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Be(ijing)S(eoul)T(okyo)-NL is a program for innovation in cultural co-creation and will be a catalyst for long-term cross-sectorial cooperation between creators in the East-Asian region and the Netherlands.
BeST-NL is initiated by the Dutch embassies in Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo in collaboration with Company New Heroes, Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum, Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics, and Studio The Future.
The core of the BeST-NL program consists of three case studies: Hello Asia, Lokaal Internationaal, The Cool Ceramic Hunt/Made in Holland. They represent a clear and intrinsic demand from the Dutch cultural sector to develop, improve or broaden exchanges with the East-Asian region. Each focuses on different aspects of, and approaches to, cultural co-creation between East-Asia and the Netherlands.
BeST-NL’s program shows in what ways young people are changing their methods of connecting and collaborating on an international scale—across and between sectors. The program will also introduce the Dutch creative sector to the East-Asian creative community, and contribute to new reciprocal cultural exchanges. The program also results in a new, sustainable network of creators that collaborate in various ways, and as such enhance a strong Dutch cultural presence in Asia.
Best-NL is a platform for co-creation that aims to serve as a hub for new exchanges and co-creation.
Concrete output of the program will be expert meetings, theater performances, documentaries, visitor programs to the participating countries and the Netherlands by cultural influencers, exhibitions, publications, and an international conference and final symposium.
BeST-NL is funded with the International Cultural Policy funds of the three embassies supplemented with a contribution from the ‘Programmamiddelen Plus’ governed by DutchCulture. This contribution was administered by a committee of representatives of the Dutch funds and organizations involved in the implementation of the International Cultural Policy: the Agency of Cultural Heritage, the Creative Industries Fund, the Mondriaan Fund, the New Institute, the Performing Arts Fund.

Please find the full proposal BeST-NL here.

Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

BEIJING: Tjarda Arendz
SEOUL: Hajin Lee
TOKYO: Bas Valckx

Case Studies

LOKAAL INTERNATIONAAL:
Studio The Future,
Vincent Schipper, Klara van Duijkeren, Jorrit Weeda

HELLO ASIA:
Company New Heroes,
Lucas de Man, Kimberly Major

THE COOL CERAMIC HUNT/MADE IN HOLLAND:
Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum,
Ranti Tjan
Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics,
Kris Callens

DutchCulture: Maarten Bul

logo and website design: Tjobo Kho
website: Haris Hadzic

BeST-NL thanks the representatives of the Agency of Cultural Heritage, the Creative Industries Fund, the Mondriaan Fund, the New Institute, and the Performing Arts Fund for their support of BeST-NL.

Introduction

Posted on August 31, 2018September 11, 2018 by admin

The Cool Ceramic Hunt is a project in which Princessehof and EKWC connect professionals from the ceramics industry, designers and museums in a European-Asian context. It will be conducted among creative makers with an average age under 30. It consists of expert meetings followed by trend research in Europe and Asia. The Cool Ceramic Hunt culminates in a symposium that will be held in Leeuwarden in October 2018 during a larger ceramics convention that has already been planned. EKWC is part of the community of the best ceramic residencies in the world, among those in China, South Korea and Japan. Following the first edition in 2016, EKWC and Princessehof will organize an international ceramics conference as part of the Culture capital 2018. The convention brings international experts and stakeholders together to discuss the future of traditional ceramics producers. For this event they plan to specifically invite traditional Japanese, Korean and Chinese producers to participate.