LISFE.NL5TH ED.

1 – 8 JUNE2013

FESTIVAL WEEK &OFFICIAL COMPETITION PROGRAMME

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Brace yourselves for the 5th edition of the Leiden International Short Film Ex-

perience (LISFE)! LISFE 2013 is on! This year we are proud to present a wider

programme, including not only a large variety of short films, but also a series

of special events all dedicated to the blending of film with other forms of art

and culture.

On top of the official competition day on Saturday 8 June, LISFE will be ac-

tive in Leiden all week, starting from Saturday 1 June, with live cineconcerts,

workshops, special evenings on architecture and innovation and more! All

this has been made possible by LISFE’s collaboration with a number of Lei-

den-based organisations such as MIJN FOTOWERKPLAATS, RAP, OPEN Makers

aan de Markt, the Kaasmarkt artists, Raamsteeg 2, Galerie de Pieter and

internationally renowned organisations such as AFFR and GE FOCUS FOR-

WARD films.

Our goal is to mix as many different audiences as possible! Expats and lo-

cals, Dutch and international students, music and cinema lovers, contempo-

rary art enthusiasts and people passionate about LI(S)FE in general. Every-

one is welcome to watch, listen and feel the LISFE experience!

WELCOME TO LISFE 2013

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LISFE is an annual festival held in the city of Leiden dedicated to the most

original and creative form of filmmaking: short films! Since it first started in

2009, LISFE has presented more than 400 shorts from over 50 different coun-

tries to a crowd of more than 1000 film enthusiasts.

The festival is organised by a very enthusiastic and hard-working team of

volunteers that changes and expands every year. It is a mixed group of inter-

national people coming from different countries, including The Netherlands,

who dedicate their time to creating LISFE aside their jobs or their studies.

Every year a large number of short films is produced, yet only a few man-

age to make it to the big screen and to be enjoyed by a wider audience.

LISFE is here to change all this! Short films are an often unappreciated form

of filmmaking, yet creating a beautiful short is hardly as simple as it seems.

With less screen time and, often, a smaller budget, directors must give their

best to entertain their audience... a perfect recipe for quality! Over the past

four years LISFE has offered a wide range of films, from works of fiction to

documentaries and animated films, directed by professional and cinema/

media school student filmmakers alike. This has allowed our audience to

discover internationally acclaimed works as well as short films by promising

newcomers.

The festival core is the official competition where the best professional and

student films are awarded with special prizes given by a professional Jury

and by the audience. So far we have given 15 awards to encourage and

promote a new generation of filmmakers and we are looking forward to giv-

ing out many more in the future!

LISFE – EXPERIENCE SHORT FILMS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD!

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FILM AND ART

Location Galerie De Pieter

OPEN Makers aan de markt

Date & time 1 June – 7 June • Saturdays + Sundays: 13:00 – 17:30

Thursday & Friday 6 + 7 June: 17:30 – 19:30

Admittance Free

For its 5th edition, LISFE gives a rocket boost to its experimental film program-

ming using “Film and Art” as a launch pad. “Film and Art” is an exhibition

curated by artist Sonja van Kerkhoff which presents the works of 20 Neth-

erlands-based artists and films from over 40 LISFE international filmmakers.

The exhibition consists of installations, paintings, drawings, sculptures, videos,

live theatre and performances often inspired by the LISFE films that address

the question: “How can art function as a form of film, in terms of narrative

or concept?”. During the exhibition opening on the 31st of May, the theatre

company Fields of Wonder will make a special appearance.

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ARCHITECTURE SPECIAL

Location RAP

Date & time Mon 3 June • 20:00 – 22:30

Admittance Free

Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam (AFFR) is a biannual film festival which

screens feature-length films, shorts, animations and documentaries about

architecture, urban development and city culture. This year, under the wing

of AFFR, LISFE dedicates a special night to these topics. Taking place at RAP,

with the informal and open-minded format AFFR is known for, this event aims

at bringing us all closer to architecture and its language, which is part of our

daily lives, but often not consciously experienced. Wies Sanders, program-

mer of AFFR, will give an introduction, followed by the projection of a selec-

tion of short films from AFFR’s collection and a Q&A session.

