Amsterdam at war in 2030. This terrifying projection into the future serves to sharpen and expand our thinking about topics such as tolerance, fear, security and control, censorship, public space and urban politics. Neither naming the enemy nor proffering any answers, theorists and artists fire off questions and sketch experimental scenarios, using Amsterdam as a concrete case as well as a strange attractor. What are the implications of urban warfare in a Western city? Is there a public domain under such circumstances and how does it function? Will people still be producing art, and how will artists reach their public? "2030: War zone Amsterdam" is being produced in association with curator Brigitte van der Sande and accompanies an international art manifestation that she is organizing under the same title, presented in various phases from November 2009 onwards in Amsterdam.

Open 18: 2030 War Zone Amsterdam - Imagining the Unimaginable

Published by Nai010 
Edited by Jorinde Seijdel, Liesbeth Melis.
Published by Nai010 publishers
Book format 
Paperback, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 160 pgs / 40 color / 40 bw.
ISBN 9789056627102