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Dancing with a beam of light as your dance partner in The Ballroom

Dancing on the dance floor. This is possible during GLOW on the TU campus. Team Ignite of the TU/Eindhoven created the art project “The Ballroom”. A light installation that follows you around and allows you to dance.

TEAM IGNITE, Tim de Jong and Philip Ross, are looking for the sense of connection between the visitors of GLOW to rekindle that social cohesion of dancing together with their light artwork.

How does that work exactly?
The visitors are detected anonymously by means of infrared imaging. This way, the beam of light chooses its partner at random while the music of the student orchestra Quadrivium is playing. All this happens in real time, without any delay. The art installation can be seen until Saturday during GLOW, at the Metaforum on the TU campus.

TEAM IGNITE, Tim de Jong and Philip Ross, are looking for the sense of connection between the visitors of GLOW to rekindle that social cohesion with their light artwork.

Source: Studio040

Translated by: Bob

 

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

Climate march to take place in Eindhoven tomorrow

A climate march will take place in Eindhoven on Friday. Demonstrators will call on the government to take climate change seriously and to come up with robust climate action plans.

The organisers also want to use the march to draw attention to the larger, national march that will take place next month in Amsterdam.

The march is organised by Milieudefensie, a Dutch environmental organisation. According to Milieudefensie, the Dutch government’s plans to tackle climate change must be more ambitious than they are currently. They say that the Netherlands is currently doing too little. In addition, the local Eindhoven branch of Milieudefensive recently accused the region of being ‘too passive’ when it comes to tackling climate change.

The march will start at Strijp-S and end on the 18 Septemberplein.

 

Source: Studio040

Translation: Rachael Vickerman

Philips wins design award in Evoluon

Philips has won the DesignEuropa Award with a portable monitor that allows patients to be moved within a hospital and monitored at the same time.

Philips won the award in the category ‘Industry’. An added bonus was that the awards ceremony took place in the Evoluon in Eindhoven, making it a home game for Philips. Previous editions took place in Milan and Warsaw.

In the ‘Small and Emerging Businesses’ category, a lamp that mimics sunlight from the Italian company Relio2 won. A Lifetime Achievement Award was also handed out to the Catalan designer André Ricard. He designed, among other things, the torch for the Olympic Games in Barcelona.

The DesignEuropa Awards are organised by the EU Intellectual Property Office. The award was created to put industrial designers in the spotlight.

Source: Studio040

Translation: Hang Vu

‘Old but not old-fashioned’: DAF Museum honours Italian designer

The DAF Museum dedicates an exhibition to the Italian designer Giovanni Michelotti. The designer was of great importance for the appearance of DAF’s passenger cars.

Michelotti designed more than 1,200 cars for Alfa Romeo, BMW and Fiat, among others. For DAF, the Italian designed the DAF 44, the first DAF car to be produced in Born, in the factory where VDL subsidiary NedCar is now located.

“Michelotti has been enormously decisive for the appearance of the passenger car”, Geert Vermeer, chairman of the DAF Museum, says. “He not only was important for DAF, but for the whole car industry. He is one of the most important Italian car designers. That’s why the great thing about the exhibition is the amount of sketches we can show of what eventually became the DAF 44, but he also laid the first hands on the DAF 77, which eventually became the Volvo 343”, Vermeer says.

Glass surface
Vermeer is clear about what made Michelotti stand out. “The DAF 44 is one of the first cars that did not have a grill at the front. It did have a grill, but it was under the bumper. Moreover, it was one of the cars with the largest surface area of glass in its time. All in all, it is a timeless design. It is an old car, of course, but it is not old-fashioned”, Vermeer says.

There is also another special feature to the exhibition, according to Vermeer. “It is the first time that cars are exhibited that are not made by DAF, which is unique for us”, Vermeer says.

The exhibition starts on Saturday 16 October, 100 years after Michelotti’s birthday. His son Edgardo Michelotti will be present at the opening of the exhibition.

Source: www.studio040.nl

Translated by: Bob

Feel @ home in Eindhoven

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If you come from another country to the Eindhoven region, you will probably face another culture, other habits, or things that may seem familiar. Would you like to know more and talk about our city?

It is an opportunity to talk with important organisations about the facilities of the Brainport for the Internationals. You will interact and get to know more about studying, living, working and enjoying Eindhoven. You can also contribute to make Eindhoven a better place by providing your input. On the 14th of October at 7:30 p.m, you are invited to The International digital café-Feel @Home In Eindhoven (Part 1).

Miriam Frosi, councillor, Eindhoven wants everybody to feel at home in Eindhoven in all aspects, namely inclusion, sustainability, safety, education, integration etc. Miriam says, “During the International digital café meeting, we will travel with you into the Dutch system and Eindhoven’s reality. Many important organisations in our city will briefly introduce themselves, and afterwards, you can participate in interactive workshops. You can choose the topics that you like the most. We made this digital, so you need not leave home”.

If you are interested, register through this link

You will receive the link for the digital meeting on the 14th.

