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Very Contemporary
Network of Contemporary Art venues
in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion

Bureau Europa, CIAP,
ikob, Kunsthaus NRW,
La Châtaigneraie,
Ludwig Forum Aachen,
Leopold-Hoesch-
Museum, Marres,
Museum De Domijnen,
NAK, SCHUNCK*,
SPACE Collection, Van
Eyck & Z33 are part of
Very Contemporary
www.verycontemporary.org

The partners of Very Contemporary
relate to each other through the
language of contemporary art.
Divided into five administrative regions with a total of
3.9 million people, the Meuse-Rhine Euregion comprises
of three countries and languages. This Euregion is not
so much shaped by its political borders, but rather by its
inhabitants, who redefine the borders by living, studying
and working here.
Die Amerikaner. John de Andrea: Dorothy, 1969/70. Ludwig Forum, 2014. Photo: Kristof Vrancken
Due to the geopolitical border situation, a range of
reputable institutions for contemporary art can be found
in the Euregion. These institutions have in common a
peripheral geographical position, situated outside such
traditional cultural centres as Amsterdam, Brussels
or Cologne/Düsseldorf. This has encouraged the
development of an individual and innovative approach
to contemporary art, one that reflects the dynamic and
interwoven history of the tri-border area around Aachen,
Liège and Maastricht, allowing an insight not only into
the local contemporary art scene, but also into European
culture and society.
Very Contemporary, the network currently made up of
14 Euregional contemporary art institutions, emphasizes
the rich possibilities offered through the common
language of art: within the field of contemporary art, the
VC-network reflects on the ways of living together in a
defined space, rethinking Europe on a Euregional scale.
The border region of Belgium,
the Netherlands and Germany
is their training ground.

Very Contemporary is a
tri-national, cross-border network
that organises itself to learn
from each other by exchanging
knowledge.
Within its dynamic
infrastructure tools and
projects are developed
to connect audiences
and link art to other
domains including science,
technology and ecology.
Future Fictions. Neïl Beloufa: Nice seats and projection People's passion, lifestyle, beautiful wine, gigantic glass
towers, all surrounded by water. Z33, 2014. Photo: Kristof Vrancken
Very Contemporary functions as a training ground
where participating institutions meet one another and
learn from each other. The evolving and dynamic network
provides an infrastructure where sustainable synergies
are developed and generated. Through crosslinking
content, marketing and art education, VC reinforces the
institutions and boosts the impact of the various venues,
by communicating their specific qualities and underlining
their strengths.
VC was founded in 2012 when the first VC-brochure
including six initial partners was published on the
occasion of Manifesta 9 in Genk (BE). Since then the
brochure has been published twice-yearly, making the
brochure you're now holding in your hands the ninth to
be distributed on an euregional, national and international
level. Alongside this analog tool, the VC-website
www.verycontemporary.org, the monthly VC-newsletter
and the social media presence of VC informs readers
about current exhibitions and events.

Come Close. Jan Albers: KokusAidAwncArpet, 2012. Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, 2013. Photo: Kristof Vrancken
Very-Contemporary-Weekend
During the Very-Contemporary-Weekend that has already taken
place for the past three years in late autumn, each institution
realises art educational activities in accordance with their
exhibitions, while a connection is offered between the different
venues via Contemporary-Art-Bustours. The CABs offer a practical
solution, since public transportation in the border region
remains quite difficult. But it also goes further and effectively
links audiences to new institutions, since it encourages visiting
new venues on one's own terms and time. By activating crossborder
exchanges, VC strengthens the cultural infrastructure of
the Euregion, with the CAB acting as an already well established
symbol.
On Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 November 2016 you get
a new chance to learn about the current "state of art“ in the
Meuse-Rhine Euregion in just one weekend.
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A Contemporary-Art-Bus starts from every city of the
VC-network.
In every CAB fifty places are available on a first-come,
first-served basis.
Pick your Contemporary-Art-Bus on the next page.

Contemporary–Art–Bus
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Choose from which city you want to start and find
out where your CAB will bring you to!
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Registration is possible from the 1st of October 2016
on www.verycontemporary.org
SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2016
SUNDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2016
cab start venues
cab start venues
1 Aachen
10:15
→ Museum De Domijnen → Marres → Bureau Europa →
La Châtagneraie
11 Aachen
10:15
→ Leopold-Hoesch-Museum → SCHUNCK* →
SPACE Collection
2 Düren
10:15
→ Ludwig Forum → NAK → Marres → Van Eyck
12 Düren
10:15
→ Kunsthaus NRW → Z33 → CIAP
3 Eupen
09:30
→ Museum De Domijnen → Marres → Bureau Europa →
La Châtagneraie
13 Eupen
09:30
→ Leopold-Hoesch-Museum → SCHUNCK* →
SPACE Collection
4 Flémalle
09:30
→ CIAP → Z33 → Museum De Domijnen →
Bureau Europa
14 Flémalle
09:45
→ ikob → Ludwig Forum → Leopold-Hoesch-Museum
5 Hasselt
09:30
→ La Châtagneraie → Bureau Europa → Van Eyck →
NAK
15 Hasselt
10:00
→ SCHUNCK* → Leopold-Hoesch-Museum → ikob
6 Heerlen
10:15
→ Marres → Van Eyck → CIAP → Z33
16 Heerlen
10:45
→ SPACE Collection → ikob → Kunsthaus NRW
7 Kornelimünster
10:00
→ Museum De Domijnen → Marres → Bureau Europa →
La Châtagneraie
17 Kornelimünster
10:00
→ Leopold-Hoesch-Museum → SCHUNCK* →
SPACE Collection
8 Liège
10:00
→ CIAP → Z33 → Museum De Domijnen →
Bureau Europa
18 Liège
10:15
→ ikob → Ludwig Forum → Leopold-Hoesch-Museum
9 Maastricht
10:30
→ La Châtagneraie → Ludwig Forum → NAK →
Museum De Domijnen
19 Maastricht
10:00
→ SPACE Collection → Kunsthaus NRW → SCHUNCK*
10 Sittard
09:45
→ Marres → Van Eyck → CIAP → Z33
20 Sittard
10:15
→ SPACE Collection → ikob → Kunsthaus NRW

