Very Contemporary
Network of Contemporary Art venues in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion
Bureau Europa, CIAP, ikob, Kunsthaus NRW, La Châtaigneraie, Ludwig Forum Aachen, Leopold-HoeschMuseum, Marres, Museum De Domijnen, NAK, SCHUNCK*, SPACE Collection, Van Eyck & Z33 are part of Very Contemporary www.verycontemporary.org
Divided into five administrative regions with a total of 3.9 million people, the Meuse-Rhine Euregion comprises of three countries and languages. This Euregion is not so much shaped by its political borders, but rather by its inhabitants, who redefine the borders by living, studying and working here.
Die Amerikaner. John de Andrea: Dorothy, 1969/70. Ludwig Forum, 2014. Photo: Kristof Vrancken
The partners of Very Contemporary relate to each other through the language of contemporary art.
Due to the geopolitical border situation, a range of reputable institutions for contemporary art can be found in the Euregion. These institutions have in common a peripheral geographical position, situated outside such traditional cultural centres as Amsterdam, Brussels or Cologne/Dßsseldorf. This has encouraged the development of an individual and innovative approach to contemporary art, one that reflects the dynamic and interwoven history of the tri-border area around Aachen, Liège and Maastricht, allowing an insight not only into the local contemporary art scene, but also into European culture and society. Very Contemporary, the network currently made up of 14 Euregional contemporary art institutions, emphasizes the rich possibilities offered through the common language of art: within the field of contemporary art, the VC-network reflects on the ways of living together in a defined space, rethinking Europe on a Euregional scale.
The border region of Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany is their training ground.
Very Contemporary is a tri-national, cross-border network that organises itself to learn from each other by exchanging knowledge.
Within its dynamic infrastructure tools and projects are developed to connect audiences and link art to other domains including science, technology and ecology.
Future Fictions. NeĂŻl Beloufa: Nice seats and projection People's passion, lifestyle, beautiful wine, gigantic glass towers, all surrounded by water. Z33, 2014. Photo: Kristof Vrancken
Very Contemporary functions as a training ground where participating institutions meet one another and learn from each other. The evolving and dynamic network provides an infrastructure where sustainable synergies are developed and generated. Through crosslinking content, marketing and art education, VC reinforces the institutions and boosts the impact of the various venues, by communicating their specific qualities and underlining their strengths. VC was founded in 2012 when the first VC-brochure including six initial partners was published on the occasion of Manifesta 9 in Genk (BE). Since then the brochure has been published twice-yearly, making the brochure you're now holding in your hands the ninth to be distributed on an euregional, national and international level. Alongside this analog tool, the VC-website www.verycontemporary.org, the monthly VC-newsletter and the social media presence of VC informs readers about current exhibitions and events.
Come Close. Jan Albers: KokusAidAwncArpet, 2012. Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, 2013. Photo: Kristof Vrancken
During the Very-Contemporary-Weekend that has already taken place for the past three years in late autumn, each institution realises art educational activities in accordance with their exhibitions, while a connection is offered between the different venues via Contemporary-Art-Bustours. The CABs offer a practical solution, since public transportation in the border region remains quite difficult. But it also goes further and effectively links audiences to new institutions, since it encourages visiting new venues on one's own terms and time. By activating crossborder exchanges, VC strengthens the cultural infrastructure of the Euregion, with the CAB acting as an already well established symbol.
Very-Contemporary-Weekend
On Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 November 2016 you get a new chance to learn about the current "state of art“ in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion in just one weekend.
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A Contemporary-Art-Bus starts from every city of the VC-network. In every CAB fifty places are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Pick your Contemporary-Art-Bus on the next page.
