Calendar 2022

7&8/ 4 REWIRE festival, showdesign, PAARD Den Haag

Feb-Mei Tania Kross met Ernst Munneke en Randal Corsen, Van Curaçao tot Het Concertgebouw, touring production, NL

Scenography, deocr, video and light design.

To celebrate her first quarter century as a singer, Tania Kross will perform a series of exclusive anniversary recitals with her two musical friends. Tania with wings! An intimate concert with attention to the musical highlights in her career and to her island of Curaçao.

22/4 Tarik O’Regan Mass Observation, Groot Omroepkoor,AVROTROS Vrijdagconcert, Tivoli vreedenburg 

12/3 Bijlmer Klassiek: Deep River, CROSSOVER HUISKAMERCONCERT MET O.A. MARTIN FRÖST EN DAAHOUD SALIM

4/3  Cirque Mystique festival, a magic circus set in the relics of the Hembrugterrein.

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11/01 Time Space at Schouwburg Hengelo, Immersive live performance

Audio visual spatial light installation. Together with composer Nicholas Thayer, director and choreographer Peter Leung and dancer Toon Loobach we create an innovative  immersive dance-theatre piece Time Space. We aim to create a revised view of the Gesamtkunstwerk in which we shall synthesize different media, the role and position of the performer and the audience experience.

November- January, 10 years of FUSE fall tour, Touring Production, NL

Light design and artistic co-creation with FUSE: FUSE celebrates their 10th anniversary, with a lot of music, old loves and brand new notes, selections from 8 years of Podium Witteman and much more.

November-December, Art installation IRIS, At Schouwart, Hengelo.

This winter the work IRIS will be exhibited at Schouwburg Hengelo. For which I designed  a speciffic composition for their main hall, at de Vide.

16/12 Rotterdam Rave, VJ, Now & Wow, Maassilo, Rotterdam

05/11 Museumnacht Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam

Live visual performance at N8 at Eye

22/10 ADE Punt. X Bloom, Oosterbar, Amsterdam

Amsterdam Dance event, live set. Amotik (DE), Break Rules Enjoy (NL), Cristian Marras (DE), Fabio Florido (IT), Randy Knobs (NL), Reka Zalan (DE), Stallo (DE)

14/10 Radio Filharmonisch Orkest speelt Klassieke Top 400, Tivoli,  Utrecht

Visual scenography  and live perfomance, AVROTROS Vrijdagconcert. The Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in collaboration with special guest musicians perform a selection from the top 400 of classical music.

June – Sept RIJKSMUSEUM Amsterdam, video installation, Modern Japans Lak | Modern Japanese lacquer.

A commissioned work to create a space to bring the visitors into a state of silence & slowing down and film the objects up close.

The space shows three circles slowly moving extreme closeups. The exhibition design was done by studio Irma Boom. The film is accompanied by a soundscape Nicholas Thayer made from recordings of the traditional polishing of the boxes with charcoal. The exhibition was curated by Menno Fritski. 

13/08 Rotterdam Rave, VJ, Now & Wow, Maassilo, Rotterdam

29+30/07 No Art Festival,  presenting a new work: IRIS, expo and festival, NDSM, Amsterdam

Iris is a light installation that makes use of natural light during the day and comes alive at night by becoming a source of light itself. The work is named after the Greek goddess Iris, also referred to as the goddess of color. She wears “A coat of many colors” she manifests as a rainbow and is known as goddess of communication and new encounters. The installation is made of colored glass that generates shadows and reflections. The changing position of the sun generates new compositions, and the doubling of the panels create new color combinations. Color has a direct impact on our emotions, when you meet Iris she will look different every time. As a visitor you are invited to become part of the installation, by entering the installation Iris shows that a body can be part of a space, instead of a body that stands in front of a work of art.

02/07 MY BABY, Showdesign visuals, Down The Rabbit Hole, festival NL

17/06 MY BABY, Showdesign visuals, PINKPOP, festival NL

06/05 Rotterdam Rave presenting TRYM all night long, VJ, Maassilo, Rotterdam

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April-July 2022  MEROL, Troostprijs, Touring Prodcution

Scenography, stage and light design.

Her debut album ‘Troostprijs’ (Consolation Prize )will be released on April 15, 2022, in collaboration with Universal Music. It is a fresh, quirky pop record with music that comforts you. Comfort with fear of failure, of being left out, with fomo but also with perfectionism. The record is an ode to all late bloomers and misfits. “Don’t be bothered about the expectations of others and set your own bar. Give me that Consolation Prize.” said MEROL.

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22+23/04 Manusama Nuance, Evolving the spectrum between FASHION and ART, MOMO FESTIVAL, Rotterdam

Together with  Mirjam Manusama and visual artist CJ Perez and her team we will be creating a two day experience-exhibition that centers around Manusama connecting her art and fashion with other medium. Mirjam invited other artists to create work  that respond to and is inspired by her artwork and concepts.

The avant-garde fashion designs of the Rotterdam Mirjam Manusama leave plenty of room for ambiguity: her clothing is not tied to a specific gender or season. Get rid of restrictive standards, give way to self-expression, innovation and sustainability

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20/05 Thomas van Dun – Light Mass,  Dag in De Branding festival, The Hague

New audio visual work in collaboartion with composer Thomas van Dun.

Composer Thomas van Duns field of activity covers the entire spectrum between symphony orchestra and dance. The performers are Ensemble Klang and the adventurous organist Geerten van de Wetering. Music, light and projections will immerse the audience in a total experience.

Geerten van de Wetering, organ / Ensemble Klang / Frouke ten Velden, visuals

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11/02 DE NACHT STAAT OP! protestactie, Paradiso Amsterdam

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Dec 2021- Jan 2022 , Public art/Site speciffic videomapping CANVAS – Technicolor, De Harmonie, Leeuwarden

After all the heartwarming reactions of last year, projection artwork CANVAS – Technicolor by video artist Frouke ten Velden can be seen again this year on the facade of Stadsschouwburg De Harmonie. With the new lockdown, it is time to look for bright spots in the dark days around Christmas and New Years. With the new artwork by Frouke ten Velden, De Harmonie wants to offer the public cheerfulness and inspiration, even in these times when the doors of the theater are closed.