Very Contemporary contributes
to the development of the Meuse-
Rhine Euregion as an international
centre of expertise in the field of
contemporary art.
The partners of VC are currently working on a cooperative
art manifestation that will function as a catalyst to establish
innovative strategies for sustainable, cross-border cultural
planning and organisation in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion in the
long run.
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Eventually, the VC-network will be transformed from a distinct
network of contemporary art venues to a finely-woven and more
complex sphere, by multiplying and assembling the connections
of art to science, technology and ecology, with the aim to
maintain and expand the network, continue with research and
exchange activities carried out in the past. A sphere, that will
resonate on an international level, since its inner identity will be
directly linked to the quality of its external connections, posing
the question whether a European identity can be formulated via
a cultural vehicle.
Alongside the tools that have already been implemented, several
stepping stones will be set out towards functioning together as a
non-hierarchical sphere with art as its interdisciplinary link:
On Thursday 10 November 2016 the first VC-conference will
take place, to which you are warmly invited.
So, stay tuned for more information via the website
www.verycontemporary.org
and facebook www.facebook.com/verycontemporaryart
Installation view. Adolf Luther: Hänge-Linsen, 1980 (top). Günther Uecker: Nagelskulptur, 1967 (floor).
Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, 2003. Both works ©VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016. Foto: Arno Roncada

Belgium The Netherlands Very Contemporary
Germany
SITTARD
50 min
30 min
HASSELT
35 min
30 min
HEERLEN
25 min
35 min
MAASTRICHT
30 min
40 min
30 min
20 min
AACHEN
20 min
30 min
35 min
DÜREN
50 min
30 min
KORNELIMÜNSTER
30 min
15 min
FLÉMALLE
LIÈGE
30 min
EUPEN
The Meuse-Rhine Euregion
Intercity travel time by car

Bureau Europa
01.09.2016
01.10.2016
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BRONZE-GREEN OAK WOOD*
From Landscape to Back Garden
An exhibition on observing and depicting nature –
from landscape to garden, and bio-utopia to monoculture.
Opening on 1 September, nature lovers, designers, experts
and the audience are invited to province images, stories,
objects until the show is complete on 1 October: an experiment
in crowd-sourced content of the exhibition!
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Bureau Europa
Timmerfabriek
Boschstraat 9
6211 AS Maastricht (The Netherlands)
+31 43 3503020
info@bureau-europa.nl
www.bureau-europa.nl
Wednesday → Sunday 11:00 → 17:00
07.10.2016
09.10.2016
22.10.2016
22.01.2017
This exhibition is organised in collaboration with the
Centre for Environmental and Nature Education
(Centrum voor Natuur en Milieu Educatie – CNME).
(*) title of anthem of the Province of Limburg
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DUTCH DANCE FESTIVAL
Nightwalking, world of the deafblind
Interdisciplinary installation (film, dance, art,
theatre) exploring human, space and deaf-blind relations.
By MICH Foundation, ICKAmsterdam, Ellen Blom and
Marcel Prins, Sandra den Ouden, Dr Saskia Damen, and
Koninklijke Kentalis and Bartiméus health centres.
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MAASPARADOX
Common culture in times of climate change
Maasparadox is a research-based exhibition that
shows the effects of climate change in the Maas region
in the coming decades. Artists, designers and locals are
invited to share stories and works that explore how this
will change and affect our daily lives.
Curators: Han Dijk and Ruben Pater. Artists among
others: Maider Lopez, Ursula Biemann, Unknown Fields
Division, Klaas Burger, Roderik Rotting and Koos Buist.
Bureau Europa is a cultural institute, that presents exhibitions, lectures, workshops
and other activities in architecture, urbanism and design. We aim to advance
knowledge production and talent development in design and architecture while also
engaging with a broad audience on the subject of understanding of their designed
environment. We articulate these ambitions through cultural projects at our institute
and in public domain. We focus primarily on a contemporary and social agenda of the
Maas-Rhine Euroregion and Europe as a whole.

