Very Contemporary Brochure 2015 / 1

Very Contemporary

Exhibitions and venues in Contemporary Art in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion

Bureau Europa's layered agenda When it comes to urban planning and landscape architecture, Bureau Europa is a provocateur.

The institute is involved in numerous initiatives that give shape to the living environments of the future.

Saskia van Stein is its director since two years.

Govert Derix Saskia van Stein

HOW DOES THE GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION OF BUREAU EUROPA REFLECT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN DUTCH ARCHITECTURE? → We’re in the Euregio – an urban network with lots of potential that’s also facing (architectural) issues arising from a shrinking demographic and monetary contraction. Our institute could be seen as a metaphor for the question of how to deal with financial stagnation: a 60 per cent cut in our funding meant we had to downsize and relocate. Bureau Europa moved to a derelict area, the Belvédère, around the old ceramics factories of Maastricht.

Here, urbanity is developing in a way that Maastricht is missing. From this perspective, we can tell a compelling story of how this city and region can shape its search for a new future. Farewell to old times. We’re facing new issues.

Maybe, we can even revitalize the concept of ‘heterotopia’: the realization that the ‘other’ has the agency to provide innovative impulses to the city and the region. Now, the 21st century really begins. →

YOUR FIRST EXHIBITION WAS CALLED RADICAL LOCALITY. It was an investigation into the consequences of a globalized world and revaluing the local, as well as the implications a cultural institute like ours can have on the gentrification of an area. What is its identity, what are the new business models, and how does social cohesion work within it? We were inspired by an essay by architecture crit-

'frontenpark', 2014, photo: jonathan vos

'frontenpark', 2014, photo: kim bouvy

ic Kenneth Frampton, in which he argues for the greater importance of an ‘arriere-garde’: a rear-guard that reflects upon society’s values. In a time where the threat of everything fragmenting and changing is accelerating, he asks for the minimum. What do we want to maintain as a society? In Radical Locality, we showed a generation in architecture that is reinventing itself. Since little is being built, they broaden the architectural profession and empower citizens, while others concentrate on the export of their craft.

SO YOU HELD A MIRROR UP TO SOCIETY WITH THE MESSAGE: THIS IS THE AREA AND THE PAST THAT WE SHOULD DEAL WITH. But without wishing to be pedantic. Not top-down.

The question is how you want to position it as a cultural institute. It’s also a search, navigating the current cultural political landscape. Nothing can be taken for granted: redefinition and legitimacy are the order of the day.

FUTURE SOCIETIES WILL DEPEND MORE ON SELFRELIANCE AND UNIFIED STRENGTH. PEOPLE WILL INCREASINGLY HAVE TO SHAPE THEIR LIVES AND ENVIRONMENTS. DOES BUREAU EUROPA WANT TO BE A PLAYER IN THIS MOVEMENT? In the new reality, no one has a monopoly on wisdom. So we seek a conversation with as many parties and citizens as possible. It’s worth noting that Dutch citizens were once self-reliant, but that changed during the welfare state. They became consumers with decreasing responsibilities. Now, they must suddenly participate in an economically motivated ‘do-ocracy’. Like in other places, the rediscovery of the (social) city and the rediscovery of architecture go hand in hand.

CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF AN INITIATIVE THAT MAKES THESE ISSUES VISIBLE? Take Sphinx Park, an undeveloped part of Maastricht, which we activated together with several parties.

'meet the maker', 29 November 2014, photo: Jonathan Vos

'stad;academie', 2014, photo: kenneth tan

We specifically asked the public to participate, but you also have to take people seriously. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not anti-market. We want to empower and connect people, and therein lies the significance. I’m resistant without the false rhetoric of instrumentalization that often leads to a kind of veiled, sham-democratic process, immediately behind which is usually just another kind of market thinking.

WHEN WILL BUREAU EUROPA’S MISSION BE ACHIEVED? When the self-consciousness that we arrive at in the new era becomes widespread, and a process of emancipation that is more socially inclusive regarding the significance of how the built environment is activated. If successful, I’ll be very proud.

INVENTING NEW FORMS OF SOLIDARITY AND EXPRESSING THIS IN ARCHITECTURE? OR ARCHITECTURE AS A BREEDING GROUND TO GIVE THIS A CHANCE? Our agenda is layered. The discipline itself is in sharp focus. Rem Koolhaas introduced the concept of ‘Fundamentals’. The fragmentation of meaning, lack of hierarchy and crumbling of authority force a reflection on the foundations.

It’s the realization that we are facing an important and promising time: the dawn of a new vivacity.

MIGHT THIS ALSO MEAN CHANGES TO THE ROLE OF (LOCAL) GOVERNMENT AND THOSE WORKING IN URBAN PLANNING DEPARTMENTS? We’re closely involved with the Stad.Academie, a temporary initiative to develop new approaches and ideas on how we can give form to the metropolitan region together.