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SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2016 cab
Choose from which city you want to start and find out where your CAB will bring you to! Registration is possible from the 1st of October 2016 on www.verycontemporary.org
SUNDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2016
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Aachen 10:15
→ Museum De Domijnen → Marres → Bureau Europa → La Châtagneraie
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Aachen 10:15
→ Leopold-Hoesch-Museum → SCHUNCK* → SPACE Collection
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Düren 10:15
→ Ludwig Forum → NAK → Marres → Van Eyck
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Düren 10:15
→ Kunsthaus NRW → Z33 → CIAP
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Eupen 09:30
→ Museum De Domijnen → Marres → Bureau Europa → La Châtagneraie
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Eupen 09:30
→ Leopold-Hoesch-Museum → SCHUNCK* → SPACE Collection
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Flémalle 09:30
→ CIAP → Z33 → Museum De Domijnen → Bureau Europa
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Flémalle 09:45
→ ikob → Ludwig Forum → Leopold-Hoesch-Museum
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Hasselt 09:30
→ La Châtagneraie → Bureau Europa → Van Eyck → NAK
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Hasselt 10:00
→ SCHUNCK* → Leopold-Hoesch-Museum → ikob
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Heerlen 10:15
→ Marres → Van Eyck → CIAP → Z33
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Heerlen 10:45
→ SPACE Collection → ikob → Kunsthaus NRW
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Kornelimünster 10:00
→ Museum De Domijnen → Marres → Bureau Europa → La Châtagneraie
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Kornelimünster 10:00
→ Leopold-Hoesch-Museum → SCHUNCK* → SPACE Collection
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Liège 10:00
→ CIAP → Z33 → Museum De Domijnen → Bureau Europa
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Liège 10:15
→ ikob → Ludwig Forum → Leopold-Hoesch-Museum
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Maastricht 10:30
→ La Châtagneraie → Ludwig Forum → NAK → Museum De Domijnen
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Maastricht 10:00
→ SPACE Collection → Kunsthaus NRW → SCHUNCK*
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Sittard 09:45
→ Marres → Van Eyck → CIAP → Z33
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Sittard 10:15
→ SPACE Collection → ikob → Kunsthaus NRW
Very Contemporary contributes to the development of the MeuseRhine Euregion as an international centre of expertise in the field of contemporary art.
Eventually, the VC-network will be transformed from a distinct network of contemporary art venues to a finely-woven and more complex sphere, by multiplying and assembling the connections of art to science, technology and ecology, with the aim to maintain and expand the network, continue with research and exchange activities carried out in the past. A sphere, that will resonate on an international level, since its inner identity will be directly linked to the quality of its external connections, posing the question whether a European identity can be formulated via a cultural vehicle. Alongside the tools that have already been implemented, several stepping stones will be set out towards functioning together as a non-hierarchical sphere with art as its interdisciplinary link:
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On Thursday 10 November 2016 the first VC-conference will take place, to which you are warmly invited. So, stay tuned for more information via the website www.verycontemporary.org and facebook www.facebook.com/verycontemporaryart
Installation view. Adolf Luther: Hänge-Linsen, 1980 (top). Günther Uecker: Nagelskulptur, 1967 (floor). Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, 2003. Both works ©VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016. Foto: Arno Roncada
The partners of VC are currently working on a cooperative art manifestation that will function as a catalyst to establish innovative strategies for sustainable, cross-border cultural planning and organisation in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion in the long run.
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Bureau Europa
01.09.2016 01.10.2016
BRONZE-GREEN OAK WOOD* From Landscape to Back Garden An exhibition on observing and depicting nature – from landscape to garden, and bio-utopia to monoculture. Opening on 1 September, nature lovers, designers, experts and the audience are invited to province images, stories, objects until the show is complete on 1 October: an experiment in crowd-sourced content of the exhibition! →
This exhibition is organised in collaboration with the Centre for Environmental and Nature Education (Centrum voor Natuur en Milieu Educatie – CNME). (*) title of anthem of the Province of Limburg
Bureau Europa Timmerfabriek Boschstraat 9 6211 AS Maastricht (The Netherlands) +31 43 3503020 info@bureau-europa.nl www.bureau-europa.nl open
Wednesday → Sunday
11:00 → 17:00
07.10.2016 09.10.2016
DUTCH DANCE FESTIVAL Nightwalking, world of the deafblind Interdisciplinary installation (film, dance, art, theatre) exploring human, space and deaf-blind relations. By MICH Foundation, ICKAmsterdam, Ellen Blom and Marcel Prins, Sandra den Ouden, Dr Saskia Damen, and Koninklijke Kentalis and Bartiméus health centres.
22.10.2016 22.01.2017
MAASPARADOX Common culture in times of climate change Maasparadox is a research-based exhibition that shows the effects of climate change in the Maas region in the coming decades. Artists, designers and locals are invited to share stories and works that explore how this will change and affect our daily lives. Curators: Han Dijk and Ruben Pater. Artists among others: Maider Lopez, Ursula Biemann, Unknown Fields Division, Klaas Burger, Roderik Rotting and Koos Buist.
