RAAAF

Dutch multidisciplinary artist studio

RAAAF is an experimental studio operating at the crossroads of visual art, architecture, and academic philosophy. The studio is based in Amsterdam and was founded in 2006 by Prix de Rome (Netherlands) laureate Ronald Rietveld[1] and philosopher Erik Rietveld.[2]

## Art practice

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RAAAF creates artworks through research with visual artists, architects, academic researchers, and craftsmen.[2][3][4] Artworks by RAAAF often relate to practices and policies that are connected with contemporary working and living environments.[5][6][7] One example is the art installation Vacant NL that served as the Dutch contribution to the Venice Biennale in 2010.[8] This work emphasized the possible uses of thousands of vacant buildings owned by the Dutch state.

Many projects by RAAAF include large spatial interventions at cultural heritage sites.[7][9][10] For example, one intervention was to cut through Bunker 599, a monumental military bunker that was once part of the New Dutch Waterline.[11] This intervention questioned Dutch and UNESCO policies on historical preservation, which the artists deemed too conservative.[12] In 2021 the bunker that was now sliced in half became itself listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.[13] Another example is the spatial intervention that in 2018 transformed a Delta Works test facility into the artwork Deltawerk //.[12][14] This work has been received both as a tribute to the Dutch struggle against the water and as questioning the viability of creating an indestructible Netherlands.[15]

## Gallery

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* Bunker 599 - New Dutch Waterline, 2013, RAAAF I Atelier de Lyon

* Deltawerk // - Land Art Flevoland collection, Waterloopbos, 2018, RAAAF I Atelier de Lyon

* Still Life - Museum Het HEM, Amsterdam, 2019, RAAAF

## References

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1. ^ Amsterdam, Universiteit van (2023-11-06). "2022-2023: Ronald Rietveld - Institute for Advanced Study IAS". UvA Institute for Advanced Studies - University of Amsterdam. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
2. ^ a b "Professor Erik Rietveld at the Amsterdam UMC".
3. ^ Withagen, Rob; Caljouw, Simone (December 17, 2015). "'The End of Sitting': An Empirical Study on Working in an Office of the Future". Sports Medicine. 46 (1): 1019–1027. doi:10.1007/s40279-015-0448-y. PMC 4920847. PMID 26681332.
4. ^ RAAAF (2019-09-02), RAAAF- The Making of Still Life V4, retrieved 2023-07-17
5. ^ Rhodes, Margaret (2014-12-08). "The Weirdest Proposal Yet for the 'Office of the Future'". Wired.
6. ^ Burrichter, Felix (2010-09-08). "The Architecture Biennale | A Last Look". The New York Times Style Magazine.
7. ^ a b Heft, Harry (2022). "Disrupting the Flow of Perception-Action through Design". Adaptive Behavior. 30 (6): 561–564. doi:10.1177/1059712321989099. ISSN 1059-7123. S2CID 234162498 - via Sagepub.
8. ^ Jordana, Sebastian (2010-07-16). "Vacant NL, an exhibition during the Venice Biennale". ArchDaily.
9. ^ Sutton, John (2022). "Preserving without conserving: Memoryscopes and historically burdened heritage" (PDF). Adaptive Behavior. 30 (6): 555–559. doi:10.1177/10597123211000833. S2CID 233663687 - via Sagepub.
10. ^ Feiten, Tim Elmo; Holland, Kristopher; Chemero, Anthony (2022). "Doing philosophy with a water-lance: art and the future of embodied cognition". Adaptive Behavior. 30 (6): 541–544. doi:10.1177/1059712320983041. ISSN 1059-7123. S2CID 234176476 - via Sagepub.
11. ^ Geere, Duncan (2010-10-19). "Dutch Bunker Sliced in Half". Wired. Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2023-07-15.`{{cite magazine}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
12. ^ a b Artemel, A. J. P. (2016-12-19). ""Hardcore Heritage": RAAAF's Latest Experiment in Historical Preservation". Metropolis.
13. ^ "A sawed-through bunker that puts heritage in a new perspective | NWO". www.nwo.nl. 2021-11-03. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
14. ^ RAAAF (2019-03-12), Making of Deltawerk // (ENG), retrieved 2023-07-17
15. ^ "Deltawerk// (2018)". www.landartflevoland.nl. Retrieved 2023-07-17.