In conjunction with the city of Maastricht, cultural institutions and other partners, we hold traditional organizational functions to the light. It appears that the new reality calls for a different set of functions for the role of all of those involved in programming or design the city. More fundamen-

'against the grain', 16 – 17 January 2015, photo: moniek wegdam

'Mansholt, Landscape in Perspective', 18 January – 20 april 2014, photo: xml

'DOMESTIC AFFAIRS', 19 – 25 January 2015, photo: Marc Maurer

tally, we have to reinvent how we can financially sustain our cities now that ground exploitation has become obsolete.

ANY FURTHER PLANS? We continue to raise social community issues at various levels of scale: the city addressed as a metaphor and a reality. From urban agriculture, to the European Union's common agricultural policy. From designing a productive future, to educational strategies.

I’m a great admirer of the work of the architect Cedric Price; in my opinion, one of the 20th century’s greatest minds. He made a plea for ‘non-planning’ and stretched architecture’s definition. At Bureau Europa, we show that architecture is not just about stone buildings, but also about oral history, or food. From the outside, many don’t realize that architecture and urbanism are also about the opportunities of vacant buildings, the temporary use of empty space and many other approaches.

IS IT GOODBYE TO THE 20TH CENTURY, AND A DEPARTURE FROM THE PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL ENGINEERING? Yes, but I’m wary of the bottom-up as a new utopia. It doesn’t work without large structures. It’s a process whereby bottom-up and top-down repeatedly meet. A search that shows no end, and is the heartbeat of the new reality.

Govert Derix is a Maastricht-based philosopher, writer, advisor and columnist.

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Bonnefantenmuseum photo: Aldo Rossi, De binnenplaats van Broni, 1987, © Eredi Aldo Rossi

Bonnefantenmuseum Avenue Céramique 250 6221 KX Maastricht (The Netherlands) +31 43 329 0190 info@bonnefanten.nl www.bonnefanten.nl open

Tuesday → Sunday

11 am → 5 pm

Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht

06.03.2015 28.06.2015

HENRI DE FROMANTIOU – ROYAL ILLUSIONS On 6 March 2015, the week before the start of TEFAF, the Bonnefantenmuseum is opening its doors to the very first retrospective of Henri de Fromantiou. Until July 2015, we will be showing a wide selection of paintings by this 17th-century still-life painter, spotlighting the Maastricht master and filling an art-historical gap.

26.03.2015 28.06.2015

RIČARDAS VAITIEKŪNAS – BONNEFANTEN HEDGE HOUSE Solo exhibition with works by Ričardas Vaitiekūnas (Lithuania) in the Bonnefanten Hedge House in Wylre. www.hedgehouse.eu

26.06.2015 01.11.2015

ALDO ROSSI – THE WINDOW OF THE POET On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Aldo Rossi’s museum building in Maastricht in 2015, the Bonnefantenmuseum will stage a travelling exhibition on the interesting ‘Opera Grafica’ of the multi-facetted architect and artist Aldo Rossi.

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The Bonnefantenmuseum has a collection of old masters and a collection of modern and contemporary art. The old masters on display include works by mediaeval sculptor Jan van Steffeswert, and early Netherlandish and Italian paintings. The modern and contemporary art collections consist of artworks by internationally renowned artists, with a historically grown focus on movements such as Concept Art, Minimal Art and Arte Povera. The spectacular museum building was designed by Aldo Rossi. The museum also offers various guided tours and activities for children.

Bureau Europa workshop for the new world – photo: Edwin Gardner

Bureau Europa Timmerfabriek Boschstraat 9 6211 AS Maastricht (The Netherlands) +31 43 3503020 info@bureau-europa.nl www.bureau-europa.nl open

Wednesday → Sunday

11 am → 5 pm

UNTIL 22.03.2015

CEDRIC PRICE: THE DYNAMICS OF TIME An introduction of the work of Price presenting a cross-section of his practice, including sketches, project drawings, recorded talks, and first-hand accounts by staff, colleagues and friends. A display of selected projects demonstrates his innovative models for industry, education, government, tourism, ecology and the house.

10.04.2015 19.04.2015

RAUMPLAN VS PLAN LIBRE Architects Adolf Loos and Le Corbusier have played an important role in architecture. During this exhibition BA students of the Maastricht Academy of Architecture examine the contemporary significance of their designs. The exhibition shows that making and using traditional building scale models are essential to architecture.

01.05.2015 05.07.2015

WORKSHOP FOR THE NEW WORLD An exhibition investigating the future of work, production and locality in the ‘Second Machine Age’. From Richard Sennett’s Craftsman to hipsters brewing their own beers, ‘Do-it-yourself’ has a long and rich history. What are we to make of the re-appropriation of manual skills and craftsmanship? The exhibition explores a future where we will have to radically review what it is that makes work valuable, meaningful and human.

