{"id":577,"date":"2007-06-22T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2007-06-22T12:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.nl\/?p=577"},"modified":"2021-09-06T16:53:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T16:53:22","slug":"kaliningrad-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/fr\/kaliningrad-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaliningrad Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchproject Kaliningrad, Russia<br \/>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"gallery_clear\"><\/div> \n\t\t<div id=\"gallery_577_1\" class=\"photospace\"> \n\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Start Advanced Gallery Html Containers -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"thumbs_wrap2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thumbs_wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"thumbs_577_1\" class=\"thumnail_col hide_me\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"thumbs noscript\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/KAL007_day.jpg\" title=\"Kal007_day\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/KAL007_day.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Kal007_day\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">impression of the ballon<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/KAL006.jpg\" title=\"KAL006\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/KAL006.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"KAL006\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">proposel, sketch: helium balloon, up from the 'Kronprinz' tower, during the time that the project take place<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/KAL001_IMG_6533.jpg\" title=\"KAL001_IMG_6533\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/KAL001_IMG_6533.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"KAL001_IMG_6533\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">Kaliningrad Revisited - the Cultural Agenda of Kaliningrad, issue 1<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/KAL004_IMG_9325.jpg\" title=\"KAL004_IMG_9325\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/KAL004_IMG_9325.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"KAL004_IMG_9325\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">workshop at the 'Kronprinz' tower<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/KAL002_Kalin24juni42.jpg\" title=\"KAL002_\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/KAL002_Kalin24juni42.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"KAL002_\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">team meeting at the 'Kronprinz' tower<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/KAL005_P6302863-1.jpg\" title=\"KAL005_\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/KAL005_P6302863-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"KAL005_\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">meetings after work<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/KAL009_IMG_9316.jpg\" title=\"KAL009_IMG_9316\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/KAL009_IMG_9316.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"KAL009_IMG_9316\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">balloon filled<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/KAL008_IMG_9293.jpg\" title=\"KAL008_IMG_9293\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/KAL008_IMG_9293.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"KAL008_IMG_9293\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">making preparations for the balloon to rise<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/KAL010_oplaten.jpg\" title=\"KAL010_oplaten\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/KAL010_oplaten.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"KAL010_oplaten\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">impression of 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and set its opacity\n\t\t\t\t\t\tvar slideImage = slide.find('img');\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcaption.width(slideImage.width())\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.css({\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/'bottom' : Math.floor((slide.height() - slideImage.outerHeight()) \/ 2 - 40),\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t'top' : slideImage.outerHeight(),\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t'left' : Math.floor((slide.width() - slideImage.width()) \/ 2) + slideImage.outerWidth() - slideImage.width()\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t})\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.fadeTo(duration, 1.0);\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\tonPageTransitionOut:       function(callback) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tthis.hide();\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsetTimeout(callback, 100); \/\/ wait a bit\n\t\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\tonPageTransitionIn:        function() {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tvar prevPageLink = this.find('a.prev').css('display', 'none');\n\t\t\t\t\t\tvar nextPageLink = this.find('a.next').css('display', 'none');\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Show appropriate next \/ prev page links\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif (this.displayedPage > 0)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tprevPageLink.css('display', 'block');\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tvar lastPage = this.getNumPages() - 1;\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif (this.displayedPage < lastPage)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnextPageLink.css('display', 'block');\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tthis.fadeTo('fast', 1.0);\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t}); \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\/**************** Event handlers for custom next \/ prev page links **********************\/\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tgallery.find('a.prev').click(function(e) {\n\t\t\t\t\tgallery.previousPage();\n\t\t\t\t\te.preventDefault();\n\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tgallery.find('a.next').click(function(e) {\n\t\t\t\t\tgallery.nextPage(); \n\t\t\t\t\te.preventDefault();\n\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n\t\tBetween 22nd &#8211; 29th of June 2007 Atelier Veldwerk gathered as much information as possible on cultural production in the Kaliningrad region.\u2028\u2028 The research was done through collecting publications, the internet and interviews with many of those who are involved in the remarkable and specific cultural conditions in Kaliningrad.<br \/>\nSince the time for collecting information was very limited, the lists are incomplete; it would be impossible anyway to make a complete listing of cultural events of a city. But this agenda can be seen as an attempt to portray the city as a cultural entity. It is obvious that a portrait depicts a moment in time, a split second.\u2028\u2028 The information in the Kalingrad Revisited covers the diverse programs and events for the coming months and so it can be used as a guide.<br \/>\nBut more than only a program on paper it offers the reader a possibility to get an insight in the characteristics of the region. Through reading &lsquo;between the lines&rsquo; and the analysis of elements related to each other,offer just as much content as the separate issues do. Hopefully a lot of citizens of Kaliningrad will recognize their city, or even better, discover new features in this portrait. For the interested people abroad it can be an important first encounter, in a single glance, of many various, important, special and unique aspects of the true state of art and culture in the extraordinary Kaliningrad region.<\/p>\n<p><em>Organized and hosted by:<\/em> Kaliningrad Branch of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts with support of the Federal Agency for Culture and Film and the Ford Foundation<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #006600;\">___________________________________________________________________________<\/span><br \/>\n<em>Download pdf:<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Kaliningrad.pdf\">Kaliningrad Revisited<\/a><\/p>\n<div><object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" style=\"width:600px;height:400px\" id=\"012f10bf-d4ca-b5ad-0ffa-c04071a5ce4c\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/static.issuu.com\/webembed\/viewers\/style1\/v2\/IssuuReader.swf?mode=mini&amp;embedBackground=%23ffffff&amp;shareMenuEnabled=false&amp;backgroundColor=%23222222&amp;documentId=111229161436-ed8796ce16294971bac029611b2a8f1d\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/static.issuu.com\/webembed\/viewers\/style1\/v2\/IssuuReader.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" menu=\"false\" wmode=\"transparent\" style=\"width:600px;height:400px\" flashvars=\"mode=mini&amp;embedBackground=%23ffffff&amp;shareMenuEnabled=false&amp;backgroundColor=%23222222&amp;documentId=111229161436-ed8796ce16294971bac029611b2a8f1d\"><\/object><\/p>\n<div style=\"width:600px;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/atelierveldwerk\/docs\/cak?mode=window&amp;backgroundColor=%23222222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/search?q=culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A CITY CAN BE ERASED<br \/>\nAfter the second wold war&nbsp;the Prussian city K\u00f6ningsberg, home of Immanuel Kant and Hannah Arendt,&nbsp;became a part of the USSR and was renamed&nbsp;Kaliningrad&nbsp;by the Soviets (1946). It is still the capital of the Russian province (Oblast) of Kaliningrad. Today, it is positioned as an enclave&nbsp;within&nbsp;the new borders of&nbsp;Europe, clamped between Poland and Lithuania.<br \/>\nDuring the war,&nbsp;most of the city was destroyed by the British (RAF) bombings&nbsp;in 1945 and then taken&nbsp;over&nbsp;by the Russian army shortly after. Very little of K\u00f6ningsberg\u2019s architecture survived. Two of the famous Seven Bridges of K\u00f6ningsberg (or Eulerian&nbsp;enigma), along&nbsp;with the cathedral,&nbsp;all churches,&nbsp;and the universities were destroyed by the air raid, and were never rebuilt. The former German&nbsp;population&nbsp;had fled or was driven out, the new citizens of Kaliningrad were imported from all over Russia. The city\u2019s new history is to be considered as one that started with Stalins attempt&nbsp;to erase anything German,&nbsp;whether object&nbsp;or subject,&nbsp;brick or living being.<br \/>\nJust to mention one&nbsp;of the results of post war settlement&nbsp;program&nbsp;is the fact that very few grandparents are buried in the graveyards of Kaliningrad. The place&nbsp;was tranformed into a Soviet city, the base for the Baltic&nbsp;Fleet, an important strategic point. For foreigners it was a closed city. Only in 1991 the city opened itself&nbsp;for visitors.