics? Who could force a bright future for a multicultural Netherlands? What role would the media have to play? This political debate with Hans Boutellier, Bas Heijne, Mei Li Vos and Mohammed Benzakour will explore the many options, but will undoubtedly raise more questions than answers. In Dutch. De Balie, 20.30, free Festival: Kwartiermakersfestival 2006 (See Short List) Various locations, times and prices, Haarlem

Friday 6 October Film festival: Amsterdam Film eXperience A modern film festival encompassing all sorts of audio and visual technologies. Not just limited to film screenings, the festival opens with a PIPS:lab performance of Lumasol, while late on Friday and Saturday, it all melts down into cinematic parties. Het Ketelhuis, 19.30, €10 day tickets, €25 festival pass

Erik Wesselo: 56 Beaver Street A solo exhibition of lo-fi polaroid prints. Living in New York at the time of the 9/11 attacks, Wesselo provide a real sense of atmosphere from the period. Annet Gelink Gallery (Tues-Fri 11.00 -18.00, Sat 13.00 -18.00), until 14 October Streetlab: The Streets of Europe On behalf of Streetlab, photographers Martijn van de Griendt and Willem Poelstra travelled through Europe this summer with the aim of capturing today’s street culture. The exhibition shows 20 pictures taken on the streets of Amsterdam, Warsaw, Barcelona and Istanbul. Pakhuis de Zwijger Mon-Sat 08.00-23.00, until 14 October

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Multidisciplinary: P/////AKTotaal See article on p. 11.

P/////AKT, 20.00-02.00, free Debate: Amsterdam-Fèstival (See Thursday) KIT Tropentheater, Kleine Zaal, 20.30, free

Wouter van Buuren (Blikopener) Blikopener Multidisciplinary ‘limit-streching’ works by selected Dutch artists, including the photography of Wouter van Buuren, who climbs high-voltage electricity polls around Amsterdam and Rotterdam to take shots of the landscape, then combines the individual photos into large image. Arts-Place Fri-Sun, 12.0017.00, until 19 November Militant Bourgeois: An Existentialist Retreat Following his experiments last June, Chris Evans is back to present the second part of his Militant Bourgeois concept, this time on a patch of land in the middle of a dual-carriageway road. The aim? To question whether subsidised art can be worthwhile. Artists are welcome to move in and let their creative juices flow. See www.smba.nl. Transformatorweg, until 15 December Raw Footage/Scapegoats A solo exhibition by Groningse multimedia artist Aernout Mik, this two-part video installation focuses on the experience and depiction of war, showing how normality and extremity become interwoven in wartime situations. bak (Wed-Sat 12.0017.00, Sun 13.00-17.00), Utrecht, until 24 December

Festival: Kwartiermakersfestival 2006 (See Short List) Various locations, times and prices, Haarlem

Saturday 7 October Film festival: Amsterdam Film eXperience (See Friday) Het Ketelhuis, 12.00, €10 day tickets, €25 festival pass Art/Walk: Kunstroute Zeeburg One of the biggest open-atelier routes in Amsterdam, there’s plenty of art cruising to be done around the Zeeburg district, either on foot or by bike. Use Loods 6 as your central starting point or plan a path with online map at www.c-burg.nl.

Loods 6, 13.00-18.00, free Multidisciplinary: P/////AKTotaal (See Friday) P/////AKT, 14.00-20.00, free Dining: Chocolate Club Toxicity-free dining that’s all about raw food, cocktails and the only vice in the venue: chocolate. A chilled party follows from 20.00 onwards. Westerstraat 34, 17.00, €35, €5 party only Debate: Nacht van het Debat Look out for a heated programme featuring Ajax vs Feyenoord, Netherlands vs Belgium and Oxford vs Netherlands, amongst oth-

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Cristofori Prinsengracht 581-583, 626 8485

Nederlands Architectuurinstituut Museumpark 25, Rotterdam, 010 440 1200

Cruise Inn Zuiderzeeweg 29, 692 7188

Nieuwe Kerk entrance on the Dam, 638 6909

Custom Café Sugar Hazenstraat 19, 06 1401 3143

Noorderkerk Noordermarkt 44, 626 6436

Crea Café Turfdraagsterpad 17, 525 1423

Desmet Studios Plantage Middenlaan 4A, 521 7100 Dwaze Zaken Prinshendrikkade 50, 612 4175 Ellen de Bruijne Projects/Dolores Rozengracht 207A, 530 4994

P/////AKT Zeeburgerpad 53, 06 5427 0879 P60 Stadsplein 100A, Amstelveen, 023 345 3445

Foam Keizersgracht 609, 551 6546

Pakhuis de Zwijger Piet Heinkade 179-181

Galerie 32-34 Keurenplein 32-34, 020 619 5782

Panama Oostelijke Handelskade 4, 311 8680

Galerie de Rietlanden Rietlandpark 193, 419 4705

Paradiso Weteringschans 6-8, 626 4521

Galerie de Witte Voet Kerkstraat 135, 625 8412

Pathé De Munt Vijzelstraat 15, 0900 1458

Ferdinand van Dieten-d’Eendt Spuistraat 270, 626 5777

Patronaat Zijlsingel 2, Haarlem, 023 517 5858

Galerie Gabriel Rolt Elandsgracht 34, 785 5146

Platform 21 Prinses Irenestraat 19, 344 9449

Galerie Nola Hatterman Zeeburgerdijk 19A, 693 5057

Post CS Oosterdokskade 5, 421 1033 Posthoornkerk Haarlemmerstraat 124 The Powerzone Spaklerweg, 681 8866 De Praktijk Lauriergracht 96, 422 1727 Reflex New Art Gallery Weteringschans 79A, 423 5423 Rembrandthuis Jodenbreestraat 4, 520 0400

GEM Stadhouderslaan 43, Den Haag, 070 338 1133

Reuten Galerie Fokke Simonszstraat 49, 620 7537

Goethe Instituut Herengracht 470, 531 2900

Rijksmuseum Jan Luykenstraat 1, 674 7000

Heineken Music Hall ArenA Boulevard 590, 0900 300 1250

Ruigoord Ruigoord 15, 497 5702

Hermitage Amsterdam Nieuwe Herengracht 14, 530 8751

ADDRESSES

Hotel Arena ’s-Gravesandestraat 51, 850 2400

SMART Project Space Arie Biemondstraat 107-113, 427 5953

Huis Marseille Keizersgracht 401, 531 8989

Soho Reguliersdwarsstraat 36

11 Oosterdokskade 3-5, 625 5999

Ilusion Galerie 2e Goudsbloemdwarsstraat 18, 320 4321

Stadsschouwburg Leidseplein 26, 624 2311

66 East Sumatrastraat 66, 06 4475 4773 ABC Treehouse Voetboogstraat 11, 423 0967

Imagine Identity and Culture Bijlmerplein 1006-1008, 489 4866

Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam Rozenstraat 59, 422 0471

ACU Voorstraat 71, Utrecht, 030 231 4590

Jolly Hotel carlton (pick-up point) Vijzelstraat 4

AdK Actuele Kunst Prinsengracht 534, 320 9242

Joods Historisch Museum Jonas Daniel Meijerplein 2-4, 531 0310

Vlinderpaviljoen, see Thursday

Film festival: Amsterdam Film eXperience (See Friday) Het Ketelhuis, 12.00, €10 day tickets, €25 festival pass

Amstel Taveerne Amstel 54, 623 4254

Art/Walk: Kunstroute Zeeburg (See Saturday) Loods 6, 13.00-18.00, free

Amsterdams Centrum voor Fotografie Bethaniënstraat 9, 622 4899

Multidisciplinary: Stor!ng in Paradiso A place where all sorts of local talents can do their thing. The line-up includes J-Rock from the Beatkids, Dutchflower, Old Star Fresh, LTH and a live performance by Jay Collin. Paradiso, 16.00

Oude Kerk Oudekerksplein 23, 625 8284

Filmmuseum Vondelpark 3, 589 1400

Gasthuis Marius van Bouwdijk Bastiaansestraat 54, 683 8494

Multidisciplinary: P/////AKTotaal (See Friday) P/////AKT, 14.00-20.00, free

OT301 Overtoom 301, 779 4913

Felix Meritis Keizersgracht 324, 626 2321

Gallery Vassie 1e Tuindwarsstraat 16, 489 4042

Sunday 8 October

Odeon Singel 460, 624 9711

OUTLINE Oetewalerstraat 73, 693 1389

Galerie Smits Fokke Simonszstraat 29, 06 43001833

Festival: Kwartiermakersfestival 2006 (See Short List) Various locations, times and prices, Haarlem

OCCII Amstelveenseweg 134, 671 7778

Exit Reguliersdwarsstraat 42, 625 8788

Galerie Ra Vijzelstraat 80, 626 5100

ers. You can even take part in a masterclass and learn how to become a debating champion. Mainly in Dutch with some English. Felix Meritis, 20.00, €35

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Amstelkring Oudezijds Voorburgwal 40, 624 6604

Annet Gelink Gallery Laurierstraat 187-189, 330 2066 De Appel Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 10, 625 5651 April Reguliersdwarsstraat 37, 625 9572

Saarein Elandsstraat 119, 623 4901

Stedelijk Museum CS Oosterdokskade 5, 573 2911 Stopera Waterlooplein 22, 551 8117 Stubnitz Odinakade, NDSM-werf

