September 24, 2011: Anniversary - 75 years Van Abbemuseum
The anniversary party is sponsered by:
VANUIT HIER - OUT OF HERE
During our Jubilee you will of course visit the programme VANUIT HIER - OUT OF HERE. Three different exhibitions, especially installed for the 75th anniversary, you can view works from the collection which were specially made for the Van Abbemuseum or for which artists have been inspired by the city or the museum, you will get to know the marvelous world of the Eindhoven artist Dick Verdult and you will get an insight in artworks from private collections of regional collectors.
75 years and still contemporary!
This year it is the 75th birthday of the Van Abbemuseum and we want to celebrate this with you! During the anniversary party on Saturday 24 September from 11 am to 11 pm, we invite you for a day full of art, theatre, music, circus, food and drinks. Admission is FREE. You can also participate in various creative or culinary workshops.
On this page, you will find the entire programme. You will need to REGISTER for some of the workshops and activitiies, which you can do on this page as well. Be fast!
Programme Saturday 24 September
11 AM - 11 PM: Help Save the Wood Circle
Come in and visit hall 7 in the old building. Get to know our cicerones and volunteers who took the initiative to start a campaign to keep the Wood Circle (1977). You can contribute as well! There are beautiful t-shirts and buttons for sale in the Museum Shop.
Would you like to donate? Ask our hosts, hostesses and cicerones how or read more here.
Location: old building, hall 7
By: Hosts / women and cicerones
Time: 11 AM - 11 PM
Starts from 11.30 AM: Guided tours
SIGN UP: 11.30 AM, 12.30, 1.30 PM (full), 2.30, 3.30, 4.30, 5.30, 6.30, 7.30 PM (or sign up on the day at the information desk)
Go on a journey through the new exhibitions in our museum! You will learn more about the artworks, the artists and the museum.
Location: meet at the information desk
By: guides of the museum
Maximum number of participants per tour: 20
Duration: 1 hour
12 PM - 7 PM: The 'Malle Balle' Circus
Circus! You can be a circus artist as well and learn all the tricks.
Location: the museum front garden
By: Het Malle Balle Circus
Time: from 12 – 7 PM
Age: starting at the age of 4
Starts from 12 AM: Kinderkunstclub: each child an artist!
Together with our teachers you are going to make something festive for the museum. When completed your artwork will receive a special place somewhere inside or outside the Van Abbemuseum for the rest of the day.
Location: Classroom
By: Trienette Stevens and Silvia Kooman (museumteachers)
Maximum number of children per workshop: 15
Age: 5 - 12 years
Subscribe: 12 AM, 2 - 3, 4 - 5 PM (or sign up on the day itself at the information desk)
Starts from 12 AM: Workshop ‘Bob Ross’t er op los’
While enjoying the moody music, you will get to know the wonderful picturesque world of Bob Ross ("Yesss. Just a little Van Dyck Brownnn"),
Location: New building, room 1
By: Frank Malcorps
Maximum number of participants per workshop: 15
Age: 16 years
Registration: full
Details: All materials are available
12 AM - 8 PM: De Kippenkar (the Chicken Trolley)
The Kippenkar is a mobile kitchen. What you see is what you get. A friendly girl stirs a large pot of soup or cuts fresh eggs into pieces. She will serve you chicken soup, corn soup, or mini sandwiches with fried quail eggs.
Location: Front garden
By: Josine Brackets / Lisah Baert
Time: 12 AM - 8 PM
The dishes are not free
Starts from 1 PM: Workshop Freerunning
In this workshop you will get to know Freerunning, Parkour and Tricking. It's new, it's fast and it's flashing! "It's about going from point A to point B as fast as possible and the emphasis of Tricking is on doing tricks, as cool and difficult as possible." says frontman Steven from the Uncatchable Freerun Crew.
Location: Studio
By: Uncatchable Freerun Crew of the HipHopLab040 (part of Dynamo)
Maximum number of participants: 20
Sign up: 1 - 2.30 PM and 4 - 5.30 PM (or sign up on the day itself at the information desk)
1 PM - 5 PM: Wheel of art fortune
Spin the wheel, test your knowledge about the collection of the Van Abbemuseum and win some nice prizes! Presented by the one and only Luk Sponselee!
