Friday and Saturday 12–24h
Sunday 12–22h
Art is our first language. Throughout the year, Het HEM presents a range of temporary art programmes as well as more permanent art installations.
May 7 – 25
There is always music to listen to at Het HEM, with programmes focused on experimental ways to create, present and experience music in the building through listening sessions, live shows, and musical artis-in-residence initiatives.
Come by for a drink and a bite, wine and dine at one of our restaurants Zanini, Bois or get a sandwich at Bakery Solinger,. With good wether we suggest you settle down on our sunny terrace on the Costa del Zaano.
Het HEM loves books. During your visit, come lose yourself in the library's rich selection or discover new favourites in the SANZ Shop.
Situated in a former munitions factory, Het HEM is a new home for contemporary culture.
The building's industrial design and our experimental art programme bring ambience and meaning to every event.
Agrilogistics (2022)
Agrilogistics, 2022
21 minutes, video
In Agrilogistics, filmmaker Gerard Ortín Castellví examines the use of robots and visual technology in industrial agriculture and greenhouse farming in the Westland region in the west of the Netherlands. With its hyper-innovative agribusiness, the Westland is one of the most intensive
agricultural areas in the world. Ortín Castellví was intrigued by the high level of mechanisation with which food is produced here, and the way in which machines exert pressure on plants to optimise the output. The crops in the greenhouse are scanned every day, to determine precisely the amount of (sellable) fruits and the state of their ripeness. In response to such data, the conditions in the greenhouse (such as the temperature or the amount of nutrition of the plant) are adjusted.
Just like Jasper Coppes (artwork number 6), Ortín Castellví uses his camera to obtain perspectives that are normally hidden from the human eye. In his case, it involves a totally regulated and repetitive environment, which was developed by humans but seems to operate fully autonomously. In his visual essay, the artist contrasts this with a scenario that is the exact opposite. In the second part of the film, escaped animals have taken over the agricultural factory, crops grow wild and untamed, straight through the roof, and the tomato robot has become part of a chaotic ecosystem.