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Location MIJN FOTOWERKPLAATS

Date & time Tue 4 & Wed 5 June • 19:30 – 22:00

Admittance Free (max. 12 people)

Take a peek behind the film screen! Over the course of two evenings, pro-

fessional photographers at Mijnfotowerkplaats Marike Benschop and Jac-

queline du Prie give you the key to photography-based filmmaking and the

ingredients to create your own short film. Then on the 8th of June you can

bring your friends and family to attend the première of your photo-based

short film!

WORKSHOPCREATE YOUR SHORT PHOTO–FILM

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CINECONCERTS

Location Vrijplaats

Date & time Wed 5 June • 20:00 – 23:00

Admittance ¤5,-

Cross-fertilization between film and music is not a new phenomenon.

But what if you ask a musician to reinterpret a film by adding his personal

composed or improvised soundtrack to it? Two artists have accepted our

challenge: different interpretations, different sounds that will lead us in an al-

ternative dimension of cinema. The results are surprising, and are performed

live during LISFE at the Vrijplaats!

Port Of Call, rising Dutch singer-songwriter performs an original work inspired

by a LISFE short film. Carlos Roos, Europe-based Venezuelan multi-discipli-

nary artist and musician, offers a live soundtrack to the ground-breaking film

“Man with a Movie Camera’ (Russia, 1929).

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Location Raamsteeg 2

Date & time Thu 6 June • 20:00 – 23:00

Admittance Free

Short films are very often a unique place for innovation in today’s cinema.

Therefore it feels natural to dedicate a whole evening to the theme of in-

novation at large. What is the place for innovation and how can we enable

innovation in scientific research, art and humanities? Is there a place for new

ideas and their implementation in our lives and in Leiden? These are the

questions to be addressed by you and our invited panel of Leiden-based

innovators during an evening of screenings, talks and debates. This special

event takes place in the premises of a new and innovative location in Leiden,

Raamsteeg 2 and is the fruit of a collaboration between LISFE and GE FOCUS

FORWARD. GE FOCUS FORWARD has for motto: short films, big ideas. Come

and enjoy a selection of three-minute stories about innovative people who

are reshaping the world through action or invention.

INNOVATION IN SHORT

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LISVHSFE

Location OPEN Makers aan de markt

Date & time Fri 7 June • 20:00 – 22:30

Admittance Free

Niek Hilkmann and Sandra Gnjatovic are two artists and mad lovers. Com-

bining their different talents they create sublime works that overthrow post-

modern digital boredom. In May, Sandra and Niek will be at OPEN Makers to

create an analogue VHS-studio open to the visitors. Using two-dimensional

backdrops and homemade props they aim at creating two short movies to

premiere at LISFE during a special VHS event called LISVHSFE (Leiden Interna-

tional Short VHS Film Event). During this event, curated by Niek and Sandra,

the role of VHS as a means of defiance and evoker of optimism is not only

discussed, but also shown, through contemporary short VHS movies.

Location MIJN FOTOWERKPLAATS

Date & time Sat 8 June • 10:30 – 13:00

Admittance Free

For the youngest visitors, LISFE has prepared a special cinematic play-

ground: an extraordinary selection of short animations from all over the

world. All children between the ages of 7 to 12 are welcome to participate

and enjoy the films!

FOR KIDS!

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OFFICIAL COMPETITION LISFE 2013

Location Kaasmarktschool

Date & time Sat 8 June • 12:00 – 01:00

Admittance ¤9,-

The official selection does not draw a line between genres, it contains the

most daring, creative, original and entertaining fiction, documentary, ex-

perimental and animated short films produced in the years 2011 to 2013. Nor

does it limit itself geographically: we always try to bring to our audience the

broadest selection of films coming from all over the world.

Just as for its previous editions, LISFE 2013 will offer once again the unmissa-

ble opportunity to meet at once the variety and wealth of cultures of today’s

world. Through short films from over 40 different countries, LISFE offers unique

perspectives, a key to understanding contemporary political issues and so-

cial concerns, as well as artistic interests and trends.