CIAP
Rossella Biscotti, Acquired Nationality, 2014, courtesy the artist and Wilfriend Lentz Rotterdam
29.06.2016 → SOFT STRUCTURES – TEXTILE TURNS
02.10.2016 Textiles are important in the contemporary art
world, perhaps as never before. The current shifts or turns
in the use of textiles deal less with material aspects of
the medium than with the temporal folds of concepts,
metaphors, societies and economies. Textiles – ‘soft structures’
– have played an important role in economical and
colonial history. As markers of trade they have intervened
in the ‘hard structures’ of capital and politics, and they
have initiated fundamental changes on social and economic
levels. Textiles tell stories of commerce, of labour, of
capitalism, of digital and social networks.
Curator: Evelien Bracke
Artists: Rossella Biscotti (IT), Sarah Browne (IE), Hana
Miletic (BE/HR), Emilie Pallard (FR) & Niels Heymans
(NL), Judith Raum (DE), Remco Torenbosch (NL), Vincent
Vulsma (NL)
26.10.2016
08.01.2017
→ DRAWING IS THINKING, THINKING IS MOVING
Drawing is Thinking, Thinking is Moving’, a group
show investigating the role of drawings in the genesis of
images. It questions the relevance, range and meaning of
the often made analogies between drawing and thinking.
01.09.2016
02.10.2016
→ THE CABINET - WILLIAM LUDWIG LUTGENS
'The Cabinet' gives emerging artist the opportunity
to present their work at CIAP for one month. A new Cabinet
opens every first Thursday of the month.
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CIAP
Lombaardstraat 23
3500 Hasselt (Belgium)
+32 11 22 53 21
info@ciap.be
www.ciap.be
Wednesday → Friday 11:00 → 18:00
Saturday → Sunday 13:00 → 17:00
CIAP is an independent association for contemporary art. CIAP was founded in
1976 and its operating methods are very comparable to the German model of the
Kunstverein, a model that is not well known in Flanders. CIAP aims to respond to the
local art scene in a 2-way direction, on the one hand by presenting form within the
local context towards a larger (eu)regional public and on the other hand by boosting
the local artists, art-professionals and public by showing innovative international
artistic developments.

ikob
Jean Guillaume Ferrée - les lancumes lamplir, 1974-2005, (c) Dirk Dietrich Hennig
10.08.2016
20.11.2016
10.08.2016
20.11.2016
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DIRK DIETRICH HENNIG
JAMAIS-VU – JEAN GUILLAUME FERRÉE
ikob - Museum of Contemporary Art in Eupen
presents the unjustly forgotten œuvre of Jean Guillaume
Ferrée (1926-1974). The discovery of this artist, who
worked within the vivid circles of FLUXUS and Nouveau
Realisme, would have been an art historical sensation
and the visitors would have met one of the most dazzling
artists of the 20th century - if - but only if - this artist
had been living in reality. In fact, he is an invention of the
German artist Dirk Dietrich Hennig, who invented life,
works and reception of Jean Guillaume Ferrée with all its
tiny little details.
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ROGER GREISCH
99 YEARS – 99 COLOURS
Roger Greisch who would have been aged 99 this
year is one of the best known and most popular painters
in East Belgium. His art is until today marked by the presence
of colours which he used to make both abstract and
figurative works while cultivating a language of colour of
his own.
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ikob
Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst
Rotenberg 12 B
4700 Eupen (Belgium)
+32 87 56 01 10
info@ikob.be
www.ikob.be
Wednesday → Sunday 13:00 → 18:00
2017
→ For 2017 ikob – Museum of Contemporary
Art announces a theme for its exhibition program:
RESSENTIMENTS. Ressentiments – resentment/s in
English – will be elaborated in political terms as well as
in terms of aesthetics, i.e. artistic practices. It is of course
a topic especially relevant to today's society. Yet the focus
is less on aspects of racism and discrimination but on
resentment as a common denominator in interpersonal
relations.
The ikob – Museum of Contemporary Art in Eupen is located in the German- speaking
part of Belgium, close to the German and the Dutch border. Its program focuses
on emerging and leading contemporary art through the constitution of a significant
collection (in progress) and temporary exhibitions (in dialogue). Functioning as a
discursive platform for contemporary art with its multidisciplinary and thematic
exhibition program and concerned with critical and socio-political issues, the ikob
attempts to reflect the matter of the frontier.

Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster
YouandMe, a photography project by Katja Stuke and Oliver Sieber, 2014, © The artists
08.10.2016 → COLLECTION WITH LOSE ENDS: IDENTITIES
24.09.2017 The new presentation of the collection follows the
theme of identity, identities of territories, of personalities,
of languages and the state of NRW. With works by
Heinrich Campendonk, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Max
Ernst, Manuel Graf, Andreas Gursky, Mischa Kuball,
Ewald Mataré, Walter Ophey, Albert Renger-Patzsch,
Gerhard Richter, Christian Rohlfs, Eberhard Viegener,
Johannes Wohnseifer.
08.10.2016
22.01.2017
→ YOUANDME
A photography project by Katja Stuke and Oliver
Sieber between Bosnia, Germany and the US.
08.10.2016
22.01.2017
→ PLUS QUE MOI – JOSEFINE REISCH
Painted Cuts for a Country Star, a Collector, a
Doctor and a former Revolutionist.
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Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster
Abteigarten 6
52076 Aachen (Germany)
+49 2408 6492
info@kunsthaus.nrw.de
www.kunsthaus.nrw.de
Thursday → Saturday 14:00 → 18:00
Sunday & Public Holidays 12:00 → 18:00
The exhibition program of the Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster offers an insight into
North Rhine-Westphalia’s current and future art scene. Since 1948, North Rhine-Westphalia
has been purchasing works by young artists to support them. Today, the collection
numbers 4000 works, documenting the history of North Rhine-Westphalia’s art to
the immediate present day. The collection is hosted in the baroque palace building of
the old Abbey of Kornelimünster.

