Playhouse '71 -'17:
June 9, 2017, 20:00 to 20 August 2017 At van bommel van dam museum te Venlo.
What do a car mechanic, yoga teacher, journalist and tattooer have in common? They all participate in Playhouse '71 -'17 :. At least when it comes to guest curator Sjors Bindels (Venlo, 1991), because it's especially about opening the Museum of Bommel of Dam as a vibrant cultural center. The museum must feel like a comfortable living room in which everyone feels at home. The presentation of the work of especially young regional artists has to strengthen that feeling and not interfere. Playhouse '71 -'17: is open from Friday 9 June to Sunday 20 August.
Playhouse '71 -'17:
With the title, Bindels refers to the function that the museum is supposed to have: a safe playground where everyone can do his thing, can experiment and discover. The young guest curator thus plays a role in the actuality of the museum, which recently launched a new, more open direction with a price document. With the years, Bindels wants to finish a period but also evaluate and learn. As a guest to the rich museum pasture, the exhibition space is reduced to its original open form. This creates one big playing field in which the spectator can experience the museum and the art in a new way.
Artists and program
Bindels selected eleven powerful pieces for the exhibition from the museum collection. These are combined with the work of promising artists with roots in Venlo and surroundings: Krista Smulders, Sen Doesborgh, Linda Lenssen, Marleen Verber, Remi Custers, Reinier Vrancken, Hester van Tongerlo, Jeroen Duijf, Renée Verberne, Michiel Ubels and Atelier Haven.
An important part of the exhibition is the unusual program for engine maintenance, tattoo and schmink workshop. The Venlose community can add activities to it: choir rehearsals, yoga classes, TV shows, community council meetings. Be welcome!
