Interscape proudly invites you to
 attend the presentation of its pub
 lication-exhibition at Stedelijk M
 useum Bureau Amsterdam on January
 8, 2004, 8 pm. The publication-exh
 ibition is the result of an experi
 mental student's workshop on curat
 ing, initiated by the University o
 f Amsterdam and the Sandberg Insti
 tute, Amsterdam, led by Suzanne va
 n de Ven.

 Considering Interscape:
 How to balance the relation betwee
 n an exhibition context and presen
 ted work? How to make an exhibitio
 n into a coherent whole without ha
 ving it turn introverted in a self
 -referential way, but instead allo
 wing it to maintain a potential fo
 r self-criticism? The exhibition p
 roject Interscape started off with
  a critical examination of the fie
 ld of contemporary exhibition maki
 ng. In order to find some answers
 to the formulated questions, a cho
 ice was made return to the basis o
 f any exhibition - its spatial and
  temporal framework - and take it
 as the point of departure for a pr
 oject that wants to analyze and qu
 estion fixed parameters.

 Interscape, a neologism, composed
 of a prefix and a suffix, suggesti
 ng an 'inbetween', has taken the m
 edium 'book' as its experimental e
 xhibition platform. Constituting s
 tructure for this platform is a 'm
 atrix' - an archetypical notation,
  originally derived from mathemati
 cs to index content. Determining e
 nough to provide a steady basis, a
 nd simultaneously allowing for dif
 fering contributions and intervent
 ions, the code-structure of the ma
 trix provides the 'exhibition-arch
 itecture' that accommodates all pa
 rties and elements involved in the
  coming about of an exhibition.

 Benoît Goupy, Roderick Hietbrink,
 Arjan Janssen, Gert-Jan Prins and
 Peter Stel were invited to make th
 eir individual interventions in In
 terscape's space. Usually working
 on an 'in situ' basis with differe
 nt media in a three-dimensional sp
 ace, ranging from video and sound
 to more physical installations, th
 ey have conceived their work from
 and within the fundamental matrix-
 grid designed by Niels Schrader, c
 hanging the given temporal and spa
 tial parameters of Interscape as s
 uch.

 Completing its core-content with a
  text by Domeniek Ruyters - who wa
 s invited to write a 'pre-review'
 of Interscape from the perspective
  of a critic - and the curators' t
 exts that were written in parallel
  to the exhibition's concept, the
 exhibition's elements have been co
 ordinated into the matrix-grid, in
  turn altering its appearance thro
 ughout its trajectory. Integrated
 within the space of the book toget
 her with all other elements of the
  exhibition's constellation as suc
 h - its three advertisements in di
 fferent magazines, its five 'bookm
 ark-invitations' sent out to its a
 udience, introduced by its initiat
 ing institutes and waved goodbye b
 y its advisor - Interscape became
 what it now may be understood as:
 an imprint of an exhibition trajec
 tory as an exhibition in the shape
  of a book. We've chosen to simply
  call it a 'publication-exhibition
 '; and hope it is something you wi
 ll enjoy and will continue to enjo
 y.