La Châtaigneraie
BOVY Olivier
17.09.2016 → ARTS & METALS
16.10.2016 Nicolas KOZAKIS (B) - Raoul VANEIGEM (F) -
Chantal HARDY (B) - Alain DE CLERCK (B) - Paul GEES
(B) - Stief DESMET (B) - Frans DAELS (B).
The 2016 edition of “Arts & Metals - contemporary trilogy”
invites sculptural artists working with metal. Thanks
to their artistic approach, they will create works marked
by questioning and poetry.
29.10.2016
09.12.2016
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DOMINIQUE CASTRONOVO AND
BERNARD SECONDINI
La Châtaigneraie offers a "carte blanche" to these
two artists who produce together video works for many
years. Dominique Castronovo is also a professor at the
Academy of Fine Arts in Liege (E.S.A.V.L.).
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Centre wallon d’art contemporain
La Châtaigneraie
Chaussée de Ramioul 19
4400 Flémalle (Belgium)
+32 4 275 33 30
chataigneraie@cwac.be
www.cwac.be
Tuesday 14:00 → 17:00
Wednesday 14:00 → 18:00
Friday → Sunday 14:00 → 18:00
Set up in 1979, La Châtaigneraie occupies a small manor house (1830-1840) bordered
by age-old chestnut trees. Exhibitions range from a retrospective of a historical nature
to the most contemporary expression, passing through all the techniques. In this way,
La Châtaigneraie confirms its vocation as a place for promoting artists as well as the
wish to create a place for meetings and awareness. The Centre publishes historical
works and monographs.

Leopold-Hoesch-Museum Düren
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Leopold-Hoesch-Museum
& Papiermuseum Düren
Hoeschplatz 1
52349 Düren (Germany)
+49 2421 252561
museum@dueren.de
www.leopoldhoeschmuseum.de
Tuesday → Sunday 10:00 → 17:00
Thursday 10:00 → 19:00
Installation view, Gregor Schneider, Marienstrasse, 2010, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum & Papiermuseum Düren © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2016
04.09.2016
20.11.2016
PRIZE-WINNER AND SCHOLARSHIP-HOLDERS OF
THE GÜNTHER PEILL FOUNDATION 2014–2016
We are pleased to present international artists from
the current grant program of the Günther Peill Foundation,
with works especially conceived for this autumn’s
show. Elfgen and Hamadeh’s exhibitions will be accompanied
by a catalogue.
− Haris Epaminonda. VOL.XVIII
− Robert Elfgen. Strandspaziergang
− Rana Hamadeh. The Sleepwalkers
04.09.2016 → GÜNTHER PEILL FOUNDATION 1986–2016
20.11.2016 Carola Peill (1907–1992) and Günther Peill
(1908–1974) were important collectors and patrons of
Düren. Founded in 1986, the Günther Peill Foundation is
dedicated to promoting young artists. Celebrating its 30th
anniversary, the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum presents an
overview of the past three decades, including works by
Saâdane Afif, Leni Hoffmann and Gregor Schneider.
04.12.2016
19.03.2017
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UNSERE WERTE? PROVENIENZFORSCHUNG IM
DIALOG: LEOPOLD-HOESCH-MUSEUM UND DAS
WALLRAF
Together with the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in
Cologne, the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum will present a joint
exhibition dealing with provenance research. With the
Washington Principles of 1998, a pledge was made to seek
solutions for restituting works found to have been confiscated
through persecution under the National Socialist
regime. The results of this research project are brought
together in this year’s winter exhibition.
Founded in 1905, the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum and its new extension, completed in
2010 by the architect Peter Kulka, features collections of modern works, including
examples of ZERO and Concrete Art from the Hubertus Schoeller Foundation and
contemporary positions from the Günter Peill Foundation. United under a dual museum
concept, the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum and the Papiermuseum Düren have formed
a globally-oriented platform for showcasing contemporary art in the 21st century and
the cultural history of paper in form of interdisciplinary exhibitions.

