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Eruptions a video by Arjen de Leeuw concept, setdesign, camera, editing, sound: Arjen de Leeuw actors: Luc van Esch, Emanuel Muris running time: 7.33min format: 16:9 miniDV,Betacam/PAL color/sound, no dialogue year: 2009 screeningformat: dvd/beta SP/Pal shot in Japan at mount Aso and in the Netherlands Synopsis: 2 men are working in a control room, monitoring a volcano. With all their buttons and control panels they give the impression they can adjust and manage these natural forces.

Curriculum Vitae Name Arjen de Leeuw Date of birth 17-08 1972 Place of birth Amsterdam, The Netherlands Education 1991-1995 Bachelor of fine arts, sculpturedepartment Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten Den Haag, the Netherlands Grants: 2006 Basisstipendium Dutch Fund for visual arts (Fonds BKVB) 2002 Basisstipendium Dutch Fund for visual arts (Fonds BKVB) 1996 Startstipendium Dutch Fund for visual arts (Fonds BKVB) Prizes 2007 Workspace 2007, filmhuis, Den Haag Selection of recent exhibitions 2009 Visions of William Living ( a collaboration with Pia Wergius) is shown as part of her solo exhibition in Kristinehamns Konst Museum , Sweden Video festival Narave, Mestna-galerija,Ljubljana, Slovenija 2008 Amsterdam Int Filmfestival, de Melkweg, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Visions of William Living, met Pia Wergius, de Veemvloer, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2007 Festival del creativita, Florence, Italy de altijd prijs prijs, de Fabriek, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Visions of William Living, met Pia Wergius, Filmhuis, Den Haag, the Netherlands 2005 the Videodictionary, as part of Impakt festival, Utrecht, the Netherlands Disegnitudine, la quotidianita?dell?utopia curated by Fiametta Strigoli La Giarina arte Contemporanea,Verona, Italy Access, Consortium, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Use this Kind of sky, curated by Paul Eachus and Nooshin Farhid, Keith Talent Gallery, London, UK La mossa delle idee, Sala santa Rita, curated by Fiametta Strigoli, Rome, Italy/Spacio Uno, Firenze, Italy 2004 No premises/no conclusions, curated by Manuel Saiz, Moriarty gallery, Madrid, Spain 2003 De Grote Verbeelding, de Grote kerk, Den Haag, the Netherlands Overexposed, curated by Jorge Bravo, Joan Prats Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 2001 Vertrek en verblijf, op Admiralengracht 52, Amsterdam, the Netherlands recent Screenings/videofestivals 2009 Noordelijk filmfestival, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands Architecture filmfestival, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Floss, VHDG, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands Revision, Dutch filmfestival, Utrecht, he Netherlands 25fps, Zagreb, Croatia 2007 Indie Memphis Micro Cinema Club ,Memphis, Tennessee, USA Central Cinema Seattle, Washington, USA Metropolis, broadcasted on TVE(spanisch national television) Spain. Filmfrontfestival, Gorcums museum, Gorichum, the Netherlands Videoar(Te)mpoAttivo, curated by Fiammetta strigoli,Plasma Art, Firenze, Italy, 2006 Prescriptions, a videonight by Spark video at ForestCity gallery, London Ontario, Canada Videothek, Korperein/satz. Hedah, Maastricht, the Netherlands, MuseumAbteiberg, Mönchengladberg, countryclub InternationalVideo.ArtFestival and Competiton.,Germany NPS new arrivals, web site 2005 Impakt avBBQ night, Impakt festival,Utrecht, the Netherlands 2004 Halloweird, Microcinema, shown oa, New York, San Francisco , USA All tomorrows deja vu, Video Mundi, Chicago, USA Island art film and videofestival, London, UK Love and other difficulties, Microcinema, shown oa in San Francisco, Houston, Oakland, USA Rotterdam VHS festival, of Corso, het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, the Netherlands 2003 Videovisions, broadcasted by Edith Russ haus fur Medienkunst, Oldenburg, Germany Exploding cinema, London,UK 25HRS, the videoartfoundation, Barcelona, Spain the video?s are also distributed by De Filmbank, Amsterdam. Recent Theatreworks/stage and costume design/ projects 2008 teaching and lecturing at Hogeschool voor de kunsten Utrecht. costumedesign Alles is goed, direction Gienke Deuten, Toneelschuurprodukties, Haarlem 2006 Springplank voor de Val, a theatreproject with Gienke Deuten, produced by het Lab, Utrecht,The Netherlands 2005 costumedesign De Groote Storm, direction Rieks Swarte, Toneelschuurprodukties, Haarlem, the Netherlands 2004 costumedesign Woord and Van de wind en de berg, direction Rieks Swarte, Emanuel Muris, Toneelschuurprodukties, Haarlem, the Netherlands