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Kids can programme, design at tech fair

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Kids can programme, design at tech fair

Programming, virtual reality, designing, and creating animations. This is the selection of activities during ‘Weet ik veel‘ (‘I don’t know’), the technology festival for children, which will be held in Strijp-S.

On the former Philips site in Eindhoven, children between 7 and 12 years of age can test technological innovations and get busy themselves. With interactive commands, they can discover how much fun technology is, and where their talents lie.

It is the second edition of the festival, an initiative of Bibliotheek (Library) Eindhoven, Natlab, and Architectuurlessen, (Architectural Lessons). During the winter months, the library also organises a similar event in the Beursgebouw.

‘Weet ik veel’ is from Monday 13 to Friday 17 August.

Source: www.studio040.nl

Translated by: Bob

Mayor says Black Lives Matter protest should go ahead

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Mayor says Black Lives Matter protest should go ahead

Mayor of Eindhoven, John Jorritsma, wants Saturday’s Black Lives Matter protest planned to go ahead despite coronavirus concerns.

In a letter to Eindhoven city council, Jorritsma highlights the importance of taking coronavirus measures into account when facilitating the protest. This includes ensuring protesters keep at least one and a half metres distance from each other. Jorritsma also announced his intention to ensure the protest is as safe and orderly as possible, both for protesters and for other residents of Eindhoven.

On 25 May, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black American man suspected of forging a $20 note, was killed by a white police officer. Since then, protests have emerged globally, led in large part by the Black Lives Matter organisation. Black Lives Matter states that their aim is ‘to bring justice, healing, and freedom to Black people across the globe’.

Recent Black Lives Matter protests in Rotterdam and Amsterdam gained criticism. The protests drew huge crowds and measures were not taken to ensure protestors kept their distance from each other.

On the other hand, protests in Groningen and The Hague were praised for how well they adhered to coronavirus measures. This, Jorritsma says, shows that protests are still possible during the coronavirus crisis.

The protest will take place on 18 Septemberplein in Eindhoven on 6 June.

 

Source: Studio040

Translation: Rachael Vickerman

What can we do to combat climate change? ‘Climate course’ launches in Geldrop

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What can we do to combat climate change? ‘Climate course’ launches in Geldrop

Climate change is becoming an increasingly frequent topic of conversation. In recent weeks we have seen news stories of wildfires, storms and of course the recent flooding in Limburg. In addition, a report by the UN’s IPCC confirmed that human behaviour is driving catastrophic weather events and that the situation is now ‘a code red for humanity’.

All this causes people to ask themselves, ‘what does climate change mean for my own local area? How can my neighbours and I be more sustainable? And can we get any funding for our sustainable initiatives?’.

IVN Geldrop is a local organisation committed to educating people about nature and sustainability. They recently announced plans for a ‘climate course’, which will be the first of its kind. The course aims to answer people’s questions about climate change and equip them with the tools and knowledge they need for a more sustainable lifestyle in their local community.

Co-organiser Tonny Scheepers describes the course as a combination of theory and practical activities. ‘We help you to look at your community from a different angle and to come up with an action plan together.’ The course also involves excursions to local sustainability ‘hotspots’ in Geldrop and Mierlo.

Scheepers says he is pleasantly surprised by the response to the course. ‘People are still getting to grips with the idea of climate change and its impacts. Even for us at IVN Geldrop, it’s still a first’.

There are still a few places left on the course. You can register until 1 September. The course will be in Dutch.

 

Source: Studio040

Translation: Rachael Vickerman

Dynamo Metalfest; full day of new and old heavy metal bands

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Dynamo Metalfest; full day of new and old heavy metal bands

On July 14, 2018 the 4th edition of the Dynamo Metalfest will take place at the ‘IJssportcentrum’ (the semi covered ice-skating rink).

It’s a friendly Heavy Metal festival with a mix of some bigger names, iconic older bands, and upcoming new ones.

The Metalfest is the legacy of the legendary Dynamo Open Air (DOA) festival. This festival (organized by the heavy metal department of youth society Dynamo) started as a free festival in 1986, behind the original Dynamo building on a parking lot at Smalle Haven. After the first few editions with 7000-12000 spectators, the festival outgrew the space and moved to the ‘IJssportcentrum’ where it expanded further, and started to ask a modest contribution from the visitors.