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17/01  MEROL, live show, Eurosonic Noorderslag, Oosterpoort, Groningen

ESNS will take place online, this was our firts showcase of MEROL’s upcomming tour for which I was asked to do the design and scenography.

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26+27 /10 Timespace, immersive audio visual perfomance, MACA, Amsterdam

A collaborative project where composer Nicholas Robert Thayer, visual artist Frouke ten Velden and director and choreographer Peter Leung search for ways to translate the language of sound and vision into sculpture and musical compositions. We are building a light sculpture that interacts with the space and music and is triggered by live electronics  composed over a multichannel sound installation.

15/10 Tania Kross, Mijn Concertgebouw, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

11/10 Tania Kross, Mijn Concertgebouw, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

8/10 FUSE, November Music, Mikrokosmos, Artemis, Den Bosch

Capella Amsterdam, alBahr – Mare Nostrum, scenography, light installation and design, touring production

24/10 Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht

26/10 De Meervaart, Amsterdam

27/10 De Vereeniging, Nijmegen

28/10 De Philharmonie, Haarlem

29/10 Grote Kerk,  Alkmaar

03/11 Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam

05/11 Nieuwe Kerk, Den Haag

06/11 Sint Jan, Den Bosch

There is only one sea that “separates” Western and Eastern music: the Mediterranean. That’s our sea, mare nostrum; alBahr in Arabic.

20/09 tm 18/11 Doe Maar, Lijf aan Lijf, clubtour, digitale scenografie [cancelled]

Touring production of 22 shows 

03/09 Doe Maar, Main stage, Cramerock festival, BE 

28/08 Tania Kross, De Uitmarkt, NL 

28/08 Doe Maar, Main stage, Down The Rabbit Hole festival, NL (cancelled)

The first large scale festival since COVID hit us. This will be rad.

1 tm 7/7 Resonance live AV, The World We Live In festival, Groningen 

The World We Live In community arts and educational organisation in Groningen, enabling the power of intentional art-making and creative participation to empower communities by strengthening empathy, sparking discourse, and encouraging solidarity between people.

16/05 Resonance AV performance, at the old DRAKA factory in Amsterdam. 

This week we took refuge in a gem of a space at the old DRAKA factory in Amsterdam. we worked in an unused boiler room where we took steps into creating a spatial graphic score. We held an intimate viewing of the work on the 16th.

1/1 tm 10/2 Video Art installation, CANVAS, at The Harmonie, Leeuwarden, Friesland

De Harmonie supports Leeuwarden residents in Friesland with a beautiful media art project: warm hearts and show that art in culture is and will remain. Even when the doors are forced to be closed to the public. These are two voideo artworks made especially for this purpose by artist Frouke ten Velden, entitled “CANVAS”. ‘CANVAS’ can be seen daily from sunset to 11 p.m.

23/01 AM I – live stream 8.30 pm on Wildeman TV, Project Wildeman

Inspired by the Dadaist and Modernist poetry of Paul van Ostaijen, AI computer generated poetry will be performed live by visuals and repetitive, improvised trumpet playing.

2020

18/12 Fotonica Festival, Audio Visual Digital Art Festival, performing Resonance Sketches, Rome, Italy (streaming at 22:00)

13/12 Fuse, Podium Witteman, live national television

 Fuse, November Music, recidency and perfomances. 

Together with the audience we will be exploring new music an ways of translating it into a  visual composition. This week I will dig in the research of Resonance further together with this amazing ensemble Fuse.

8-9/11 Jacob TV – New Work, Artemis, Den Bosch

12/11 Miho Hazama 挾間 美帆 Artemis, Den Bosch

13/11 Xavi Torres, Artemis, Den Bosch

14-15/11 Morris Kliphuis – New Work, Artemis, Den Bosch

28/10 Fuse, Podium Witteman, perfoming Gabriella Smith’s, Carrot Revolution, live national television

Capella Amsterdam, alBahr – Mare Nostrum, scenography, light installation and design, touring production. (postponed)

07/11 De Meervaart, Amsterdam

08/11 Grote Kerk, Den Bosch

13/11 Grote Kerk,  Alkmaar

15/11 Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht

18/11 De Vereeniging, Nijmegen

20/11 Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam

There is only one sea that “separates” Western and Eastern music: the Mediterranean. That’s our sea, mare nostrum; albahr in Arabic.

2-4 / 10 Curating exhibition Digital Dreams, inspired on Nam June Paik’s Sixteenth Chapel, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

Past summer I’ve had the pleasure to work with studendens for Stedelijk museums Summerschool. Together with their peer to peer educational Blikopeners they reflected on the current state of the world, made predictions about the future and took inspiration from Paik’s work. We’ve created a 3 day live VJ perfomance, improvising with their created imagery and concepts.

20/8 RESONANCE, Live performance, MU Hybrid Art House, Eindhoven

13/8 RESONANCE, Live performance, Premiere at RADION, Amsterdam

Resonance is a performative sound and light installation. The performance is part of our reasearch project where we search for meaningful translations between different disciplines. The sound (4.1 installation) and light sculptures take center stage, becoming part of, and interacting with the place and people through which they exist.
The research is made possible by Stimuleringsfonds Creative Industries

Van Dik Hout, Theatertour 2020, touring of 32 shows, NL 

Scenography and art direction for Van Dik Hout’s current theatre tour. For this tour I designed the video accompanying their music live on stage.

4/4 Klassifest, Paradiso, Amsterdam (postponed)

Light and video design for Kassifest, an indoor classical music festival.