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Bureau Europa is a cultural institute, that presents exhibitions, lectures, workshops and other activities in architecture, urbanism and design. We aim to advance knowledge production and talent development in design and architecture while also engaging with a broad audience on the subject of understanding of their designed environment. We articulate these ambitions through cultural projects at our institute and in public domain. We focus primarily on a contemporary and social agenda of the Maas-Rhine Euroregion and Europe as a whole.
CIAP Rossella Biscotti, Acquired Nationality, 2014, courtesy the artist and Wilfriend Lentz Rotterdam
CIAP Lombaardstraat 23 3500 Hasselt (Belgium) +32 11 22 53 21 info@ciap.be www.ciap.be open
Wednesday → Friday Saturday → Sunday
11:00 → 18:00 13:00 → 17:00
29.06.2016 02.10.2016
SOFT STRUCTURES – TEXTILE TURNS Textiles are important in the contemporary art world, perhaps as never before. The current shifts or turns in the use of textiles deal less with material aspects of the medium than with the temporal folds of concepts, metaphors, societies and economies. Textiles – ‘soft structures’ – have played an important role in economical and colonial history. As markers of trade they have intervened in the ‘hard structures’ of capital and politics, and they have initiated fundamental changes on social and economic levels. Textiles tell stories of commerce, of labour, of capitalism, of digital and social networks. Curator: Evelien Bracke Artists: Rossella Biscotti (IT), Sarah Browne (IE), Hana Miletic (BE/HR), Emilie Pallard (FR) & Niels Heymans (NL), Judith Raum (DE), Remco Torenbosch (NL), Vincent Vulsma (NL)
26.10.2016 08.01.2017
DRAWING IS THINKING, THINKING IS MOVING Drawing is Thinking, Thinking is Moving’, a group show investigating the role of drawings in the genesis of images. It questions the relevance, range and meaning of the often made analogies between drawing and thinking.
01.09.2016 02.10.2016
THE CABINET - WILLIAM LUDWIG LUTGENS 'The Cabinet' gives emerging artist the opportunity to present their work at CIAP for one month. A new Cabinet opens every first Thursday of the month.
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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 form 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.
ikob Jean Guillaume Ferrée - les lancumes lamplir, 1974-2005, (c) Dirk Dietrich Hennig
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
13:00 → 18:00
10.08.2016 20.11.2016
DIRK DIETRICH HENNIG JAMAIS-VU – JEAN GUILLAUME FERRÉE ikob - Museum of Contemporary Art in Eupen presents the unjustly forgotten œuvre of Jean Guillaume Ferrée (1926-1974). The discovery of this artist, who worked within the vivid circles of FLUXUS and Nouveau Realisme, would have been an art historical sensation and the visitors would have met one of the most dazzling artists of the 20th century - if - but only if - this artist had been living in reality. In fact, he is an invention of the German artist Dirk Dietrich Hennig, who invented life, works and reception of Jean Guillaume Ferrée with all its tiny little details.
10.08.2016 20.11.2016
ROGER GREISCH 99 YEARS – 99 COLOURS Roger Greisch who would have been aged 99 this year is one of the best known and most popular painters in East Belgium. His art is until today marked by the presence of colours which he used to make both abstract and figurative works while cultivating a language of colour of his own.
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The ikob – Museum of Contemporary Art in Eupen is located in the German- speaking 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.
Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster YouandMe, a photography project by Katja Stuke and Oliver Sieber, 2014, © The artists
Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster Abteigarten 6 52076 Aachen (Germany) +49 2408 6492 info@kunsthaus.nrw.de www.kunsthaus.nrw.de open
Thursday → Saturday Sunday & Public Holidays
14:00 → 18:00 12:00 → 18:00
08.10.2016 24.09.2017
COLLECTION WITH LOSE ENDS: IDENTITIES The new presentation of the collection follows the theme of identity, identities of territories, of personalities, of languages and the state of NRW. With works by Heinrich Campendonk, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Max Ernst, Manuel Graf, Andreas Gursky, Mischa Kuball, Ewald Mataré, Walter Ophey, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Gerhard Richter, Christian Rohlfs, Eberhard Viegener, Johannes Wohnseifer.
08.10.2016 22.01.2017
YOUANDME A photography project by Katja Stuke and Oliver Sieber between Bosnia, Germany and the US.