Location: Front garden
By: Luk Sponselee
Time: 1 - 5 pm
2 PM - 2.30 PM: In conversation with artist Bram Hermens
the Eindhoven based artist Bram Hermens is invited to develop a big, new, wall art for Het Oog (The Eye). He works here almost every day, untill the end of the year. During this Jubilee, he will explain his work.
Location: Het Oog
By: Bram Hermens
Maximum number of participants: 20
Registration: 2 - 2.30 PM (or sign up on the day itself at the information desk)
Starts from 2 PM - 10 PM (continious): Workshop 'Establish your own museum hall'
A beautiful colour on the wall? Artworks that you'd love to see? Or maybe even make a mural? In this workshop, you will develop a scaled museum hall. All halls together will form a structure: the alternative Van Abbemuseum.
Location: Hall at the Museumshop
By: Marijke van Overbeek
Time: 2 PM - 10 PM (continious)
Sign up on the spot
Details: All materials are available
Starts from 2 PM: Workshop Tasting Regional from Brabant
Discover the typical food from Brabant in Museum Cafe Karel I. There is also information on the various farms and organisations dealing with regional products.
Location: Museum Cafe
By: master chef William van de Heijden
Maximum number of participants per workshop: 20
Sign up: 2 - 2.45 PM, 3 - 3.45, 5 - 5.45, 6 - 6.45 PM (or sign up on the day itself at the information desk)
2 PM - 2.30 PM: 'Tante Netty explains: art and the internet' (in Dutch)
Tanty Netty (Aunt Netty), an offline blog gallery in Woensel West, explains in this cozy lecture about art on the Internet and playing with the boundaries between online and offline.
Location: 2nd floor, new building, hall 6, Activist Club
By: Ties van de Werff, galery Tante Netty
Maximum number of participants: 20
Sign up: 2 PM - 2.30 PM (or sign up on the day itself at the information desk)
Starts from 2.30 PM: Performance Freerunning
Freerunning, Parkour, Tricking. It's new, it's fast and it's flashing! During the workshops you can discover this sport but in this performance you will see the masters at work! The HipHopLab040 free runners will show you their moves!
Location: around the museum
By: Uncathable Freerun Crew of the HipHopLab040 (part of Dynamo youth centre)
Time: 2.30 - 3 PM, 5.30 - 6 PM
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3 PM - 3.45 PM: Lecture "The New Man" by Marcel van Dam (in Dutch)
One of the quotes from the artist El Lissitzky's is: "I am not going to do this. You can do this." No one other than sociologist, (former) politician and film maker Marcel van Dam and his wife Milou Derks, were inspired by this. In this lecture explains Marcel van Dam why and how he made this model of the New Man.
Lecture in Dutch!
Location: Auditorium
By: Marcel van Dam
Sign up: FULLY BOOKED
3.45 PM - 4.15 PM: I agree with... Lissitsky
Fashion show and installation of the New Man
Following the lecture of Marcel van Dam, the New Man will be installed on the first floor of the new building. He will be escorted by the models from fashion collective I agree with... who showed her new collection during the Dutch Design Week 2010. This collection is inspired by the work of Lissitzky.
Location: from auditorium to the first floor of the new building
Time: 3.45 - 4.15 PM
3.30 - 4.30 PM: Workshop Belly Dancing
Discover the mysterious world of oriental belly dance in this inspiring workshop by Sita. It focuses on the basic techniques, with a varied number of moves, combos and improvisation, but mainly: a lot of FUN!
Registration: 3.30 - 4.30 PM (or sign up on the day itself at the information desk)
Location: Old building, room 10
By: Sita Dance Amsterdam
Maximum number of participants per workshop: 25 (only for girls / women)
Age: All ages
Dress code: top/ t-shirt and a skirt or legging (comfortable)
Starting from 4 PM: François Blanc
François Blanc is inspired by the French painters and is a curious appearance in the street. A gem and a quiet moment in the hectic life of modern man. Fanciful theater within a square meter. Winner of the Luk Vincent Price 2004 Ghent.