23/4 to 14/5  Masterclass series One level Up for HkU students of Interactive Performance Design, HKU University of the Arts, Utrecht

25/2 Masterclass VeeJaying and live perfomance for MBO students Cultural Events, Popodium De Duyker, Hoofddorp

Tania Kross Van Mozart tot Madonna, Opera, a touring production of 55 shows, 2019-2020

Scenography, video and light design

From Mozart to Madonna is a surprising journey through the history of eighteenth-century prodigies and contemporary pop culture; an ode to those who made themselves immortal with their beautiful music. From Mozart to Madonna is a high-quality and unique musical experience by Tania and her ensemble of friends. All of them top musicians.

JB Meijers  Deltaboy, a touring production of 21 shows, 2019-2020

Light design for JB’s theatre tour; Deltaboy. JB is a multiinstrumentalist, producer, songwriter and singer best known as one of the Common Linnets.

3/01 Van Dik Hout at Paradiso,  Amsterdam 

2019

25/11 Kunst is Lang, Live VJ set, Vondel CS, Amsterdam 

23/11 WEVAL at Explore the North live VJ set, Leeuwarden (NL)

Amsterdam Dance Event 2019 ::: ADE’19

Licht sculpture at Jack Amsterdam

16/10 JACK x Innerverse invites: DJ MAG Mexico

17/10 JACK x Innerverse invites: Vatos Locos showcase

18/10 JACK x Innerverse invites: Supernatural Fiesta

18/10 JACK x Innerverse invites: NICEPEOPLE

19/11 Let’s JACK, Adriana Lopez (CO) / CYNKT (NL) / Fire between us (NL) / Solid Blake (DK) / Vesper (NL)

20/11 JACK x Innerverse : Knostra Music powered ADN

18/10 ADE ORIGINS LIVE | Dominik Eulberg, Ryan Davis, DJ Isis & Mozes, Pllek, Amsterdam

12/10 live AV, Cube Design Museum,  Kerkrade

21+22/9 De Nacht van de Eusebius

A multimedia event in the Eusebiuskerk about the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944, a piece where  video, music, dance, and theater build bridges: between present and past, between Arnhem and the rest of the world and between generations. Personal stories from the past run synchronously with personal stories from the present.

30/8 Willem, Man in Nood, Hullabaloo, Groningen

A beautiful show by VJ friend and colleague Noralie, in which Willen (The Opposites) tells about the mental struggle he has gone through in recent years.

16/8 Lowlands, MY BABY, Biddinghuizen

For three days in August, a township with 60,000 inhabitants arises in the middle of the country. The Lowlands festival hosts no less than twelve stages in three large areas (among which a cinema and theatre), and about 250 different acts and performances.

13/7 North Sea Jazz Festival, In The Club – MY BABY, Rotterdam

5/7 Dance4Life, Fundraiser, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam

29/6 Kunstbende, young creators festival, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam

28/6 25th Hour,  Dance performance, World premiere – ZHdK, Theatre der Künste, Zürich, Switzerland

Choreographer Craig Davidson will be creating a world premiere for the BA Contemporary Dance graduating students at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste in season 2018/2019. Collaborating with, Composer – Nicholas Robert Thayer, Visual Artist – Frouke ten Velden. 

26/6 VAN DIK HOUT – 25-JARIG JUBILEUM, Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam

Van Dik Hout is one of the leading bands of Nederpop. The band has secereal greatest hits on their name like “Stil In Mij”. And the occasional formation De Poema’s with Acda & de Munnik, scored big hits such as “Mijn Houten Hart” and “Zij Maakt het Verschil”.

15/5  Mystic Garden Festival,  COMPOUND STAGE, Sloterpark, Amsterdam

5/5 Liberation Day Amsterdam

Anual Libberation Day celerbartion Festival

13/4, 3 Reflections, Club Guy & Roni’s Weekend Break Festival, Grand Theatre, Groningen

12/4, 3 Reflections, Club Guy & Roni’s Weekend Break Festival, Grand Theatre, Groningen

Three compositions for string quartet and live electronics, in an audiovisual setting with video and lights.
Audiovisual performance by Thys, Setareh Nafisi and Nicholas Thayer. Scenograpy by Hendrik Walther

MY BABY IN THE CLUB TOUR

28/3 Gebr. de Nobel, Leiden

29/3 Neushoorn, Leeuwarden

30/3 Metropool, Hengeloo

4/4 Victorie, Alkmaar

5/4 Vorstin, Hilversum

12/3 DDD, only female acts,  Heteren, NL

25/1 Project Insides: Niklas Paschburg & Mattheis, Westerliefde, Amsterdam

A neo-classical concert that turns into a proper clubnight…
Pianist/componist Niklas Paschburg.  Expect a trip full of both melancholy and energy; songs between neo-classical, ambient and electronic music inspired by nature.

25jaar Van Dik Hout, 5/1, Paradiso, Amsterdam

2018 

NYE, F for VEEMEE, TIKTAK, December 31, Massilo, Rotterdam

\\VECTOR sculpture, A’dam & Eve vertical festival, December 22, Adam Toren, Amsterdam

Great to be back at Adam Tower where  I’ll be doing a performance with my VJ sculpture.

Dutch String Orchestra (youth) – American Journey, December 16, Paradiso Amsterdam

Scenography for this amazing orchestra. From immigrants who took European classical music to the first composers with their own American sound – and from minimal music from Philip Glass to bluegrass, negro spirituals, and pop music.  Tom Trapp writes a new work especially for the NJSO and Mascha van Nieuwkerk on cello.  An American journey.

PXL, Amsterdam Light Festival, December 15, Paradiso Amsterdam

A wonderland of light and beats.

Paradiso becomes a dance temple of light. On the music of Japanese techno legend Ken Ishii, local heroes and many other artists, as many as 20 different VJs and light artists illuminate the light. PXL is an official partner of the Amsterdam Light Festival and is organized by Paradiso i.s.m. Veejays.com and Vision Impossible.

Pieces Of Tomorrow, The Radio Filharmonisch Orchestra, November 17, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

Typex, Andy Warhol en Paradiso presents It’s EPI night,  Nevember 7 , Paradiso

The appearance of the graphic novel TYPEX ‘ANDY, about the life of Andy Warhol, celebrated in all three rooms of Paradiso. With film, dance, art and noise!