13.06.2015

MEET THE MAKER For the 2nd edition of Meet the Maker, Bureau Europa and Studio NOTO collaborate with FASHIONCLASH Maastricht on the theme ‘Gender’. Artists, thinkers, fashion designers and performers from the Euregion present theirs work and engage in a dialogue for one day.

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As a presentation and network organisation, Bureau Europa/platform for architecture presents exhibitions and other activities in the field of architecture and design from a social perspective. Bureau Europa’s focus is mainly on Europe and the Euregion in connection with their social agenda.

CIAP photo: kristof vrancken

CIAP Lombaardstraat 23 3500 Hasselt (Belgium) +32 11 22 53 21 info@ciap.be www.ciap.be open

Wednesday → Friday Saturday → Sunday

11 am → 6 pm 1 pm → 5 pm

24.01.2015 19.04.2015

HOTEL ECHO TANGO WHISKY ECHO ROMEO KILO TANGO Solo-presentation of Vaast Colson (*1977, Kapellen) Vaast Colson is a young emerging artist who’s presenting existing and new artwork in this exhibition. In his oeuvre the process or interaction with the public is often more important then the end-product.

02.05.2015 16.08.2015

MEDITATIONS ON A HOBBY HORSE CIAP explores the strange and the wondrous in the work of young emerging artists based in The Netherlands and Belgium. Ranging from the subtle temptations of readymade objects to the exuberant iconography of future gods, this exhibition includes works by (among thers) Kasper Bosmans, Peter De Meyer, Anne Forest, Thomas Gilissen,Thomas Mazzarella, Femmy Otten and Frederik Van Simaey.

06.03.2015 29.03.2015 03.04.2015 03.05.2015 07.05.2015 31.06.2015

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THE CABINET: KATRIN KAMRAU

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THE CABINET: GRIET MOORS

THE CABINET: IMAGE TALKS - ARTIST The Cabinet is an ongoing project in which CIAP gives the opportunity to young emerging artists to present their work to a large public. A new Cabinet opens every first Thursday of every month. →

CIAP is an independent association for contemporary art. CIAP was founded in 1976 and its operating methods are very comparable to the German model of the Kunstverein, a model that is not well known in Flanders. CIAP aims to respond to the local art scene in a 2-way direction, on the one hand by presenting from within the local context towards a larger (eu)regional public and on the other hand by boosting the local artists, art-professionals and public by showing innovative international artistic developments.

De Domijnen photo: Betye Saar, Black Girls Window, 1969

De Domijnen 03, formerly known as Museum Het Domein Kapittelstraat 6 6131 ER Sittard (The Netherlands) +31 46 4513460 info@dedomijnen.nl www.dedomijnen.nl open

Tuesday → Sunday

11 am → 5 pm

18.01.2015 07.06.2015

KOEN VANMECHELEN – THIS IS NOT A CHICKEN The Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen (1965) is an internationally renowned, conceptual artist. His groundbreaking work deals with biocultural diversity and identity.

Over the past decade, Vanmechelen has collaborated with scientists from different disciplines. Vanmechelen is known for his Cosmopolitan Chicken Project; a worldwide artistic breeding project.

28.07.2015 15.11.2015

BETYE SAAR The American artist Betye Saar (Los Angeles, 1926) is among the most prominent artists of her generation. Since the 1960s she has gained a reputation for feminist work that reflects on African American identity, spirituality and the connectedness between different cultures. This retrospective is Betye Saar’s first museum solo in Europe. The artist has structured a probing exhibition which features older and more recent pieces, works on paper, sculptures, and a number of specially-constructed installations. Saar’s work, which covers six decades, is displayed according to three central themes: nostalgia and memory; mysticism and ritual; and political and racial representation.

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De Domijnen was created in January 2015. Consolidated into De Domijnen at this point are: City theatre Sittard-Geleen, BiblioNova, Museum Het Domein and the Euregionaal Historisch Centrum. By joining forces we aim for a new culture experience.

Our existing services go hand in hand with inspiring developments which provide plenty of incentives and challenges. De Domijnen 03 is a relative young museum for contemporary art and urban history and archaeology. The museum is located in a former nineteenth-century municipal school in the historic centre of Sittard.

Espace 251 Nord photo: x.delory

Espace 251 Nord Rue Vivegnis 251 4000 Liège (Belgium) +32 4 227 10 95 info@e2n.be www.e2n.be open

Wednesday → Saturday

2 pm → 6 pm

02.03.2015 27.06.2015

LES MAINS LIBRES The exhibition opens up a dialogue between ethnic and contemporary art. The exhibition asks us to free ourselves from time and from geography alike to navigate through a deeper and more unique insight. →

Espace 251 Nord is a art center dedicated to the production and exhibition of Belgian and foreign artists. To intensify visibility and circulation of artists, the non profit organization organizes exhibitions and communication plan in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine and Europe. Espace 251 Nord organizes “extra-muros” exhibitions to get artists works to circulate, in order to raise awareness about contemporary art among various types of audiences.

