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Sept 12, 2021
The Beaching of the Ship
00°57’226” S, 80°48’376” W
It’s a miracle that the centenary ship Azart has sailed for more then thirty years despite countless dangers.
It’s a miracle she ends on a South American beach like a contemporary Temple of Folly.
The miracle is that the city of Manta has cleared a spot for the ship on the beach of a fisherman’s hamlet.
The miracle is that the energetic theater group “Humor y Vida” embraces this project.
With the 220 person tribune and a professional beamer, it became the local cultural centre,
a neighbourhood cinema, a village theatre, a youth center, a museum and a top turist attraction.
With 10 cabins it’s an artist residence that attracts, like a magnet, artists from the entire South American continent.
The Amsterdam “Azart Square” is not named after a dead admiral but its
history is an actual story, told by Ecuadorian artists on “Playa Azart”
Paty & Shana, members of the “Buque Azart!” run by the theater company “Humor y Vida”
Donation
For the Cultural Centre “Buque Azart” on the beach in Ecuador
The Theater “Buque Azart” collaborates with the Amsterdam Plein Theater 
AZART BOOKS
“Azart” ! Een filosofische roman over de teloorgang – en de toekomst – van Europa,
verpakt als kluchtige avonturenverhaal met trekjes van een detective.
Geschreven en geïllustreerd door Maxim Kantor en uit het Russisch vertaald door Lena Hemmink.
ISBN 9789464028768 248 Pagina’s 19×26 cm 1200 gr. 25.00 € Bestellen
“Azart – The Ship of Fools”, a colourful photo-artbook that honours the millenary history of The Ship of Fools,
the centenary fishing vessel and the thirty years of an erratic theatre company.
ISBN 9789090325613 248 Pagina’s 16.7×24.5 cm 25.00 € To buy