Pieces Of Tomorrow, The Radio Filharmonisch Orchestra, October 18, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

MY BABY – NEW ALBUM RELEASE TOUR
05.10 AMSTERDAM Melkweg Amsterdam

06.10 BRUSSELS Ancienne Belgique – AB

11.10 PARIS Café De la Danse

13.10 LONDON The Garage

17.10 BERLIN Bi Nuu

19.10 HAMBURG

20.10 ZWOLLE, Hedon

25.10 GRONINGEN, Oosterpoort

26.10 NIJMEGEN, Doornroosje

27.10 EINDHOVEN, Effenaar

28.10 ROTTERDAM, Annabel

Shambala, with MY BABY,  August 24, UK

Us Buorman Yn Tallinn, a theatrical installation piece, May-July, NL Tour

Makers Lourens van den Akker and Eelco Venema went on a journey through Eastern Europe in an old Catalan ambulance in search of the European dream. They process their experiences in a video installation on the same bus with which they traveled. From May 2018 this installation will be on show at various festivals, where the audience can undergo a European Dream Trip.

Exit Festival, with MY BABY,  July 15, Serbia

Live Scenography, Dance performance Aalsmeer studios, July 8 & 14, NL 

Dreamfields Festival F for VEEMEE, Rhederlaag, July 7, NL

5 O’Clock Class, Dance Performance, June 30 and Juli 1, theater de Meervaart

Dance performance by promising students for Amsterdam Dance Academy.

“Maxavision Revisited” The Peter Rubin Collection, VJ performance, June 29, Escape, Amsterdam

Lecture performance ism UvA, veejays.com & Eye Film Institute. Very excited to re-enact for a second time a VJ performance of Peter Rubin, legendary and pioneer in the VJ scene.

Boothstock Festival, June 9, Kralingse Bos, Rotterdam

Afterhillls music & Arts Festival for VeeMee Visuals, May 31 to June 3, Lasi, Romania

VeeJaying mainstage at one of the largest music & art festivals of Romania, 4 days of rocking the screens with amazing national and international, musicians and DJs.

Bevrijdingsfestival Amsterdam, May 5, Westerpark, Amsterdam

Annual Liberation day festival.

MY BABY, May 5, Den Bosh

Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, 7 April @ Paradiso, Amsterdam

The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based primarily in Amsterdam. It brings classical music to life at the highest level and collaborates closely with international musicians and conductors. Both orchestras take great pleasure in developing and welcoming new musical talent

MY BABY, 50 jaar Paradiso, March 29, Paradiso, Amsterdam

\\VECTOR Performative Sculpture, Vertical festival A’dam + Eve,  March 11, Adam Toren, Amsterdam

House of makers, dance-theatre, 10-12 March, Ostade theater, Amsterdam

Eventide,  by the House Of Makers, where my Sculptures were part of this Immersive dance theatre experience..

Creative Direction: Sterre van Rossem & Peter Leung
Light design: Hendrik Walther
Installation art: Frouke ten Velden
Video & Visual: Willem Stapel
Composer / Sound designer: Nicholas Robert Thayer
Text: Sterre van Rossem
Choreography: Peter Leung
Dancers: Tess Sturmann, Frederik Kaiser, Carlo Camagni
Actor: Theo de Groot

“Maxavision Revisited” The Peter Rubin Collection, VJ performance, February 15, Eye Film Museum, Amsterdam

Very excited to re-enact a VJ performance of Peter Rubin, legendary and pioneer in the VJ scene.  For this project, we have decided to focus on Rubin’s VJ work in the 1980’s and 1990’s, as we see it as the core of this collection, and assess the overlaps between his film and VJ practice. Colleagues at VeeJays.com have always had a warm friendship with Peter Rubin as he left him a part of his VHS material. Veejays. com joined forces with Eye film institute to archive his work. At the end of this project, I shall give a VJ performance with VHS alongside my dearest VJ VISH and the VJ Jedi Daan Nolen.

Temporary Video installation, commissioned by VU,  26 January, Singelkerk, Amsterdam

Fris, Lichtfabriek, 26 January, Haarlem

Radio Filharmonisch Orchestra  performing Brahms 1, Pieces of Tomorow, 25 January, Tivoli Vredenburg

MY BABY ::::: EuroSonic Noorderslag, 19 + 20 January, Groningen

Project Insides, Wester Unie, 20 January, Amsterdam

Van Dik Hout  VeeMee for F, 5 Januiary, Paradiso, Amsterdam

Tropical Retreat 1-15 January, Cabo Verde

 2017

MY BABY ::::: End of the Year Extravaganza, 23 December,  Tivoli, Utrecht

Somnium, Audio-Visual dance theatre, 21 December, De Lawei, Drachten

Reprise

F for VeeMee, ING Winterparty, 14 December, AFAS Live, Amsterdam

MY BABY ::::: Prehistoric Rythm  FALL TOUR

23/11 Paard Den Haag

24/11 013 Tilburg

25/11 013 Tilburg

30/11 de Gieterij Maastricht

1/12 Grenswerk Venlo

2/12 Patronaat Haarlem

16/12 Neushoorn Leeuwarden

MY BABY:: Eastern Europe Tour,

12/11 Zagreb

11/11 Lubliana

09/11 Bucharest

Somnium, Immersive  Audio-Visual Dance Experience,  November 4&5, Leeuwarden

I’ve had the pleasure of working on this amazing piece. AV and light controlled and connected.

Concept and music: The Black Atlantic

Choreography and Dance: Mirjam van Duin
Direction: Jeek ten Velden
Technical production: Serge Aanstoot
Visuals and lights by me/Frouke ten Velden VJ 2 VISH/Lisa DC

F for VeeMee, VAMA, Sala Polivalenta, Bucharest, Romania

VAMA is one of Romania’s most popular rock bands. It was founded around Tudor Chirila and Eugen Caminschi who split up from VAMA VECHE, a highly appreciated band founded in 1996. Continuing the tradition of the former band VAMA became one of the most beloved local groups.

