Marble Art

It’s Open Studios this weekend in Amsterdam Oost. And I am disappointed to see that  the artist Mark Bischof  and his kinetic artwork Markokosmos is not taking part. I remember visiting his studio a few years ago and getting my mind blown by this mad machine that he spent six years of his life on.   In fact, it’s so mad it starred as  madman Anthony Hopkin’s mad machine in the  more cheesy than mad  thriller  Fracture. For a better sense of the madness of this machine,  try to  see the poetic documentary Kinetic directed by Jan Wouter van Reijen and available through the  Filmmuseum. Meanwhile if you are in Amsterdam Oost this weekend, check out Delicatessan Zeeburg or the art and photography of Olga Westrate.