Jan Theun van Rees : verborgen stad, culturele instellingen op de schop, Amsterdam 2003 - 2012 = Jan Theun van Rees : hidden city : cultural institutions under construction, Amsterdam 2003 - 2012

Een fotoboek over 10 jaar renovatie en nieuwbouw van culturele instellingen in Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum, Stedelijk Museum, Joods Historisch Museum, Scheepvaartmuseum, Stadsarchief, Koninklijk Theater Carré, Stadsschouwburg, DeLaMar Theater, Eye film museum). Een monument voor een verborgen stad, een decennium achter de bouwschuttingen.
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A photography book about 10 years of renovating and building cultural institutions in Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum, Stedelijk Museum, Jewish Historical Museum, National Maritime Museum, Municipal Archive, Royal Theatre Carré, Municipal Theatre, DeLaMar Theatre, EYE Film Institute Netherlands). A monument for a hidden city, a decade behind site fences.

Amsterdam-based photographer Jan Theun van Rees took it upon himself to document the wave of renovations and constructions of new premises for cultural institutions that has been a dominant trend in the city through the past decade. Beginning with the empty Stedelijk Museum and dismantled Carré Theatre, he photographed these dignified spaces in transition, temporarily hidden from public view, and rehabilitated the grand history of the buildings.