Ludwig Forum Aachen
Mies van der Rohe, Resor House, 1937-1941. Copyright 2016. MoMA, New York, Scala, Florence.
28.10.2016 → MIES VAN DER ROHE. THE MoMA COLLAGES
12.02.2017 A vast number of collages and photomontages by
the Aachen born artist will be shown for the first time.
They illustrate in a fascinating way his design principles
and at the same time constitute an autonomous body of
work. Influenced by Dada, Constructivism, and De Stijl,
Mies applied new techniques to visualize his artistic ideas.
These references, as well as contemporary positions will
play a vital role in the exhibition. In addition there is an
extensive framework program.
09.10.2016
27.11.2016
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PERSPECTIVE 04
TIMO SEBER – GO
For the exhibition series “perspective” the research
project Plattform Aachen at Ludwig Forum invites young
artists from the Meuse-Rhine region. Timo Seber (*1984,
Cologne) combines objects, graphics and text to visualize
phenomena from online gaming and internet culture.
Especially for the Ludwig Forum he develops a site-specific
work.
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Ludwig Forum Aachen
Jülicher Str. 97-109
52070 Aachen (Germany)
+49 241 1807 104
info@ludwigforum.de
www.ludwigforum.de
Tuesday → Friday 12:00 → 18:00
Thursday 12:00 → 20:00
Saturday → Sunday 11:00 → 18:00
09.10.2016 → ZEITSPRUNG – KUNSTORTE IN AACHEN SEIT 1964
12.02.2017 The research project Plattform Aachen invites you
on an exploration tour through the city of Aachen. The
exhibition accompanies the launch of the interactive map
“Zeitsprung” that shows places where important exhibitions,
actions and events of contemporary art since the first
Fluxus action in 1964 took place.
The Ludwig Forum Aachen is a multi-genre house for international contemporary art.
It bases on the art collection of Peter and Irene Ludwig that comprises key works of
American Pop Art, Photo Realism and European art from the beginning 1960s to the
present. This is the starting point for an attractive exhibition program. Art education
offers many activities and guided tours for all ages and types of groups, available in
Dutch, French and English. Contact Karl-Heinz Jeiter +49 241 1807 115, Email Karl-
Heinz.Jeiter@mail.aachen.de

Marres
Mircea Cantor, Tracking Happiness, 2009, super 16mm transfer
25.09.2016 → THE MEASURE OF OUR TRAVELING FEET
27.11.2016 The exhibition The Measure of our Traveling Feet,
provides a running commentary on the social and cultural
significance of migration. What does the world on the
other side of the border offer? In what way changes travelling
the past and identities?
Participating artists include: Paulien Oltheten, Zsófia
Szemző, Tudor Bratu, Shilpa Gupta, Société Réaliste and
Wouter Osterholt, Mounira Al Solh.
Curators: Laura Mudde and Claire van Els.
14.12.2016 → MARRES CURRENTS #4
12.02.2017 Marres Currents #4 is the fourth episode of the
annual exhibition series titled Marres Currents. With this
series, Marres presents recent graduates from art academies
in the Southern Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
While offering emerging artists and curators a platform,
Marres also aims to build an international infrastructure
for talent development. Curated by Barbara Cueto and Bas
Hendrikx.
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Marres
House for Contemporary Culture
Capucijnenstraat 98
6211 RT Maastricht (The Netherlands)
+31 43 327 0207
info@marres.org
www.marres.org
Tuesday → Sunday 12:00 → 17:00
Marres is a house for contemporary culture in Maastricht. Marres initiates and shows
a variety of contemporary artistic practices with a strong emphasis on the senses. It
works with visual artists, perfume makers, composers, herbalists, memory experts and
cooks. In Marres, artists sing the landscape, draw taste, let us feel music, and touch
our minds. In addition to exhibition spaces, Marres offers its visitors also a restaurant
(Marres Kitchen) and a beautiful garden.

Museum De Domijnen
London Calling
04.09.2016 → COLLECTION IN ACTION
04.12.2016 The first exhibition of contemporary art De
Domijnen in the new Ligne building will be a retrospective
(a selection) of the complete Sittard-Geleen collection
which consists more than 1.100 pieces from the last
decades from names as Marijke van Warmerdam, Norbert
Fiddlers, Joan van Barneveld, Suchan Kinoshita, Liza May
Post, Pipilotti Rist, The Yes Men, Basia Irland and many
others. It will be a very interactive set up in which art is
unpacked and unrevealed by employees and visitors.
Visitors can advise about the set-up of the exhibition.
Art will be restored live in the hall. Artists are asked
to comment, reflect and discuss their ‘old’ art with the
visors. What is actual or what has changed. Also there are
meetings, workshops etc. in the exhibition area. Amateur
artists will be asked to reflect on the exhibition by making
their own pieces. The exhibition will be built around one
central piece which will be exchanged three times in the
period:
− from 4th September – London Calling from Jota
Castro about democracy and freedom (of speech)
− from 2nd October – Iceberg & Palm Trees from
Mark Dion about nature, ecology and sustainability
− from 6th November – Breaking & Fixing from
Serge Onnen about new perspectives and
worldviews.
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Hedendaagse Kunst De Domijnen
Ligne 2
6131 MT Sittard (The Netherlands)
+31 46 4513460
balie.museum@dedomijnen.nl
www.dedomijnen.nl
Tuesday → Sunday 11:00 → 17:00
The museum contemporary (modern) art of De Domijnen is as off 4th September
located in the new complex Ligne in Sittard-Geleen. This new architectural landmark
consists of two buildings which houses Zuyd HS, residents of Daelzicht, the new
library of De Domijnen in a joint venture with Zuyd HS, a cinema for art house films
and the new museum. There are also offices, apartments and shops for various retail
concepts. See for further information: www.ligne-sittard.nl