Het Ketelhuis Westergasfabriek, Haarlemmerweg 8-10, 684 0090

Studio 80 Rembrandtplein 70, 521 8333

KIT Tropentheater Mauritskade 63, 568 8711

Sugar Factory Lijnbaansgracht 238, 627 0008

KIT Tropentheater, Kleine Zaal Linnaeusstraat 2, 568 8500

Supperclub Jonge Roelensteeg 15, 344 6400

KochxBos Gallery 1e Anjeliersdwarsstraat 3-5, 681 4567

Studio Apart Prinsengracht 715, 422 2748

Suzanne Biederberg Gallery 1e Egelantiersdwarsstraat 1, 624 5455

De Levante Hobbemastraat 28, 671 5485

Teylers Museum Spaarne 16, Haarlem, 023 516 0960

Lloyd Hotel Oostelijke Handelskade 34, 419 1840

The Eagle Warmoesstraat 90, 627 8634

Artis Plantage Kerklaan 38-40, 523 3400

Loods 6 KNSM Laan 143, 418 2020

Theater Bellevue Leidsekade 90, 530 5301

artKitchen Joris van den Berghweg 101, 622 3422

Maloe Melo Lijnbaansgracht 163, 420 4592

Tropenmuseum Linnaeusstraat 2, 568 8200

Debate: Amsterdam-Fèstival (See Thursday) KIT Tropentheater, Kleine Zaal, 16.00, free

Arts-Place Wibautstraat 125, 06 2420 9192

Mart House Prinsengracht 529, 627 5187

Under the Grand Chapiteau Next to ArenA, 621 1288

Artspace Witzenhausen Hazenstraat 60, 644 9898

Mediamatic Post CS, Oosterdokskade 5, 638 9901

Van Gogh Museum Paulus Potterstraat 7, 570 5200

Festival: Kwartiermakersfestival 2006 (See Short List) Various locations, times and prices, Haarlem

AYAC’S Keizersgracht 166, 638 5240

Meervaart Meer en Vaart 300, 410 7777

Various locations, times and prices, Haarlem

Badcuyp 1e Sweelinckstraat 10, 675 9669

Melkweg Lijnbaansgracht 234A, 531 8181

Verzetsmuseum Plantage Kerklaan 61, 620 2535

bak Lange Nieuwstraat 4, Utrecht, 030 231 6125

Melkweg Galerie Marnixstraat 409, 531 8181

Volta Houtmankade 334-336, 628 6429

Monday 9 October

De Balie Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, 553 5151

Melkweg Theater LIjnbaansgracht 234A, 531 8181

Vondelkerk Vondelstraat 120

Bethaniënklooster Barndesteeg 6, 625 0078

Mendo Berenstraat 11, 612 1216

W139 Oosterdokskade 5, sixth floor, 622 9434

Festival: Kwartiermakersfestival 2006 (See Short List) Various locations, times and prices, Haarlem

Bijbels Museum Herengracht 366-368, 624 2436

Montevideo/Time Based Arts Keizersgracht 264, 623 7101

Westergasfabriek Haarlemmerweg 8-10, 586 0710

Bimhuis Piet Heinkade 3, 788 2150

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Museumpark 18-20, Rotterdam, 010 441 9400

Westerstraat 34, 627 9355

De Brakke Grond Nes 45, 626 6866

Muziekgebouw Piet Heinkade 1, 788 2010

World Trade Center Strawinskylaan 1, 575 9111

Café Sappho Vijzelstraat 103, 423 1509

Het Muziektheater Amstel 3, 625 5455

Zaal 100 De Wittenstraat 100, 688 0127

Centraal Museum Nicolaaskerkhof, Utrecht, 030 236 2362

NDSM-werf TT Neveritaweg 15, 330 5480

The Zebra Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 14, 330 5266

ARCAM Prins Hendrikkade 600, 620 4878 Arti et Amicitiae Rokin 112, 624 5134

Bitterzoet Spuistraat 2, 521 3001

Tuesday 10 October Festival: Kwartiermakersfestival 2006 (See Short List) Various locations, times and prices, Haarlem

Club 8 Admiraal de Ruyterweg 56B, 685 1703

Wednesday 11 October Festival: Kwartiermakersfestival 2006 (See Short List) Various locations, times and prices, Haarlem

Club NL Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 169, 622 7510 CoBrA Museum Sandbergplein 1-3, Amstelveen, 547 5050 Concertgebouw Concertgebouwplein 2-6, 671 8345 Consortium Veemkade 570, 06 2611 8950

Winston Kingdom Warmoesstraat 129, 623 1380

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Elementarteilchen

FILM

Edited by Julie Phillips.This week’s films reviewed

by Laura Groeneveld (LG), Andrea Gronvall (AG), John Hartnett (JH),Luuk van Huët (LvH),JR Jones (JJ), Dave Kehr (DK), Peter Margasak (PM), Steven McCarron (SM), Reece Pendleton (RP), Julie Phillips (JP), Jonathan Rosenbaum (JR) and Bregtje Schudel (BS). All films are screened in English with Dutch subtitles unless otherwise noted. Amsterdam Weekly recommends.

Festival Amsterdam Film eXperience See programme insert and article on p. 11. Het Ketelhuis

Requiem

Michaela’s devout religious convictions lead to her doom. Based on a true story, Requiem is directed by Hans-Christian Schmid with great sensitivity for the claims of both Michaela’s worlds. In German with Dutch subtitles 93 min. Rialto SL8N8 After a drought lasting over a decade, the Dutch film scene is again awash with the blood of young starlets, shed in DoodEind and SL8N8 (Slachtnacht). Although comparing the two is inevitable, SL8N8 has enough quality to stand on its own as a workman-like slasher that’s a slice above the rest.

Impressive gore and surprisingly witty banter help the adequate performances in a tale of ‘bored teenagers meet body-hopping voodoo killer in an old mine shaft’. The ending might be a bit too predictable for modern audiences, but as a salute to the old-school slasher flicks, it succeeds with crimson colours. In Dutch. (LvH) 90 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

Still playing New this week Elementarteilchen/Elementaire deeltjes Half-brothers Manuel and Bruno grew up apart from each other as well as from their mother, who spent the swinging ’60s as a jet-set hippy while her children were brought up by their grandmothers. Bruno has grown into a sexual obsessive and Manuel a brilliant molecular biologist. Their similarities and differences turn this black comedy, based on Michel Houellebecq’s cranky French best-seller The Elementary Particles, into a turbulent and soul-searching film. When both fall in love, they are confronted with harsh realities which they must accept or escape. Moritz Bleibtreu won the 2006 best actor award in Berlin for his role in this latest film by intense director Oskar Roehler (Die Unberührbare).

In German with Dutch subtitles. (JH) 105 min. Het Ketelhuis, Kriterion, Pathé Tuschinski L’Enfant endormi Zeinab (Mounia Osfour) lives in an isolated hamlet in northern Morocco. Like most of the women in her village, she is waiting for the return of her husband, an illegal immigrant working in Europe. The wait is shared by her unborn child, which she by traditional magic allows to ‘sleep’ until her man returns. The sleeping child symbolises the postponement of her own dreams in Belgian-Moroccan director Yasmine Kassari’s acclaimed 2004 debut. In French, Berber and Arabic with Dutch subtitles. 94 min. Rialto Jackass: Number Two More stunts, pranks and grossout humour from Johnny Knoxville and company, whose MTV reality show Jackass and big-screen hit Jackass: The Movie have pushed the lowbrow as low as it will go. Parts of this are screamingly funny (a groupie’s love note posted on the wall of a hotel corridor, that conceals a spring-wired boxing glove), other parts downright stomach-turning (drinking a glass of horse semen), but you have to admire the fact that, for these guys, ‘anything for a laugh’ really means anything. And for all the moronic behavior, there are also some inspired dadaist moments. (JJ) 95 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé City, Pathé De Munt Requiem Michaela grows up in a deeply religious family in southern Germany. When she leaves home for university, she begins to question her faith. At the same time, her epileptic seizures grow worse. She consults a priest who confirms her worst fears: she is possessed by the devil. Her friends urge her to seek psychiatric help, but in the end can only watch as

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13 (Tzameti) Don’t stick your nose into someone

else’s business may be the moral of his noirish blackand-white thriller by director Géla Babluani. In this accomplished and tense debut film, an impoverished immigrant (George Babluani) stumbles upon a route to riches when he overhears his employer discussing a get-rich-quick scheme and acts to intercept. Only he doesn’t know the full story, instead following a series of step-by-step instructions that sends him travelling across country with strangers closely on his tail. The

set-up is lengthy but carefully calculated, making the macabre plot twists all the more enjoyable. In French with Dutch subtitles. 93 min. Kriterion, Rialto Les Amants réguliers A three-hour homage to the 1968 student demonstrations in Paris: the late-night philosophical discussions, the tentative explorations of free love, the drugs, the romantic tossing of Molotov cocktails from the barricades. In Philippe Garrel’s autobiographical film, the young poet and draft refuser François (played by Louis Garrel, the director’s son) discovers love, grief and other opiates. Slow, atmospheric and romantic, Les amants réguliers is Garrel’s ‘I was there’ answer to Bertolucci’s slicker, more prettified The Dreamers. 178 min. Filmmuseum

Brick Film noir finds a new home—chez a SoCal

high school—in Rian Johnson’s debut feature.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Brendan, a sharp loner who fully understands how the school’s societies tick, but opts to sit on the outskirts watching. That’s until he receives a call for help from his missing ex-girlfriend, and in order to pursue her, must become part of the school’s seedy drug-selling underworld, controlled by his nemesis. The script is tight, and though the language is often unnaturally confusing, that’s the film’s real charm. The combined effect keeps you guessing right till the end. (SM) 110 min. The Movies, Pathé De Munt

Brokeback Mountain The deer and the antelope are not the only two playing home on the range. This is the heartbreaking and touching story of two cowboys (Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger) in love who,

Five Word Movie Review

DON’T SEE IT WITH MOM Elementarteilchen Het Ketelhuis, Kriterion, Pathé Tuschinski

savouring only rare moments of pleasure together, are forced by social dictates to face a life of pain and denial. Director Ang Lee has masterfully translated Annie Proulx’s short story to the screen. Some filmgoers will cry till the cows come home. (JH) 134 min.

