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The BETER Consortium investigates the effects of art on (public) health. Can art make people better?

The countryside to the north of Groningen has remained relatively untouched.

During the Dutch Design Week, Edison67 in the Eindhoven neighbourhood Woensel West will host different activities and events in relation to sustainable energy, innovations and DIY power systems.

'Fieldwork: Marfa' is the joint project of three major European schools, ESBA Nantes Métropole, HEAD-Genève and Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.

Forty years after the completion of the work 'Broken Circle/Spiral Hill' (1971), the video which, land art artist Robert Smithson was never able to finish due to his untimely death, is now completed.

'Land Art Contemporary' is a new initiative in Drenthe to be launched on September 17, 2011 with a varied, international, multiyear programme dealing with (the contemporary aspects of) land art.

'DE BASIS' Festival is a unique combination of art, culture and nature at Soesterberg Air Base. The festival includes works by Erik Odijk, Roosje Klap & Kaleb de Groot, Ali Kazma, Laurence Aëgerter, and a film programme in Bunker 600.

A contemporary portrait of humanity in seven phases of life, at the Jeroen Bosch Hospital.

'People in White' is a new video work by the Finnish artists Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, as part of the Madness & Arts Festival in collaboration with SKOR | Foundation for Art and Public Domain.

The construction of Maasvlakte 2 is nearing completion and a section of the beach will be accessible to the public from May 26, 2012. This is why several artists are working intensively at present to complete a number of permanent and semi-permanent artworks in this area, some of which can already be viewed this summer.

"In het Zomerpark" (In the Summer Park) is the name that Cordaan has given to its new nursing centre in Nieuw-Vennep. And, indeed, you walk straight from the building into the Summer Park. On the edge of the park the landscape architect Jan van der Frift designed a series of enclaves bordered by plane trees. Four of these form the decor for the series of sculptures that Rob Birza made specially for this spot.

'Portscapes' is a series of artists’ projects developed in connection with the construction of Maasvlakte 2, an area that during the next five years is being reclaimed from the North Sea.

A new neighbourhood is being born in Puttershoek.

Since September 2008 the Port of Rotterdam Authority has been working on expanding Rotterdam port, by far the largest port in Europe.

The 'Cultuurmijl' is a physical route that is part of Enschede’s existing urban layout. This route connects the city centre with the Roombeek neighbourhood and runs past the city’s most important cultural institutions.

'Master Humphrey’s Clock' is a project by de Appel’s Curatorial Programme 07/08 that explores the many intersections between circulation and storytelling.

The old manor of Sint-Oedenrode possesses a rich history. For many centuries it attracted the nobility and the clergy, many of whom settled there. In its heyday this town actually boasted seven castles of which three are still in existence.

Annelys de Vet, designer and initiator of the Tijdelijk Museum (Temporary Museum) project, succeeded in persuading Amsterdam art institutes and artists to combine forces and work outside their usual publicity channels on the Tijdelijk Museum Amsterdam project.

Under the auspices of ‘2003 - Year of the Farm’, SKOR commissioned a number of Dutch and foreign photographers to produce work on the theme ‘Faces of Farming’.

ZonMw is an intermediary organization operating between the realms of society and science. It seeks to accumulate knowledge, quality and innovation in medical research and medical care. It also finances research and innovation projects and promotes the use of their results in practice.

Is there such a thing as ‘the specific character’ of Twente? This question formed the central focus of the project 'Proeftuin Twente' (Testbed) that, in 2003 and 2004, attempted to visualize Twente’s identity from an unusual angle. That is to say from a historial point of view, to question the current identity or to question the future identity.

In the past few years the TUE developed a technique for designing buildings that uses inflated elements of which digital models can be made. The TUE approached SKOR to find artists who could experiment with this new technique.

A programme of art and culture in connection with the construction of the High Speed Line South. During the creation of the Line, Atelier HSL commissions artists, photographers, designers, architects, writers and scholars.

The starting point of the investigation, ‘7 waarvan 3’ (‘7 of which 3’), is the historical legacy of Sint-Oedenrode’s fortresses that, in the Middle Ages, heralded a new period of wealth and power. The title ‘7 waarvan 3’ alludes to the fact that only three of the seven fortresses remain today.