NAK
11.09.2016 → PRIZE FOR YOUNG ART 2016
16.10.2016 In 2016 NAK and STAWAG Stadtwerke Aachen
AG announce the Prize for Young Art for the third time.
The Prize for Young Art is specially aimed at young artists
from the Meuse-Rhine Euregion. This year the prize is
awarded to Johann Arens and Carolin Lange, whose work
is presented in the exhibition.
30.10.2016
27.11.2016
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KATHRIN SONNTAG / REFERENCE - ARBEITEN IM
KONTEXT MIES VAN DER ROHE
This year's Twodo project is realized by artist Kathrin
Sonntag. Her Twodo project will be presented in the
lower floor of the NAK, whereas the upper floor contains
a laboratory and experimental space dedicated to the work
of architect Mies van der Rohe.
04.12.2016
09.12.2016
→ BENEFIT AUCTION 2016
The benefit auction assembles a vast range of wellknown
and newly discovered contemporary artists.
15.01.2017
05.03.2017
→ TBA
The first exhibition for 2017 will be announced on
the website of the NAK in due time.
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NAK. Neuer Aachener Kunstverein
Passstrasse 29
52070 Aachen (Germany)
+49 241 503255
info@neueraachenerkunstverein.de
www.neueraachenerkunstverein.de
Tuesday → Sunday 14:00 → 18:00
NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein is one of the youngest institutions of its kind in
Germany; a private non-profit association for contemporary art in the tradition of
the German Kunstverein model. NAK was founded in 1986 as a late echo of the 1964
Fluxus festival, with Joseph Beuys and Wolf Vostell as centre protagonists at the local
university in Aachen. The spirit of this moment has since been source of commitment
to contemporary art.

SCHUNCK*
28.08.2016
27.11.2016
→ SPIELEREI; KUNST OM MEE TE SPELEN
SPIELEREI shows historic and contemporary,
interactive art in the context of the international artists
cooperative GRAV (Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel,
1960-1968), centered around the physical interaction
between audience and artwork.
11.12.2016
19.03.2017
→ PARKSTAD LIMBURG PRIJS
The Parkstad Limburg Prize – for young visual
artists with a professional arts training and an artistic
relationship with Dutch or Belgian Limburg - will be
awarded on 10 December. The nominees will exhibit their
works in the SCHUNCK* museum for modern arts.
14.11.2016
16.12.2016
→ EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE PRICE (EAP)
The annual European Architecture Price exhibit for
the best graduate work of an architecture academy of the
Euregion, is for the 26th time organized by SCHUNCK*.
The traveling exhibition takes in 2016 place in Liege.
open
SCHUNCK*
Bongerd 18
6411 JM Heerlen (The Netherlands)
+31 45 5772200
info@schunck.nl
www.schunck.nl
Tuesday → Sunday 11:00 → 17:00
SCHUNCK*, situated in Heerlen at the heart of the Euregion, is a multidisciplinary
institute devoted to contemporary visual art, architecture, music, literature and
film - and all imaginable crossovers between the disciplines – manifested by means of
presentations, collections and educational projects. A modern public library and music
school also rank amongst the amenities at SCHUNCK*, both working in modern-day
fashion to promote reading enjoyment and musical learning. SCHUNCK* is housed in
the historic Glaspaleis, the “glass palace” built by architect Frits Peutz in 1935.

SPACE Collection
photo: x.delory
20.08.2016
16.10.2016
→ CHARLOTTE LAGRO. PERDU À PEPINSTER
In the context of BIP (Biennale de l'Image Possible),
this show is built around a video showing a group of
neuroscientific researchers dropped in a forest with the
mission of returning home. Wider open hours:
Thursday → Saturday 14:00 → 19:00
Sunday 14:00 → 18:00
10.11.2016
21.01.2017
→ EVA L'HOEST
Eva L'Hoest has a sculptural approach to video art.
Through various documentation strategies, she explores
movement in still frames. The artist tests our perception
by contrasting the organic with the virtual world.
11.02.2017
25.03.2017
→
PASCAL BERNIER AND DAMIEN DE LEPELEIRE
open
SPACE Collection
En Féronstrée 116
4000 Liège (Belgium)
+32 485 56 63 90
info@space-collection.org
www.space-collection.org
Wednesday → Saturday 15:00 → 17:30
or by appointment
Launched in 2002 by artist Alain De Clerck, SPACE Collection is building a network
of European cities linked by a transborder collection of contemporary art. The works
are acquired thanks to interactive sculptures. In Liege and Maastricht, the two first
culture machines already allowed to buy 90 works. Situated in the historical center,
the exhibition space takes place in an old apartment recognized as a place to experiment.
The art center welcomes regularly events, lectures and shows.