Rialto Buddha’s Lost Children A feature-length documentary film about a Thai Buddhist monk who—armed only with his faith and boxing skills—wages an inspirational battle to help orphaned children, fight drug abuse and preserve a vanishing way of life. Followed over the course of a year by Dutch director Mark Verkerk, Abt Phra Khru Bah transforms the lives of the children he encounters through a mixture of compassion and tough love. In Thai with Dutch subtitles. 96 min. Kriterion, Pathé Tuschinski, De Uitkijk

Special screenings Dekalog 1 & 2 Programmed for two Sunday afternoons and a Thursday evening, Krzysztof Kieslowski’s major work (1988) consists of 10 separate films, each running 50-odd minutes and set mainly around two high-rises in Warsaw. The films are built around a contemporary reflection on the Ten Commandments—specifically, an inquiry into what breaking each of them in today’s world might entail.

Made as a miniseries for Polish TV, these concise dramas can be seen in any order or combination; they don’t depend on one another, though if you see them in batches, you’ll notice that major characters in one story turn up as extras in another. One of Kieslowski’s best ideas was to use a different cinematographer for each film (with the exception of the third and ninth), though the script is more important here than the mise en scène. In Polish with Dutch subtitles. (JR) Melkweg Cinema Dekalog 3 & 4 See Dekalog 1 & 2. Melkweg Cinema

L’Enfer Adapting a script by Henri-Georges Clouzot (The Wages of Fear, Diabolique) that Clouzot didn’t live long enough to film, Claude Chabrol dives into this story of obsessive and paranoid jealousy with a great deal of style and confidence. One is waiting breathlessly for a second act or some sort of denouement when, alas, the film simply ends. The story takes place largely in the mind of the recent purchaser of a deluxe resort hotel, who starts to suspect that his new wife (Emmanuelle Béart) is having sex with a nearby garage mechanic; his fears grow as his imagination runs amok. In French with Dutch subtitles.

(JR) 98 min. Melkweg Cinema

Gönül Yarasi (Hartzeer) A tear-jerker in the classic melodramatic style of the old Yesilcam studios, otherwise known as the Turkish Bollywood. Star Sener Sen is regarded as one of Turkey’s biggest actors ever.

This, his first film in eight years, is directed—like the last, The Bandit—by Yavuz Turgul. Co-star Meltem Cumbul is known in Europe for her role in Gegen die Wand. Nazim (Sen) is an old teacher at a poor village school. After retirement, he returns to Istanbul and becomes a taxi driver. There, he meets Dunya (Cumbul), a beautiful nightclub singer on the run from her violent husband. One thing leads to another, and an extremely dangerous love triangle is the result. In Turkish with Dutch subtitles. 135 min. Cavia

Der Himmel über Berlin Wim Wenders’ ambi-

tious and audacious feature (1988) focuses mainly on what’s seen and heard by two angels (Bruno Ganz and Otto Sander) as they fly over and walk through contemporary Berlin. Wenders and coscreenwriter Peter Handke present an astonishing poetic documentary about the life of this city, concentrating on an American movie star on location (Peter Falk playing himself), a French trapeze artist (Solveig Dommartin), and a retired German professor who remembers what Berlin used to be like (Curt Bois). The conceit gets a little out of hand after one of the angels falls in love with the trapeze artist and decides to become human; but prior to this, it’s one of Wenders’ most stunning achievements. In English/French/German with Dutch subtitles. (JR) Filmmuseum Cinerama I’m So-So As part of this month’s Kieslowski festival, the Melkweg is screening Krzysztof Wierzbicki’s 1995

documentary portrait of the late Polish director.

Filmed at Kieslowski’s home not long before his death at age 55, I’m So-So intimately depicts the film-maker’s life while exploring his provocative opinions about his work. A must for the Kieslowski fan. In Polish with Dutch subtitles. 56 min. Melkweg Cinema Kinderen van Stalin The Alexander Kajaia Mental Hospital in Surami, Georgia, once housed 700 patients. Now 30 men and 40 women live out their days in a louse-infested, crumbling institution. The days pass slowly, with nothing to do but wait—-for soup, for a visit from the psychiatrist who may or may not come, for life to have meaning. A sad song is sung, a poem declaimed; in this melancholy documentary, director Harrie Timmermans captures the personalities of patients who are far less mad than their situation. With Dutch subtitles. 52 min. De Balie

Trois Couleurs: Bleu Part one (1993) of a loosely

connected trilogy by Krzysztof Kieslowski, this is a beautiful and inspirational tale of a woman (Juliette Binoche) reassembling and reinventing her life in Paris after her composer husband and daughter die in an auto accident. Working with his regular writing collaborator Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Kieslowski had become a master at conveying raw emotional states with a pristine economy of means; as the dialogue here is all in French, which he barely knew, these means have little to do with language. The film’s grasp of the fluctuations of moment-to-moment experience, including consciousness itself, is extraordinary, and Binoche’s powerful performance never falters. In French with Dutch subtitles. (JR) 100 min. Melkweg Cinema

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19 Get roasted on Rosto AD.

The Amsterdam Film eXperience offers an audio-visual overload by putting the XXX in experience.

SO, UH, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN EXPERIENCED?

By Luuk van Huët With the plethora of film festivals that dot the cultural landscape, even wellinformed connoisseurs can feel more than a little befuddled. So what’s going to keep you from succumbing to the information overload and ending up in a foetal position with your primetime TV security

C.R.A.Z.Y. C.R.A.Z.Y. A story of two love affairs: a father’s love for his five sons, and one son’s love for his father—a love so strong it compels him to live a lie and hide his homosexuality. The film follows him through his first 20 years, ultimately leading him to accept his true nature and, more importantly, find his father’s genuine love. In French with Dutch subtitles. 127 min.

Cinecenter, Pathé Tuschinski

Capote This respectful biopic follows the six years in which author and celebrity socialite Truman Capote did his research for his masterpiece, In Cold Blood.

Academy Award-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman doesn’t shrink from the challenge and flaunts both Capote’s strengths and his weaknesses. His Capote is flawed to perfection. (BS) 99 min. The Movies The Cave of the Yellow Dog In this follow-up to Byambasuren Davaa’s spellbinding international hit The Story of the Weeping Camel, the Mongolian film-maker sticks to the kind of down-to-earth docudrama she does best. Once again exploring the nomadic aspects of Mongolian life through a real family, she documents their everyday existence in a quiet, monotonous world. In Mongolian with Dutch subtitles.

(SM) 95 min. Rialto China Blue Documentary by Micha X Peled, which explores the textile industry of China and the 130 million children working in factories to produce clothing.

In Cantonese/English/Mandarin with Dutch subtitles.

87 min. Het Ketelhuis, De Uitkijk

Crash

(2005) Interfacing storylines set in Los Angeles pivot on racism and xenophobia, playing

blanket instead of attending the Amsterdam Film eXperience in the new and improved Ketelhuis? A careful guide who knows his Pappenheimers, that’s what.

A casual perusal of the AFX-programme included in this issue should get your juices flowing, with names like Roman Coppola and Chris Cunningham popping up, as well as the artistic col-

tricks with our own biases and ultimately justifying an extravagant array of coincidences and surprises. The actors, especially Chris Bridges (aka rapper Ludacris), Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Michael Peña, and Larenz Tate, are adroit at conveying Haggis’s candid observations about the crazy ways we live and think. (JR) 100 min. Pathé Tuschinski Crossing the Bridge:The Sound of Istanbul This lively 2005 documentary by German-Turkish director Fatih Akin (Gegen die Wand) follows bassist Alexander Hacke of Einstürzende Neubauten through the crumbling streets of Istanbul to present a dynamic and wide-ranging portrait of the ancient city’s musical riches. The intimate performance footage ranges from more traditional sounds to Turkish iterations of global styles like rock, hiphop and electronica, delivering commentary on the nation’s conflicted status as a bridge between Europe and Asia that’s even more poignant than the passionate and informative interviews. Among the featured artists are rock pioneer Erkin Koray, the powerful Kurdish singer Aynur, polyglot DJ Mercan Dede, and arabesk legend Orhan Gencebay. In English/German/Turkish with Dutch subtitles. (PM) 92 min. Cavia Figner: The End of a Silent Century Edgar Figner’s world is where fact and fantasy collide. This docudrama tells the story of the train journey he embarks on when forced from the family home where he’s always lived. Along the way, five co-passengers, taking the form of relatives and characters from his films, bring a Russian century to life through old film fragments.

Directed by Nathalie Alonso Casale. In Russian with Dutch sbutitles. In Russian with Dutch subtitles. 90 min. Filmmuseum Glue Anarchically atmospheric film about coming of age in Patagonia, shot on digital video and Super-8 by young Argentinean director Alexis Dos Santos. Dos Santos grew up in small-town Patagonian exile after his parents left Buenos Aires for political reasons in 1978. He returned there to film a 15 year old’s bore-

lective PIPS:lab and rockin’ director Rosto AD on the bill. But don’t just take our word for it. AFX promoter Monique van Dijk is eager to explain why playing the couch potato is not an option this weekend.

‘The Amsterdam Film eXperience is a super-cool festival because it’s not just your run-of-the-mill cinema visit, but a real audio-visual experience. Besides films, there are VJs, video art, parties and even a documentary installation in which the audience is able to participate using a computer. Our films are all short films that we believe deserve screening, but which normally wouldn’t make it to the cinema.’