Source: Miriam Frosi, Councillor, Eindhoven city.

Theatres in region work together under the name Wonka

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Six theatres in the Eindhoven region will work together under the name Wonka. Parktheater, De Schalm, Speelhuis, Hofnar, Cacaofabriek, and Kattendans have announced this in a statement.

Since last year, the theatres have been joining forces, but the six venues want to expand this further. They especially want to share their knowledge and experience in the field of technology, innovation and programming.
And because many internationals are living in the high-tech Brainport Region, the theatres also want more cooperation in the area of internationalisation.

The new name Wonka refers to factory director Willy Wonka from the famous Roald Dahl book ‘Sjakie en de chocoladefabriek’ (‘Sjakie/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’). ‘The character of Wonka brings wonder to the world and is a contrary pioneer for whom imagination is paramount. That is exactly how the venues envisage their collaboration’, the theatres write.

The joint programme can be found here. Several shows have a special label ‘No Dutch Required’. These performances are easily understandable or language is not an issue at all like with music and dance shows.

Source: www.studio040.nl

Translated by: Bob

Member of Parliament opens new exhibition Cornelis le Mair

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Artist Cornelis le Mair will be exhibiting his latest work in the VDL Art gallery in the Heuvel Galerie in the coming weeks. VVD MP Daan de Kort opened the exhibition last weekend.

The VVD MP, former Alderman in Veldhoven, still regularly visits the region for public activities. He finds it important to be visible in this region, as the only MP from South-East Brabant.

The exhibition of Le Mair shows mainly recent works by the Eindhoven artist, who is known for his style that contains many style elements of the ‘Great Masters’. Both portraits and still lifes will be on display.

VDL Art is the gallery of Daniëlle Verschuren and Jan van de Loo and has no relationship with the industrial group VDL. The work of Verschuren and Van de Loo can also be seen and purchased in the gallery.

The exhibition of Cornelis Le Mair is on view until 31 October.

Source: www.studio040.nl

Translated by: Bob

DDW is back in full swing: exhibitions at almost ninety locations

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The Dutch Design Week will be physically running at full speed again next month. Last year, the major Eindhoven design event held an online edition due to the corona pandemic, but that is not necessary this year.

This past spring, the organisation already announced that it was aiming for a physical event. That expectation is now also coming true, with the extra relaxation that will take effect next Saturday. Only DDW Music, with dozens of pop concerts in various venues, will not take place. However, there are exhibitions, workshops, and network meetings spread over about ninety locations in the city.

This year, designs will also reflect on the corona crisis, and addressing the question of where society is heading after this unusual period. As in every edition, experimental ideas from designers will be on display, as well as concrete solutions to social issues.

Ambassadors of the event this year are former Chief Government Architect Floris Alkemade and designer Christien Meindertsma, who studied at the Design Academy in Eindhoven.

The DDW runs from 16 to 24 October.

Source: Studio040

Translation by: Hang Vu

Alternative for Valkenswaard flower parade – world opens up again!

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The fourteen floats of the Valkenswaard flower parade, which were scattered around the village, attracted a lot of attention this weekend. Because of corona, there has been no parade for the floats for two years now. Nevertheless, this year the parade blossomed again.

The world opens up, is the theme of the neighbourhood Stadse Bergen. After corona, the world is slowly starting to move again. This is represented by an enormous display and a kind of mini-theatre performance. The spectators frequently make films and photographs and applaud profusely. There is plenty of enthusiasm in the audience. “This is something different,” is a comment often heard.

Alternative for flower parade

Enthusiasm or not, the wagon builders would have preferred a parade, says Erik Faasen of the Stadse Bergen hamlet. However, he does understand why this has not happened. “There has been consultation with the float builders and I thought this was a good alternative.” What he misses is the excitement. “Driving out of the tent, the parade, everything going well … you miss that.”

“I say: rather the corsovirus than the coronavirus,” says mayor Anton Ederveen about the alternative parade (corso). “It is a very nice format with a great result and people enjoy it”, says the mayor. “This is Valkenswaard at its best. But next year we will have the parade again with moving floats. I am looking forward to it!”

Public bonding

Enthusiasm about the alternative parade is also shared by Monique Arts from Valkenswaard marketing, the club that promotes Valkenswaard. “I think it will be just as busy as usual, only the event lasts two days and the floats are spread out, so you experience it differently”. She calls the set-up ‘super fun’.

“Because it is a full weekend, and there are objects on which you can actually take a photo. You don’t have that with a parade, so there is more of a bond with the public now.”

That bond with the public can be seen, for example, on the Market Square. There, people can have their picture taken in front of the float, which has a real photographer. It is very popular. “Valkenswaard, too beautiful to be captured”, is the appropriate title of the structure of the neighborhood Kompas.

Evolution due to corona

The parade may take a different form in the future. It could be held on Saturday and Sunday. Perhaps the corona woes will also lead to a renewal of the event. They will talk about that in Valkenswaard after the flower parade.

Source: Omroepbrabant.nl

Translated by: Anitha Sevugan

 

 

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