08.10.2016 22.01.2017
PLUS QUE MOI – JOSEFINE REISCH Painted Cuts for a Country Star, a Collector, a Doctor and a former Revolutionist.
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The exhibition program of the Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster offers an insight into North Rhine-Westphalia’s current and future art scene. Since 1948, North Rhine-Westphalia has been purchasing works by young artists to support them. Today, the collection numbers 4000 works, documenting the history of North Rhine-Westphalia’s art to the immediate present day. The collection is hosted in the baroque palace building of the old Abbey of Kornelimünster.
La Châtaigneraie
ARTS & METALS Nicolas KOZAKIS (B) - Raoul VANEIGEM (F) Chantal HARDY (B) - Alain DE CLERCK (B) - Paul GEES (B) - Stief DESMET (B) - Frans DAELS (B). The 2016 edition of “Arts & Metals - contemporary trilogy” invites sculptural artists working with metal. Thanks to their artistic approach, they will create works marked by questioning and poetry.
29.10.2016 09.12.2016
DOMINIQUE CASTRONOVO AND BERNARD SECONDINI La Châtaigneraie offers a "carte blanche" to these two artists who produce together video works for many years. Dominique Castronovo is also a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Liege (E.S.A.V.L.).
BOVY Olivier
17.09.2016 16.10.2016
Centre wallon d’art contemporain La Châtaigneraie Chaussée de Ramioul 19 4400 Flémalle (Belgium) +32 4 275 33 30 chataigneraie@cwac.be www.cwac.be open
Tuesday Wednesday Friday → Sunday
14:00 → 17:00 14:00 → 18:00 14:00 → 18:00
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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 to the most contemporary expression, passing through 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 Installation view, Gregor Schneider, Marienstrasse, 2010, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum & Papiermuseum Düren © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2016
Leopold-Hoesch-Museum & Papiermuseum Düren Hoeschplatz 1 52349 Düren (Germany) +49 2421 252561 museum@dueren.de www.leopoldhoeschmuseum.de open
Tuesday → Sunday Thursday
10:00 → 17:00 10:00 → 19:00
04.09.2016 20.11.2016
PRIZE-WINNER AND SCHOLARSHIP-HOLDERS OF THE GÜNTHER PEILL FOUNDATION 2014–2016 We are pleased to present international artists from the current grant program of the Günther Peill Foundation, with works especially conceived for this autumn’s show. Elfgen and Hamadeh’s exhibitions will be accompanied by a catalogue. − Haris Epaminonda. VOL.XVIII − Robert Elfgen. Strandspaziergang − Rana Hamadeh. The Sleepwalkers
04.09.2016 20.11.2016
GÜNTHER PEILL FOUNDATION 1986–2016 Carola Peill (1907–1992) and Günther Peill (1908–1974) were important collectors and patrons of Düren. Founded in 1986, the Günther Peill Foundation is dedicated to promoting young artists. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum presents an overview of the past three decades, including works by Saâdane Afif, Leni Hoffmann and Gregor Schneider.
04.12.2016 19.03.2017
UNSERE WERTE? PROVENIENZFORSCHUNG IM DIALOG: LEOPOLD-HOESCH-MUSEUM UND DAS WALLRAF Together with the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne, the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum will present a joint exhibition dealing with provenance research. With the Washington Principles of 1998, a pledge was made to seek solutions for restituting works found to have been confiscated through persecution under the National Socialist regime. The results of this research project are brought together in this year’s winter exhibition.
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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 Mies van der Rohe, Resor House, 1937-1941. Copyright 2016. MoMA, New York, Scala, Florence.
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
12:00 → 18:00 12:00 → 20:00 11:00 → 18:00
28.10.2016 12.02.2017
MIES VAN DER ROHE. THE MoMA COLLAGES A vast number of collages and photomontages by the Aachen born artist will be shown for the first time. They illustrate in a fascinating way his design principles and at the same time constitute an autonomous body of work. Influenced by Dada, Constructivism, and De Stijl, Mies applied new techniques to visualize his artistic ideas. These references, as well as contemporary positions will play a vital role in the exhibition. In addition there is an extensive framework program.