The AFX can also claim to be a truly international venture; Van Dijk relays the origins of the festival: ‘Our two main organisers are American-born Steve Armor and Austrian Nina Koll, who once

dom, rebellion and conviction that he is living in the wrong place. At the 2006 Rotterdam Film Festival, Glue won the 16-to-20-year-old jury prize and was proclaimed an ‘instant classic’. In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. 115 min. Rialto

Grbavica

Grbavica In a country ripped apart and left brimming with single mothers, Esma is living with her 12-year-old daughter Sara in Grbavica, a district in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. Desperate to go on a school trip with her friends, the young girl begs her mother to acquire a certificate proving her father died a shaheed—a holy war martyr—entitling her to a discount. But when Esma avoids this process, struggling to pay the full fee herself, it becomes clear to Sara that the story of her father isn’t as black and white as she had always believed. Already tipped for Oscar success thanks to its intense story and performances, Jasmila Zbanic’s full-length directorial debut is an emotionally raw insight into post-war Balkan life. In Bosnian with Dutch subtitles. 90 min. Rialto Hard Candy Tautly directed by David Slade, this drama probably offers more sadism than anyone could want, as a 14-year-old girl and a 32-year-old photographer (Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson) meet on the internet and arrange to rendezvous in person. The characters are absurd, but if you’re up for this sort of thing, then surely you can con yourself into accepting them. (JR) 99 min. Filmhuis Griffioen Into Great Silence A first look into the lives of the monks of the Grande Chartreuse—the mother house of the legendary Carthusian Order in the French

organised a short film matinee in the cultural centre Occii. The reactions to that were so positive that they went on to organise the AFX, which started out as a two-day festival, but ended up lasting three days because of the quality and quantity of films we received.

‘We’ve received films from all over the world, even from countries you might not have expected like Iran, Japan and the Philippines. Directors from the UK, the US and Chile will come over, although that doesn’t mean we’ve excluded our home-grown talents.’

According to Van Dijk, the main events of every festival day are as follows: ‘The opening night will feature a performance by PIPS:lab that promises to be great. On Saturday, I’d tip the CrossOver Animation programme, while Sunday will bring the screening of the Mind My Gap short film trilogy by Rosto AD and the bizarre Rubber Johnny by Chris Cunningham, who’s also responsible for videos for artists as diverse as the Aphex Twin and Madonna.’

Not content with merely lighting up the Ketelhuis, the AFX will actively recruit its intended audience. Van Dijk explains: ‘On Saturday and Sunday, we’ll have tuk tuks, bike cabs like those used in Thailand, driving around the centre, Westerpark, Oosterpark and De Baarsjes to pick up young people to attend the AFX. If you’re picked up, you’ll win free admission to the festival.’

All hail the AFX-cabs, indeed.

Amsterdam Film eXperience runs from 6 until 8 October at Het Ketelhuis, Haarlemmerweg 8 - 10, 684 0090. Tickets are €10 for day pass, €25 for weekend pass, €5 for afterparty. For full programme see www.amsterdamfilmexperience.com.

Alps—this documentary by Philip Groening serves to remind that there’s more to silence than just silence.

There are no interviews, no commentary and no music, other than the monks’ song, yet this is an eyeand ear-opening piece. In French/Latin with Dutch subtitles. 164 min. Het Ketelhuis, Rialto The Lost City Andy Garcia’s first feature as director, an abortive anti-Marxist epic about the Cuban revolution, follows the fortunes of a wealthy Havana family, with Garcia as one of the sons, a nightclub owner. The script is credited to the late, great Cuban expatriate novelist G Cabrera Infante, but the only traces of his wit are in a closing title and the treatment of Che Guevara (Jsu Garcia) and gangster Meyer Lansky (Dustin Hoffman); Infante also appears as a character of sorts, though casting Bill Murray as such a multicultural figure goes beyond grotesquerie to incoherence. (JR) 143 min. Cinema Amstelveen Marie-Antoinette Sofia Coppola’s ‘anti-period’ biopic eschews authenticity in favour of the emotional and visceral experience of the last and tragically misunderstood queen of France. Eye-popping visuals and an anachronistic soundtrack further underline that here we have a woman not of this time, though the connection we do make with Kirsten Dunst’s Marie-Antoinette at the beginning of the movie gets lost when the lustre of Versailles begins to work its spell, and the heroine’s intrigue pales in comparison. (BS) 125 min. The Movies

The Merchant of Venice Al Pacino avoids his usual bombast, giving his Shylock some shading, and Jeremy Irons is fine as his legal opponent, Antonio. Overall this is an intelligent and thoughtful reading of the play.

(JR) 127 min. Pathé ArenA

Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey Film-maker Sam Dunn identifies himself as an anthropologist and a heavy metal fan at the outset of this Canadian documentary, and its form follows naturally: organised like a thesis, it traces metal’s roots and surveys numerous subgenres, yet every chapter seems to show the goofy, long-haired director flashing the devil horns.

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20 Metal culture is a giant topic, and Dunn has made an ambitious stab at exploring the music’s social, religious and sexual implications. Considered but then dropped are many rich topics: the homoeroticism of ’80s hair bands, Tipper Gore’s campaign against satanic lyrics, metal-stoked church burnings in Norway. But would you respect a movie about metal that wasn’t excessive? (JJ) 94 min. Kriterion Mongolian Ping Pong A nine-year-old boy living on the Mongolian steppes finds a ping-pong ball floating down a stream. After concluding that it isn’t an egg, he carries it around as a talisman, learns it’s China’s ‘national ball’, and winds up fighting over the ‘glowing pearl’ with a friend. This sounds like a slender premise on which to hang a feature, but director Ning Hao is more interested in ethnography and landscapes than narrative, concentrating on how folklore, technology—motorbikes, cars, trucks, films, TV—and imagination affect a nomadic way of life. In Mongolian with Dutch subtitles. (JR) 102 min. Filmmuseum My Super Ex-Girlfriend The tagline for this tolerable comedy, directed by Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters) from a script by Don Payne (The Simpsons), could be ‘Hell hath no fury like a superwoman scorned’. Uma Thurman plays a neurotic female version of Clark Kent who has trouble holding her superhero powers in check. A lot of superwimp gags executed by Luke Wilson grow out of this premise, as do some tacky ’50s-style special effects. (JR) 95 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

Ober Ober Absurdity reigns once again in Alex van Warmerdam’s latest feature, a hysterical tale about the many bizarre misfortunes of a waiter named Edgar (played by the director himself), who also happens to be the main character of a manuscript in the making. Reality and fiction coalesce even further when the badgered Edgar complains to his creator about all his mishaps and demands restitution. Van Warmerdam’s characteristic grim sense of humour and the many hilarious

FILM TIMES Thursday 5 October until Wednesday 11 October.Times are provided by cinemas and are subject to last-minute changes. Film times also at www.amsterdamweekly.nl De Balie Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, 553 5151 Kinderen van Stalin Fri 20.30, Sat 21.30 Cavia Van Hallstraat 52-I, 681 1419 Crossing the Bridge:The Sound of Istanbul Thur 20.30 Gönül Yarasi (Hartzeer) Fri 20.30 Cinecenter Lijnbaansgracht 236, 623 6615 C.R.A.Z.Y. daily 16.00, 22.00 Ober daily 16.30, 19.15, 21.45, Sun also 11.15, 14.00 Tapas daily 16.30, 19.30, 21.45, Sun also 11.00, 14.15 Va,Vis et Deviens daily 18.45, Sun also 11.15 Volver daily 16.00, 19.00, 21.45, Sun also 11.15 Cinema Amstelveen Plein 1960 2, Amstelveen, 547 5175 Afblijven Sat, Wed 15.30, Sun 14.00 Garfield 2 (NL) Sat 13.30, Sun 12.00 The Lost City Thur-Sat 20.30 Piet Piraat en het Vliegende Schip Wed 13.30 Tapas Thur 15.00, Sun 16.15, Tues, Wed 20.30 Filmhuis Griffioen Uilenstede 106, Amstelveen, 444 5100 Hard Candy Thur 19.00, Fri, Tues 21.30 Raging Bull Thur 21.15, Fri, Tues 19.00 Filmmuseum Vondelpark 3, 589 1400 Les Amants réguliers Thur, Sat, Mon-Wed 17.30, 21.00, Fri 21.00, Sun 16.30, 21.00 The District daily 21.45, Fri also 19.15 Figner:The End of a Silent Century Thur-Sat, Mon, Tues 19.45 Lotta Loopt Weg Sun, Wed 13.45 Mongolian Ping Pong Thur-Sat, Mon, Tues 17.45 Novecento Part 1: Sun 18.00, Part 2: Wed 18.00 Q & Q Sun, Wed 14.00 Vrouwenlijden Sun 16.00 Filmmuseum Cinerama Marnixstraat 400, 623 7814, Der Himmel über Berlin Mon 20.15 Het Ketelhuis Westergasfabriek, Haarlemmerweg 8-10, 684 0090 Amsterdam Film eXperience Fri-Sun China Blue daily 17.00 Elementarteilchen/Elementaire deeltjes daily 17.15, 19.30, 22.00, Sat, Sun, Wed also 15.00 Into Great Silence daily 19.00, Sat, Sun, Wed also 13.45

guest appearances by renowned Dutch thespians make this a film you’re not likely to forget. In Dutch.

(BS) 97 min. Cinecenter, Het Ketelhuis, Kriterion, Pathé Tuschinski Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest This sequel to The Curse of the Black Pearl reunites the first movie’s director (Gore Verbinski) with screenwriters (Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio) and much of its cast (Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Pryce)—and they’re desperate to knock our socks off. But the excess gets wearing: Depp’s fruity impersonation of Keith Richards (or William F Buckley) as pirate Jack Sparrow; too many bottomless chasms on an island with too many jungle savages; too much violence, pop nihilism and sick humour. (JR) 140 min.

Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

Rize Documentary about radical hiphop dance in LA’s South Central by David LaChapelle. (JJ) 84 min.

Melkweg Cinema

See No Evil Juvenile offenders cleaning up a trashed art deco hotel are stalked by a bald psycho (wrestler Glen Jacobs) in this routine slasher. The gilt-andgrime setting is eerily atmospheric, and screenwriter Dan Madigan has a nicely sick sense of humour (one kid doing time for animal activism is hung upside down to be eaten by hungry dogs). (JJ) 84 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt The Sentinel Based on Gerald Petievich’s novel, this so-so thriller stars Michael Douglas as a veteran Secret Service agent who once took a bullet for Reagan but is now being framed for plotting to kill the current president, whose wife (Kim Basinger) is the agent’s secret lover. Douglas is credible enough in a Harrison Fordtype role, though Kiefer Sutherland has stronger scenes as his nemesis, a dogged investigator. (AG) 105 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé City, Pathé De Munt Snakes on a Plane After a veritable tsunami of popcultural craftsmanship, this plucky little B-movie might not live up to everyone’s expectations. But if you want to see one-dimensional characters scream their heads off while fighting off snakes (on a plane), busty babes getting busy with bodacious buds so furious serpents can bite every other erogenous zone and Samuel L Jackson playing a Bad Motha Fucker like nobody else can, you’re in for a rollercoaster ride of a treat. Just leave your brains at home. (LvH) 105 min.