ikob photo: serge cloot – exhibition in/visible

ikob Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst Rotenberg 12 B 4700 Eupen (Belgium) +32 87 56 01 10 info@ikob.be www.ikob.be open

Wednesday → Sunday

1 pm → 6 pm

08.03.2015 17.05.2015

IN/VISIBLE – IN SEARCH OF THE INVISIBLE MASTERPIECE Through a choice of significant artworks of the 49 Nord 6 Est – Frac Lorraine’s collection, the ikob pays tribute to one of the most original and committed collections of the institutional contemporary art landscape, while questioning its own status as a museum. IN/VISIBLE reflects one of the current tendencies of the contemporary art world which consists of finding and reformulating alternative art forms that are connected to a fundamental artistic thinking, which we sometimes seem to have lost. Curators: Béatrice Josse & Maïté Vissault

07.06.2015 16.08.2015

IKOB-AWARD – NOMINATED ARTISTS Ten artistic positions of the nominees are exhibited at the ikob and two awards honour the creativity of the emerging contemporary art scene: one for artists without borders and one for an artist from the Euregio.

27.09.2015 13.12.2015

FIG. 2 – MARCEL BERLANGER Marcel Berlanger deals with the figure’s pictorial inscription in all the complexity of its perceptive dimensions.

With his singular and determinant position in Belgium’s artistic scene, he formulates the way by which the picture constructs itself nowadays.

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The ikob – Museum of Contemporary Art in Eupen is located in the Germanspeaking part of Belgium, close to the German and the Dutch border. Its program focuses on emerging and leading contemporary art through the constitution of a significant collection (in progress) and temporary exhibitions (in dialogue). Functioning as a discursive platform for contemporary art with its multidisciplinary and thematic exhibition program and concerned with critical and socio-political issues, the ikob attempts to reflect the matter of the frontier.

La Châtaigneraie photo: femmenerouge, philippe herbet, moscou, s.d

Centre wallon d’art contemporain La Châtaigneraie Chaussée de Ramioul 19 4400 Flémalle (Belgium) +32 4 275 33 30 chataigneraiemarie-helene@skynet.be www.cwac.be open

Tuesday Wednesday Friday → Sunday

2 pm → 5 pm 2 pm → 6 pm 2 pm → 6 pm

25.04.2015 31.05.2015

PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM THE EUREGIO Guido PAULUSSEN - Henry WITPEERD - George MEIJERS - Nico BASTENS - Ed HOOGENBOOM - Jean JANSSIS - Willy DEL ZOPPO - Alice SMEETS - Marien DRICOT - Marc WENDELSKI - Jutta MELCHERS - Andreas MAGDANZ - Karl Heinz OFFERMANN - Uwe PIPER - Wilhelm SCHÜRMANN The theme of the exhibition is “Live and work in the Euregio“. The main topic is around the Siegfried or the Westwall line. It’s a protection line built by the Germans in the 30s in front of the Maginot Line. This line winds along the border between the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.

13.06.2015 12.07.2015

PHILIPPE HERBET Hardcore traveler, Philippe Herbet takes his camera in Eastern Europe and bring us with him to a beautiful trip.

Portrait of an eternal Russia, full of romance and yet well anchored in the 21st century.

19.09.2015 18.10.2015

MICHEL LEONARDI - LUC VAISER A crossed look between two artists who know each other from a long time, one is artist, the other is photographer.

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Set up in 1979, La Châtaigneraie occupies a small manor house (1830-1840) bordered by age-old chestnut trees. Exhibitions range from a retrospective of a historical nature through to the most contemporary expression, passing trough all the techniques.

In this way, La Châtaigneraie confirms its vocation as a place for promoting artists as well as the wish to create a place for meetings and awareness. The Centre publishes historical works and monographs.

Leopold-Hoesch-Museum Düren photo: peter hinschläger

Leopold-Hoesch-Museum & Papiermuseum Düren Hoeschplatz 1 52349 Düren (Germany) +49 2421 252561 museum@dueren.de www.leopoldhoeschmuseum.de open

Tuesday → Sunday Thursday

10 am → 5 pm 10 am → 7 pm

15.03.2015 31.05.2015

PAPER IS PART OF THE PICTURE. EUROPÄISCHE KÜNSTLERPAPIERE VON ALBRECHT DÜRER BIS GERHARD RICHTER In celebrating 625 years of German paper production, as well as the 25th anniversary of the Papiermuseum Düren, the year 2015 marks the opening of a very special exhibition that showcases 160 print and graphic works, spanning across 600 years of art history and delving into the aesthetic, artistic, and historical significance of paper. An international experts’ symposium is planned from 18th to 21st March in conjunction with the exhibition, along with a supporting programme featuring talks, film screenings and workshops.

14.06.2015 22.11.2015

COLOUR, SPACE & PAPER Volker Saul: Shapes - Work in Progress Ulrich Rückriem: Winner of the Art Prize of the District of Düren.

