MU
www.mu.nl

KLDW is proud to present as one of it's keynote speakers, Angelique Spaninks. Spaninks was previously a critic and editor at Eindhovens Dagblad and is co-author of the Ari Marcopoulos, Flow, Selected Photographs 1982 - 2006. Currently, Spaninks is Director of MU, a contemporary art museum in Eindhoven which has commissioned, curated and produced exhibitions featuring some of the world's most influential artists, designers, film-makers and musicians. These include Swoon, Miranda July, Kim Gordon, Susan Cianciolo and D-Fuse. She is also the commissioned curator for Neubauism - The first solo exhibition by Neubau Berlin.

Shaping an exciting and vibrant art and visual culture with is both experimental, challenging and thought provoking is Spaninks's job. MU zooms on the hybrid here, now and later of visual culture. Combining an energetic mix of design, fashion, music, architecture and new media, which is what contemporary art is, MU has become a meeting place and inspirational breeding ground for creative Eindhoven, the Netherlands and the world.