Pathé ArenA, Pathé City, Pathé De Munt

Nieuwsgierig Aapje Sat, Sun, Wed 13.00 Ober daily 17.30, 19.30, 22.00, Sat, Sun, Wed also 12.30 Zwartboek daily 21.30, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.30 Kriterion Roetersstraat 170, 623 1708 13 (Tzameti) daily 17.45 Buddha's Lost Children Thur-Sun, Tues, Wed 19.45, Sun also 13.00 Elementarteilchen/Elementaire deeltjes daily 17.30, ThurSun, Tues, Wed also 21.45, Sat, Sun also 15.00 Metal:A Headbanger's Journey Fri, Sat 0.30 Ober daily 20.00, Thur, Sat-Mon, Wed also 22.00, Sat, Sun also 15.30, Sun also 13.15 Open Screen Fri 22.00 Sneak Preview Tues 22.00 Tears of the Black Tiger Mon 22.15, Fri, Sat 0.15 Melkweg Cinema Lijnbaansgracht 234A, 624 1777 Dekalog 1 & 2 Sun 13.30 Dekalog 3 & 4 Sun 16.00 Enfer, L' Mon, Tues 20.00 I’m So So Fri 20.00 Personnel Thur 20.00 Rize Wed 22.00 Trois Couleurs: Bleu Sat, Sun 20.00 Underground Passage / First Love Wed 20.00 The Movies Haarlemmerdijk 159-165, 638 6016 An Inconvenient Truth Sun 20.00 Baas in Eigen Bos Sat, Sun, Wed 15.00, Sun also 13.00 Brick daily 22.15, Thur-Sat, Mon-Wed also 20.00, Fri, Sat also 0.30 Capote Fri, Sat 0.15 Cars (NL) Sat, Sun, Wed 13.45, Sun also 11.00 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex Fri, Sat 0.00 Marie-Antoinette daily 16.45, 21.45, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.15 Nachtrit Fri, Sat 0.20 Volver daily 17.00, 19.30, 22.00, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.30, Sun also 12.00, Fri, Sat also 0.15 The Wind That Shakes the Barley daily 19.00, 21.30, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 16.30 World Trade Center daily 17.15, 19.15, Sun also 11.45 OT301 Overtoom 301, 779 4913 Timothy Leary's Last Trip Tues 22.00 World Traveller Adventures Tues 20.30 Pathé ArenA ArenA Boulevard 600, 0900 1458 Afblijven daily 13.20, 16.00, 18.30, Sat, Sun also 10.40 Baas in Eigen Bos Sat, Sun, Wed 12.20, 14.30, 16.35, Sat, Sun also 10.10, Fri also 15.55 Baas in Eigen Bos (IMAX) Fri-Sun, Wed 14.45, 17.00, Sat, Sun, Wed also 12.30, Sat, Sun also 10.20 Cars (NL) Sat, Sun, Wed 13.30, Sat, Sun also 10.50 Garfield 2 (NL) Sat, Sun, Wed 12.10, 14.05, 15.55, Sat, Sun also 10.15 Honour of the Dragon daily 15.25, 20.45, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 12.25, Sat, Sun, Wed also 12.40, Sat, Sun also 10.10 Jackass: Number Two daily 17.30, 19.45, 22.00, Thur, Sat-Wed also 12.55, 15.15, Fri also 12.20, 15.05, Sun also 10.55 The Merchant of Venice Tues 13.30 Miami Vice Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues 12.35, 15.35, 18.40, Sat, Sun, Wed also 18.50 De Mierenmepper Fri-Sun, Wed 16.45, Fri also 12.00, 14.20,

Step Up This teen chick flick is so perfectly calculated it wouldn’t be a surprise if every ‘i’ in the screenplay were dotted with a little heart. Any guy who sits through this date movie deserves to get to third base at least. (JJ) 103 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt The Story of the Weeping Camel An ethnographic drama focusing on a family of Mongolian herders in the Gobi Desert who face a crisis when one of their camels refuses to nurse its albino newborn. In Mongolian with Dutch subtitles. (JJ) 90 min. Rialto

Tapas Tapas Five interlocking stories set in a Barcelona neighbourhood. By first-time directors José Corbacho and Juan Cruz. In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. 94 min. Cinecenter, Cinema Amstelveen Va, Vis et Deviens During the 1984 famine in Ethiopia, a desperate mother comes up with a plan to rescue her nine-year-old son: he must claim that he is Jewish and join the migration of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. He is adopted by a liberal French-Jewish family and given the name Schlomo. As he comes of age and falls in love, he must also adjust to Western culture, confront racism, and live with the fear that his lies may be revealed. An ambitious film about identity from Romanian director Radu Mihaileanu. In Amharic/Hebrew/French with Dutch subtitles. 140 min.

Cinecenter

Volver Almodóvar is growing up. After provoking the public with explicit sex and his subversive sense of humour, the Spanish director now shows us there’s more to life than (just) sex, drugs and travesty. This is a heartfelt story about the long-overdue reunion of a daughter (Penélope Cruz) and the ghost of her mother (Carmen Maura). Fans of Almodóvar’s earlier work might be disappointed that carnal pleasures have been replaced by genuine emotions, but humanism was just what his films needed. In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. (BS) 120 min. Cinecenter, The Movies, Pathé ArenA, Pathé Tuschinski

Sat, Sun, Wed also 12.35, 14.40, Sat, Sun also 10.30 My Super Ex-Girlfriend daily 19.05, 21.25, Thur-Tues also 13.30, 15.45, Sat, Sun also 11.05 Open Season daily 16.20, 18.55, 21.10, Thur-Mon, Wed also 11.55, 14.05 Open Season (IMAX) daily 19.15, 21.30, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 12.30, Thur, Mon, Tues also 14.45, 17.00 Over the Hedge: Beesten bij de Buren Sat, Sun, Wed 12.15, Sat, Sun also 10.00 Het Paard van Sinterklaas Wed 12.05, 14.15, 16.25 Piet Piraat en het Vliegende Schip Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues 13.45, 17.10, 20.15, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.10, 17.20, 20.30 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues 13.45, 17.10, 20.15, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.10, 17.20, 20.30 See No Evil daily 21.55 The Sentinel daily 16.10, 18.35, 21.15, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 13.40 SL8N8 daily 19.35, 21.50, Thur-Tues also 12.45, 17.20, Thur, SatTues also 15.00, Sat, Sun also 10.30 Snakes on a Plane daily 19.20, 21.45, Thur-Tues also 11.50, 14.10, 16.30 Sneak Preview Tues 21.00 Step Up daily 19.10, 21.35, Thur, Mon, Tues also 12.00, 14.20, 16.45 Volver daily 18.00 The Wicker Man Thur-Mon, Wed 21.00 De Wilde Bende Wed 12.45, 15.00, 17.20 World Trade Center daily 18.50, 21.40, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 13.05, Thur, Mon, Tues also 15.55 Zwartboek daily 12.05, 15.10, 18.15, 21.20 Pathé City Kleine Gartmanplantsoen 15-19, 623 4570 Afblijven daily 16.00, 18.30, Sat, Sun also 13.10 Baas in Eigen Bos Sat, Sun, Wed 15.45, Sat, Sun also 12.15 Cars (NL) Sat, Sun 12.00 Jackass: Number Two daily 15.15, 19.15, 22.00, Sat, Sun also 13.00 De Mierenmepper Sat, Sun, Wed 15.30, Sat, Sun also 12.30 Piet Piraat en het Vliegende Schip Wed 15.00 The Sentinel daily 19.00 Snakes on a Plane daily 18.45, 21.40, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 16.15 Sneak Preview Tues 21.30 The Wicker Man Thur-Mon, Wed 21.30, Thur, Fri, Tues also 15.50 World Trade Center Thur-Mon, Wed 21.00, Tues also 21.25 Zwartboek daily 18.00, 21.10, Thur-Tues also 15.00 Pathé De Munt Vijzelstraat 15, 0900 1458 Afblijven daily 13.20, 15.55, 18.25, Sat, Sun also 10.50 Baas in Eigen Bos Fri, Sun, Wed 13.00, 15.15, 17.30, Sat 10.45, 12.45, 14.45, 17.00 Brick daily 18.45, Thur-Tues also 16.15, Sat, Sun also 11.00 Jackass: Number Two Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 14.00, 16.30, 19.00, Thur, Fri, Sun-Tues also 21.30, Sat 11.15, 13.30, 16.00, 18.30, 21.00, 23.35, Sun also 11.30, Wed also 21.55 Lady in the Water daily 20.40 Miami Vice daily 21.15, Thur-Tues also 13.30 De Mierenmepper Fri-Sun, Wed 12.55, 14.55, 16.55, Sat, Sun also 10.30 Monster House (NL) Sat, Sun 11.45, 13.50, 15.50 My Super Ex-Girlfriend daily 12.20, 15.20, 18.15, 20.20, Sat, Sun also 10.20, Sat also 22.45

5-11 October 2006 The Wicker Man In this remake by director Neil LaBute the battle of the faiths has been replaced by the just-as-bloody—and even more ancient—clash between the sexes. Sheriff Edward Malus travels to the island Summerisle in search of a missing girl, but he’ll get much more than he bargained for. LaBute has managed to infuse the original story with an overdose of atmosphere. Unfortunately, he forgot to include the dreadful sense of foreboding which was so immanent in its predecessor. (BS) 97 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé City, Pathé De Munt The Wind That Shakes the Barley A surprise winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes 2006, this Ken Loach drama dredges up as much controversy as you would expect from the combination of Loach and the Irish Republican Army. Even labelled as pro-IRA by some corners, it’s a simple history lesson, focusing on the personal struggles of two brothers who put their personal lives to the side in order to join the IRA. 124 min.