F for VeeMee, Les Mills live @ Westergasfabriek, October 7, Amsterdam

The wildest and most grazie gig of the year so far.

Project Insides, September 29, Westerunie, Amsterdam

Excited to work with this new organization with a great feel for my favorite DJ’s, a veejays.com production

Exhibiting \\VECTOR – VJ Sculpture at Galerie Bart, September 23, De Nijmeegse Kunstnacht, Nijmegen

Really honored that my sculpture was part of the program The Art of Dance at Kunstnacht Nijmegen, curated by Doornroosje.

MY BABY, Breda Barst, September 17, Breda

360 VJ performance @ Supperclub, August 4, Amsterdam

Indoor Festival 4 Vision Impossible, July 15, Hemkade, Amsterdam

MY BABY, Bospop, July 9, NL

Het Nationale Opera en Ballet, Amsterdam AM I, 8+9 July, De Stopera, Amsterdam

Dutch National Ballet develops, produces and presents ballet at the highest international level. With Amsterdam AM I, we aim to reach a wide public and bring today’s audience into contact with the beauty and passion of this art form.

Amsterdam AM I, is a collaboration with the Nationale Opera & Ballet en Het Balletorkest and is a VeeJays.com production.

Down the Rabbit Hole + MY BABY Prehistoric Rhythm, June 23

“Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Down The Rabbit Hole says adventure, confusion, surrealism and psychedelics, which has been an inspiration for (psycho) rockers, DJs, artists, designers and filmmakers ever since the rise of the pop culture in the uncurbed 1960s… Good company, so get ready to tumble… _(CHECK LAST YEARS PERFORMANCE HERE)

Mystic Garden Festival, COMPOUND stage, June 17, Amsterdam 

Great to be back again with my friends from COMPOUND music, looking forward to this awesome day of raw techno. The Mystic Garden is a paradise where time has no meaning. It is a place where people can discover the Magic of an enchanted secret place where life and music and creativity come together.

5 O’ Clock Class, Dance, theater De Meervaart, June 16, Amsterdam

(live) scenography for the dance piece 5 O’Clock Class.

5 embodies 5 elements: fire, water, earth, metal, wood.
Every element contains the characteristics: Creation, Destruction, Insulting and Overacting. These profound characteristics motivated us in inspiring the creation of a 5 O’Clock Class sharing of diversity.

Pinkpop + MY BABY Prehistoric Rhythm, June 4

Ribs and Blues + MY BABY Prehistoric Rhythm, June 4

PinkPop is the oldest and longest running annual dedicated pop and rock music festival in the world. Nowadays, Pinkpop is a three-day festival, with a 60,000 people per day capacity. During 44 editions acts that appeared at Pinkpop are Green Day, Paul McCartney, Rage Against the Machine, Pearl Jam, The Police, R.E.M., The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and U2.

De Dijk, GROEF, scenography, a touring production of 32 shows, april- june 2017

Honored to have made the videodeor for De Dijk. This legendary band left its traces in the Dutch music scene. De Dijk toured over 35 years in Rock and pop venues, arenas and festivals all over the country and are now comming to the theatre with their new show GROEF (groove). Directed by Timothy de Gilde, decor by Janne Sterke.

Exhibiting \\VECTOR – VJ Sculpture at LPM -Live Performers Meeting, 18-21 May, Radion, Amsterdam

Honored to be part of the biggest international Live Performers meet-up. LPM 2017 Amsterdam offers the unique opportunity to experience 4 days of audiovisual performances, VJing, workshops, panel discussion, product showcases presented by artists, professionals, and video passionates from 40 countries.

Het Vrije Westen, Bevrijdings Festival Amsterdam, May 5, Amsterdam

Back again on Liberation Day weher  I’ll be VeeJaying Mainstage at the annual Amsterdam festival where liberation and freedom are celebrated.

Bevrijdings Festival Utrecht + MY BABY, May 5, Utrecht

Hopping over to Utrecht for a closing set with MY BABY…

\\VECTOR – VJ Sculpture 2.0 at Rio Mapping Festival, April 3- May 3, Rio de Janeiro,  Brazil

Excited to be part of Rio Mapping Festival 2017. After \\VECTOR which premiered during Amsterdam Dance Event, I’ll be making a site-specific piece \\VECTOR 2.0 to exhibit and perform during Rio Mapping Festival

\\VECTOR PERFORMATIVE SCULPTURE, Steel, fabric, mirrors, led, projection mapping

\\VECTOR is sponsored by Resolume VJ Software & DiGidot Technologies

Prehistoric Rhythm tour, MY BABY 2017

17/03 Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
23/03 TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands
29/03 De Oosterpoort, Groningen, The Netherlands
30/03 Doornroosje, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Van Dik Hout Theatertour 2017

After a great success in the first part of the tour, we’re coming back with again a series of twenty more theatre shows for which I did art direction, stage design and will be joining to do live visuals. For the second half I’m really happy to have VEEMEE visuals continue the show while I’m off to Brazill with \\VECTOR-VJ sculpture.

Van Dik Hout Theatertour 2017

3/3 TILBURG 4/3 BEVERWIJK

10/3 GRONINGEN  11/3 VELDHOVEN

16/3 KAMPEN 17/3 ZWOLLE 18/3 NIJVERDAL

23/3 HOORN 24/3 BARNEVELD

30/3 DELFZIJL 1/4 ROTTERDAM 2/4 HILVERSUM

6/4 EMMELOORD 8/4 HAARLEM

13/4 NUNSPEET 14/4 LEEUWARDEN 15/4 BARENDRECHT

20/4 ROOSENDAAL 21/4 AMSTERDAM 22/4 AMSTERDAM

Van Dik Hout on stage, january 5, Paradiso, Amsterdam

good start of the year with Van Dik Hout, no theatre show this time, we’ll be rocking ur socks off at Paradiso.