09.10.2016 27.11.2016
PERSPECTIVE 04 TIMO SEBER – GO For the exhibition series “perspective” the research project Plattform Aachen at Ludwig Forum invites young artists from the Meuse-Rhine region. Timo Seber (*1984, Cologne) combines objects, graphics and text to visualize phenomena from online gaming and internet culture. Especially for the Ludwig Forum he develops a site-specific work.
09.10.2016 12.02.2017
ZEITSPRUNG – KUNSTORTE IN AACHEN SEIT 1964 The research project Plattform Aachen invites you on an exploration tour through the city of Aachen. The exhibition accompanies the launch of the interactive map “Zeitsprung” that shows places where important exhibitions, actions and events of contemporary art since the first Fluxus action in 1964 took place.
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The Ludwig Forum Aachen is a multi-genre house for international contemporary art. It bases on 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 KarlHeinz.Jeiter@mail.aachen.de
Marres Mircea Cantor, Tracking Happiness, 2009, super 16mm transfer
Marres House for Contemporary Culture Capucijnenstraat 98 6211 RT Maastricht (The Netherlands) +31 43 327 0207 info@marres.org www.marres.org open
Tuesday → Sunday
12:00 → 17:00
25.09.2016 27.11.2016
THE MEASURE OF OUR TRAVELING FEET The exhibition The Measure of our Traveling Feet, provides a running commentary on the social and cultural significance of migration. What does the world on the other side of the border offer? In what way changes travelling the past and identities? Participating artists include: Paulien Oltheten, Zsófia Szemző, Tudor Bratu, Shilpa Gupta, Société Réaliste and Wouter Osterholt, Mounira Al Solh. Curators: Laura Mudde and Claire van Els.
14.12.2016 12.02.2017
MARRES CURRENTS #4 Marres Currents #4 is the fourth episode of the annual exhibition series titled Marres Currents. With this series, Marres presents recent graduates from art academies in the Southern Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. While offering emerging artists and curators a platform, Marres also aims to build an international infrastructure for talent development. Curated by Barbara Cueto and Bas Hendrikx.
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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 beautiful garden.
Museum De Domijnen
04.09.2016 04.12.2016 London Calling
Hedendaagse Kunst De Domijnen Ligne 2 6131 MT Sittard (The Netherlands) +31 46 4513460 balie.museum@dedomijnen.nl www.dedomijnen.nl open
Tuesday → Sunday
11:00 → 17:00
COLLECTION IN ACTION The first exhibition of contemporary art De Domijnen in the new Ligne building will be a retrospective (a selection) of the complete Sittard-Geleen collection which consists more than 1.100 pieces from the last decades from names as Marijke van Warmerdam, Norbert Fiddlers, Joan van Barneveld, Suchan Kinoshita, Liza May Post, Pipilotti Rist, The Yes Men, Basia Irland and many others. It will be a very interactive set up in which art is unpacked and unrevealed by employees and visitors. Visitors can advise about the set-up of the exhibition. Art will be restored live in the hall. Artists are asked to comment, reflect and discuss their ‘old’ art with the visors. What is actual or what has changed. Also there are meetings, workshops etc. in the exhibition area. Amateur artists will be asked to reflect on the exhibition by making their own pieces. The exhibition will be built around one central piece which will be exchanged three times in the period: − from 4th September – London Calling from Jota Castro about democracy and freedom (of speech) − from 2nd October – Iceberg & Palm Trees from Mark Dion about nature, ecology and sustainability − from 6th November – Breaking & Fixing from Serge Onnen about new perspectives and worldviews. →
The museum contemporary (modern) art of De Domijnen is as off 4th September located in the new complex Ligne in Sittard-Geleen. This new architectural landmark consists of two buildings which houses Zuyd HS, residents of Daelzicht, the new library of De Domijnen in a joint venture with Zuyd HS, a cinema for art house films and the new museum. There are also offices, apartments and shops for various retail concepts. See for further information: www.ligne-sittard.nl
NAK
NAK. Neuer Aachener Kunstverein Passstrasse 29 52070 Aachen (Germany) +49 241 503255 info@neueraachenerkunstverein.de www.neueraachenerkunstverein.de open
Tuesday → Sunday
14:00 → 18:00
11.09.2016 16.10.2016
PRIZE FOR YOUNG ART 2016 In 2016 NAK and STAWAG Stadtwerke Aachen AG announce the Prize for Young Art for the third time. The Prize for Young Art is specially aimed at young artists from the Meuse-Rhine Euregion. This year the prize is awarded to Johann Arens and Carolin Lange, whose work is presented in the exhibition.