The Movies World Trade Center Oliver Stone’s effective if hokey 9/11 docudrama focuses on the two Port Authority policemen (played by Nicolas Cage and Michael Peña) who were rescued from the rubble of the Twin Towers, their families as they wait for news and a former marine (Michael Shannon) who winds up on one of the rescue teams. An exercise in flag-waving, it evokes nostalgia for WWII epics and the camaraderie of Stone’s Platoon. (JR) 125 min. The Movies, Pathé ArenA, Pathé City, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski

Zwartboek In the closing days of World War II, a Jewish cabaret artiste, Rachel Steinn (Carice van Houten), watches as her hiding place is bombed and her family betrayed to the Nazis. She joins a resistance group (which meets in a morgue) but learns that no one can be trusted. For plotting, thrills and cynicism this is Paul Verhoeven’s best work since Total Recall. It’s not subtle; those waiting for Verhoeven to make another Turks fruit might as well give up now.

But as a sexy adventure story with an excruciatingly bleak moral vision, it’s everything we could have hoped. If Soldaat van Oranje showed us complex moral choices, Zwartboek argues that those choices aren’t even possible in the chaos of war. In Dutch / English / German / Hebrew. (JP) 139 min. Het Ketelhuis, Pathé ArenA, Pathé City, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski Nachtrit Sat 23.10 Open Season daily 12.30, 14.45, 17.00, 21.10, Thur-Tues also 19.10, Sat also 23.20, Wed also 19.30 Het Paard van Sinterklaas Wed 13.10, 15.20 Piet Piraat en het Vliegende Schip Wed 13.30, 15.00, 16.30 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest daily 18.55, Thur, Mon, Tues also 12.50, 16.00 See No Evil daily 21.40, Thur-Tues also 17.50, 19.40, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 13.50, 15.50 The Sentinel daily 12.10, 14.30, 16.45, 20.00, Sat also 22.30 Sitcom Wed 21.00 SL8N8 Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 19.45, 22.00, Thur, Mon, Tues also 13.00, 15.15, 17.30, Sat 19.15, 21.30, 23.40 Snakes on a Plane daily 18.20, 20.50, Thur-Tues also 13.10, 15.40, Sat, Sun also 10.40, Sat also 23.20 Step Up Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.45, 15.05, 17.15, 19.30, 21.45, Sat 12.00, 14.15, 16.30, 18.45, 21.00, 23.25 The Wicker Man daily 21.55 De Wilde Bende Wed 12.45, 15.00, 17.10 World Trade Center Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.40, 15.30, 18.30, 21.20, Sat 11.00, 13.40, 16.30, 19.45, 22.15 Zwartboek Thur, Fri, Mon-Wed 12.00, 15.00, 18.00, 21.00, Sat, Sun 10.15, 13.30, 16.45, 20.00, Sat also 23.15 Pathé Tuschinski Reguliersbreestraat 34, 0900 1458 Baas in Eigen Bos Sat, Sun 12.00, 14.10, Wed also 13.00 Buddha's Lost Children daily 13.00 C.R.A.Z.Y. Thur, Sat-Wed 15.30, 21.15 Crash (2005) Thur, Tues 13.30 The Devil Wears Prada Thur, Sun-Wed 21.45, Thur, Sun-Tues also 13.00, 15.45, 18.45, Sat 13.30, 16.00, 19.15, 21.30 Elementarteilchen/Elementaire deeltjes daily 15.15, 18.00, 20.45 Ober daily 13.45, 16.15, 19.05, 21.15 Volver Thur, Sat-Wed 19.00, 21.50, Thur, Sat, Mon, Tues also 16.15, Mon also 13.15 World Trade Center Thur, Sat-Wed 18.15, Thur, Sat, Sun, Tues, Wed also 12.40 Zwartboek Thur, Sun-Wed 20.30, Thur, Sun-Tues also 13.30, 17.00, Fri, Sat 12.30, 15.30, 18.30, 21.30 Rialto Ceintuurbaan 338, 676 8700 13 (Tzameti) Thur-Sat, Mon-Wed 19.15, Sat also 13.15 Brokeback Mountain Fri 16.00 The Cave of the Yellow Dog Sat, Sun, Wed 15.45 Clara van Gool Compilation Sun 19.00 Enfant endormi, L' daily 20.00, Thur, Sat-Wed also 17.45, Sat, Sun also 13.45 Gandhi Sat 16.00 Glue daily 22.10, Sun also 11.30 Grbavica Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 18.00, Sat also 13.30 Into Great Silence Thur, Sat-Wed 21.15, Fri-Sun, Wed also 15.15, Sun also 12.00 Of Mice and Men Sun 11.00 Requiem daily 19.45, 21.45, Fri, Wed also 16.15 The Story of the Weeping Camel Sun 13.30 Taxidermia Fri 23.00 Un amour à taire Sun 15.30 De Uitkijk Prinsengracht 452, 623 7460 Buddha's Lost Children daily 21.00, Fri-Wed also 17.00, Sun also 15.00 China Blue daily 19.00

5-11 October 2006

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A Chang is as good as a rest Chang Express Nieuwebrugsteeg 14-16, 420 7884 Open daily 13.00-23.00 Cash This ain’t no three-star Michelin eatery boasting plated stacks and towers. Nor does it have eager gung-ho urchins press-ganged into Masterchef ambitions by Jamie Oliver. In fact, most customers here prefer you to avoid any kind of eye contact, unless you’re looking for business—or trouble.

But nevertheless, Chang Express is a fascinating five-minute walk away from Centraal Station. Essentially, it’s a speedy food-delivery service—the food always arrives hot, steaming and plentiful—which I regularly use when depression makes me cower away from humanity.

Sitting in the eatery does the exact opposite: the ebb and flow of passers-by is a tonic. Fascinating people with minds—and hidden agendas—of their own. Scallywags on the move, never revealing whether they are sheep in wolves’ clothing or not.

Outside the windows are a few delivery bikes waiting for the couriers to brave the elements.

They sit inside, like pilots awaiting a bombing mission. The phone shrills nonstop. This multiracial melting pot fills me with more than good food. A better hope, a bastion against the growing racism that blights Amsterdam.

Today, I enjoy a large portion of wanton soup (€3.20), and a dish of Surinamese brown beans and chicken (€6.20—you can have an extra-big portion on redeeming another €1.50). You need

THE UNDERCOVER GLUTTON Outside the windows are delivery bikes waiting for the couriers to brave the elements. They sit inside like pilots awaiting a bombing mission. The phone shrills. to add salt and chilli to get the flavouring up to your own taste. I tend to drink my soup before adding the wantons to my chicken dish to create something new: chicken with dumplings.

Chang’s menu offers the full gamut of dishes: Surinamese, Chinese, Thai, hot Szechuan... The ingredients are fresh and the place does well because of the sheer volume of the food you get.

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The place gets packed with pimps, whores, dealers, hippies, backpackers seeking cheap nosh, business people who know where to enjoy a hot, cheap lunch.

I squeeze, with difficulty, onto a red leatherette diner-style seat, my fat boop pushing against the table. No one bats an eyelid; the customers are eating.

Once, I sat next to an odd couple. He was a huge leather-jacketed man with a red, runny coked-up nose. She was a petite Thai girl, very pretty indeed with an angelic child’s face.

The geezer picked away at the food in front of him. He constantly sniffed and rubbed his proboscis. He wasn’t hungry: he was hot and wired.

But she was—and my god, could she eat! I was stunned to see the endless amount of grub the sweetie pie could pack away. (How I envied her metabolism!)

Her spoon and fork moved at an Olympic rower’s speed through the Moksie Metie Speciaal with steamed rice and then fried fish with a curry sauce. She even reached over to finish his plate.

They saw me staring before I focused on my own plate. ‘Great grub,’ I murmured.

The cheapest dish here is a roti with chicken for just €3.50, and the most expensive is Tjiew Jiem Chinese Prawns at €14.00—I haven’t tried them yet, but intend to one day.

If you are a writer or an artist, or like to see a steady stream of faces going about their business (whether above board or not), then go to Chang Express. It’s not gourmet club stuff, but my chicken and beans definitely had some allspice and fresh bay leaves to help the flavours develop. And when the sulky wet weather closes in, slushing up my happiness, I phone Chang Express to deliver me some comfort food. It arrives, hot and tasty, served by a smiling courier.

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HOUSING OFFERED CANAL HOUSE For rent, as per 1 Nov on grachtengordel on main A’dam canal. Two floors, new bathroom, kitchen, fully furnished. We can offer contract for 1 year min or more.

Rental is €2500/mth and 2 months deposit. For serious reactions you can contact us via info@realestatevision.nl or call 06 2462 3170.

2 ROOMS IN OUD-WESTCharming 2-room apt on first floor with 1 bedroom, living room & open kitchen, bathroom in Oud-West.

Available immediately for 2 months from 8 Oct - 8 Dec. €500/mth all incl. Classically decorated. Contact Michael on 06 2919 1410 or info@ decameleon.nl today! Nonsmokers & reliable folks welcome.

2E KOSTVERLORENKADE From 1 Nov, 2 bedroom apt for rent for half-year to possibly 1 year, furnished. Living room, large kitchen, 2 bedrooms, newly renovated bathroom with bath, balcony, washing machine. Great canal view. Close to Ten Kate

Markt. €1000/mth. Please call 616 7720.

A'DAM NORTHAvailable immediately: rooms in A’dam North.

Shared kitchen, luxurious bathroom with whirlpool and toilet.

House is fully furnished with big balcony on south side. €450/month and 1 month deposit. You can react by emailing info@realestatevision.nl or calling 06 2462 3170.

