Thijs Barendse
Thijs Barendse is an independent programme-maker and the director of De Dépendance. He studied International Relations at the University of Amsterdam and Political Economy at Sussex University (Brighton, UK). He worked for three years at De Unie, the former venue for debate and dialogue in Rotterdam. Since 2012 he also works as chief-editor of the monthly Rotterdam Late Night talkshow, as secretary of the Pierre Bayle Prize for Art Criticism, and as a board member of WORM, Institute for Avantgardistic Recreation.