Hans Salentin: Works with Paper - in cooperation with the Junkerhaus Simonskall.

Martin Gerwers Heijo Hangen: Hubertus Schoeller Foundation Jorinde Voigt: Award-winner of the Dahlmann Price

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Within these various exhibitions, artists undertake experiments with paper, creating a transition from 2-dimensionality to 3-dimensionality. These experiments take many forms, varying from collages to paper-based spacial representations.

Founded in 1905, the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum and its new extension, completed in 2010 by the architect Peter Kulka, features collections of modern works, including examples of ZERO and Concrete Art from the Hubertus Schoeller Foundation and contemporary positions from the Günter Peill Foundation. United under a dual museum concept, the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum and the Papiermuseum Düren have formed a globally-oriented platform for showcasing contemporary art in the 21st century and the cultural history of paper in form of interdisciplinary exhibitions.

Ludwig Forum Aachen stefan sandner, untitled, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 280 x 200 cm. collection gaby and wilhelm schürmann

Ludwig Forum Aachen Jülicher Str. 97-109 52070 Aachen (Germany) +49 241 1807 104 info@ludwigforum.de www.ludwigforum.de open

Tuesday → Friday Thursday Saturday → Sunday

12 pm → 6 pm 12 pm → 8 pm 11 am → 6 pm

22.03.2015 31.01.2016

LE SOUFFLEUR. SCHÜRMANN MEETS LUDWIG Wilhelm Schürmann was invited to curate an exhibition with the Ludwig collection in mind. Where Peter and Irene Ludwig say “Jeff Koons”, Gaby and Wilhelm Schürmann answer “Mike Kelley” or “Christopher Williams”.

The major currents in art followed by the Ludwigs were counteracted by the Schürmanns who were drawn to context-oriented positions informed by Institutional Critique and political art.

UNTIL 19.04.2015

PETER LACROIX. PURE The exhibition “Pure” features around 170 works by the Aachen artist Peter Lacroix (1924-2010). Parallel to the exhibition the Platform Aachen provides insights into the working approach taken by the artist.

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LUFONAUTEN. AN EXHIBITION FOR CHILDREN “LUFONAUTEN” is dedicated explicitly, though not exclusively, to our youngest visitors. The second edition is going to be an expedition to the museum.

31.05.2015 20.09.2015

PAULINA OLOWSKA, NEEDLE/NADEL. AACHEN ART PRICE 2014 Paulina Olowska is to receive the Aachen Art Prize for 2014. Born in 1976 in Gdansk and today one of the most successful Polish artists of her generation, Olowska studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Academy of Fine Arts, Gdansk.

20.09.2015 22.01.2016

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ERIC BAUDELAIRE, VIDEOZONE

The Ludwig Forum Aachen is a multi-genre house for international contemporary art. Its basis is the art collection of Peter and Irene Ludwig that comprises key works of American Pop Art, Photo Realism and European art from the beginning 1960s to the present. This is the starting point for an attractive exhibition program. Art education offers many activities and guided tours for all ages and types of groups, available in Dutch, French and English. Contact Karl-Heinz Jeiter +49 241 1807 115, Email Karl-Heinz.Jeiter@ mail.aachen.de

Marres photo: istván csákány, sudden ghost of motivation, 2012 – courtesy andrea dénes and árpád balázs

Marres House for Contemporary Culture Capucijnenstraat 98 6211 RT Maastricht (The Netherlands) +31 43 327 0207 info@marres.org www.marres.org open

Wednesday → Sunday

12 pm → 5 pm

05.03.2015 07.06.2015

ADAM, EVE & THE DEVIL Adam, Eve & the Devil takes the visitor on an exciting journey through the works of renowned artists and young talents. A shimmering (hidden) diamond, an artist hanging upside-down, enchanting lapis lazuli, steps that are counted for a whole week, a slowly wilting rose, and a day that passes by in 7 hours and 23 minutes. A feast for the senses!

With, among others, Charbel-joseph H. Boutros, Stanley Brouwn, David Claerbout, István Csákány, Dario D’Aronco, Thomas Grünfeld, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Rodrigo Hernández, Sofia Hultén, William Hunt, Alicja Kwade, Wolfgang Laib, unknown Medieval Masters, Carlo Mollino, Christopher Orr, Thomas Ruff, Stéphanie Saadé, Anri Sala, Oscar Santillan and Gregor Schneider.

13.03.2015 22.03.2015

ADAM, EVE & THE DEVIL DURING TEFAF A festive programme with extended opening days and hours. Visit Marres every day of the week from 12 to 7 and enjoy the films, lectures and a 60 minute dinner for 30 euro at Marres Kitchen.

27.06.2015 06.09.2015

INTIMACY & CHAMBRES D’AMIS Feeling the touch of someone we love. Showing secret desire. Cherishing a safe family environment. Intimacy is a basic need for our battered nerves and exhausted bodies.

