SMART Project Space

SPS closed its innovative exhibition programme in 2013, but remains a creative industries incubator, offering studio space to artists currently under the remit of SMART Estate Incorporation.

SMART commissioned, produced, and showcased some 70 contemporary visual art exhibitions, hosted hundreds of films, music and performance events, drawing together a wide range of creative approaches across disciplines.

SMART moved further along the street in 1997 to the so-called Bushuis at number 48 (now a library of the University of Amsterdam) where it began to organise events alongside its exhibition activities.

In 2000 SMART relocated to the extensive disused laboratory building of the former Jan Swammerdam Institute of the University on the 1e Constantijn Huygensstraat.

In 2004 SMART relocated one final time to the Pathological Anatomical Laboratory from the 1930s (PAL) in the Old West neighborhood of Amsterdam which is known for its diverse and eclectic ethnic and artistic community.

Ten are reserved for Dutch residents and the remainder are awarded to the International Studio Programme, which provides foreign artists with an opportunity to live and work in Amsterdam for short periods of time, usually between 3–6 months.

SMART Cinema´s programming focuses on a varied selection of films and video productions chosen for their stylistic originality and for the topics they address.

It works with all Dutch distributors of art house, animation and independent content and with a growing number of international programme partners, highlighting productions that are released nationally.