<br \/>\nToday,&nbsp;Kaliningrad counts about&nbsp;half a million people, the province roughly a million. In 2005, the city celebrated its 750 years anniversary. This,&nbsp;and other more implicit signals,&nbsp;can be found in this cultural&nbsp;agenda;&nbsp;it indicates that a city can be erased,&nbsp;but not history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nin 2007:<\/p>\n<p>Galleries<br \/>\nArt \u201cbussiness\u201d seems to be completely absent in Kaliningrad. There are no commercial galleries. Main reason is probably the complicated federal laws and regulations regarding the right to sell art. In most European cities, the commercial galleries are an important platform for young as well as established artists. In Kaliningrad several institutions play this role. Most notable of them all are the Kaliningrad Branche of the National Centre of Contemporary Art (NCCA) with an international program of an uncomprimising quality, and the Ambermuseum where a lot of young artists get a chance to show their work on various occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Musea<br \/>\nThe oldest museum in Kaliningrad is \u2018The History and Art Museum\u2019 (1964). It could be considered as the \u201cmother museum\u201d that gave birth to all the museums in Kaliningrad which gradually became independent. \u2018The State Art Gallery\u2019, \u2018Amber Museum\u2019, \u2018The Museum of World Ocean\u2019, just to mention a few. \u2018The History and Art Museum\u2019 also look after 11 monuments and soon a lot more will follow. Among them are fortifications, the cathedral and the surrounding sculpture park. Their policy today is to secure the historical defense system (German heritage) for accomodating cultural institutions. That seems like a brilliant and compelling way to reconcileate the history of the city of Koningsbergen and the actual city of Kaliningrad.<\/p>\n<p>Cinema<br \/>\nTwo years ago Kaliningrad\u2019s first mega-cinema opened: Karo.The progamming out of Moscow results in mainly Hollywood productions. One of the four smaller (one screen) cinema\u2019s, Zarya, has a notable programming; strictly quality movies and art movies. Art-director Artem Ryzhkov is trying to get art and film culture in Kaliningrad to a higher level.<\/p>\n<p>Concert Hall<br \/>\nThe Regional Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestra belongs to the best of Russia. The Lik male chamber choir of sacred and secular music and the piano trio under the Kaliningrad Philharmonic should also be mentioned. Apart from the more or less traditional concert halls, Kaliningrad has a remarkable group of sound artists cooperating in \u2018Soundlab\u2019 . Not having their own accomodation, different locations are used as platform (Club Dreadnought, NCCA, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>Theaters<br \/>\nKaliningrad is the home of the only German theater in Russia, registered in November 1995. The theater stages performances in German with a Russian translation. The Vergissmeinnicht adult ensemble (choir) and the Glockchen children&rsquo;s ensemble also make their contribution to the development of German national culture. The Kaliningrad Regional Drama Theater is popular. It opened its first season in October 1947 with a performance of A Guy from Our City (Paren iz nashego goroda) based on a play by Konstantin Simonov. In1960, the company celebrated the opening of its own theater in a restored building that had once housed the Konigsberg New Drama Theater. Today, the theater stages productions from both the classical and contemporary repertoires ( Shakespeare, Brecht, Alexei Tolstoy, Ostrovsky, etc.) The Tilsit Theater company also makes a contribution to the development of theater art in the region. Its performances have won a number of prizes at international and Russian theater festivals. There is a theater department at the State Institute of Dramatic Art (GITIS), which operates in association with the Antrepriza Lik private theater. The Regional Puppet Theater has been delighting children since 1964 with its shows based on Russian, Latvian, German, and English fairy tales.<\/p>\n<p>Dance<br \/>\nAlthough Kaliningrad does not accomodate professional dance education , many courses of all sorts of dance can be found. Especially active in this field is the dancer Svetlana Pakhomova who combines a contemporary dance practice with courses for children and dance events of all kinds. Classical ballet performances are programmed from time to time in the Drama Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Art Education<br \/>\nIn general art education on university level leads to a matter of course cultural infrastructure. Art students, whether of a theatre, dance, music or art department, will have a strong demand for books, platforms and informal meeting places. In Kalingrad official art education is limited to a basic level. Hence the mentioned infrastructure is absent. To become a professional education the artist basically has to leave the region. Fortunately a lot of the artists come back to Kalingrad and creatively find their ways. Nevertheless, the absence of both an art market and an obvious artistic infrastructure may be the reason for the relative isolation of the different cultural disciplines and the realtive difficult mutual exchange.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evenement en onderzoeksproject in en naar de culturele infrastructuur, in de stad van Immanuel Kant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2371,"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577\/revisions\/2371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atelierveldwerk.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}