Yet it is very hard to come by and perhaps even harder to create. This exhibition deals with artists who explore, create, and question intimate spaces. Marres organises a Chambres d'Amis as a corollary to the exhibition. Six artists will create work for private residences in Maastricht’s city centre. With work by, among others, Tacita Dean, Emily Jacir, Keetje Mans, Petra Stavast, and Roy Villevoye.

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Marres is a house for contemporary culture in Maastricht. Marres initiates and shows a variety of contemporary artistic practices with a strong emphasis on the senses.

It works with visual artists, perfume makers, composers, herbalists, memory experts and cooks. In Marres, artists sing the landscape, draw taste, let us feel music, and touch our minds. In addition to exhibition spaces, Marres offers its visitors also a restaurant (Marres Kitchen) and a lush garden.

NAK photo: klaus vom bruch “In the future”, photo credit: bild/kunst, bonn

NAK. Neuer Aachener Kunstverein Passstrasse 29 52070 Aachen (Germany) +49 241 503255 info@neueraachenerkunstverein.de www.neueraachenerkunstverein.de open

Tuesday → Sunday

2 pm → 6 pm

02.03.2015 03.04.2015

KLAUS VOM BRUCH - MARQUIS DE SADE & MONSIEUR SAMEDI The exhibition presents works of artist Klaus vom Bruch who is regarded as one of the earliest pioneers of video-art in Germany.

17.05.2015 12.07.2015

ALWIN LAY – COMING SOON The exhibition is the first institutional show of young German artist Alwin Lay whose photographic and filmic works are often evolving magic trick-like moments as well as they creating a play with the expectation of the viewer.

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NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein is one of the youngest institutions of it’s kind in Germany; a private non-profit association for contemporary art in the tradition of the German Kunstverein model. NAK was founded in 1986 as a late echo of the 1964 Fluxus festival, with Joseph Beuys and Wolf Vostell as center protagonists at the local university in Aachen. The spirit of this moment has since been source of commitment to contemporary art.

SCHUNCK* photo: rogers cremers

SCHUNCK* Bongerd 18 6411 JM Heerlen (The Netherlands) +31 45 5772200 info@schunck.nl www.schunck.nl open

Tuesday → Sunday

11 am → 5 pm

07.03.2015 01.05.2015

OÉT D’R SJTUB The Dutch mining history is up to imagination as almost all physical traces were wiped out. The 3rd generation after the mines - internationally working artists from this region as Melanie Bonajo, Su Tomesen, Sandro Setola, Chaim van Luit, Danae Moons and Roger Cremers - shake down the dust in this group show about the future of yesterday, about old and new nostalgica.

Young fashion designers from Southern Limburg will create a monthly new clothing collection together with a group of youngsters from the initiative 100% Heerlen on behalf of the project MIJNshop & MIJNcollectie (‘MINEshop & MINEcollection’). Their inspiration: the old miners clothing and various immigrant cultures of the mining area.

The result is a clothing line as a second skin for the city of Heerlen.

MIJNshop & MIJNcollectie is an initiative of SCHUNCK* and the Year of the Mines M2015 in cooperation with FASHIONCLASH and 100%Heerlen.

30.01.2015 24.05.2015 27.05.2015 27.09.2015

AAD DE HAAS IN DE MIJNSTREEK AND SOCIAL REBEL → Using paintings, drawings and sketches, various editions of the Carnival newspaper, Et Leureske, and festive decorations, In de Mijnstreek paints a picture of De Haas’ time in South Limburg. ‘Social Rebel’ shows a more critical Aad de Haas, who, in the Krities Krijt magazine, shared his candid opinions on the mine closures.

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SCHUNCK*, situated in Heerlen at the heart of the Euregion, is a multidisciplinary institute devoted to contemporary visual art, architecture, music, literature and film - and all imaginable crossovers between the disciplines – manifested by means of presentations, collections and educational projects. A modern public library and music school also rank amongst the amenities at SCHUNCK*, both working in modern-day fashion to promote reading enjoyment and musical learning. SCHUNCK* is housed in the historic Glaspaleis, the “glass palace” built by architect Frits Peutz in 1935.

Z33 photo: vitra design museum © neil campbell ross, grafik © florian böhm

Z33 – house for contemporary art Zuivelmarkt 33 3500 Hasselt (Belgium) +32 11 29 59 60 info@z33.be www.z33.be open

Tuesday → Saturday 11 am → 6 pm Sunday & Public Holidays 2 pm → 5 pm

08.02.2015 24.05.2015

KONSTANTIN GRCIC – PANORAMA Konstantin Grcic is one of the most influential designers of our time. Many of his creations, eg. Chair_One or the Mayday lamp, are widely acclaimed as design classics.

For Panorama, Grcic has developed several large-scale installations rendering his personal visions for life in the future.

The exhibition is the result of a close collaboration between Grcic, the Vitra Design Museum and Z33.