30.10.2016 27.11.2016
KATHRIN SONNTAG / REFERENCE - ARBEITEN IM KONTEXT MIES VAN DER ROHE This year's Twodo project is realized by artist Kathrin Sonntag. Her Twodo project will be presented in the lower floor of the NAK, whereas the upper floor contains a laboratory and experimental space dedicated to the work of architect Mies van der Rohe.
04.12.2016 09.12.2016
BENEFIT AUCTION 2016 The benefit auction assembles a vast range of wellknown and newly discovered contemporary artists.
15.01.2017 05.03.2017
TBA The first exhibition for 2017 will be announced on the website of the NAK in due time.
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NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein is one of the youngest institutions of its 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 centre protagonists at the local university in Aachen. The spirit of this moment has since been source of commitment to contemporary art.
SCHUNCK*
SCHUNCK* Bongerd 18 6411 JM Heerlen (The Netherlands) +31 45 5772200 info@schunck.nl www.schunck.nl open
Tuesday → Sunday
11:00 → 17:00
28.08.2016 27.11.2016
SPIELEREI; KUNST OM MEE TE SPELEN SPIELEREI shows historic and contemporary, interactive art in the context of the international artists cooperative GRAV (Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel, 1960-1968), centered around the physical interaction between audience and artwork.
11.12.2016 19.03.2017
PARKSTAD LIMBURG PRIJS The Parkstad Limburg Prize – for young visual artists with a professional arts training and an artistic relationship with Dutch or Belgian Limburg - will be awarded on 10 December. The nominees will exhibit their works in the SCHUNCK* museum for modern arts.
14.11.2016 16.12.2016
EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE PRICE (EAP) The annual European Architecture Price exhibit for the best graduate work of an architecture academy of the Euregion, is for the 26th time organized by SCHUNCK*. The traveling exhibition takes in 2016 place in Liege.
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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.
SPACE Collection
CHARLOTTE LAGRO. PERDU À PEPINSTER In the context of BIP (Biennale de l'Image Possible), this show is built around a video showing a group of neuroscientific researchers dropped in a forest with the mission of returning home. Wider open hours: Thursday → Saturday 14:00 → 19:00 Sunday 14:00 → 18:00
10.11.2016 21.01.2017
EVA L'HOEST Eva L'Hoest has a sculptural approach to video art. Through various documentation strategies, she explores movement in still frames. The artist tests our perception by contrasting the organic with the virtual world.
photo: x.delory
20.08.2016 16.10.2016
11.02.2017 25.03.2017
SPACE Collection En Féronstrée 116 4000 Liège (Belgium) +32 485 56 63 90 info@space-collection.org www.space-collection.org open
Wednesday → Saturday or by appointment
15:00 → 17:30
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PASCAL BERNIER AND DAMIEN DE LEPELEIRE
Launched in 2002 by artist Alain De Clerck, SPACE Collection is building a network of European cities linked by a transborder collection of contemporary art. The works are acquired thanks to interactive sculptures. In Liege and Maastricht, the two first culture machines already allowed to buy 90 works. Situated in the historical center, the exhibition space takes place in an old apartment recognized as a place to experiment. The art center welcomes regularly events, lectures and shows.
Van Eyck
10.03.2017 11.03.2017 Bardhi Haliti. Photo Werner Mantz Lab
Van Eyck Multiform Institute for fine art, design and reflection Academieplein 1 6211 KM Maastricht (The Netherlands) +31 43 3503737 info@janvaneyck.nl www.janvaneyck.nl open
Monday → Friday
09:00 → 18:00
ALL YEAR
OPEN STUDIOS During the Van Eyck Open Studios the participating artists, designers, curators, photographers, architects and writers will be presenting the results of their residency - which comprises both individual and collaborative work - in their studios, the exhibition spaces, and other areas of the Van Eyck. →
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The Van Eyck organizes throughout the year several exhibitions, connected to the programme of the academy and its (former) participants. During the Wednesday night presentations, participants present themselves and their work. The Van Eyck regularly invites guests (artists, museum directors, curators, designers, writers, poets) for a talk about their work and practice and organizes master classes, meetings and conferences.
