HTV No. 68, VOC (2007)

Edited by BAVO

Exploration, spread in HTV, by Marjolijn Dijkman

This issue of the HTV is dedicated to a remark of the prime-minister of the Netherlands Balkenende who stated that the Netherlands should return to it's 'lost' Dutch historical VOC* spirit. The remark of our Prime minister raised lot's of questions in the Netherlands. I made a compilation for the spread of the magazine with private photos and found footage relating to 'Exploration'.

Title: Exploration (large view, jpeg)
Published: HTV No. 68, VOC, April / May 2007
Guest editors in chief: BAVO
Format: Black & White A2 bimonthly arts paper
ISSN: 1387-9200
Contributors: BAVO, Robin Brouwer, Maartje Fliervoet, Nicoline van Harskamp, Allard van Hoorn, Lies& Luus, Martin de la Fin, Karin Bos, Niels ten Oever, Marjolijn Dijkman, Hendrik-Jan Grievink, Beterweter, Merijn Oudenampsen, Julika Rudelius, Ariel Schlesinger, Raymond Taudin-Chabot, Teun Castelijn

* The Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC) was established in 1602, when the Estates -General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia. It was the first multinational corporation in the world and the first company to issue stock. It remained an important trading concern for almost two centuries, paying an 18% annual dividend for almost 200 years, until it became bankrupt and was formally dissolved in 1800, its possessions and the debt being taken over by the government of the Batavian Republic.