Ra - Antwerpen, Belgium

RA A PERPETUAL SPACE FOR CREATIVES. RA IS AN INNOVATIVE PLATFORM + STORE IN ANTWERP, BELGIUM. A DYNAMIC CULTURAL OPEN SOURCE > FOSTERING LOCAL & GLOBAL NETWORKING. RA INSPIRES AND PROMOTES, DISCOVERS AND BRIDGES EMERGING MULTIDISCIPLINARY TALENT WITH AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE AND MARKET. RA IS AN ARENA FOR DISPLAYING AND PRODUCING A PORTFOLIO OF PRODUCTS, SITE-SPECIFIC PROJECTS, EXHIBITIONS, INSTALLATIONS, PERFORMANCES, AND ALL EVENTS THAT PROMOTE AND ENRICH THE CREATIVE AND CULTURAL DISCOURSE. RA IS A MELTING POT FOR FASHION, ART, DESIGN, MUSIC, BOOKS AND FINE FOOD IN A FLUID EXPERIENCE, STARTING IN THE KLOOSTERSTRAAT 13 IN ANTWERP, BELGIUM, AND EXTENDING THROUGHOUT THE VIRTUAL WORLD OF WWW.RA13.BE. a tangible space THE RA CONCEPT STORE IS AN 800SQM SPACE, CONSISTING OF A 300SQM FASHION FLOOR, AN EXHIBITION SPACE, A BOOK STORE, A MUSIC CORNER AND A FOOD CORNER. DUE FOR COMPLETION IN FALL 2009, THE SPACE - FORMERLY AN ART GALLERY - HAS BEEN RECONSTRUCTED AND RENOVATED, WITH RESPECT TO ITS HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL VALUE. an intangible space WWW.RA13.BE IS AN ONLINE PLATFORM AND COMMUNITY - AN OPEN WINDOW ON THE WORLD OF RA FOR THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY. THE SITE WILL INCORPORATE THE MONTHLY RA TIDINGS, A SHOWCASE OF RA’S HAPPENINGS RELEASED ONLINE AND IN PRINT. RA TIDINGS INVITES CONTRIBUTION FROM WRITERS, ARTISTS AND OTHER CREATIVES.