The Van Eyck is a multiform institute for fine art, design and reflection. International artists, designers, curators, photographers, architects, landscape architects, critics and writers stay for one year at the academy to work on their projects. The Van Eyck also offers a public programme of exhibitions, presentations and lectures. The well-equipped labs (wood, metal, printing, photography/new media and a library) and the café-restaurant are open to everyone. Follow the Van Eyck progamme on www. janvaneyck.nl, Facebook, Twitter.
Z33
01.10.2016 08.01.2016 photo: kristof vrancken
MANUFACTUUR 3.0 Digital revolutions, ecological awareness and shifts in the fields of work and labour encourage us to rethink the traditional industrial production model. MANUFACTUUR 3.0 brings designers and artists together to work around alternative production scenarios. The exhibition functions as a production platform, continuously in progress. This dynamic exhibition shows the changing role of the designer and artist as active producers in a city. With amongst others: Atelier NL, Andrea de Chirico, Ben Hagenaars & Pablo Calderon, Jesse Howard, Eugenia Morpurgo, Rotor, Kristof Vrancken. →
MANUFACTUUR 3.0 is part of the multidisciplinary arts festival City Triennial Hasselt-Genk called TRADEMARKS. www.stadstriennale.be 30.10.2016 29.01.2017
Z33 – House for contemporary art Zuivelmarkt 33 3500 Hasselt (Belgium) +32 11 29 59 60 info@z33.be www.z33.be open
Tuesday → Sunday & Public Holidays
10:00 → 17:00
TOEGEPAST 21: THE MATTER OF FACTS Z33 presents Toegepast: a mentored trajectory for young design talent. For the twenty-first time, Z33 partner Cultuurplatform Design, offered promising newly graduated designers the opportunity to further develop their vision and create new work. The results are on show in Z33. With: Philippe Breels, Teis De Greve, Dries Depoorter, Matilde Everaert, William Ludwig Lutgens and Julie Van den Meutter. →
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 also develops collaborative projects and art in public space. You can visit Z33 at the beguinage of Hasselt. Z33 is heading for exciting times with the start of renovation and construction work to enlarge the House for contemporary art. The main building, Vleugel '58 (Wing '58), will be closed, but exhibitions continue to place at the beguinage site. Z33 will also continue to work on projects outside its own walls.
Agenda
01.10.2016
MANUFACTUUR 3.0 – Opening
Z33
03 – 31.10.2016
KIPPENBERGER CHALLENGE in the Pierre Kamp Lab - Presentation
Van Eyck
05.10.2016
JAMAIS-VU - JEAN-GUILLAUME FERRÉE - Guided Tour
ikob
18:00
Leopold-HoeschMuseum
PREIS FÜR JUNGE KUNST: Carolin Lange - Artist Talk
NAK
PERSPEKTIVE 04: Timo Seber Opening
Ludwig Forum Aachen
19:00
ZEITSPRUNG: Kunstorte in Aachen seit 1964 - Opening
Ludwig Forum Aachen
20.10.2016
FILMLOGE: Arteholic - Film
Leopold-HoeschMuseum
08.10.2016 18:00
08.10.2016 19:00
08.10.2016
19:30
27.10.2016 19:00
28.10.2016 18:30
28 – 30.10.2016
29.10.2016
Toegepast 21 – Opening
Z33
19:30
NOVEMBER 2016 JAMAIS-VU - JEAN-GUILLAUME FERRÉE - Guided Tour
ikob
08.11.2016
Presentation by Mark Mieras: De spelende mens
SCHUNCK*
10.11.2016
VERY-CONTEMPORARY-CONFERENCE
Maastricht
12 + 13.11.2016
VERY-CONTEMPORARY-WEEKEND
All venues
12.11.2016
EUROPEAN PRIZE for ARCHITECTURE: Awards Ceremony - Event
SCHUNCK*/ESA Saint Luc, Liège
JAMAIS-VU - JEAN-GUILLAUME FERRÉE - Director's Tour
ikob
25.11.2016
RISO CONFERENCE organized by the Charles Nypels Lab for printing and publishing - Event
Van Eyck
25.11.2016
Push and Pull Symposium
SCHUNCK*
02.11.2016
MUSEUMSDIALOGE - Prof. Klaus Kozel: Das Peill-Forum - Talk
06.10.2016 19:00
