History 20 Years

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1987 AZART FOUNDATION

Article 2: Azart is a non profit organization

founded in order to

purchase, equip and maintain a seaworthy vessel

for the transport of animals, humans, objects,

ideas, music et aliae

to give artists and anyone a chance

to perform their transsubstantional activities

and so to promote a global cultural interchange.

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1989

PURCHASE OF THE SHIP "AZART"

Show with Russian theatre group Oleg Kisljov

and music group Nikolaj Kopernik.

Holland and Belgium: Amsterdam, Gouda,

Vlissingen, Antwerpen, Arnhem, Zwolle, Enkhuizen

Painting by Gosha Ostretsov

1990

THE OPERA SHIP

“Where The Cross Is Made”

an opera based on the one-act-play of Eugène O’Neill

Composition: Klaas ten Holt.

Direction: Carel Alphenaar & Chaim Levano.

Holland and Germany: Almere, Lelystad, Terschelling (Oerol), Zaandam,

Amsterdam, IJmuiden, Rotterdam, Scheveningen, Bremerhaven

Affiche Opera “Where The Cross Was Made”

1991-1993

SUNSET TILL SUNRISE

RASH AND CHANCE

MEETING POINT

The ship’s hold as a midnight cabaret, theatre and music stage

1994

THE SHIP OF FOOLS

“Das Narrenschiff”

a satirical music comedy

Holland, Germany, Switzerland, France: Amsterdam,

Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Wilhelmshaven,

Bremen, Hamburg, Basel, Strasbourg,

Ebenwald, Lübeck, Flensburg, Eckernförde, Bredevoort

AZART SQUARE

A square in Amsterdam harbour

named after the ship

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MONUMENTAL AZART BELL

N CANTON BASEL-STADT

AND CITY COUNCIL OF STRASSBOURG

On the occasion of the quincentenary of the first edition

of “The Ship Of Fools”

(Das Narrenschiff, Sebastian Brant, Basel 1994)

Catarine Trautmann, Mayor of Strasbourg

Hansjorg Wirtz, President of Kanton Basel-Stadt

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CALLIGRAPHIC LETTERS

OF INVITATION

FROM HOLLAND, GERMANY,

DENMARK, ESTONIA,

FINLAND, RUSSIA, ITALY, IRELAND

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Reception by the Mayor of Lübeck

1995 “In Praise Of Folly” a satirical music comedy

Holland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Russia: Amsterdam, Eckernförde, Lübeck, Flensburg, Sonderbørg, Kolding, Århus, Middelfart, Korsør, Kalmar, Turku, Helsinki, Tallinn, Sankt-Peterburg

SHIP LETTER BY THE QUEEN OF HOLLAND

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SHIP LETTER BY SCHELTO PATIJN, THE MAYOR OF AMSTERDAM

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In 1995 the small planet 5896

was officially named "NARRENSCHIFF" (Ship of Fools)

by the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy

of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Fools navigate by their star!

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1996

“In Praise of Folly” a satirical music comedy

Holland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Israël: Amsterdam, Dunkerk, Bilbao, Castro Urdialis, Ferrol, Laxe, Porto, Cadiz, Marbella, Almería, Olbia, Trapani, Palermo, Siracusa, Molfetta, Monopoli, Termoli, Lipari, Catania, Mesologgi, Acco

1997

“The Foolish Captain”

a satirical music comedy

Italy, France, Greece: Termini-Imerese, Napoli, Portici, Gaeta, Port-Leucate, Saint-Raphaël, Seyne-sur-Mer, Olbia, Livorno, Alghero, Messina, Palermo, Siracusa, Thessaloniki

“Il Passagio Per Un’Isola Particolare”

a comic theatre

Prisons of Termini-Imerese and Catania, Sicilia

1998 “The Buffoons' Gluttony” A satirical music comedy

Spain, Morocco, France: Algeciras, Gibraltar, Al-M/Diq, Roses, Port-Leucate, Vilanova i la Geltru, Denia, Cartagena, La Olla de Altea, Palamos, L'Estartit, Benicarlo, L'Escala, Mao, Portocolom, Alcudia

1999

“The Pilgrims To The End of The World”

a satirical music comedy

Spain, Portugal, Holland, Ireland: Roses, Maó, Tarragona, Torredembarra, Barcelona, Portocolom, Formentera, Melilla,

Figueira da Foz, Póvoa de Vazim, Viana do Castelo, A Illa de Arosa, Vigo, Marin, Bueu, Vilagarcía de Arosa, Sta. Uxía de Ribeira, Fisterra, Muros, Amsterdam, Cork

2000

“The History of Humanity In One Hour”

a satirical music comedy

Ireland, Iceland, Holland: Youghal, Reykjavik, Cork, Baltimore, Rathmullan, Tory Island, Castletownbere, Oude Schild, Kampen, IJmuiden, SAIL Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Alphen a/d Rijn, Dordrecht, Scheveningen, Amsterdam, Alkmaar

2001 “La Tombola” satirical music comedy Holland: Amsterdam, Waddenzee

2002

“Otto Fidelio Broomstick Jr. Dreamzz”

a satirical music comedy

Finland, Holland: Helsinki, Turku, Mariehamn, Amsterdam

2003

“The Would-Be Gentleman" Molière, a black comedy Scheveningen, Amsterdam

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" The Bald Primadonna"

Ionesco

a black comedy

Amsterdam

VOYAGE TO

NARRAGONIA

A melo-docudrama

about the crew

& her travels by the Chilean director Germán Berger Hertz.

Filmfestival Karlovy Vary 2003.

Shown in 7 Spanish cities from April 2004.
35 mm/83Min/English subtitled.

Shown September 2006 on Catalan TV3.

2004

Production of several animation and short films

MONUMENTAL AZART BELL

IN COUNCIL OF EUROPE

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The Amsterdam music group “Virtuoze Matroze” made a special song for the first ride of Tram 10. This was reserved for the crew & guests for a special view of ‘Voyage to Narragonia’ in the Westergasfabriek cinema

Het schip daar in de haven, daar galmen stemmen luid

Soms ligt het aan de ketting, maar meestal vaart het uit

Met schallende trompetten, en feestelijk kabaal

Een iedereen gaat aan de kant, op het Noordzee kanaal.

Een schip gevuld met gekken, een clown staat aan het roer

Hij trekt de raarste bekken maar beraden is zijn koers

Daar ramt hij door de sluizen en schuurt hij langs de pier

Je hoort de Noordzee ruizen, het avontuur is hier

Op weg naar verre oorden, verlaten zij ons land

Gezegend de gestoorden, de gekken hand in hand

Oh koningin behoede hun dwaze dolle vaart

Dat zij weer wederkeren, dat God ook hen bewaard

En als wij ooit bevrijd zijn, van dagelijkse sleur

Van slavernij en kapitaal en religieus terreur

Dan ging ik met ze varen en danste op het dek

Want ieder mens op aarde die is een beetje gek.

2005

“The World Turned Upside Down”

a satirical music comedy

Amsterdam, Morocco: Casablanca, Agadir, Al Hoceima

SHIP LETTER SIGNED

BY THE NEW MAYOR OF AMSTERDAM

The new Mayor of Amsterdam, Job Cohen, signed the ship letter on board while visiting the Moroccan town Al Hoceima, nicknamed ‘Small Amsterdam’ because many of the Moroccans living in Amsterdam originate there.

TRAM VIDEO In the autumn of 2005 Azart produced weekly a 60 second video reportage about her travels in Morocco and Spain that was shown every 20 minutes in all Amsterdam trams