dan the scout x ra 13 antwerp = ra tidings

A PERPETUAL SPACE

FOR CREATIVES.

RA IS AN INNOVATIVE PLATFORM + STORE IN ANTWERP, BELGIUM.

A DYNAMIC CULTURAL OPEN SOURCE > FOSTERING LOCAL & GLOBAL NETWORKING.

RA INSPIRES AND PROMOTES, DISCOVERS AND BRIDGES EMERGING MULTIDISCIPLINARY TALENT WITH AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE AND MARKET.

RA IS AN ARENA FOR DISPLAYING AND PRODUCING A PORTFOLIO OF PRODUCTS, SITE-SPECIFIC PROJECTS, EXHIBITIONS, INSTALLATIONS, PERFORMANCES, AND ALL EVENTS THAT PROMOTE AND ENRICH THE CREATIVE AND CULTURAL DISCOURSE.

RA IS A MELTING POT FOR FASHION, ART, DESIGN, MUSIC, BOOKS AND FINE FOOD IN A FLUID EXPERIENCE, STARTING IN THE KLOOSTERSTRAAT 13 IN ANTWERP, BELGIUM, AND EXTENDING THROUGHOUT THE VIRTUAL WORLD OF WWW.RA13.BE.

a tangible space

THE RA CONCEPT STORE IS AN 800SQM SPACE, CONSISTING OF A 300SQM FASHION FLOOR, AN EXHIBITION

SPACE, A BOOK STORE, A MUSIC CORNER AND A FOOD CORNER. DUE FOR COMPLETION IN FALL 2009, THE SPACE – FORMERLY AN ART GALLERY – HAS BEEN RECONSTRUCTED AND RENOVATED, WITH RESPECT TO ITS HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL VALUE.

an intangible space

WWW.RA13.BE IS AN ONLINE PLATFORM AND COMMUNITY – AN OPEN WINDOW ON THE WORLD OF RA FOR THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY. THE SITE WILL INCORPORATE THE MONTHLY RA TIDINGS, A SHOWCASE OF RA’S HAPPENINGS RELEASED ONLINE AND IN PRINT. RA TIDINGS INVITES CONTRIBUTION FROM WRITERS, ARTISTS AND OTHER CREATIVES.

ra

AN INITIATIVE BY ROMAIN BRAU [ARTISTIC DIRECTOR] AND ANNA KUSHNEROVA [DIRECTOR], PASSIONATELY SUPPORTED BY A MULTI-TALENTED, MULTI-CULTURAL AND MULTI-GENERATIONAL TEAM:

RIK DESAVER / PUBLISHING DIRECTOR

SRDJAN STANCIC / FOOD EXPERIENCE MAKER

ERIK VANBERGHEN / MUSIC MASTER

BRAM DOM / STORE MANAGER

DAN THAWLEY  danthescout / ONLINE JOURNALIST

THE TEAM WILL CONSTANTLY SET COLLABORATIONS WITH GUEST CONTRIBUTORS.

ra 1st floor | gareth pugh | giles | louise goldin | ann sophie back | charles anastase | hannah marshall | david szeto | damir doma | john rocha | juun j | commuun | frank leder | richard nicholl | wilfried mayer | ute ploier | mikio sakabe | akira naka | tillman lauterbach

ra 2nd floor | henrik vibskov | stine goya | fabrics interseason | material boy | makin jan ma | julia&ben | cosmic wonder | bless | b-store | chloë sevigny for opening ceremony | peter jensen | kitsune | arne & carlos | ek thongprasert | facetasm

ra accessories | uncommon matters | jordan askill | maria francesca pepe | fleet ilya | sayaka yamamoto | heaven tanudiredja | stephen jones | j.smith esquire | yannick de witte | six scents

ra collaborating designers | katie eary | trushar | helena lumelsky | giuseppe virgone

RA REVEALS NEW MEANINGS AND MEANS FOR CREATIVITY, FROM OCTOBER 2009 / www.ra13.be

ra press release july 09