REAL ESTATE VISION We offer a wide range of houses, luxurius apts and villas for rent in A’dam. €1500. We can find a house for you very quickly. For more info check www.realestatevision.nl.

VAN OSTADESTRAAT IN in De Pijp. Living room w/ parquet floor & entrance to L-shaped balcony. Open kitchen. 1 bedroom w/ carpeted flooring. Bathroom w/ bathtub, shower combination, wash basin, washer & dryer. 2 roof terraces approx 20 meter ea. Property available approx 6 mths. €900. www.xpatrentals.com/offers.

DUSARTSTRAAT in De Pijp. Furnished apt on second floor near Albert Cuypstraat. Shared entrance, hall, living with French balcony, bedroom with double bed and east balcony, kitchen on 4th floor is an extra room with central heating. €950. www.xpatrentals.com/offers.

STADHOUDERSKADE 120/IV in De Pijp. Fully furnished 1-bedroom apt at intersection Van Wou and Stadhouderskade.

This basic apt is situated on 4th floor. €1000. www.xpatrentals.com/offers.

APT TO LET INJORDAAN Because of work abroad, small, beautiful, light apt available from 15 Oct-1 Mar. Jordaan, hardwood floor, skylights, renovated, washer, cable, stereo. Deposit + €650/mth incl. ADSL, wireless.

Contract yes, registration no.

Preferred non-smoker, working professional. space2rent@ yahoo.co.uk.

A'DAM OOSTFurnished 3-room apt, 3-min walk to Muiderpoort station, 15-min cycle to centre.

Oct to end Dec, €800/mth incl.

Contact scorchio73@hotmail.com.

HOUSING WANTED APT WANTEDProfessional couple seeking apt for rent. Ideally €800/mth. Please call 06 2856 3105.

WORK/LIVING SPACE Katerina (Greek artist) & Mark (Dutch animation/video) are looking for a work/living space in A’dam.

Max rent €600. Email animationfarm@hotmail.com or call 06 4045 7688.

STUDIO/FLAT WANTEDWorking expat in A’dam seeking studio or small apt from roughly1 Nov. More or less anything considered. Contact easy.h@ easy.com.

HOUSING TO SHARE SMALL ROOM AVAILABLE 6 Oct at Bos en Lommer. Male preferred, sharing with 1 guy and

1 girl, long-term (minimum 3 months). Rent is €260/mth plus bills or approx €300 incl. Email boypluscritter@gmail.com.

ROOM IN A'DAM WESTFully furnished room to let in A’dam West. Apt to share with 2 expats from EU. 15 min cycling to centre. €300/month + bills. dofku@free.fr.

A'DAM ZUID Per direkt: looking for woman to share apt in south of A’dam (next to Stadionweg).

Rent €400 incl, registration possible, internet available. Call Inge on 06 2317 5346.

PRIVATE ROOMAvailable1 Oct. Furnished private room with shared facilities, 5 mins to train station on foot plus 10 mins to centrum by train. Only €170/mth.

Call 06 1419 6418.

ROOM TO RENT IN 2-room apt in Oud-West. €300 incl for Oct & Nov. Email schwartzegretchen@yahoo.com.

SHARED ROOM on the Leidseplein - the best spot in A’dam! €300/ all incl. Preferably for a young working/studying person. Apt is to be shared with three young nice people. Directly available. Hurry up! slayspeed@ yahoo.com.

OTHER SPACES HOBBY SPACE WANTEDDo you have a spare or unused room in your house? Female artist looking for hobby/retreat space in central A’dam. Basic is fine.

I can manage with most basic conditions. Happy to decorate if that helps you too? Very good

quiet tenant. gary2@freedomlab.org. thx!

STUDIO PRACTICE OFFERED beautiful studio, about 40m2 in A’dam south. Includes massage table, chairs, 2 gym balls, gym mats, blankets, wall mirrors, piano. Waiting room, kitchen, toilet. €35,00 per period. Call 6765215/bodyandmind@planet.nl.

WORK SPACE WANTED Dutch copywriter looking for a shortterm, shared working place from Oct until Dec. Max rent €150.

Call 06 2699 0006.

WORK OFFERED TELESALES MSI-ACI looks for native English for lead generation in UK. Good salary. Send your CV to callcenter@msiaci.com or call 715 9500.

BICYCLE TAXI DRIVER Are you a sporty, outgoing person & want to work for yourself? Do you want to stay fit by working as a bicycle taxi driver? Then contact Geisha taxi where you get opportunity to be outdoors all day & earn at least €200/day.

Interested? Then call 06 5376 6116/06 1241 5766 or email info@geishataxi.nl.

UNDUTCHABLES Recruitment Agency Amstelveen are looking for Technical support speaking French (Laura Fritz); Account Manager speaking Danish or Swedish or Norwegian (Salah Mohamed); Customer Service Representative Dutch/French (Wesley Felida). See for more positions www.undutchables.nl.

UNDUTCHABLESRECRUITMENT Agency BV is looking for Temporary IT recruiter Dutch/English; Native English Sales Candidates; Norwegian Claims Administrator; Flemish Sales Candidates; Internal Communications Manager English; Please check www.undutchables.nl for more information or call 623 1300.

NIGHT RECEPTIONIST wanted for hotel in De Pijp. Please send CV/resume to daniel@savihotels.com.

BUSINESSMulti-million telecom company expanding in Poland by 23 Oct. Looking for Polish people or anyone interested to earn some good extra money and helping the Polish community.

Email reneanest@wanadoo.nl or call 06 2602 0136.

5-11 October 2006 KINDEROPVANG of huishulp/ childcare or household help.

Contact ijlal22@hotmail.com or 06 1601 8277.

FOR SALE COLOURFUL HOME FURNISHINGS Recently opened bright & colourful little home furnishings store. Many nice home accessories for yourself or for a gift.

Opposites Attract, Marnixstraat 65D, 612 2605, Open Tue & Thu–Sun. WINEUnique South African quality wines. Prices range from €4.95-€15.75. We do B2B and B2C wine tastings. Website www.coza.nl or email info@coza.nl.

BRAZILIAN BIKINISVery nice bikinis for sale! You can check what you like in http://bikinis.blog.terra.com.br or contact by danimarx@hotmail.com.

BEAUTIFUL TEAK BOAT Antique Clinker boat of teak & oak, English built (Lowe & Son, circa1938). 5.95m x 2.1m x 0.9m.

10HP in board engine (spare sold with boat). Ideal for A’dam canal cruises. I am moving. Call Captain J on 06 5256 3449.

HOUSE ITEMS FOR SALE Full size electric cooker with 4 rings almost new €100, mediumsized fridge incl freezer €100, small living rooms tables €50, new IKEA divider (beige with squares) €100, standing lamps €15-€50. Email savas_simatos @hotmail.com.

PENTIUM3 OR PARTS to sell.

The PC freezes all the time and I don’t know how to fix it, so I’d rather sell it. Don’t know description but it has DVD reader and burner, graphic and sound card etc. Also Dell flat screen. Pls contact: Karla 06 4511 6465 or blueamore@ hotmail.com.

SERVICES ASTROLOGY Love? Money?

Family? Travel? Friends?

Careeer? Where will you be lucky? Where can you expect difficulties? Professional astrologer with 20 years of experience writes out the influences of the planets on your life for 1 year. Call 689 3601. Price €50.

ENGLISH MAN WITH VAN can help with removals big or small, in or outside of country. Reasonable rates, quick service.

Contact Lee on 06 2388 2184 or isabelleandlee@planet.nl.

BEST MOVINGSERVICE IN TOWN Driver with van (10m3) or truck (40m3) available. Plus extra moving men, hoisting rope and elevator. Any combinations possible. Call Taco on 06 4486 4390, email info@vrachttaxi.com or check out www.vrachttaxi.com.

FRED'S PET CARE Do you need someone to take care of your pets? Friendly dog walker with references. Available from7.0020.00. Reasonable rates. Just call Fred on 06 4994 7980.

CUSTOM PHOTOSHOOTS We are photographer, Elena Kulikova (www.elenakulikova.com), and wardrobe stylist, Kallah Maguire (www.kallahmaguire.com). We offer custom photoshoots for anyone that wants great pictures, for any reason personal or professional. Please contact us with your questions at CustomPhotoshoots@gmail.com.

ARTIST AVAILABLE for illustrations, portraits, set design & face painting (children’s parties etc.). Friendly rates. www.jaraart.com or email becky@jaraart.com.

WE MOVE STUFF Young couple uses their stationwagon to help you move your stuff almost for free. Call us on 06 1236 8032.

EXPERIENCED TUTOR Looking for a tutor in English? Business studies? Humanities? I’m a very experienced tutor who will help you achieve the results you want. All levels, flexible hours, flexible rates and excellent results! Call Angela on 06 1924 1753.

HAIRDRESSER English mobile hairdresser in A’dam. Have your hair done in the comfort of your own home. Haircuts starting from €12.50. Please call for an appointment on 773 6095.

HEALTH & WELLNESS PERSONAL COACHINGSlender You relaxation for body and mind. Fine-tune your conditioning and maximise your figure. Personal coaching for people with medical or health issues.

1 hour Slender You = 7 hours traditional work out! Located on Heverleestraat1. Call 669 6641 for more info.

COACHING/THERAPY Experienced coach and therapist; transformation of destructive

patterns of thinking, feeling, behavior and physical well being, practice for integrative pscyhotherapy; bilingual; www.corakoorn-praktijk.nl, 06 1488 1350.

NATURAL HEALINGMedical Practice Wassenaar for energy therapy, hypnotherapy and medical herbal treatment. Works for all physical and mental problems and illnesses. For information and appointment contact Bernard Trip on (070) 302 0451 or mobile: 06 2865 1610.

Also courses and workshops in personal development.

INTRO TO TANTRABe fully alive!

You are invited to join us for an experience that will change your relationship to sex and spirit forever! In this workshop you will learn Tantric techniques to open your body, heart & soul to the natural flow of sexual energy.