REFERENCE - ARBEITEN IM KONTEXT MIES VAN DER ROHE: Kathrin Sonntag - Opening
NAK
19:00
29.10.2016
OCTOBER 2016
THE MOMA COLLAGES: Mies van der Rohe - Opening
Ludwig Forum Aachen
Dominique Castronovo and Bernard Secondini – Opening
La Châtaigneraie
DADA-FESTIVAL - Event
Ludwig Forum Aachen
18:00
20:00
20.11.2016 15:00
11:00
Agenda DECEMBER 2016
JANUARY 2017
02 – 03.12.2016
COLLAGE/ MONTAGE. MIES VAN DER ROHE AND THE VISUALITY OF ARCHITECTURE - Symposium
Ludwig Forum Aachen
03.12.2016
BENEFIT AUCTION 2016 - Opening
NAK
MUSEUMSDIALOGE - Dr. Kai Artinger: Unsere Werte? - Talk
Leopold-HoeschMuseum
08.12.2016
BENEFIT AUCTION 2016 - Guided tours
NAK
10.12.2016
BENEFIT AUCTION 2016 - Auction
NAK
FÊTE DE LA LUMIÈRE - Event
La Châtaigneraie
FILMLOGE - Monuments Men: Ungewöhnliche Helden - Film
Leopold-HoeschMuseum
19:00
08.12.2016 19:00
19:00
10.12.2016 18:00
15.12.2016 19:30
TBA. - Opening
NAK
20 – 21.01.2017
LEARNING FROM MIES - Symposium
Ludwig Forum Aachen
26.01.2017
MUSEUMSDIALOGE - Dr. Ulrich Weitz - Talk
Leopold-HoeschMuseum
OPEN STUDIOS
Van Eyck
14.01.2017 19:00
19:00
MARCH 2017 10 – 11.03.2017
Regular events WEDNESDAYS
SATURDAYS
Every Wednesday, 15:30 → 17:30 Lufonauten – for kids
Ludwig Forum Aachen
Every Wednesday, 17:30 Presentations by Van Eyck participants
Van Eyck
Every first Wednesday of the month, 18:00 Public Guided Tour – free admission
ikob
Every last Wednesday of the month, 15:00 GOLDEN CLUB – Senior citizens get together to talk about art over coffee and cake.
Leopold-HoeschMuseum
Every last Saturday of the month, 14:00 → 15:30 Comiciade Workshop - open workshop with comic artist – free admission
Ludwig Forum Aachen
SUNDAYS
THURSDAYS Every Thursday, 15:30 → 17:30 Lufonauten – for kids
Ludwig Forum Aachen
Every Thursday, 18:30 → 20:00 Extended Thursday – with free guided tours, lectures, artist talks etc.
Ludwig Forum Aachen
Every first Thursday of the month, 18:30 Opening HET KABINET hosted by the CIAP Young Art Club (CYAC)
CIAP
Every 3rd Thursday of the month, 19:30 Movie Night
Leopold-HoeschMuseum
Every Sunday, 15:00 Guided Tour – on demand in English or Dutch
Ludwig Forum Aachen
Every Sunday, 15:00 → 16:00 Child Care – open creative program for children and teens
Ludwig Forum Aachen
Every first Sunday of the month, 15:00 → 16:00 Guided Tour – on demand in English
Leopold-HoeschMuseum
Every last Sunday of the month, 13:00 Guided Tour – free admission
SCHUNCK*
art
does not need a common language,
it is international
in itself.
The association of fourteen institutions in the Meuse-Rhine Region is as contemporary as the art they present. Within a radius of 100 km, the border region of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands offers a wide variety of exhibitions and events, many of which can be visited in one day. The venues each have a highly individual approach and present art in the most appealing way: direct and inspirational, reflective and atmospheric. This brochure wants to increase the awareness of what this region has to offer in terms of visual arts. It is published twice a year and gives an overview of exhibitions and events.
Get a regular update on exhibition openings, lectures and guided tours on: www.verycontemporary.org www.facebook.com/verycontemporaryart We are looking forward to hearing from you under: info@verycontemporary.org
supported by the ministry of north rhine-westphalia and the province of limburg – printed by kliemo (cover photo) Catalyst. Marcel Berlanger: Black Sheep. ikob, 2015. Photo: Kristof Vrancken (editing) Miriam Elebe, ikob (graphic design) Niek Kosten (project management) Marie-Claire Krell – info@verycontemporary.org
www.verycontemporary.org
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