24.05.2015 11.10.2015

CURATOR PROJECT: GRAPHIC PRINT MEDIA After the interesting experimental All the Knives (Any printed story on request) exhibition by curator Åbäke in 2012, the Frans Masereel Centrum and Z33 are now launching a second curator project about graphic print media. With an international ‘open call for curatorial proposals’ the Frans Masereel Centrum and Z33 want to broaden the network of curators and stimulate innovative curatorial strategies and concepts in the graphic field.

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Z33 is a house for contemporary art. Z33 creates projects and exhibitions which encourage the visitor to take a different look at everyday life. It is a unique laboratory and a meeting space for experiments and innovation that makes ground breaking exhibitions featuring contemporary art and design. Z33 does not have its own collection, but has a permanent exhibition offer. You can visit Z33 in the beguinage of Hasselt. Z33 also develops projects with art in public space and curates projects for external organisations.

For each exhibition, Z33 develops a tailored program for families, teachers, teenagers and children, aimed at individuals as well as groups.

Agenda ↓

APRIL 2015

01.04.2015 GUIDED TOUR "IN/VISIBLE" 7 PM

IKOB

02.04.2015 OPENING "THE CABINET – GRIET MOORS" 6.30 PM

CIAP

03.04.2015 OPENING "PUSH AND PULL #04"

SCHUNCK*

12.04.2015 CURATOR'S TOUR, ART-TRIP TO COLOGNE 8 AM → 7 PM

CIAP

SUCHAN KINOSHITA

16.04 → NAK @ ART COLOGNE 19.04.2015 18.04.2015 FREE GUIDED TOUR AND DRIVER’S SEAT* 2 PM EVENT

SCHUNCK*

19.04.2015 FREE GUIDED TOUR AND WORKSHOP 2 PM

SCHUNCK*

21.04.2015 LECTURE KONSTANTIN GRCIC 8 PM

Z33

23.04.2015 GUIDED TOUR WITH BRIGITTE FRANZEN

LUDWIG FORUM AACHEN

23.04.2015 FREE GUIDED TOUR IN THE DARK 7 PM

SCHUNCK*

25.04.2015 OPENING "PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM THE 6.30 PM EUREGIO"

LA CHÂTAIGNERAIE

25.04.2015 PERFORMANCES "IN/VISIBLE" 4 PM

IKOB

"LE SOUFFLEUR"

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MAY 2015

01.05.2015 OPENING "MEDITATIONS ON A HOBBY 7.30 PM HORSE"

CIAP

03.05.2015 FREE ADMISSION

DE DOMIJNEN 03

06.05.2015 GUIDED TOUR "IN/VISIBLE"

IKOB

07.05.2015 OPENING AND SYMPOSIUM “THE CABINET

CIAP & UHASSELT

10.05.2015 OPENING "LUFONAUTEN" AND PROMOTION 12 PM AWARD FOR CHILDREN IN ART

LUDWIG FORUM AACHEN

14.05 → GUIDED TOUR, ART-TRIP TO PARIS 16.05.2015

CIAP

16.05.2015 OPENING ALWIN LAY "COMING SOON" 7 PM

NAK

AND IMAGE TALKS”

17.05.2015 3 PM

FINISSAGE "IN/VISIBLE" – SHORT-MOVIES BY MARGUERITE DURAS

IKOB

17.05.2015

38TH INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY 2015

ALL HOUSES

23.05.2015 FÊTE DE LA NATURE

DE DOMIJNEN 03

23.05.2015 OPENING CURATOR PROJECT: GRAPHIC 7.30 PM PRINT MEDIA

Z33

23.05.2015 HANS BECKER PERFORMANCE 8 PM

NAK

29.05.2015 OPENING AAD DE HAAS "SOCIAL REBEL"

SCHUNCK*

31.05.2015 OPENING “NEEDLE/NADEL” PAULINA 12 PM OLOWSKA. AACHEN ART PRIZE 2014

LUDWIG FORUM AACHEN

Agenda ↓

JUNE 2015

07.06.2015 OPENING "IKOB-AWARD" 3 PM

IKOB

07.06.2015 FAMILY DAY, ADMISSION FREE AND SPECIAL 11 AM → PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN 6 PM

LUDWIG FORUM AACHEN

07.06.2015 FREE ADMISSION – LAST DAY EXHIBITION:

DE DOMIJNEN 03

12.06.2015 OPENING "PHILIPPE HERBET" 6.30 PM

LA CHÂTAIGNERAIE

14.06.2015 OPENING: "COLOUR, SPACE & PAPER" 12 PM

LEOPOLD HOESCH MUSEUM DÜREN

19.06.2015 OPENING "25 JAAR CULTURA NOVA"

SCHUNCK*

KOEN VANMECHELEN

"SUPERFLEX @ NIEUW LOTBROEK" "PUSH AND PULL #06 FOR A TIME"

