(Re)productions
Upcoming AMJournal Edition #3
To be published in December 2024
Reproductions are omnipresent. The music we listen to consists of reproductions of symphonic legacies, whilst architectural styles synthesize the cityscapes we walk through. As people we share memes, copy trends in fashion, design and speech, and value the reproduction of acts as meaningful rituals and traditions. At the same time, reproductions provoke criticisms on authenticity and originality. From a eurocentric perspective there is still a cultural emphasis on and a preference for the authentic, original, and unique. But what does it even mean to be original? How do authenticity and reproduction influence us as modern-day consumers in and of the city? Can we measure the worth of reproductions? To answer such questions, the third edition of the online, open access, peer reviewed Amsterdam Museum Journal (AMJournal) aims to contribute to the understanding of (re)production as it increasingly becomes a part of our daily lives.
Table of Contents
The Dialogue
An expert dialogue on art reproductions (Adam Lowe, Carlos Bayod, Liselore Tissen and Tom van der Molen)
The Short Essays
Museums, Education and Cultural-Sustainability (Yophi Ignacia and Alyxandra Westwood)
The Plaster Trace: Plaster Copies Tracing Creative Processes (Dick van Broekhuizen)
Why Should We Be Talking About Value Reproduction? (Emma van Bijnen and Rebecca Venema)
Dickinson (2019): Adaptation As a Vehicle For the Visual Exploration Of the Life and Poetry of Emily Dickinson (Chiara Luigina Dosithea Ravine)
Reproducing Traces of Trauma: Towards Transformation Through Contemporary Art (Amy Louise Stenvert)
Olfactory Reproductions: a Methodology of Interpreting Heritage, History, and Art Through Scent (Sofia Collette Ehrich)
The Visual Essay
Drawn to Old Masters: Copies in Carel Joseph Fodor’s Collection (Tom van der Molen)
Long Essays
Reproductions and Belarusian national identity (Dzianus Philipchyk and Anton Petrukhin)
Gang Signs and Prayer: Reproduction of Christian Religion in Black British Rap Music (Lola Abbas)
Imagery’s Role in Cross-Cultural Heritagisation: A Case Study of Peking the Beautiful, 1927 (Yuansheng Luo)
Freedom in Assassin’s Creed II - Assassin’s Creed II: Exploring the Boundaries of Freedom in Video-Games (Roos van Nieuwkoop)
The Polyphonic Object
The Kabra Mask explored through the eyes of different disciplines (Annemarie de Wildt, Markus Balkenhol, Boris van Berkum, Marian Markelo aka Okomfo Nana Efua, Martje Onikoyi)
The Polylogue
A round table conversation on reproduction in music (Peter Peskens, Darek Mercks, Jasmijn Blom, Yahaira Brito Morfe)
With artistic interventions by:
Jeroen van der Most
(table of contents may be subject to change)
Edition Editors
Edition Guest Editors
Liselore Tissen and Tom van der Molen
Editor-in-Chief
Emma van Bijnen
Board of Editors
Judith van Gent
Vanessa Vroon-Najem
Norbert Middelkoop
External Board of Editors
Pablo Ampuero Ruiz; Rowan Arundel; Sruti Bala; Markus Balkenhol; Christian Bertram; Stephan Besser; Carolyn Birdsall; Cristobal Bonelli; Pepijn Brandon; Petra Brouwer; Chiara de Cesari; Debbie Cole; Leonie Cornips; Annet Dekker; Christine Delhaye; Karwan Fatah-Black; Maaike Feitsma; Wouter van Gent; Javier Gimeno Martinez; Sara Greco; Laura van Hasselt; Gian-Louis Hernandez; Pim Huijnen; Julian Isenia; Paul Knevel; Gregor Langfeld; Mia Lerm-Hayes; Virginie Mamadouh; Julia Noordegraaf; Esther Peeren; Gertjan Plets; Menno Reijven; Jan Rock; Noa Roei; Margriet Schavemaker; Steven Schouten; Irene Stengs; Eliza Steinbock; Dimitris Serafis; Sanjukta Sunderason; Rebecca Venema; Tim Verlaan; Janessa Vleghert; Daan Wesselman; meLê yamomo; Mia You; Emilio Zucchetti
Dialogue and Polylogue Editor
Imogen Mills
Visual Editor
Sigi Samwel
Tom van der Molen
Edition Guest Editor Tom van der Molen is adjunct head of collections at Amsterdam Museum, an accomplished researcher and curator, and adjunct head of collections at Amsterdam Museum. The subjects he deals with range from seventeenth-century painting to nature; he is ever critical and always keeps with humanity at the center of his research. He is currently a PhD-candidate in Art History, set to get his doctorate in 2024.
Liselore Tissen
Edition Guest Editor Dr. Liselore Tissen is specialised in conservation and restoration theory and ethics. Her main interests lie in technical art history – a branch within art history that focuses more on the material and scientific aspects of artworks - and the crossroads between modern technology and art. Her PhD research (2024) focuses on the applicability of 3D printing and 3D reproduction for the conservation of paintings.