 2016

Believe Your Eyes Festival, december 12, Supperclub, Amsterdam

3D immersive video projection, visual heaven at Believe Your Eyes Festival hosted by VeeJays.com

Joining in with my VJ gang to make something really special at Supperclub Amsterdam.

PARADISO, Prehistoric Rhythm, MY BABY, december 7, Amsterdam

Madnesss….!!

Premiere VJ SCULPTURE, De Marktkantine,  ADE 2016

Exited to premier my Sculpture as a medium for VeeJaying during ADE weekend.

I consider light as energy rather than static mass and therefore as a medium. Unlike other media such as text, video or even speech, the notions of light, sound and thought carry no other medium within them. Within this project I am exploring the sculpture as material for VJing. For this object I work with the basic notion of light that travels trough space and is intersected by physical material where after it is reflected, absorbed transformed or intensified.

ADE day1 :: 19/10 PAN- POT

ADE day2 :: 20/10 SURGEON&LADY STARLIGHT

ADE day3 :: 21/10 DJ HARVEY 9 HOUR SET

ADE day4 :: 22/10 JOHN TALABOT PRESENTS HIVERN DISCS

ADE day5 :: 23/10 MEAVE & SOHASO

Van Dik Hout Theatertour 2016/2017

Very happy to be working with the band Van Dik Hout. We’ll be doing a series of forty theatre shows for which I did art direction, stage design and will be joining to do live visuals. And I’m looking forward working with VEEMEE again as she and her crew will support me in this tour.

Van Dik Hout Theatertour 2016

19/10 VEENENDAAL 20/10 BERGEIJK 21/10 IJSSELSTEIN 22/10 STADSKANAAL

28/10 DEN HELDER 29/10 HELMOND

4/11 PURMEREND 5/11 MIDDELBURG

9/11 ROERMOND 10/11 ZAANDAM 12/11 BUSSUM

16/11 WAALWIJK 18/11 STEENWIJK 19/11 HENGELO

24/11 DEN HAAG 25/11 DOETINCHEM 26/11 WEERT

MY BABY ::::: VOODOO ELECTRIQUE Fall Tour (NL)

29/9 NIEUWE NOR – Heerlen

30/9 Het Burgerweeshuis, Deventer

1/10Luxor Live, Arnhem

2/10 De Effenaar, Eindhoven

6/10 Fluor, Amersfoort

8/10 De Victorie, Alkmaar

De Nacht van de Eusebius, 17/ 9, Eusebius Church, Arnhem

A memorial of the battle of Arnhem film, music, dance, theatre. I’ll be working with the unique moving images (in coulor) shot after the destruction of Arnhem (WWII). The film was shot by Alex Roostorp and recently found in archive of the Eye film institute.

S.M.A.R.T (reprise), AYA Dance theatre :::: VISUALS BY F

S.M.A.R.T will be touring over sixty shows, be sure to check it out from September to January 2017.

 

Film By the Sea festival – MY BABY, september 9, Vlissingen

Land Juweel – MY BABY, august 13,  Ruigoord

Surround | immersive videomapping, July 30,  Supperclub, Amsterdam

Since moving to the historical odeon building, supperclub has redefined itself as a club location. with a sound system provided – and continuously tested – by void acoustics, a grand theater hall covered with 190 degrees of visual projections.

Theater aan de Zee, MY BABY, 1 august, Belgium

Nijmeegse vierdaagse feesten, – MY BABY, july 20, Stevenskerk

Gentse Feesten – MY BABY, july 19, Gent, Belgium

EXPEDITION FSTIVAL – MY BABY, july 16, Rotterdam

Young Arts festival, – MY BABY, july 16, Beverwijk

 

Down The Rabbit Hole, MY BABY, june 25, The Rabbit Hole

Rocking 96 square meters of LED at Down The Rabbit Hole:: adventure, confusion, surrealism and psychedelics, which has been an inspiration for (psycho) rockers, DJs, artists, designers and filmmakers ever since the rise of the pop culture in the uncurbed 1960s

Mystic Garden Festival, COMPOUND stage, june 18, Sloterpark, Amsterdam

Time for some techno:::  happy to be joining the COMPOUND family again for a day of music loving with Christian Wünsch, Dispar Vulgo, Gloom, Shifted, Sigha, Surgeon.

Lundi Bleu with Ruben Hein en Laurens Woudenberg, june 12, Paradiso, Amsterdam

Audiovisual piece and videomapping  for the string orchestra Lundi Bleu o.l.v. Carel den Hertog with guest performances by Ruben Hein, solo-hoornist Laurens Woudenberg

A’DAM TOREN, VJ performance during members pre-opening night, june 11, Amsterdam

Exited to be the first to perform in  the A’DAM tower- the big tower behind Amsterdam’s Central Station, it has just finished a massive renovation and has been transformed into an iconic multifunctional tower.

Mandala Festival, MY BABY,  june 5, Wanroij

Vestrock, MY BABY,  june 3, Hulst

LPM, Live Performers Meeting, VJ set B2B with VJ VISH for Dialogue, Tolhuistuin, Amstrdam

Het Vrije Westen, may 5, Westerpark , Amsterdam

Liberation day. Annual festival where we celebrate freedom.  Our freedom, the importance of freedom.

 Pinguin Radio Festival april 30 , MY BABY, Paradiso, Amsterdam

Back in Paradiso with the VooDoo Eectrique show

 Temporary installation, Van Gogh Musem exhibit of new work, april-june 2016, Rietveld Hall. 

Every final friday night the Van Gogh museum opens their doors,  for this occasion I’ll be making new work together with VISH/VeeJays.com based on their collection. It will premiere during a live performance on the 25th of april. The work will be on from april to june every final friday night.

Live performance, Van Gogh in motion, april 29, Rietveld Hall. 

 Together with VISH I’ll be doing a live performance, the premiere of new work, during  Van Gogh’s friday night sessions:  “Vincent op Vrijdag”.