We are also happy to announce that 2013 will see the arrival of a profes-

sional Jury for LISFE! Three pros of the world of cinema will select the best

student and professional films from our main competition. But we still want

our audience’s opinion! This year too you will be able to vote the film you

liked best and help it win the Audience award!

Come and experience short films like you have never done before!

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THE SESSIONS

STUDENT

This session is specifically dedicated to screening shorts made by film and

media school students from all over the world: the directors and cinema

makers of the future!

INTERNATIONAL

This is LISFE’s official selection of the best professional short films coming from

a wide number of countries.

DOCUMENTARY

Works of fiction can take us far away, but so can a good documentary! A ses-

sion dedicated especially to the art of documenting our world through film.

ANIMATION

For all the lovers of animated shorts, LISFE presents a special session devoted

to the most interesting and diverse types of animation.

NOT SO SHORT

Between a short short film and a feature-length film there are the.. long shorts!

In this session we offer a selection of the best 20+-minute-long “not-so-shorts”!

FEAR OF THE DARK

For the fans of comedy/gore films with monsters, aliens and zombies. You

may get traumatized... but LISFE cannot be held responsible!

AFTER MIDNIGHT

From eerie creatures to experiments gone wrong, a selection of our best

horror and thriller shorts!

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JURY PROFILES

JAN WILLEM VAN DAM 1962

Dutch filmmaker, producer, co-founder of Filmstad and

organizer of the PEK Filmfestival in The Hague. Among his

films he counts Kakaja Zemlja (1992), The Spiritual Con-

quest of the World (2001), When light behaves differently

towards time (2006) and Je vis dans le rêve de ma mere

(2011). He is currently working on two new projects.

JULIE PÉRION 1981

Leiden-based French producer. She studied Film Produc-

tion at the Film en Televisie Academie in Amsterdam

and recently collaborated with Mardou Jacobs on the

Paul Verhoeven project Steekspel as well as on a new TV

Series called Queer Amsterdam. She also has her own

Stichting P’tites Madeleines Productions, through which

she is developing a music video and co-producing a

French short fiction film (20’).

PETER VERSTRATEN 1967

Assistant Professor at Film and Literary Studies and chair

of the MA Media Studies at Leiden University. His pub-

lications include books Film Narratology (2009) and

Shooting Time: Cinematographers on Cinematogra-

phy (2012), studies on ‘Cinema and postmodernism’

and ‘Key themes in film studies’ and several articles on

films. He is currently working on a book about humour

in Dutch cinema.

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THE KAASMARKT ARTISTS

BEN VAN KEMPEN • www.benvankempen.nl

Ben graduated in 1962 from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and the Free

Academy in The Hague. He is inspired by music but also by people, animals,

nature and above all humour! He uses the most diverse types of materials

for his works – etchings, monoprinting, collages, and drawings – because

“Everything is usable!”.

FENG

Feng is mainly a sculptor who draws inspiration from poetry. One of his works

involved the creation of sculptures with engraved lines taken from poems. He

will be available to show his projects to the interested LISFE public.

MARLIES VAN BOEKEL • www.marliesvanboekel.nl

Photographer and painter Marlies van Boekel is interested in looking at real-

ity in different ways, which is what she always tries to do with her photos and

paintings.

WILLEM VERMAASE• www.willemvermaase.nl

Willem is a full-time photographer and part-time musician. Last year he took

pictures of the LISFE audience and then screened the portraits on a loop. This

year, together with Ludy Feyen he will perform a mix of mediaeval tunes, tra-

ditional dances and contemporary original songs. All during the breaks be-

tween the LISFE sessions, so that everyone can enjoy a nice musical interval!