 

Also that venue was outgrown, so it moved to the Welschap airbase (Eindhoven Airport), where it became a 3-day festival, with huge camping ground and over 100.000 visitors. It became national news when the many visitors (from all over the world but many from Germany), congested the roads around the airbase and north of Eindhoven, which resulted in massive traffic jams, that lasted over 24 hours. Some people who were stuck started their BBQ’s next to the motorway. By that time the festival was not only the favourite of the many visitors, but also of many of the bands, who played in local pubs in the area the days just before or after the festival.

After those legendary years at the airbase, that made Eindhoven temporarily the capital of the Heavy Metal world, the festival moved to different places, mostly close to Eindhoven, but also around Nijmegen. Big and promising bands kept performing, many of them on several editions. And now its back in Eindhoven, still against a modest price, to give you all the opportunity to see some great rocking bands, experience the relaxed atmosphere and perhaps sense some of its glorious past.

 

For Eindhoven News by Remco

62nd Brabant day in Heeze: Outstanding theatre parade on a warm day

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62nd Brabant day in Heeze: Outstanding theatre parade on a warm day

HEEZE – It was a warm day in Heeze on the 62nd Brabantsedag but it went smoothly and it was a successful event.  

The number of visitors was the same as the last year – around 40,000 guests. They enjoyed the full-day program at the venue amidst great ambience and tasty food stalls around, along with the largest theatre parade of the year that surpassed its previous level of quality and reached new heights.

According to both the various juries and visitors, the quality level demonstrated by the parade kept pace with summer temperature: “Unprecedentedly high” was a common and concise summary. The audience did spread out over the area and mainly searched for shadow. Unfortunately, the two thousand actors did not have that luxury, and that makes our respect for their top performance only deeper. Various thoughtful wagon guides were attentive of the super warm day and provided bottled water. It made the two and a half hours long continuous theatre performance for the parade a little bearable.

This is the top three of the general classification:

  1. The general winner was Ge Wit ’T Oit Noit Nie, (You just don’t know) (Storm of disaster tourism. What?! I have to see that!) about the phenomenon that people go and have a look at a disaster area.

2. Vriendenkring De Rijten De Blijde Intrede (The Grand Entrance: An Ego trip through Brabant) finished in second place. This float showed the tour through Brabant of a new egocentric Duke.

3. Bloed, Zweet & Tranen (Blood, sweat and tears) achieved third place with Michelin; The culinary bond with Brabant. Both the tyre (band) company and the culinary Michelin stars where addressed.

Friends group Ietskes Schif (a little bit tilted), Escaping war camp Vught. Escape for Freedom, won both the Press Prize and the HWV Public Prize (of the Heeze shop owners association). For the first time in five years, the special Pearl Prize has also been awarded again to Skôn for their creation Vincent. What moves him? (Vincent, Wat beweegt hem?)This award is a special one given for exceptional group performance, construction, representation or material use.

The full result of the 62nd Brabant Day theatre parade can be found at brabantsedag.nl/uitslag.

Translated by Chaitali

Source: Persbericht 

Picture credit: Chaitali Sengupta

Departure of Design Academy increasingly likely

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Departure of Design Academy increasingly likely

It is becoming increasingly likely that Design Academy will leave Eindhoven. The world-famous design school may move to Roermond.

There would currently be no place for Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE) in Eindhoven and the municipality does not seem to be interested in a major investment.

At the beginning of April, the Municipality of Eindhoven announced that it wanted to fund a move of the course to Microlab. But as it looks now, Microlab at Strijp-S is not as attractive as expected. The amount that the municipality wanted to invest in the move: €4.000,000, would be far too little. Microlab is also said to be in poor condition and does not meet DAE’s wishes. Sources in and around Design Academy tell Studio040 this.

In addition, there is the problem of student housing. It would be a thorn in the side of the academy that design students are often homeless at the start of their studies. While TU/e ​​received some help in that context, for example with housing at the former Philips headquarters and the construction of two residential towers on its campus, DAE saw such support lagging behind and that would sting.

Two and a half years

Design Academy Eindhoven and the municipality seem to have different ideas about the efforts required for a longer stay of the prestigious design school in the city. Moreover, that problem has been in the air for about two and a half years: that is how long the municipality and academy have been discussing a new location for the training. There are serious concerns from and around the academy about a possible move to Roermond.

