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Art

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.

Performances & Events

Installations

Media

Music

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.

Books

Het HEM loves books. During your visit, come lose yourself in the library's rich selection.

Community

Homebase
Artists Studios
9 dates with 'Still Life'

Private Hire

The building's industrial design and our experimental art programme bring ambience and meaning to every event.

About

Situated in a former munitions factory, Het HEM is a new home for contemporary culture.

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  • Close Range
opening
exhibition

Close Range: Opening – Parrish Smith

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FREE

Openings evening for Parrish Smith's Close Range exhibition.

Album Preview - 17h Live Performance - 19h

Parrish Smith is an electronic musician with an urge to explore the possibilities with his music. Over the years he has pushed the boundaries within conventional electronic club music by entering into collaborations with diverse makers and working interdisciplinary. For example, he collaborated with FOAM on a soundscape for an exhibition by Ai Weiwei, and at the invitation of the Tropenmuseum and the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision he made the album Genesis Black with archive material about the Dutch slavery past and the colonial past of Surinam.

In the months that Het HEM was closed to the public, he used the old bullet factory as the backdrop for his video project Never Break Faith, linked to his debut album Light, Cruel & Vain (Dekmantel Records). For this project he collaborated with artists Alice Héron, Atilla Yuksel, designer Philip Atanasov and tech artist Roel Weerdenburg. The video, directed in collaboration with Gijs Ranitz and Djoa Lekatompessy, features a throne-shaped sculpture by Philip Atanavos and a root-like installation by Alice Héron and the spiritual plasterwork of Irma Joanne. These monumental objects will be on display from April 8 as part of a mini-exhibition curated by Annemiek Höcker showing the versatile practice of Parrish Smith.