Art is our first language. Even while we are closed for renovations, our programming continues. You will find our art programmes at off-site locations throughout the year and on the digital platform The Couch. The permanent installations in Het HEM will remain open to the public after the renovation.
Our music programme focuses on experimental ways of making, presenting and experiencing sound in the building through listening sessions, live performances and musical artist-in-residence programmes. During renovations, we organise music programmes at off-site locations and on the digital platform The Couch.
Het HEM loves books. During your visit, come lose yourself in the library's rich selection.
The building's industrial design and our experimental art programme bring ambience and meaning to every event.
Situated in a former munitions factory, Het HEM is a new home for contemporary culture.
Omni Toxica examines the history of the coca plant, using activist, forensic, spiritist and performative methods. How is it possible that this medicinal plant has been turned into a whitewashed, toxic substance, namely cocaine – the capitalistic success drug whose blood trails lead from Colombia to Northern countries everywhere? In a dystopic setting, the performers stand up to the «coca-cocaine-complex» and its politics of death. Omni Toxica confronts the unholy alliances of neo-liberal regimes with rigorous anti-colonial politics and aesthetics.
Free entrance in combination with a Chapter 4OUR ticket