Young Curator: Infrarood

Every year, the NDSM-werf Foundation invites a novice curator to intervene in the public space of the NDSM under the name “Young Curator”. The implementation is open. The ambition is to open up and make working in the public space more accessible and to respond to emergencies.

This year is Anne-Jet de Nas invited as Young Curator. Previously, she curated an exhibition at Sexyland World (also in Amsterdam-Noord), among others. On Thursday, September 28, De Nas will curate the 'Infrared' program, a performance accompanying the artwork IN TUNE by Henk Schut. This work, a bronze tuning fork that 'tunes' the environment and thus brings us better into balance with our surroundings, can be seen in the Y-ramp Dock and forms the context for the program. We had a conversation with Anne-Jet about her program at NDSM, you can read that interview here.

The starting point of Infrared is the stillness that IN TUNE seeks; how do we relate to nature and space around us? With this intervention, De Nas addresses sound as a connecting factor, between people and the city, but also between her and work. A special performance by an artist Ray Fuego, also one of the founders of hip-hop collective Smib, adds a temporary sound and thus responds to the stillness of the work. Ray Fuego will perform his latest song INFRARED// 3:30 AM in a spoken word written for the occasion.