Benefit

Design breeding ground Residency for the People is organising a benefit evening on Friday evening in an attempt to raise money to keep the DAE in Eindhoven for longer. Lucas Maassen organises the evening. In addition to being the operator of the creative breeding ground, he also teaches at DAE.

End of design city

“DAE does not give much publicity to the developments”, Maassen says. “But the municipality will not give the academy a different location than it currently has. It is close to my heart, because I come from Eindhoven myself, I am a designer, and I think that the entire design ecosystem in the city will be at risk when Design Academy leaves”.

“The Dutch Design Week largely revolves around the graduation projects of DAE students. This guarantees the quality of that week. It is also the only non-commercial design event worldwide, which makes it unique. I don’t think it can take place in Eindhoven if Design Academy is no longer located in Eindhoven”.

Roermond

“The search for accommodation has been going on for two and a half years and Design Academy has not been able to reach an agreement with the municipality for a long time”,  well-known designer Kiki van Eijk, also a teacher at the academy, says. “A decision must be made before the summer and from what I hear, the parties are not yet getting closer. I think they are really seriously considering moving to Roermond”.

Microlab

And that is an incomprehensible situation, Van Eijk thinks. “The lease in Witte Dame ends next year. In addition, €4.000,000 was far too little to move into Microlab, the renovation that that building needed turned out to be much larger – there turned out to be too many snags”.

Eindhoven’s top designer Piet Hein Eek, who studied at Design Academy, was recently forced to write a letter explaining the state of affairs to important parties in the city. Eek, who has his workshop and shop in Eindhoven, does not see the move happening so quickly.

Fail

“It makes much more sense to sit down together. I don’t think the negotiations have been conducted by the right people in recent years. The importance of the academy has not been sufficiently recognised and there has been insufficient ability to get closer to each other, on both sides of the table”, Eek says.

“But I do think that it has now been realised that Design Academy and Eindhoven are extremely important to each other. To illustrate: I have many DAE students working for me. DAE is the linchpin in the city’s design ecosystem,” Eek says.

DAE response

Design Academy informs Studio040 that a decision will be made before the summer, and that a longer stay in Eindhoven seems far away at the moment. There is no mention of a move to Roermond. “Although it is our absolute preference to stay in Eindhoven, there are no feasible options on the table at the moment”.

“Our constructive conversation with the Municipality of Eindhoven, which started more than two years ago, continues and we strongly hope that this will lead to a positive solution in the coming weeks. As a precaution, alternatives are being investigated elsewhere to prevent DAE from being left without housing”, a spokesperson for DAE said.

Source: Studio040

Translated by: Bob

More visitors to Prehistoric Village

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More visitors to Prehistoric Village

The Prehistorisch Dorp (Prehistoric Village) in Eindhoven has seen the number of visitors rise slightly this year. This year, almost 56,000 people visited the village. Last year there were 54,500 visitors.

According to the cultural-historical open-air museum, the international Viking festival, the food festival, and the knight battles weekend were the crowd-pleasers. More people visit during school holidays too.

Director, Ward Rennen, also thinks the renovation of the museum plays an important role. “We had some bad luck this year, with a lot of rainy days during the autumn holidays. Despite this setback, we were able to attract more visitors with new events”.

Expansion plans

The Eindhoven Museum, and in particular the Prehistorisch Dorp, wants to expand considerably in the future. The park will then be called Vonk (Spark). From 2024 onwards, some 130,000 visitors are expected to come to the park. The museum park is now about four football pitches in size. It will soon be the size of six to eight of these.

The Prehistorisch Dorp is currently closed to visitors. This open-air museum will open its doors in March again.

Source: Studio040

Translator: Bob

Editor: Melinda Walraven

Urban Dansdagen almost here

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After last year’s success, the Urban Dansdagen (Dance Days) are to return to Eindhoven. On 14 and 15 December, the top Dutch urban dancers will perform at Parktheater and Pand P – breakdancers, poppers, lockers, upcoming and established dance theatre performers.