Voodoo Electrique on Tour::::::

Back from New Zealand continuing the voodoo …

march 5, Where the Wild Things Are FESTIVAL,  Zeewolde

march 12, Crossroads Rockpalast, Bonn (DE)

march 18, Gebr de Nobel, Leiden

march 20, Mezz, Brada

march 25, Grenswerk, Venlo

march 27, Doornroosje, Nijnmegen

march 31, Vera, Groningen

Sandra van Nieuwland, Theatertour: Face it! 

Kicking off in 2016 to join  Sandra van Nieuwland and her band for her upcoming theatre show Face it!

jan 29, Theater de Meerpaal, Dronten

feb 5, ZINiN Theater, Nijverdal

feb 6, Stadstheater, Zoetermeer

feb 10,Theater De Vest, Alkmaar

feb 11,Theater De Kattendans, Bergeijk

feb 12, De Oosterpoort, Groningen

feb 13, Schouwburg Amstelveen, Amstelveen

feb 18, Schouwburg Odeon, Zwolle

feb 19, Stadsschouwburg Sittard-Geleen, Sittard

feb 25, HOF theater, Raalte

feb 26, Flint theater, Amersfoort

March 5, Theater de Veste, Delft

March 9, De Kleine Komedie, Amsterdam

March 11, Muziekgebouw Frits Philips, Eindhoven

March 12, Kennemer Theater, Beverwijk

March 19, Schouwburg Venray, Venray

March 20, De Rijswijkse Schouwburg, Rijswijk

March 23, Schouwburg Amphion, Doetinchem

March 24, Schouwburg Het Park, Hoorn

March 25, Schouwburg De Kring, Roosendaal

March 31, Chassé Theater, Breda

april 1, Schouwburg Orpheus, Apeldoorn

april 2, Stadsschouwburg Haarlem, Haarlem

MY BABY, january 8, Neushoorn,  Leeuwarden

MY BABY, january 9, P3, Purmerend

2015

My Baby – Voodoo Électrique, december 23,  Paradiso, Amsterdam

Spectacular madness.. we’re gonna make the full VooDoo experience.  Finally  I can do a projection mapping at (and onto!) the Amsterdam church of music lovers, Paradiso. “Hey music lover!”

My Baby, European clubtour

dec 17, Metropool, Hengeloo

dec 13, Effenaar, Eindhoven

dec 3, Akvarium, Budapest, Hungary

 Van Gogh Musem exhibits ANIMA, november 7, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Very happy to announce my work ANIMA will be exhibited at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam

ANIMA is a series that explores the nature of living things. The installation investigates how we emotionally relate to a digital being. In order to better understand this relationship we created ANIMA: a spherical digital entity that communicates with us by interpreting our body movements and sounds. A generative being that comes to life through interaction. Like with any being, we establish a relationship with it, conscious or subconscious, intended or unintentional. In its generative audiovisual behaviour it portrays its character, and creates the illusion of being sensory.

ANIMA is a work I made together with media artist and composer Nick Verstand and is made in close collaboration with onformative studio for genartive design (Berlin), audio design by Geert Schaap, artificial intelligence design by Dirk Broenink and is sponsored by Pufferfish  spherical display (Edinburgh), Microsoft and Beamsystems (NL)

SMART, AYA Danstheater, september 22 to january 26, touring dance theatre

Exiting to be part of AYA upcoming dance theatre-play SMART. I’ll be joining in to take on the scenography and interactive -video performance of this awesome piece. Stay tuned.

Henny Vrienten, Alles is anders, theatertour 

Live scenography and light design

Looking forward to go on tour with Henny Vrienten and his band for the theater show of his upcoming album Alles is anders where I will do the live scenography video and light design.

Alles is anders, is Henny Vriente’s new album, and is the follow up for “En toch” for which I did the album realease show in November 2014. Alles is anders features Typhoon, Shirma Rouse en Guus Meeuwis.

oct 1, Schouwburg het Park, Hoorn

oct 3, Theater Geert Teis, Stadskanaal

oct 9, Theater Heerlen, Heerlen

oct 10,  Schouwburg Odeon, Zwolle

oct 13, Oude Luxor Theater, Rotterdam

oct 14, Leidse Schouwburg, Leiden

oct 29, Muziekgebouw Frits Philips, Eindhoven

oct 30, De Goudse Schouwburg ,Gouda

oct 31, Schouwburg Cuijk, Cuijk

nov 4, Theater Speelhuis, Helmond

nov 7, De Lawei, Drachten

nov 11, Theater De Lievekamp, Oss

nov 12, Theater De Willem, Papendrecht

nov 13, Theater de Stoep, Spijkenisse

nov 17, De Kleine Komedie, Amsterdam

nov 18, De Kleine Komedie, Amsterdam

nov 26, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht

MY BABY  The Fall Club Tour

Oh Baby MY BABY, here we go again, looking forward like a red fox.

Sept 16, Melkweg, Amsterdam

Oct 2, Luxor Live, Arnhem

Oct 9,Tivoli De Helling, Utrecht

Oct 10, W2 Poppodium, Hertogenbosch

Oct 15, Paard Van Troje, The Hague

Oct 16, Het Burgerweeshuis, Deventer

Oct 17, Gebouw T, Bergen op Zoom

Oct 22, Podium De Kelder/FLUOR, Amersfoort

Oct 23, Patronaat, Haarlem

Jägerfest, september 14, De Marktkantine, Amsterdam

VJing and sipping Jagermeister at the awesome venue De Marktkantine

Damaris Festival, My Baby, july 26, NDSM, Amsterdam

Festival season, LED season

Sun City II, Theatre play, july 2-12, Over ’t IJ festival, NDSM, Amsterdam 

The Over het IJ Festival is the summer theatre festival of Amsterdam which takes over the NDSM shipyard for eleven days and spreads from there along the banks of the IJ. Young, talented theatre makers are programmed next to famous names on various exciting locations to present their stories to the public

Mystic Garden Festival, june 20,  COMPOUND STAGE, Amsterdam

Looking forward to join the COMPOUND guys again. We’ll be rocking the loudest and only techno stage of the festival. I’ll be joining forces with Dispar Vulgo, Gloom, Regis Live [UK], Rutger Maree, Sinfol, TR//ER Live [UK] Expect some generative grungy slick industrial visuals.

