Rotterdam Museum Night 2020
The theme of this journey into the night is self-expression and alternative histories. Develop spiritual strategies in the ritual space of artists' collective The Ummah Chroma. Disentangle the different stories behind the hooded sweater in' The Hoodie'. Shift your shape by putting yourself in someone else's shoes. Swing into action as you dance with your digital likeness. Manifest yourself. Be enraptured. Eat, drink and 'Make a Move'.
7 March 2020 20:00 - 8 March 2020 01:00
On 7 March 2020, dozens of art institutions in Rotterdam open their doors between 20:00 and 01:00 with an exclusive programme as part of Rotterdam Museum Night. Explore new locations and enjoy performances, guided tours and inspiring activities. View the full programme.
Domestic Sounds in Sonneveld House
20:00 – 00:30 (last admissions)
Jongkindstraat 12 Sound artist Elise 't Hart's Het Instituut voor Huisgeluid (the Institute of Domestic Sound) collects all kinds of everyday sounds that are heard inside a dwelling's walls: from the patter of shower water to the ringing of a phone and the buzzing of a refrigerator. On the occasion of Rotterdam Museum Night, Sonneveld House is the backdrop to sounds from Het Instituut voor Huisgeluid's archives. Can you reconcile these sounds with their surroundings, or are they rather surreal? Lend us your ear and get to know Huis Sonneveld in a new way.
Gedichtgeheimen
20:00 – 01:00
Het Nieuwe Café What would you do if you had a secret space where no one could see you at all and where you could be completely yourself? Asha Capella, all-round creative with a great passion for vegan cuisine, storyteller and covert poet, helps you write a poem in which your secret place comes to life. You can then hang it on the wall in the warm and dark hoodie cocoon, where no one can see it.
Speed Tours
20:00 – 01:00
The Hoodie, Gallery 2 Too little time to explore The Hoodie on your own? Speed Tours offers a solution. Experience this exhibition about the hooded sweater by joining a tour by one of Het Nieuwe Instituut's guides. Thanks to their experience as makers - dancers, musicians, artists and actors - you get to experience the exhibition from different perspectives in just 15 minutes.
Make a Move
20:00 – 01:00
Deck In Make a Move you design your own digital protest outfit. Plastic soup, the political climate, melting polar caps: there is plenty to stand up against. In addition to an outfit that fits the message you want to convey, you get to design a backcloth that shows what you are protesting against. Next, all of this is scanned and brought to digital life on the big screen, to echo your craziest moves.
A Project by Principle
21:30 - 01:00
Het Nieuwe Café From the collective that expresses their principles in music and design. For Rotterdam Museum Night, Baba Laman and Hugo Out match music to the specific atmosphere of Het Nieuwe Instituut. This means soothing, eclectic sounds that are high on harmony and intricacy. Music that matches your mood. A customised experience, by principle.
G/D THYSELF: Spirit Strategy On Raising Free Black Children
20:00 – 01:00
Gallery 1 _G/D THYSELF: Spirit Strategy On Raising Free Black Children _is a ritual experience space in which spiritual strategies and alternative histories are central. Visitors are invited to actively contribute to the space. The installation is an initiative by international artists' collective The Ummah Chroma. This collective consists of Jenn Nkiru, director of The Carter's Apeshit music video, musician Kamasi Washington, filmmaker Marc Thomas, cameraman Bradford Young, and Terence Nance, known from the HBO series Random Acts of Flyness.
The Hoodie
20:00 – 01:00
Gallery 2 This exhibition explores the role of a fashion garment as a socio-political carrier. The hoodie tells many stories - tales of social inequality, youth culture, subculture, police brutality, racism, privacy, fear and style. It is a garment that sparks a range of emotions, communicating all manner of social and cultural ideas and nuances depending on the gender, geography, age, conduct and ethnicity of the wearer and, in turn, the prejudices and politics of the viewer. Popularised by Champion in the 1930s, the hoodie was a practical solution for workmen; it is now, arguably, Western fashion's last truly political garment.
NAi Booksellers
20:00 – 01:00
Foyer At NAi Booksellers, books and gifts on architecture, urban design and landscape architecture are available all night.
Move the City
by Willem de Kooning Academy
20:00 – 00:30
Throughout the building The city moves. You, in turn, move through it. But how aware are you of the parts you play in urban life? The actions and interventions of the students of the Willem de Kooning Academy will immerse you in white noise and nightlife; get you lost and invite you to sit down to discuss challenging privacy issues and gender roles.