About: Pete Martin
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Behind the Scenes at Wim Crouwel – A Graphic Odyssey
We made a short video of the setup of the Wim Crouwel exhibition (English, Dutch). It was fascinating to watch the exhibition team at work, but also the sheer amount of Wim Crouwel’s career going on display. This video only captures a fraction of the exhibition.
We would also like to remind you that we will be interviewing Wim Crouwel soon and we still want your questions. This is a fantastic opportunity to ask the influential graphic designer about his career. Email p.martin@stedelijk.nl with your name, location and your question.
Ask Wim Crouwel
ENGLISH
The Stedelijk Museum celebrates the prolific career of influential Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel in “Wim Crouwel: A Graphic Odyssey”, which opened Saturday 13th August.
We are offering the readers of this blog and our social network followers the exciting opportunity to submit a question to Wim Crouwel.
Send your question along with your name and location to p.martin@stedelijk.nl
NEDERLANDS
Het Stedelijk Museum brengt een eerbetoon aan de productieve carrière van grafisch vormgever Wim Crouwel in “Wim Crouwel: Een Grafische Ontdekkingsreis”, deze is geopend op zaterdag 13 augustus.
Wij bieden onze lezers van deze blog en onze sociale netwerk volgers de mogelijkheid om een vraag in te dienen voor Wim Crouwel.
Stuur uw vraag met uw naam en locatie naar p.martin@stedelijk.nl
video: the modes of history – part three
the modes of history – part three from Stedelijk Museum on Vimeo.
Filmed 4th November 2010 as part of the Temporary Stedelijk public program.
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video: the modes of history – part two
the modes of history – part two from Stedelijk Museum on Vimeo.
Filmed 4th November 2010 as part of the Temporary Stedelijk public program.
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video: the modes of history – part one
the modes of history – part one from Stedelijk Museum on Vimeo.
Filmed 4th November 2010 as part of the Temporary Stedelijk public program.
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Interview with Patrick van Mil – part two
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Patrick went back to working in the museum world, spending several years at the Filmmuseum and Netherlands Architecture Institute (where he was deputy and interim director). Before coming to the Stedelijk, he was business director of the International Film Festival in Rotterdam. This is the largest public film festival in the world with 350,000 visitors and 3,000 professional guests from around the world all within 12 days. Patrick reflected on the kind of aspects a museum has in terms of festivals, “I like it because it gives me a lot of good tension and natural energy. You have to have both in the museum. When you don’t have these kinds of events where you really have to make an effort to get it right in time and involve a lot of people, then it wouldn’t be a place I would like to work.”
It was clear to me that Patrick’s wide range of organizational and management experiences in different kinds of cultural institutions and in media made him a good foil to the skills Ann brings to the Stedelijk. “In the new world of the museum director, you cannot excel on all sides,” he said. I asked him about what departments he oversees. He is responsible for marketing, finance, human resources, fundraising and sponsoring, development, ICT and also things like the shop and hospitality. In most cases, the division is normally that the general director is outward orientated and the business director is inward. This is not the case at the Stedelijk; Patrick is also outwards due to the communication and fund raising aspects of his position. Whilst we made the comparisons between different type of director, Patrick made the point that his role is more common in world of theatre.
So what are his main goals as business director? “One of my main ambitions is to make this museum sustainable and financially stable in a world that is quite turbulent.” This means not being dependent on one source of income. Patrick described the ideal being the balance between three main sources of income: subsidy, to maintain collection/building and to do educational work (the collection of the Stedelijk is still owned by the city); Income generated through activities, entrance fees, the shop and rental of space; the third source being sponsoring and private donations. Patrick said it will be a huge challenge to get more independence from government subsidy. Right now, it’s 70-80%. Patrick wants to bring it back to 60%.
When I asked how his first year has been at the Stedelijk, Patrick said one word, “Exciting.” To think that a year ago the Stedelijk Museum was a closed building. Now, it is open with highlights from its collections and offers a thriving public program of events and educational activities. Patrick told me the current objective is for the Stedelijk is to return the heart of artistic developments in the world of visual arts. So much is dependent on making sure people in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and across the world know that the Stedelijk Museum is back.
Interview with Patrick van Mil – part one
A little over a year ago, the Stedelijk Museum’s supervisory board had the foresight to appoint a new director to ensure the quality and sustainability of the museum. The decision was made to appoint Ann Goldstein, previously the senior curator at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. The supervisory board also appointed Patrick van Mil as Business Director. This allowed Ann´s connections to the international art world and wealth of curatorial experience to define the artistic vision of the Stedelijk. This is assured by delegating responsibilities to Patrick. I wanted to know more about this model of directorship. With the wider concentrations that two people can have, this appears to be a way for museums to be sustainable in an increasingly unpredictable future. I was lucky to be able to interview Patrick about his role and his first year at the Stedelijk Museum.
Patrick van Mil has had an intriguing career. He was originally studying as an art historian with a specialization in architectural history. From there, he became Head of Presentations in an open-air social history and maritime museum. There, he gained experience of building and developing a museum as it was not yet open to the public when he started.
Patrick then took a very different step. As he put it, he was “discovered by television”. First he was a talk show host then made many different programs as chief editor. “The differences are when you make something in a museum, most of the time it will be there forever but the impact isn’t that big. When you work for television, some of the programs I’ve made had such a huge impact on society and politics, but after one day,” he claps his hands, “it’s finished”.
I asked if this was due to the relationship to time these two media have: museums dealing in history whilst television deals in the present. Did he feel that it put him in a better position knowing that side of things? Patrick said he became aware of how the outside world looks at a museum or a cultural institution. He can now tell people who come up with a plan, “Why should anyone in the newspapers or television be interested?” There is a kind of mentality that is sometimes needed to produce something very quickly. When you have an idea, we realize it, and tomorrow it’s finished.”
“But, It is a quality of museums to reflect on future plans and on research and to think profoundly,” he added. “It’s a quality to cherish.”
Part two will appear tomorrow.
video: perspectives on the temporary institution – part three
perspectives on the temporary institution – part three from Stedelijk Museum on Vimeo.
Filmed 9th October 2010 as part of the Temporary Stedelijk public program.
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video: perspectives on the temporary institution – part two
perspectives on the temporary institution – part two from Stedelijk Museum on Vimeo.
Filmed 9th October 2010 as part of the Temporary Stedelijk public program.
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video: perspectives on the temporary institution – part one
perspectives on the temporary institution – part one from Stedelijk Museum on Vimeo.
Filmed 7th October 2010 as part of the Temporary Stedelijk public program.
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