Leonard van Munster
Leonard van Munster (born February, 1972, Zwolle), is a Dutch contemporary artist making Site-specific and Subject-specific work.
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[edit] Life and art
[edit] Private room 02 - 2004-2006
During this time, he was commissioned in 2004, to create a piece for the toilets of cultural centrum the Balie in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The result was Private Room 02, Talking toilets (4) The toilets are equipped with all sorts of sensors. Not only talking to the visitor about how to behave, but also mixing up facts found on google.
[edit] Recent work
2009, City Island, site specific installation in public domain, Location: de Markt, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands.
2009, Under heaven 02, site specific installation in public domain, Location: Wiltzanglaan, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2008, The surrender of Reinaert the Fox,[1] installation in the Green hart of the Netherlands.
2008, The dancing white man,[2] installation in collection of artist. Amsterdam, NL.
2008, Abstede Damacy, object in neighborhood in Utrecht based on the game Katamari Damacy
2007, Great apes, exhibition in Second gallery. Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
2006, Gran False, Geranium deluxe, Ragga tone selecta; installations for group show about mobile phones. Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL.
2005, Back up, a 3D game and installations build out of the game. Library Universiteit van Amsterdam, NL.
2004, Under Heaven, a 9 meter high tree with tree house on the 50 meter high Stedelijk Museum. Amsterdam, NL.
2004, Under Heaven, build a fata morgana under a viaduct in Amsterdam Bijlmer. With palm trees, banana trees and a waterfall. NL.
2004, Private room 02, talking toilet, de Balie, Amsterdam, NL.
2002, Blind Poetry, projections from a car equipped with video projector, Moscow, Russia.
[edit] Dept
Dept was an art,- and design,- collective from 1996 till 2001.
Existing out of P. du Bois Reymond, M. Klaverstein and L, van Munster.
DEPT created graphic design, installations and video works. They created art installations combining electronic and traditional media, and created large scale media-environments for art performances and large club events. The dept site is incorporated in Graphic Design Museum Breda in 2008.
2000 - My Bricks Rule, interactive installation for the exhibition "For Real" in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- BEZET, designs for plastic bags, purchased by MOMA, San Francisco
- Project 2000, videoclip for a Dutch band,
1999 - FUSION ATTACK, solo exhibition for MU Art Foundation, Eindhoven
- On the short list for Most Beautiful Books 1998, for Cold Fusion catalogue, exhibited in Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
- Radical Mixing, audio performance during Serial Drillers evening in Club de Ville, Amsterdam
- BIG SWITCH, installation for telephone company KPN Amsterdam
1997 - two stamps designed for the PTT post company the Netherlands
1996 - Design flyers and internet site for club Roxy in Amsterdam
[edit] Sources
[edit] Print
[edit] Books
- Space Craft. Fleeding Architecture and hideouts. Lucas Feiress, Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin 2007. ISBN 978-3-89955-192-1.
- Debates & Credits Book and DVD. Eric Kluitenberg, Uitgeverij De Balie, Amsterdam 2003. ISBN 90-6617-298-3.
- Deep sites intelligent innovation in contemporary web desighn, Max Bruinsma, Thames & Hudson, 2003 ISBN 0-500-28384-2.
- False Flat. Aron Betsky with Adam Eeuwens, Phaidon, ISBN 0-7148-4069-6.
[edit] Secondary sources
- 包装与设计.,'荷兰艺术家Leonard van Munster', 2008-05-15 00:00 [点击率:2826].ISSN 1007-4759
- De Volkskrant. 'Nergens aankomen / paradijselijke kunst onder de snelweg' in De Volkskrant. May 23, 2009.
- Loorbach, Liedewij. 'Fata Morgana tussen schotels en beton.' in Het Parool. May 20, 2009.
- Post, Gerrit. geluk onder een lelijk viaduct in Trouw. May 23, 2009.
- Hoedemakers, Véronique. 'Fantaseren over de ultieme stad' in [LUCASX 2009#4]. October, 2009.
- NRC Handelsblad. 'Mobieltjes laten geraniums dansen' in NRC Handelsblad. July 23, 2006.
[edit] Online
- Weekblad van de Technische Universiteit van Delft (The Netherlands, 01-11-07)
- UBA.UVA.nl, Interactive artproject in Libraries of the Universiteit van Amsterdam] (The Netherlands, januari 2005)
- ANP, volkskrant.nl, "Kunstenaar tikt viezeriken op vingers" in De Volkskrant (The Netherlands, 2004-08-26)
- Kluitenberg, Eric debates.nl, "Look at what the mirror is saying!"(Russia, Ekaterinburg and Moscow, October, 2002)]
- Debates.nl, "The mischievous adventures of The Activator" (Russia, Ekaterinburg and Moscow, October, 2002)]
- Debates.nl, BeamMobile in Moscow, (Russia, Moscow, October, 2002)]
