Dear friends, you are cordially invited to the next Open Saturday V on 7 December 2019 at Maison Van Doesburg, Meudon Hauts-de-Seine (Paris), France.
At 16:00 CET the architectural sound sculpture Ways of Space (2019) by Machiel Spaan and Rozalie Hirs can be explored; the work has been developed in close collaboration during their stay at Maison Van Doesburg. Afterwards you are invited to share a glass of wine with the artists. Due to strikes this weekend our guest-of-honor Cathy Van Eck (*1979) won’t be able to travel from Zürich to Paris; therefore the programme has changed.
event programme
16:00-18:00 CET
Ways of Space (2019) – sound installation by Machiel Spaan and Rozalie Hirs.
Introduction; Q & A; exhibition
17:00 CET
Reception
Ways of Space (2019) is inspired by the concept of the ‘open floorplan’ developed by Theo Van Doesburg (1883-1931) for his own home. Spaan created the spatial arrangement of loudspeakers and Hirs composed the electronic music. Next year Ways of Space will be exhibited at several museums in The Netherlands, such as the Bauhaus Exhibition at Museum Drachten, and Van Eesteren Museum, Amsterdam. It is the third collaborative architecture/sound art project by Spaan and Hirs, after Curvices (2013-present), and The Listening House (2017-present). With support of STEIM, M3H architecten, Mondriaanfonds, Maison Van Doesburg, Stimuleringsfonds voor de Creatieve Industrie.
The event is part of the ‘Open Saturday’ series. During their artist-in-residence at Maison Van Doesburg, Machiel Spaan and Rozalie Hirs have initiated and curated the ‘Open Saturday’ series, consisting of five events across the various disciplines related to the work of Theo and Nelly van Doesburg.
Open Saturday calendar
Open Saturday I – 7 September 2019, 16:00, Maison Van Doesburg
Concert by pianist Keiko Shichijo with works by Eric Satie, Morton Feldman, Tom Johnson, Bunita Marcus, and Rozalie Hirs
Open Saturday II – 21 September 2019, 16:00, Maison Van Doesburg
Architecture exhibition on ‘atelier houses’ and round table with Aart Oxenaar, Wouter Kroeze, and Machiel Spaan
Open Saturday III – 5 October 2019, 16:00, Maison Van Doesburg
Poetry salon around Van Doesburg, with Jaap Blonk, Kim Andringa, Daniel Cunin, and Rozalie Hirs
Open Saturday IV – 2 November 2019, 15:00, Maison Van Doesburg
Sound art installations by Fedde ten Berge. Tryout of Ways of Space (2019) by Rozalie Hirs and Machiel Spaan
Open Saturday V – 7 December 2019, 16:00, Maison Van Doesburg
Event around sound artist, performer, researcher Cathy Van Eck (canceled due to strikes in Paris and France). Exhibition of Ways of Space (2019) by Rozalie Hirs and Machiel Spaan
Date: 2019-12-07
Time: 16:00 CET
Location: Maison Van Doesburg, 29 rue Charles-Infroit, Meudon Hauts-de-Seine (Paris), France