Get to know the urban dance is all its forms on Saturday, 15 December, at the Parktheater. You can take part in workshops or watch short urban dance theatre shows. This year’s Urban Dansdagen will include the 18th edition of the NK Breakdance, aka the Dutch B-Boy Championships (DBC). Holy Funk’s fifth edition will also take place.

One of the highlights of the Urban Dansdagen is Johnny Lloyd’s BODY1 performance. This is a solo performance that focuses on the body’s physique. The matinee of this show will be on Friday, 14 December, at Pand P, with the première on Saturday.

Unique idea

The Urban Dansdagen are a unique concept in the Netherlands. All urban dance style are brought together on one stage. Although urban dance has its roots in the streets, the streets are no longer enough. It is in the theatre that these dance styles are getting the attention they deserve.

Please visit the Urban Dansdagen’s website for more information.

Photo: www.urbandansdagen.nl

Translator: Melinda

DDW: ‘The New Intimacy’

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DDW: ‘The New Intimacy’

This year’s Dutch Design Week (DDW) will be about ‘a new balance in a time in which we’ve started to relate differently to each other’. 

This is partly due to COVID 19. ‘Major societal challenges have been further accentuated in a short period by COVID 19 pandemic,’ reads a DDW press release. ‘We have long been aware of these.’ They include climate change, inequality, and poverty.

The theme – The New Intimacy – also illustrates the festival’s unique 19th year. DDW20 will, after all, take place both in an intimate physical form and extensively online. Applications are now open for designers who want to participate in this well-known international event.

The New Intimacy

“The search for a new balance has begun,” states the press release. “A balance in which important values such as intimacy and affection must not be lost. It is a challenge that demands the knowledge, imagination, and inventiveness of designers.”

All approved participants will become part of the online programme. The designers will have their own digital space at their disposal. There, can set up a virtual 3D exhibition.

The Dutch Design Foundation organises DDW. Last month, they announced that, after extensive consultation with all the relevant stakeholders, the festival would continue. This would be as a physical and online festival.

More ‘live’ content

The Dutch Health Department recently relaxed some anti-corona measures further. This has made it possible to expand the ‘live’ part of the festival. The organisers hope to welcome more professional visitors.

Pre-planned visits to studio expos and ‘design areas’ are on the cards. That means there’s a limited number of physical locations available for designers. Designers must submit their applications by Monday, 31 August, at the latest.

DDW will also have an extensive online programme. It’ll not only feature virtual exhibitions of designers from across the world. There will be live streams, video content, DDW talks, virtual parties, and more too.

Source: Dutch Design Week

Translator: Melinda Walraven

Nuenen very proud of illuminated Van Gogh sunflowers

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Nuenen very proud of illuminated Van Gogh sunflowers

The light festival Glow is in full swing. This year too, the illuminated sunflowers by Van Gogh can be admired. An appropriate place has been chosen for this, this year, namely in Nuenen. That is the place where Van Gogh created his first masterpiece.

Van Gogh’s flowers are placed near windmill De Roosdonck and were developed by the Eindhoven light artist Hugo Vrijdag. According to Frank van den Eijnden, the man behind Van Gogh Brabant, the plan to bring back the sunflowers was already in place two years ago. Nuenen is in fact the perfect location to pay homage to the famous painter. “We are very happy to be involved in this project”, Van den Eijnden says.

Crowd
According to Van den Eijnden, the surrounding area is also enthusiastic about the light show in Nuenen. “We have noticed a great deal of eagerness for the illuminated sunflowers. Families came to take a look last weekend, full of pride and enthusiasm. It was even so busy that we put out an appeal asking people to come later in the evening”.

Nuenen Van Gogh village
According to Alderman Stultiëns of tourism, recreation and village marketing of the Municipality of Nuenen, it is an honour to receive this work of light art. “It’s nice that the Eindhoven Glow festival also pays a visit to Nuenen. It is a very beautiful and atmospheric event. It puts Nuenen more firmly on the map as a Van Gogh village”, Stultiëns says.

Vincent’s Lightlab
In addition to paying tribute to Van Gogh, the illuminated sunflowers in Nuenen are also an announcement of Vincent’s Lightlab, a project by Van Gogh Brabant in collaboration with ASML. “Vincent van Gogh is known for playing with light and this project refers to his quest for light”, Van den Eijnden says.

Source: Studio040

Translated by: Bob

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