Dates: 12 + 13 July        Time: 11h - 14h         Price: €36,-pp per day; €70,- for the weekend

For whom?  You are an artist and you want to write a text about your own work? Youhave to apply for funding but don’t get your proposal on paper?

Practice.  In a short series of lessons tools are given to write a practicalapplicable text. How can you let go of self-censorship and produce text? Howcan you get closer to the core of your own fascination? And how can you be aneditor again and give everything a head and tail?

Authentic. We’re trying to find authentic words. Many texts by artists become toopretentious or too general. Make it into something that really suits you. Avoidusing the same word too often. Give a picture. Let others feel your passion.Develop the courage to give an impromptu talk about your work to a group. It ispossible to step in just like that, but it is useful to bring your own project.We work with techniques which can lead to more freedom in writing and largerconcentration.

Feedback. Within the safety of a set of benchmarks, the group is invited to providefeedback on the texts so that they become sharper. You learn in this way topositively use criticism.

Language. We encourage you to write and make notes in your mother tongue, we sharethe texts in English. Your level of English is not important for the excercisesin this workshop.

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ABOUT ESTER EVA DAMEN

Ester Eva Damen is a filmmaker with a background in the visual arts. She studied at the Film Academy (script & direction) and the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. She advises artists who want to develop a text about their own work in groups as well as in one to one sessions.

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Location: Meeting room (Treehouse NDSM) 

Language: EN/NL