JET

JET – it’s not a plane, it’s not a girl’s name, it’s a book about art is a publication about contemporary art and has been made by a group of five young people, the Junior Editorial Team (JET). In JET, various themes, artists, disciplines, philosophies, ideas, opinions, continents and cultures are intertwined, which show the diversity of contemporary art and society.

JET encourages readers to look, think, talk and ask questions about art. In this publication you will find DIY-tips, cartoons, many different artworks, a fictional story and interviews with artists and art professionals.

JET – it’s not a plane, it’s not a girl’s name, it’s a book about artincludes interviews with Marc Bijl, Edith Dekyndt, William Hunt, Randa Shaath and Levi van Veluw. ‘DIY-tips’ are from Tauba Auerbach, David Blandy, Geoffrey Farmer, Ryan Gander, Gareth Moore, Vanessa Jan Phaff and Lawrence Weiner. The JET team was supported by: author Sam Gerrits, cartoonist TRIK, photographer Petra Stavast, designers Kristin Metho en Jeroen Kummer (Kummer en Herrman) and the entire Witte de With staff.

This publication is a collaborative project between Witte de With and Junior Editorial Team (JET): Faye Holdert, Joris de Jong, Judith Leijdekkers, Sammie Oostrum and Esra Yalçiner

Colophon
Number of copies: 750 Dutch; 750 English
Concept: Belinda Hak, Nicolaus Schafhausen
Editor-in-chief and project leader JET: Belinda Hak
Editors: Belinda Hak, Monika Szewczyk, supported by Kirsten de Graaf, Sammie Oostrum
Project assistants JET: Kirsten de Graaf, Annemarie Timmermans, Karin Schipper
Authors: Faye Holdert, Joris de Jong, Judith Leijdekkers, Sammie Oostrum, Esra Yalçiner
Images: Kirsten de Graaf, Bob Goedewaagen, Thomas Hartwell, Raymond Hendriks (TRIK), Faye Holdert, Joris de Jong, Petra Stavast, Levi van Veluw, Esra Yalçiner
Translation Dutch/English: Liesbeth Harmsen, Iris Maher, Andrew May, Fransje de Waard
Translation English/Dutch: Liesbeth Harmsen
Proofreading English: Angela Johnston
Proofreading Dutch: Tanja Elstgeest
Format: 170 x 240mm, 160 pag., sewed soft cover (Otastar), +/- 60 illustrations/photo’s
Design: Kummer & Herrman, Utrecht
Printed & bound: NPN drukkers B.V, Breda
Publisher: Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art
Publication date: 8 June 2009
ISBN: 978-90-73362-87-1
Price: 14,95

© artists, authors and Witte de With, Rotterdam 2009

Distribution
The book is available at Witte de With and via the following distributors:
D.A.P., New York (USA only), online catalogue: www.artbook.com, e-mail dap@dapinc.com, phone +1 212 627 1999
Cornerhouse, Manchester (UK and Ireland only), online catalogue:www.cornerhouse.org, e-mail publications@cornerhouse.org, phone +44 161 2001503
Idea Books, Amsterdam, (The Netherlands and all other countries) online catalogue www.ideabooks.nl,
e-mail: idea@ideabooks.nl, phone: +31 (0)20 6226154

With the support of the Mondriaan Foundation, the Prins Bernhard Culture Fund and the City of Rotterdam.