Van Eyck
Bardhi Haliti. Photo Werner Mantz Lab
10.03.2017 → OPEN STUDIOS
11.03.2017 During the Van Eyck Open Studios the participating
artists, designers, curators, photographers, architects
and writers will be presenting the results of their residency
- which comprises both individual and collaborative
work - in their studios, the exhibition spaces, and other
areas of the Van Eyck.
ALL YEAR
→ The Van Eyck organizes throughout the year several
exhibitions, connected to the programme of the
academy and its (former) participants. During the Wednesday
night presentations, participants present themselves
and their work. The Van Eyck regularly invites guests
(artists, museum directors, curators, designers, writers,
poets) for a talk about their work and practice and organizes
master classes, meetings and conferences.
open
Van Eyck
Multiform Institute for fine art,
design and reflection
Academieplein 1
6211 KM Maastricht (The Netherlands)
+31 43 3503737
info@janvaneyck.nl
www.janvaneyck.nl
Monday → Friday 09:00 → 18:00
The Van Eyck is a multiform institute for fine art, design and reflection. International
artists, designers, curators, photographers, architects, landscape architects, critics
and writers stay for one year at the academy to work on their projects. The Van
Eyck also offers a public programme of exhibitions, presentations and lectures. The
well-equipped labs (wood, metal, printing, photography/new media and a library) and
the café-restaurant are open to everyone. Follow the Van Eyck progamme on www.
janvaneyck.nl, Facebook, Twitter.

Z33
photo: kristof vrancken
01.10.2016 → MANUFACTUUR 3.0
08.01.2016 Digital revolutions, ecological awareness and
shifts in the fields of work and labour encourage us to
rethink the traditional industrial production model.
MANUFACTUUR 3.0 brings designers and artists together
to work around alternative production scenarios. The exhibition
functions as a production platform, continuously
in progress. This dynamic exhibition shows the changing
role of the designer and artist as active producers in a
city. With amongst others: Atelier NL, Andrea de Chirico,
Ben Hagenaars & Pablo Calderon, Jesse Howard, Eugenia
Morpurgo, Rotor, Kristof Vrancken.
MANUFACTUUR 3.0 is part of the multidisciplinary arts
festival City Triennial Hasselt-Genk called TRADEMARKS.
www.stadstriennale.be
30.10.2016 → TOEGEPAST 21: THE MATTER OF FACTS
29.01.2017 Z33 presents Toegepast: a mentored trajectory for
young design talent. For the twenty-first time, Z33 partner
Cultuurplatform Design, offered promising newly graduated
designers the opportunity to further develop their
vision and create new work. The results are on show in
Z33. With: Philippe Breels, Teis De Greve, Dries Depoorter,
Matilde Everaert, William Ludwig Lutgens and Julie Van
den Meutter.
open
Z33 – House for contemporary art
Zuivelmarkt 33
3500 Hasselt (Belgium)
+32 11 29 59 60
info@z33.be
www.z33.be
Tuesday → Sunday 10:00 → 17:00
& Public Holidays
Z33 is a house for contemporary art. Z33 creates projects and exhibitions which
encourage the visitor to take a different look at everyday life. It is a unique laboratory
and a meeting space for experiments and innovation that makes ground breaking
exhibitions featuring contemporary art and design. Z33 also develops collaborative
projects and art in public space. You can visit Z33 at the beguinage of Hasselt. Z33
is heading for exciting times with the start of renovation and construction work to
enlarge the House for contemporary art. The main building, Vleugel '58 (Wing '58),
will be closed, but exhibitions continue to place at the beguinage site. Z33 will also
continue to work on projects outside its own walls.

Agenda
OCTOBER 2016
01.10.2016 MANUFACTUUR 3.0 – Opening Z33
03 –
31.10.2016
05.10.2016
18:00
06.10.2016
19:00
08.10.2016
18:00
08.10.2016
19:00
08.10.2016
19:00
20.10.2016
19:30
27.10.2016
19:00
28.10.2016
18:30
28 –
30.10.2016
KIPPENBERGER CHALLENGE in the
Pierre Kamp Lab - Presentation
JAMAIS-VU - JEAN-GUILLAUME FERRÉE
- Guided Tour
MUSEUMSDIALOGE - Prof. Klaus Kozel:
Das Peill-Forum - Talk
PREIS FÜR JUNGE KUNST: Carolin
Lange - Artist Talk
PERSPEKTIVE 04: Timo Seber -
Opening
ZEITSPRUNG: Kunstorte in Aachen seit
1964 - Opening
FILMLOGE: Arteholic - Film
THE MOMA COLLAGES: Mies van der
Rohe - Opening
Dominique Castronovo and Bernard
Secondini – Opening
DADA-FESTIVAL - Event
Van Eyck
ikob
Leopold-Hoesch-
Museum
NAK
Ludwig Forum
Aachen
Ludwig Forum
Aachen
Leopold-Hoesch-
Museum
Ludwig Forum
Aachen
La Châtaigneraie
Ludwig Forum
Aachen
29.10.2016
19:00
29.10.2016
19:30
NOVEMBER 2016
02.11.2016
18:00
REFERENCE - ARBEITEN IM KONTEXT
MIES VAN DER ROHE: Kathrin Sonntag
- Opening
Toegepast 21 – Opening
JAMAIS-VU - JEAN-GUILLAUME FERRÉE
- Guided Tour
08.11.2016 Presentation by Mark Mieras: De
spelende mens
NAK
Z33
ikob
SCHUNCK*
10.11.2016 VERY-CONTEMPORARY-CONFERENCE Maastricht
12 +
13.11.2016
12.11.2016
20:00
20.11.2016
15:00
VERY-CONTEMPORARY-WEEKEND
EUROPEAN PRIZE for ARCHITECTURE:
Awards Ceremony - Event
JAMAIS-VU - JEAN-GUILLAUME FERRÉE
- Director's Tour
25.11.2016 RISO CONFERENCE organized by the
Charles Nypels Lab for printing and
publishing - Event
25.11.2016
11:00
Push and Pull Symposium
All venues
SCHUNCK*/ESA
Saint Luc, Liège
ikob
Van Eyck
SCHUNCK*