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OFFICIAL COMPETITION SCHEDULE

GYMZAAL12:00

14:00

16:00

18:00

20:00

21:50

23:40

LOKAAL 1 ATELIERS

STUDENT 1

STUDENT 2

STUDENT 3

INTERNATIONAL 1

INTERNATIONAL 2

INTERNATIONAL 3

INTERNATIONAL 4

DOCUMENTARY 1

KAASMARKTARTISTS

KAASMARKTARTISTS

NOT SO SHORT 1

ANIMATION

NOT SO SHORT 2

DOCUMENTARY 2

FEAR OF THE DARK

AFTER MIDNIGHT

MINI CONCERT

MINI CONCERT

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WEEK SCHEDULE

Film and artexhibition

Architecture Specialscreening + debate

Create your short photo-film workshop

Cineconcertsscreening + concerts

Innovation in shortscreening +debate

LISVHSFEscreening + debate

For Kids!screening

Official competitionscreening + exhibition

EVENT

Galerie De Pieter

RAP

MIJNFOTOWERKPLAATS

Vrijplaats

Raamsteeg 2

OPEN Makers aan de markt

MIJN FOTOWERKPLAATS

Kaasmarkt

LOCATION

Saturday 1 - Sunday 2Thursday 6 - Friday 7Saturday 8

Monday 3

Tuesday 4Wednesday 5

Wednesday 5

Thursday 6

Friday 7

Saturday 8

Saturday 8

DATE

13:00 – 17:3017:30 – 19:3013:00 – 17:t0

20:00 – 22:30

19:30 – 22:0019:30 – 22:00

20:00 – 23:00

20:00 – 23:00

20:00 – 22:30

10:30 – 13:00

12:00 – 01:00

TIME

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COMPETITION FILM PROGRAMME

STUDENT 1Robbery • Georges Cassab • LBN • 2012 • FictionHam Story • Eliška Chytková • CZE • 2012 • AnimationThe Eternal Not • Joe Spray • GBR • 2012 • FictionEat • Moritz Krämer • DEU • 2012 • ExperimentalNightfall • Niels Sabbe • BEL • 2012 • FictionDYKWLI • Leni Huyghe • BEL • 2012 • FictionTrouble on the Green • H. Galvez, Y. Hervo, S. Pavoine, P. Zenzius • FRA • 2012 • Animation

STUDENT 2Ketupa • Margarita Balaklav • ISR • 2012 • FictionThree Hours, Darling • Roman Hagenbrock • DEU • 2012 • FictionThe Attic • Mohamed Shawky • EGY • 2011 • FictionDomoj • Simona Feldman • DEU • 2013 • FictionDistance • T. De Jong, T. Law, W. Maunoury, E. Metois, J. Vermersch • FRA • 2012 • AnimationWell of Adem • Veysel Cihan Hızar • TUR • 2011 • FictionWhat are you thinking? • Ruben Sainz • ESP • 2012 • Fiction

STUDENT 3Chlorine • Laura Plebani • ITA • 2012 • FictionI am Sorry • Árpád Hermán • HUN • 2011 • AnimationP E N G U I N S • Dimitris Zahos • GRC • 2012 • FictionBlack Fish • Sha Mo • CHN • 2012 • FictionThe Ballet • Louis Thomas • FRA • 2012 • AnimationStammering Love • Jan Czarlewski • CHE • 2012 • FictionChippendale • Kamila Safina • RUS • 2012 • Fiction

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INTERNATIONAL 1 Linear • Amir Admoni • BRA • 2012 • AnimationDeath of a Shadow • Tom Van Avermaet • BEL / FRA • 2012 • FictionThe Man Who Fed His Shadow • Mario Garefo • GRC • 2012 • FictionThe Event • Julia Pott • USA • 2012 • AnimationGypsy Funeral • Fernando Honesko • BRA • 2012 • FictionBehind the Mirrors • Julio O. Ramos • PER • 2012 • FictionThe Noble Stud • Sofia Priftis & Linus Hartin • SWE • 2013 • Animation

INTERNATIONAL 2Voice Over • Martin Rosete • ESP • 2012 • FictionOh Willy... • E. De Swaef & M. James Roels • BEL / FRA / NLD / LUX • 2012 • AnimationThe Intruder • Filippo Meneghetti • ITA • 2012 • FictionEskiper • Pedro Collantes • ESP • 2012 • FictionVertige • Christophe Gautry and Mathieu Brisebras • FRA / BEL • 2012 • AnimationUnder the Sun • Arcadi Palerm • MEX • 2012 • FictionAt The Opera • Juan Pablo Zaramella • ARG • 2010 • AnimationPortraits • Iván D. Gaona • COL • 2012 • Fiction

