[Nettime-nl] The Polliniferoused Container Newsletter 4

[Geert Lovink <geert@xs4all.nl>]

> From: blindpainters info <info@blindpainters.org>
>
> The Polliniferoused Container Newsletter 4
> May 2007
>   
> Dear friends, supporters and sponsors of the Polliniferoused Container.
>  
>    The Polliniferoused Container has moved from Rotterdam to the 
> former shipyard NDSM in Amsterdam North. The local borough council of 
> Amsterdam North was so impressed by the environmental and durability 
> aspects of the container as well as its potential for exhibitions and 
> events that it formally invited the Polliniferoused Container to move 
> to Amsterdam North for the final construction phase. Further the 
> artists and creative industries who are nowadays based at the NDSM 
> invited the container to participate in a number of upcoming events at 
> their cultural hotspot.
>     On 16 May Hans Kalliwoda gave a presentation at the Iscram 2007, a 
> conference on crisis response and management organised by the Decis 
> Lab, introducing the container as an effective tool for rescue and 
> relief operations in remote and diaster areas. In the conference 
> international organisations as the UN, the Red Cross and the European 
> Union participated, They received the presentation with interest and 
> some even with enthusiasm.
>    The Polliniferoused Container has also made a collaboration 
> agreement with the Wellant College and the Media Lab of the 
> 'Hogeschool Amsterdam'and the University of Amsterdam offering their 
> pupils and students the possibility to participate in the construction 
> and travelling phase of container. It is a long term agreement 
> integrating the container in their educational curriculum offering 
> young people from vocational training background till high level 
> university studies the possibility to work practically and 
> multi-disciplinary on issues involving the environment, durability, 
> information technology, new media and cross-cultural communication. 
> Both Wellant  College as the Media Lab will start their 'container' 
> activities after this years summer holidays.
>  
>    Presently we are assembling the hydraulic lifting system of the 
> container. People who are interested to see the present development 
> are welcome to visit the container at its new location after making an 
> appointment by email.
>  
>    On the website of the project 
> www.blindpainters.org/polliniferoused/index.htm you can watch a new 
> movie featuring a large number of people who are or have been involved 
> in the project stating their opinions and impressions. Please have a 
> look.
>   
> With kind regards,
>  
> Hans Kalliwoda
>  
> The Blindpainters Foundation
> > > > Post Box 1136
> > > > 1000 BC Amsterdam
> > > > The Netherlands
> > > > Telephone:  +31 20 419 49 49
> > > > info@blindpainters.org
> > > > http://www.blindpainters.org/polliniferoused/index.html
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