The Place of Birth compiles the draft and final works of the 2019 graduation exhibitions and events of the Sandberg Instituut, where 91 graduates from the Main Departments, Temporary and Hosted Programmes presented their works to the public at various locations across Amsterdam.
The editorial series 9 Belly Buttons & 18 Cheeks includes texts by various guest writers and curators interpreting the works and occurring topics amongst graduated artists, designers and (interior) architects. With editorials by writer Adrian Madlener (BE/USA), designer & performer Yuri Veerman (NL), second year student Architectural Design at Gerrit Rietveld Academie Herman Hjorth Berge (NO), journalist Thomas van Huut (NL), writer & curator Sumaya Kassim (UK), curator Jules van den Langenberg (NL), urban and architectural geographer Mark Minkjan (NL), critic Laurens Otto (BE), and writer & researcher Tamar Shafrir (IL/USA).
The Place of Birth is part of an ongoing series of publications by PS (Public Sandberg).