INTERNATIONAL 3 The Journey • Hana Makki • UAE • 2012 • FictionSweetheart • Eva Riley • GBR • 2011 • FictionIrish Folk Furniture • Tony Donoghue • IRL • 2012 • DocumentaryCalories • Antje Gleißberg • DEU • 2013 • AnimationDirty on the Outside • Leonardo Lafferte • ESP • 2013 • FictionEdmond was a Donkey • Franck Dion • FRA / CAN • 2012 • AnimationBird of Flames • Chel White • USA • 2012 • ExperimentalFaces from Places: Japan Hojo Jutsu • Bastien Dubois • FRA • 2013 • AnimationIf You Want Your Mother Back • Xavier Douin • FRA • 2011 • Fiction

INTERNATIONAL 4Kiki of Montparnasse • Amelie Harrault • FRA • 2013 • AnimationCatnip: Egress to Oblivion? • Jason Willis • USA • 2012 • DocumentaryGod Only Watches • Miguel Diaz Rivera & Alejandro Villalba • PRI • 2011 • FictionGravity of Center • Thibaut Duverneix & Victor Quijada • CAN • 2011 • ExperimentalLike Rabbits (Sticky Ends, chap. 2) • Osman Cerfon • FRA • 2012 • AnimationKaraoke! • Andrew Renzi • USA • 2013 • FictionThe Sexual Life of Dinosaurs • Delphine Hermans • BEL • 2012 • AnimationUn Dimanche Matin • Damien Manivel • FRA • 2012 • Fiction

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COMPETITION FILM PROGRAMME

DOCUMENTARY 1 Betsiamites • Denis Chouinard • CAN • 2011 • DocumentaryBroken Border • Keywan Karimi • IRN • 2012 • DocumentaryMosquitoes Won’t Bite • Nusrat Howard-Moore • IDN • 2013 • DocumentaryEARTH • Victor Asliuk • BLR • 2012 • DocumentaryMore Than Ice-Cream Wong Kwong • Riley Leung • HKG • 2012 • Documentary

DOCUMENTARY 2I Missed the Bus • Hande Zerkin • TUR • 2013 • DocumentaryFaces • Said Najmi • JOR • 2012 • DocumentaryTo Hibernate • David Pantaleón • ESP • 2011 • DocumentaryInfant • Xavier Stentz • DEU • 2012 • DocumentaryWe Lived Our Ordinary Lives • Daya Cahen • NLD • 2012 • DocumentaryThe Little Team • Roger Gómez & Dani Resines • ESP • 2011 • Documentary

NOT SO SHORT 1 Damascus, My First Kiss • Lina Alabed • SYR / LBN / QAT • 2012 • DocumentaryDublin • David Aronowitsch • SWE • 2012 • FictionThe Visit of the Crab • Pelayo Lira Díaz • CHL • 2012 • Fiction

NOT SO SHORT 2No Bread • Macarena Monrós • CHL • 2012 • FictionShaitan • Ersin Cilesiz • DEU • 2012 • FictionHome • Ruslan Magomadov • RUS • 2012 • FictionFilmmakers • Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya • LBN • 2012 • Fiction

ANIMATIONStewpot Rhapsody • C. Cambon De La Valette & more • FRA • 2012 • AnimationElegie • Julia Kaiser • NLD • 2012 • AnimationBear me • Kasia Wilk • DEU / POL • 2012 • AnimationThe Animation Tag Attack • Christen Bach & more • DNK / DEU • 2012 • AnimationIn the Beginning of Time... • Bozidar Trkulja • HRV • 2012 • AnimationFather • Ivan Bogdanov & more • BGR / HRV / DEU • 2012 • AnimationYonalure: Moment to Moment • A. Nakata & Y. Sakitani • JPN • 2011 • AnimationMüsterious Swamp • Chintis Lundgren • EST / DNK • 2013 • AnimationNightingales in December • Theodore Ushev • CAN • 2011 • AnimationMarcel, King of Tervuren • Tom Schroeder • USA • 2012 • AnimationBird Shit • Caleb Wood • USA • 2013 • AnimationBendito Machine IV • Jossie Malis • ESP • 2012 • AnimationBig House • Kristjan Holm • EST • 2011 • Animation