Location: a.o. front garden
By: Steven Groenen
Time: starts from 4 pm
Starting from 4 PM: Femme Fare Vals Plat
Femme Fare Valsplat consist of 19 charming ladies for a pleasant tune in the afternoon.
Location: Front yard
By: Femme Fare Valsplat
Time: starting from 4 PM
4 - 8 PM: Pizza baking workshop
Roll up your sleeves and make your own pizza topped with ingredients of your one choice. Fun, informative and delicious.
If you just want to order a pizza you're more than welcome as well.
Location: Museum Cafe
By: Puur Gianni
Time: 4 PM - 8 PM (continuous)
Cost: € 5 (including pizza)
5 PM - 5.45 PM: Lecture 'The classical painting' by Cornelis le Mair (in Dutch)
A lecture by a remarkable artist from Eindhoven (in Dutch).
Sign up: 5 - 5.45 PM (or sign up on the day itself at the information desk)
Location: Auditorium
By: Cornelis le Mair
Starting from 5 PM: Iris Penning
This young singer from Eindhoven will impress you with her guitar and rich voice.
Location: Museum Café
By: Iris Penning
Time: starting from 5 pm
Starting from 5.30 uur: Workshop Bollywood dancing
Bollywood Dance is a mix of various dance styles; in addition to traditional Indian classical dance, you can also see influences from salsa, belly dancing, street dance and African dance. In this workshop you will learn many Bollywood head, arm and hand movements, and of course you will here the film songs. An energetic workshop!
Registration: 5.30 - 6.30 PM, 7 - 8 PM (or sign up on the day itself at the information desk)
Location: Room 10 old building
By: Sita Dance Amsterdam
Maximum number of participants per workshop: 25 (only for girls / women)
Age: All ages, top / t-shirt and a legging or skirt
Starting from 6 PM: Duo Peer & Luc
"Troubadours, Burgundians, interpreters of the French chanson, pure musicians, a hilarious duo ...". An inexhaustible repertoire from Dylan to Brel: a charming performance is guaranteed!
Location: Museum Café Karel I
By: Peer & Luc
Time: starting from 6 pm
8 PM: Film: Donker Licht, nachtmerrie op Strijp S
'Donker Licht, nachtmerrie op Strijp-S ' is the name of a short horror film made by the Alt-heart youth. In the corridor near 'Het Oog' you can see a presentation of the making-of of this movie.
This film is in Dutch, it is not subtitled.
Location: Auditorium
By: Alt-heart
Time: 6 - 11 pm, continuous (lenght of the film around 6 minutes)
Age: > 16 years
8.30 PM - 9.30 PM: Def Americans (Johnny Cash tribute band)
Almost everyone know the legendary country singer Johnny Cash, the man in black with his deep baritone voice. Songs like Ring of Fire and Walk the Line have made him immortal.
The highly successful Eindhoven cover band Def Americans will bring Cash back to life, even if it's just for a while!
Location: Tent Museum Cafe
By: Def Americans
Time: 20.30 - 21.30
10 PM: Belly dancer Sita performs!
Sita is an all round professional oriental belly dancer from Amsterdam, specializing in oriental belly dance and Argentine tango. She also has a strong background in Bollywood dance and flamenco. Sita's dance style is elegant, full of passion, charisma and expression. A woman with entertainment in her heart and soul.
Location: Museum Café
Time: 10 PM
11.45 PM: Vrouwen van Hendrik
At the end of the evening, the Eindhoven choir 'Vrouwen van Hendrik' will sing several songs.
Location: Pond at Museum Cafe Terrace
Time: 11.45 PM
11 PM: The Floating Diva
The final chord of the evening by soprano Lotte Bovi. The Floating Diva is a performance on the water, she will sing a passionate aria.
Location: Pond at Museum Café Terrace
By: Lotte Bovi
Time: 11 PM