De Roos Centrum. www.chandrabindu.org. 320 9585.

TANTRA RETREAT Ecstasy of the heart. When you love, love completely. Love gives nothing less thaneverything.Inyourlovemaking, be total. Love making has no wallsorbarriers,nohidingplaces.

Your loving holds within it your greatest potential, the promise of awakening. www.chandrabindu.org, 320 9585.

FACIALS IPL ELECTBritish beauty therapist. 25 yrs of experience, cidesco, babtac, anbos, laser hair removal: advanced electrolysis: Brazilian waxing: P8N8 oxygen skin care, antiage facials, at McTavish Hair Salon, Quellijnstraat 80, (De Pijp) A’dam. Contact 06 4079 9921 or visit www.lindayoungaesthetics.com.

YOGA TEACHERReiki healer and self empowerment/spiritual life coach. Visit www.empowerall.eu or call 06 5210 1547.

PAST-LIFE REGRESSION Your unconscious is adressed using hypnosis therapy, to bring understanding and healing from physical/psychological/spiritual trauma recurring in your life. Call Jeroen on 06 4842 7860.

ULTIMATE WORKOUTComplete body training, stamina, flexibility and strength, body and mind balance, Professional and personal, Pilates machines, yoga, Gyrokinesis, prenatal, postnatal and beyond. Contact us on 320 3338 or visit www.studioannamora.com.

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5-11 October 2006 FOOD & WELLNESS! Lectures with Dr Gabriel Cousens, bestselling author; and Brian Clement, director of Hippocrates Health Institute. Themes: Spiritual Nutrition, Longevity. Followed by Greek style raw food dinner and party with soul singer Jackie Rawe. Sun 8 Oct, A’dam.

Info and booking: www.rawsuperfoods.com.

GET DE-STRESSED Healing hands help you find peace and balance. Reiki session by experienced healer. Jeroen 06 4842 7860.

HOME IMPROVEMENT HANDYMANFully equipped with tools of the trade. British, 33, long-term NL resident, friendly, reliable, efficient, can travel. All types of work from minor DIY jobs to painting, gardening & more. Call 06 2727 3070 or email fixedbydavid@gmail.com.

PAINTER + HANDYMANI’m available to paint inside and outside + lend a helping handy hand.

Reasonable rates. Lots of practical and professional experience. Good references available. Call now! Daco: 06 4275 6045.

NEED A HANDYMAN? For all your plumbing, painting, carpentry, electrical work, renovations and much more, call The Klus-Bus at 06 1899 1782 or www.klusbus.net.

BUILDING/REMODELING Carpenter with 20+ yrs experience available for those small jobs the big builders can’t be bothered with. Home repair, remod-

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eling, painting, light electrical, plumbing etc. Call 06 2141 0628.

es, 2x2 hrs p/wk). Call 420 8146 or visit us at WWW.JOOSTWEETHET.NL.

COMPUTERS

SPANISH COURSES 2 x 2 hrs per week for €7.5 per hour. How do I become Don Juan in Spain?

JOOST WEET HET! Courses Spanish for beginners and advanced. Fun classes and not expensive! Qualified native teacher! Call 420 8146 or visit us at www.joostweethet.nl.

NEED A STUNNING WEBSITE? Experienced web designer builds professional, unique sites for very reasonable prices.

Online links to past projects available. Contact Jordan: jordangcz@yahoo.com, 06 3034 1238.

PC HOUSE DOCTOR Virus/Spyware removal, H/W, S/W repair, data recovery, wireless, cable/ADSL installation and computer lessons from friendly and experienced Microsoft professional for reasonable price. Contact 06 1644 8230.

DISC DRIVE DOCTORoffers you a complete and affordable approach to data recovery & hard disk repair. Utilizing an extensive range of tools and years of experience, the doctor’s procedures are fast, effective and confidential. www.DiskDrive Doctor.com or 06 2703 3481 or info@DiskDriveDoctor.com.

MASSAGE MASSAGE COURSE Bio-energetic balancing massage course. 3 weekends: 28/29 Oct; 4/5 Nov; 9/10 dec. A perfect synthesis between skill and selfdevelopment. www.tensiontamers.nl or call 06 4128 6040.

THAI MASSAGE www.timeforthaimassage.com.

COURSES LEARN TAI CHI for balance in body, mind & spirit, for health and relaxation &/or as training

for self-defense. Jacob Obrechtstraat. Free introduction lesson.

See www.taiyang.nl or call 623 0835.

INTUITIVE & CREATIVECareer & Intuition 3 day; Clairvoyance training 8 evenings; Workshop Love & Fear; Starts 21, 27 & 29 Oct. Free Intro evening. Info: careerandintuition@hotmail.com.

PIANO LESSONS Piano studio Groenburgwal. Husband and wife team, Dutch/American, have openings in their teaching studio.10 years experience teaching piano to expatriat families at the American School in The Hague. All ages and levels welcome. Call 624 0602.

MEDITATION/HEALINGBring harmony to your life. This class teaches ‘Sat Nam Rasayan’, a very gentle healing art that works on a deep level. It is very old, simple, effective. You will learn to meditate: a tool which strengthens the entire physical, mental & emotional being. Call Har Kirat Kaur 06 1146 4372.

SIVANANDA HATHA YOGAOpen for all levels, drop-in basis, Tues 10.00-11.30, €10 per lesson/€8 trial lesson. Pregnancy yoga for all stages of pregnancy, Thur 17.30-19.00, €50 for 4-class card (valid 6 wks). Contact Burcin Ozyurek: 06 4112 8894, burcinozyurek@yahoo.com or www.aurora-holistic-center.nl/ cursusus.htm.

ELECTRIC BASSLESSONS Beginners and advanced, different music styles: jazz, rock, funk, salsa, R&B... Improvisation techniques and musical theory. Individual lessons, max 2 students per lesson with discount. Contact 06 4325 9603/dnbass@ gmail.com.

IYENGAR YOGAClasses in Amsterdam Oud-Zuid (off Stadionweg). Every Tues 12.15 - 13.45.

Certified teacher. Small group, individual attention given. For further details or to reserve a place, please email rolaine@xs4all.nl or call 06 4348 9029.

BIO COOKING CLASSES using

organic ingredients from a NYC chef. Personal chef services, catering and consulting are also available. Visit www.justnosh.com or contact 06 2509 2117, joslyn@justnosh.com.

PHOTOSHOP lessons offered: photo editing, graphic design, tricks & tips. Call 06 2816 3169 or email dizzycgro@yahoo.com.

PAINTING CLASSES by professional artist, various techniques, all styles. For info call 681 3067/joneiselin@hetnet.nl.

DISCOVER YOUR OWN VOICE Restore your own natural breathing patterns, expression, communication. Lessons with Geórgia Dias, professional singer and qualified Alexander technique teacher. More info www.bodyandmind-at.nl or 676 5215.

GUITAR LESSONS Grammynominated guitarist offers private lessons in your own home.

Call soon, only a few openings left. 06 1395 0986.

LANGUAGES LANGUAGE COACH Would speaking Dutch make you feel better? Call 625 3231 or go to www.talencoach.com.

DUTCH COURSESNew evening courses starting in Sept, centre of A’dam. €200 for 20 hrs. Visit www.mercuurtaal.nl or call 693 4250.

INTENSIVE DUTCH COURSES are not only for summertime.

At Joost Weet Het! the sun always shines. Our new intensive courses start 16 Oct and 20 Nov. Classes 4 x 4 hrs per week for €7.5 per hour. 2, 3 or 4 weeks course. All levels. Call 420 8146 or visit WWW.JOOSTWEETHET.NL or email info@aprenderholandes.nl.

LEARNING DUTCH THE EASY WAY Joost Weet Het! offers classes on various levels. Learn that easy Dutch grammar in your own rhythm. Fun classes with emphasis on conversation. And, not expensive!: 2 months for €200 (evening class-

DUTCH LESSONSImprove conversation or for professional studies, NT2, indiv lessons, €15/hr, intensive courses, online lessons. Min intensive = €187.50.

Adults & children. http://home.tiscali.nl/stylusphant/indexdutch.html, excellentdutch@hotmail.com, Call 06 3612 2870.

IMPROVE YOUR DUTCH LINK TAAL STUDIO, a professional way to learn Dutch in private & small groups, starting every week, Vijzelgracht 51-55. For more info contact 06 4133 9323 or linktaalstudio@gmail.com.

LEARN PORTUGUESEand make your travel to Brazil or Portugal more interesting! Private lessons during evening or weekends.

Contact at le_lo@hotmail.com.

MUSICIANS WANNA JOIN A BAND? I’m a singer looking to join/form a cover band for fun and potentially to find work. If you play bass, guitar (bass, electric and/or acoustic), keys or drums, are into rock, folk, pop and are up for an exciting challenge then please contact me on 06 1924 1753.

SINGING TEACHER REQUIRED I’m a singer looking to pass the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music exams (UK based). I’m looking for a singing teacher to help me pass these exams which are theory & practically based. If you are familiar w/ these exams or think you can help, please contact 06 1924 1753.

PERSONALS SEEKING ASIAN BEAUTY Thin attractive female (29) seeks attractive Asian female for sensual fun. Contact me at amsterdamswing@hotmail.com.

WHAT IS LOVE Naive & impressionable young person wondering what a relationship is all about... Have you ever found true love or experienced its devastating side-effects?

Share your wisdom & your pain. figuring_it_all_out@hotmail.com.

ANNOUNCEMENTS FRIDAY CURRY CLUB Monthly event for avid curry lovers in A’dam centre. Try authentic regional menus from Sri Lanka, India, Thailand. Check www.abfabdining.com for more details.

OLDSKOOL CLASSICSSat 7 Oct - Oldskool at da Beach party VIII - Beach café Blijburg A’dam. On the wheels of steel ’70s and ’80s club classics and the real video clips. Do you wanna go back in time?

See u at da Oldskoolbeach.

Email info@ grooveinc.nl or 06 5497 3521.