KA A BE KA
KABK or Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten Den Haag – the school I'll be spending my summer semester '08 at, had an 'Open House Day' yesterday. Basically information event, self-representation and exhibition all in one. Good chance for me to check out what I'm gonna have to deal with for the next couple of months.
From the outside, the school doesn't look much like anything, it's even uglier than our beloved H_DA. For all I know, it could've also been some sort of factory. Inside it didn't look much better first, but at some point you cross into an old building with high ceilings and huge windows. Now that's more how I like it :) The halls and ateliers were crowded like hell as half of The Hague seemed to wanna have a look at the school. But somehow I still managed to walk around for two hours without getting stressed out. There were lectures, workshops, informations stands, weird music playing (one-man keyboard show + live experimental electro / sound creation) and of course lot's of exhibited work.
The shown projects were on an exceptionally high level – amongst them a photo series about waiting rooms...hehe – especially from the Graphics and Type departments (there's also Fashion, Digital Media, Architecture and Fine Arts). Gonna be quite a challenge to keep up the pace, but to be honest I'm just burning to start working and take in as much as possible. I'm already kinda pissed that I missed out on the first three weeks. But tomorrow I'm gonna clear the paperwork at the International Office, get introduced to the profs / courses and finally get started! Whoohoo!
By the way: I didn't follow an invitation by Ruiter to go clubbing at one of The Hagues biggest venues last night, because my brain is just bursting with old and new input, impressions and images. My bike is still useless, as I can't find a friggin' bicycle pump anywhere (there was one on every street corner in CPH). And I met a very pretty blond dutch girl today in the apartment building, who just happens to live on the same floor as I and guess what, also studies Graphic Design at KABK... :)
From the outside, the school doesn't look much like anything, it's even uglier than our beloved H_DA. For all I know, it could've also been some sort of factory. Inside it didn't look much better first, but at some point you cross into an old building with high ceilings and huge windows. Now that's more how I like it :) The halls and ateliers were crowded like hell as half of The Hague seemed to wanna have a look at the school. But somehow I still managed to walk around for two hours without getting stressed out. There were lectures, workshops, informations stands, weird music playing (one-man keyboard show + live experimental electro / sound creation) and of course lot's of exhibited work.
The shown projects were on an exceptionally high level – amongst them a photo series about waiting rooms...hehe – especially from the Graphics and Type departments (there's also Fashion, Digital Media, Architecture and Fine Arts). Gonna be quite a challenge to keep up the pace, but to be honest I'm just burning to start working and take in as much as possible. I'm already kinda pissed that I missed out on the first three weeks. But tomorrow I'm gonna clear the paperwork at the International Office, get introduced to the profs / courses and finally get started! Whoohoo!
By the way: I didn't follow an invitation by Ruiter to go clubbing at one of The Hagues biggest venues last night, because my brain is just bursting with old and new input, impressions and images. My bike is still useless, as I can't find a friggin' bicycle pump anywhere (there was one on every street corner in CPH). And I met a very pretty blond dutch girl today in the apartment building, who just happens to live on the same floor as I and guess what, also studies Graphic Design at KABK... :)
ccseabass - 2008-01-27 19:42