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Casco (Utrecht)

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Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons
Formation1990
TypeNon-profit organization
Location
Artistic Director
Aline Hernández
Executive Director
Marianna Takou
Websitecasco.art

Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons is a non-profit public art institution based in Utrecht, Netherlands.[1][2]

Overview

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Casco was founded in 1990 as an experimental art space on the Oudegracht in Utrecht. In 1995 it was renamed Casco Projects, starting a program with a focus on autonomy and intervention. In 2003, Casco took a new title 'Office for Art, Design and Theory' to expand its framework to artistic research and interdisciplinary practices.[3] In 2007, the institute moved to a new location on the Nieuwekade, designed by ifau (institute for applied urbanism) and Jesko Fezer.[4] In 2014 Casco moved to a new space on the Lange Nieuwstraat in Utrecht. 2018 marked another transitional year accompanied by the name change to Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons.[5]

Past projects

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  • 2018 Elephants in The Room: Assembly for commoning institutions
  • 2018 Biannual exhibition program: Alma Heikkilä, "Evolved in shared relationships" and The Outsiders "Erfgoed (Agricultural Heritage and Land Use)"
  • 2017 Doria Garía and Ingo Niermann "Army of Love", and Heman Chong and Renée Staal, "The Library of Unread Books"
  • 2016 Alex Martinis Roe, "To Become Two"
  • 2016 Wok The Rock, "Parasite Lottery"
  • 2015 Group Exhibition: "We Are the Time Machines: Time and Tools for Commoning"
  • 2015 Adelita Husni-Bey, "White Paper: The Law" and Fernano Garcìa-Dory, "INLAND"
  • 2014 Melanie Gilligan, "The Common Sense" and The Otolith Group, "In the Year of the Quiet Sun"
  • 2014 Wendelien van Oldenborgh receives prestigious Dr AH Heiniken Prize for Art
  • 2014 Inaugural Exhibition, "New Habits"
  • 2013 Tadasu Takamine, "Japan Syndrome - Utrecht Version"
  • 2012 Lawrence Abu Hamdan, "Aural Contract: The Whole Truth"
  • 2009-2010 "User's Manual: The Grand Domestic Revolution", long-term "living research",
  • 2010 Ei Arakawa, "Hurt Locker Instruments"
  • 2010 Martha Rosler, "If you Lived Here Still..."
  • 2009 Metahaven, "Stadtstaadt. A Scenario for Merging Cities"
  • 2008 Fritz Haeg, "Animal Estates 6.0"
  • 2008 Ricardo Basbaum, "Re-projecting (Utrecht)"
  • 2008 Stephen Willats, "The Speculative Diagram"
  • 2007 Dave Hullfish Bailey, "What's left for its own devices (on reclamation)"
  • 2007 Annette Krauss, "Hidden Curriculum"

Publications

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  • 1996 Casco Issues 1: Good & Bad
  • 1997 Casco Issues 2: Parallel Worlds
  • 1997 Casco Issues 3
  • 1998 Casco Issues 4: The black-and-white issue
  • 1999 Casco Issues 5: Real Experiments
  • 2007 The So-called Utopia
  • 2007 Hidden Curriculum Files, Annette Krauss
  • 2011 A Well Respected Man, Van Oldenborgh, Wendelien, in collaboration with Sternberg Press
  • 2014 The Grand Domestic Revolution Handbook[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Casco – Office for Art, Design and Theory". E-flux Magazine.
  2. ^ "Metropolis M » Magazine » 2006-No2 » When the citizens see ghosts". metropolism.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-23. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  3. ^ "Metropolis M » Features » Interview with Binna Choi (CASCO)". metropolism.com. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  4. ^ "ifau und Jesko Fezer | HEIDE & VON BECKERATH | ArchMarathon". www.archmarathon.it. Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
  5. ^ "Launch day Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  6. ^ Grand Domestic Revolution Handbook. Netherlands: Casco. 2014. ISBN 9789078088929.
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