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FEAR OF THE DARKSick Dead • Miguel G. Catalán • ESP • 2012 • FictionThe Backwater Gospel • Bo Mathorne • DNK • 2011 • AnimationAttack of the Giant Brain Sucker Monster from Outer Space • G. Rieu • FRA • 2011 • FictionVideoclub • Roberto Domínguez, Jorge Manzaneque & Macgregor • ESP • 2012 • FictionThe Voice • Nikos Tseberopoulos • GRC • 2012 • FictionThe Elaborate End of Robert Ebb • C.Bolla, F. Goby, M. Landour • FRA • 2011 • FictionFist Of Jesus • Adrián Cardona, David Muñoz • ESP • 2012 • Fiction

AFTER MIDNIGHTBest Friend • Egor Chichkanov • RUS • 2013 • FictionLa Granja • Ignacio Lasierra • ESP • 2012 • FictionHorizon • Aitor Uribarri • ESP • 2012 • FictionAlexis • Alberto Evangelio • ESP • 2013 • FictionTin & Tina • Rubin Stein • ESP • 2013 • FictionImages in Language • Pablo Palazón • ESP • 2013 • Fiction

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KAASMARKTSCHOOL • www.kaasmarktschool.nl

This former school became a gathering place for artists in 1985. Nowadays

the Kaasmarktschool comprises all sorts of studios and workspaces. Its gym-

zaal provides one of the most atmospheric screening venues of the festival

and in Leiden. The screening of the official competition of LISFE 2013 takes

place at the Kaasmarktschool, offering visitors a unique opportunity to meet

the artists!

MIJN FOTOWERKPLAATS • www.mijnfotowerkplaats.nl

MIJN FOTOWERKPLAATS started in January 2013 at the Oude Rijn 94 in Leiden.

For a hundred years the building was used as a carpenter’s workshop. Now

Marike Benschop and Jacqueline du Prie are using this beautiful space as

a photo studio. Besides working as photographers they organize workshops

dedicated to creative photography for children and adults.

OPEN MAKERS AAN DE MARKT • www.openmakers.nl

OPEN Makers is a workspace and headquarters for many visual artists,

photographers, writers, web designers, filmmakers, musicians, playwrights,

designers and architects. OPEN is a project that promotes the exchange of

ideas between artists with different backgrounds. The coordinators organize

workshops, exhibitions and a variety of art-related activities.

VENUES

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RAAMSTEEG 2 • www.raamsteeg2.nl

Raamsteeg 2, in the heart of Leiden, is the former home of the Dutch National

Museum of Natural History (Naturalis). For nearly a hundred years, this stately

building (dating from 1899) was the focal point for natural history in the Neth-

erlands. Recently reopened as a centre for art and science, constituting an

ideal place for people seeking inspiration and food for thought, Raamsteeg

2 accommodates many workshops, films, debates, lectures and exhibitions.

RAP • www.rapsite.nl

Located in a former garage in Leiden, RAP (Rijnlands Architectuur Platform)

is an independent non-profit organisation dedicated to “architecting” bridg-

es between the general public & architecture. RAP organises debates, lec-

tures and exhibitions, in which architecture is presented as a wide-ranging

subject: from urban planning to interior design, and from landscaping to art

in public spaces.

VRIJPLAATS • www.vrijplaatsleiden.nl

Vrijplaats acts as a sanctuary to singular idealistic initiatives. Its intention is

to develop civic engagement and cultural expression in many forms. It ac-

commodates various independent cultural and social organisations and

serves as a hotspot for the exchange of ideas between people who want to

offer an original and critical look at what is happening in the world.

GALERIE DE PIETER • www.galeriedepieter.nl

Run by a collective of 11 artists, Galerie De Pieter wants to provide an acces-

sible platform for artists and art lovers in Leiden. Located in the former post

office in the Breestraat, the gallery exhibits the work of artists from numerous

disciplines: painting, drawing, sculpture, installations and photography.

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