22.06.2015 OPENING "DAVID BADE #4 TERUGKEER NAAR SCHUNCK*

BEERSDAL/RENNEMIG"

26.06.2015 OPENING, ALDO ROSSI – "THE WINDOW OF

BONNEFANTEN MUSEUM

27.06.2015 OPENING "INTIMACY & CHAMBRES D’AMIS"

MARRES

THE POET"

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JULY 2015

05.07.2015 FREE ADMISSION

DE DOMIJNEN 03

08.07.2015 GUIDED TOUR "IKOB-AWARD" 7 PM

IKOB

27.07.2015 5 PM

OPENING BETYE SAAR

DE DOMIJNEN 03

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AUGUST 2015

02.08.2015 FREE ADMISSION

DE DOMIJNEN 03

05.08.2015 GUIDED TOUR "IKOB-AWARD" 7 PM

IKOB

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SEPTEMBER 2015

04.09.2015 OPENING "PUSH&PULL#04 MATHIJS DE

SCHUNCK*

07.09.2015 OPENING "DAVID BADE #05 HEERLEN CS"

NS RAILWAY STATION HEERLEN

18.09.2015 OPENING "MICHEL LEONARDI - LUC VAISER" 6.30 PM

LA CHÂTAIGNERAIE

BRUIJNE & NUMEN / FOR USE"

19.09.2015

OPENING "SANDBERG, HET STEDELIJK MUSEUM AMSTERDAM & HEERLENWERNER MANTZ IBA MEETS IBA"

SCHUNCK*

20.09.2015 OPENING "ERIC BAUDELAIRE" 12 PM

LUDWIG FORUM AACHEN

27.09.2015 OPENING "FIG. 2 – MARCEL BERLANGER" 3 PM

IKOB

Regular events ↓

WEDNESDAYS

LUFONAUTEN, MUSEUMS'S CLUBS FOR KIDS

EVERY WEDNESDAY, 3.30 → 5.30 PM

LUDWIG FORUM AACHEN

EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, 7 PM

IKOB

GUIDED TOUR ↓

THURSDAYS

EVERY THURSDAY, 3.30 → 5.30 PM

LUDWIG FORUM AACHEN

EVERY THURSDAY, 6.30 → 8 PM

LUDWIG FORUM AACHEN

EVERY 3RD THURSDAY, 7.30 PM

LEOPOLD HOESCH MUSEUM DÜREN

LUFONAUTEN, MUSEUMS'S CLUBS FOR KIDS EXTENDED THURSDAY WITH FREE GUIDED TOURS, LECTURES, ARTISTS TALKS ETC MOVIE NIGHT

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SATURDAYS

EVERY SATURDAY, 3 → 4 PM

Z33

EVERY FOURTH SATURDAY, 2 → 3.30 PM

LUDWIG FORUM AACHEN

FREE MINITOUR

COMICIADE WORKSHOP, OPEN WORKSHOP WITH COMIC ARTISTS (FREE ADMISSION) ↓

SUNDAYS

EVERY SUNDAY, 3 → 4 PM

Z33

EVERY SUNDAY, 3 → 5 PM

LUDWIG FORUM AACHEN

EVERY SUNDAY, 3 PM

LUDWIG FORUM AACHEN

GUIDED TOUR (ON DEMAND IN ENGLISH)

EVERY FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH, 3 → 4 PM

LEOPOLD HOESCH MUSEUM DÜREN

EVERY FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH UNTIL SEPTEMBER

DE DOMIJNEN 03

EVERY LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH, 1 → 2 PM

SCHUNCK*

FREE MINITOUR

CHILD CARE AND OPEN CREATIVE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS GUIDED TOUR (ON DEMAND IN ENGLISH OR DUTCH)

FREE ADMISSION (EXCEPT APRIL 5TH, MUSEUM IS CLOSED) GUIDED TOUR

Contemporary–Art–Bus For the third time already Very Contemporary invites you in November 2015 to discover the visual art venues of the Meuse-Rhine Euregion by several Contemporary-Art-Buses.

SAVE THE DATE ON 14 + 15.11.2015 Stay tuned for more information via the website

→ www.verycontemporary.org and facebook

→ www.facebook.com/verycontemporaryart

art

does not need a common language,

it is international

by itself.

The association of thirteen institutions in the MeuseRhine Region is therefore as contemporary as the art they present.

Within a radius of 100 km, the border region of Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany offers a large diversity of exhibitions and events many of which can be visited in one day. The venues each have a very individual approach and present art in the most appealing way: direct and inspirational, reflective and in a special atmosphere. This brochure wants to increase the awareness of what this region has to offer in terms of visual arts. It is published twice per year and gives an overview of exhibitions and events.

supported by the ministry of north rhine-westphalia

cover photo

project management editing graphic design

Was getekend, Bureau Europa 2014 Photo: Kristof Vrancken Marie-Claire Krell – info@verycontemporary.org Julia Zeh, Ludwig Forum Aachen Niek Kosten

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