Agenda
DECEMBER 2016
JANUARY 2017
02 –
03.12.2016
03.12.2016
19:00
08.12.2016
19:00
COLLAGE/ MONTAGE. MIES VAN DER
ROHE AND THE VISUALITY OF ARCHI-
TECTURE - Symposium
BENEFIT AUCTION 2016 - Opening
MUSEUMSDIALOGE - Dr. Kai Artinger:
Unsere Werte? - Talk
Ludwig Forum
Aachen
NAK
Leopold-Hoesch-
Museum
14.01.2017
19:00
20 –
21.01.2017
26.01.2017
19:00
TBA. - Opening
LEARNING FROM MIES - Symposium
MUSEUMSDIALOGE - Dr. Ulrich Weitz
- Talk
NAK
Ludwig Forum
Aachen
Leopold-Hoesch-
Museum
08.12.2016 BENEFIT AUCTION 2016 - Guided
tours
10.12.2016
19:00
BENEFIT AUCTION 2016 - Auction
NAK
NAK
MARCH 2017
10 –
11.03.2017
OPEN STUDIOS
Van Eyck
10.12.2016
18:00
15.12.2016
19:30
FÊTE DE LA LUMIÈRE - Event
FILMLOGE - Monuments Men:
Ungewöhnliche Helden - Film
La Châtaigneraie
Leopold-Hoesch-
Museum

Regular events
WEDNESDAYS
SATURDAYS
Every Wednesday, 15:30 → 17:30
Lufonauten – for kids
Every Wednesday, 17:30
Presentations by Van Eyck participants
Ludwig Forum
Aachen
Van Eyck
Every last Saturday of the month, 14:00 → 15:30
Comiciade Workshop - open workshop with comic
artist – free admission
SUNDAYS
Ludwig Forum
Aachen
Every first Wednesday of the month, 18:00
Public Guided Tour – free admission
Every last Wednesday of the month, 15:00
GOLDEN CLUB – Senior citizens get together to talk
about art over coffee and cake.
ikob
Leopold-Hoesch-
Museum
Every Sunday, 15:00
Guided Tour – on demand in English or Dutch
Every Sunday, 15:00 → 16:00
Child Care – open creative program for children
and teens
Ludwig Forum
Aachen
Ludwig Forum
Aachen
THURSDAYS
Every Thursday, 15:30 → 17:30
Lufonauten – for kids
Every Thursday, 18:30 → 20:00
Extended Thursday – with free guided tours, lectures,
artist talks etc.
Ludwig Forum
Aachen
Ludwig Forum
Aachen
Every first Sunday of the month, 15:00 → 16:00
Guided Tour – on demand in English
Every last Sunday of the month, 13:00
Guided Tour – free admission
Leopold-Hoesch-
Museum
SCHUNCK*
Every first Thursday of the month, 18:30
Opening HET KABINET hosted by the CIAP Young Art
Club (CYAC)
CIAP
Every 3rd Thursday of the month, 19:30
Movie Night
Leopold-Hoesch-
Museum

art
does not need a common
language,
it is international
in itself.
The association of fourteen institutions in the Meuse-Rhine
Region is as contemporary as the art they present. Within a
radius of 100 km, the border region of Belgium, Germany
and the Netherlands offers a wide variety of exhibitions
and events, many of which can be visited in one day. The
venues each have a highly individual approach and present
art in the most appealing way: direct and inspirational,
reflective and atmospheric. This brochure wants to increase
the awareness of what this region has to offer in terms
of visual arts. It is published twice a year and gives an
overview of exhibitions and events.
Get a regular update on exhibition openings, lectures
and guided tours on:
www.verycontemporary.org
www.facebook.com/verycontemporaryart
We are looking forward to hearing from you under:
info@verycontemporary.org
supported by the ministry of north rhine-westphalia and the province of limburg – printed by kliemo
(cover photo) Catalyst. Marcel Berlanger: Black Sheep. ikob, 2015. Photo: Kristof Vrancken
(editing) Miriam Elebe, ikob (graphic design) Niek Kosten
(project management) Marie-Claire Krell – info@verycontemporary.org

www.verycontemporary.org
october 2016 → march 2017