Glow House, Indoor festival, may 22, Silverdome, Zoeternmeer 

3D mapping stage design with VJ 3DJL for this colorful indoor festival madness. Sound by Dyna, Genairo Nvilla, Gregor Salto, Mitch Crown, Shermanology and Sidney Samson.

FIBER FESTIVAL, Artist talk, may 16, A-Lab, Amsterdam

Honored to be asked together with Nick Verstand to give an artist talk on the ANIMA project we did with onformative, during Fiber Festival 2015: The Subterranean. Fiber is the place for artists, performers and visitors to experience cutting-edge audiovisual art, design, electronic music and code, at the forefront of contemporary digital culture.

 Shamanaid Club Tour, MY BABY,  may, The Netherlands

Still rocking with My Baby and our new live show:  Lets drink some more Shamanaid..

Volt, Shamaniaid club tour, may 23, Volt, Sittard

Hedon,  Shamaniaid club tour, may 20, Hedon, Zwolle

Cultuur Kapel, Shamaniaid club tour, may 9, Cultuur Kapel, Deurne

Asteriks,  Shamaniaid club tour, may 8, Asteriks, Leeuwarden

Shamanaid UK album launch, may 12, 229 The Venue, London

Stand-in by Susie

Bevrijdingsfestival Het Vrije Westen, may 5, Westerpark, Amsterdam

VeeJaying on main stage during liberation day: On may 5th we celebrate the dutch liberation of WW II and our freedom in general.Watch this beautiful registration of the even more beautiful Nina Simone sing about freedom in Montreux 1976: How it Feels to Be Free

Workshop 3D projection mapping,  april 4, Sugar Factory, Amsterdam

For the annual VJacamy year, we’ll be hosting a day of audio-visual art and VJ related workshops. I’ll be introducing the participants to 3D projection mapping.

Sun City II theatre rehearsing, march,  NDSM, Amnsterdam 

First period of rehearsing for the upcoming theatre play “Sun City II” that will be performed in the summer in de NDSM warehouses during Over ’t IJ festival. The play will take you trough the great transitions of our time, the title Sun City II  refers to the 16th century book of Tomasso Campanella “Civitas Solis”where describes utopia. Stay tuned and do not disturb, I’m  only getting out once in a while to be with My Baby..

Shamanaid Club Tour, MY BABY,  march and april, The Netherlands

Be ready  for My Baby and their crazy mad groovy new album Shamaniad. We’ll do a tour cross the Netherlands with a new live show:  she’s coming to you, you’re getting something that you won’t expect and we’ll drink some (…)

Atak,  Shamaniaid club tour, april 2, Poppodium Atak,

Enschede, Doornroosje,  Shamaniaid club tour, march 20, Doornroosje Merleyn, NijmegenDe Spieghel,  Shamaniaid club tour,

De Spieghel,  Shamaniaid club tour, march 19, De Spieghel, Groningen

Grounds,  Shamaniaid club tour, march 14, Grounds, Rotterdam

’t Beest, Shamaniaid club tour, march 13, ’t Beest, Goes

Album release show Melkweg, march 12, Melkweg, Amsterdam

MY BABY – UK Shamanaid, march 6,  International Live Music Conference, London

Crossing the water again with MY BABY for a first Shamaniad live show, kick off in London

 

Exhibiting ANIMA at TEDxDelft, 27 february, TEDx, Delft

Its both amazing and interesting to be part of (and the only) art installation at the notorious TEDx in Delft, which is due to the TU-Delft the Dutch capital of technology.

F’s Tropical retreat 10 january to 20 february, Caribbean

2014

NYE in Volkshotel, 31 december, Canvas op de 7e, Amsterdam

A smashing NYE on the top floor and rooftop of Amsterdam’s pearl CANVAS op de 7e. 360 view, 360 visuals, narcotics and shiny things.

 OAK re-opening, NUNO dos Santos & Unders, 20 december, Noordwijk

VeeJaying in the renewed club, the Trouw of the west.

ANIMA 2 – rei, Exhibition Lehrter Siebzehn, 6 december, Berlin

Together with onformative we’ll exhibit ANIMA 2 – rei: the second generation of a series of works that explores the nature of living things.

CENTRAL EUROPE VOODOO SUITE TOUR WITH MY BABY, 28 nov. 2 dec, A38 – Budapest,  Chapeau Rouge Club – Prague

Sun city II theatre play/scenography, 20 november, Pick-Up Club NSDM terrain, Amsterdam

“We’re not living in a time of change, but a change of time” We find ourselves on the edge of a shift of paradigms. From a vertical, central and segregated society towards a horizontal, decentralized networked society. Old systems are broken down and new ones are rebuilt. Old values disappear and new values emerge. This comes with pain, fear and loss, but also with hope, faith and trust. A fragment from Jan Rotmans book “In het oog van de orkaan” (In the eye of the hurricane) which is the starting point of an audio-visual theatre play: A collaboration between musicians Ivo Schot and Frank van Kasteren, director Jeek ten Velden and scenography by Frouke ten Velden. The piece is commissioned by Jan Rotmans and KSI. After a week of locking ourselves up in a smoky repetition space at Amsterdam’s NDSM shipyards we’ll present the preview of what will become a touring music-theatre play: stay tuned

ANIMA 2 – rei, Exhibition KANTOR 2014 – A Music, Performance, Art & Technology Weekend, 14 to 16 november, De Sloot Office, Amsterdam

After the overwhelming response on ANIMA 1 – iki, and after weeks of no sleep, we’re ready for the second generation of ANIMA. Now setteling in at the lovely KANTOR.

Henny Vrienten album release “En toch…”  6 november, Melkweg, Amsterdam

Excited to work one of the most amazing musicians from Dutch soil, and then My Baby’s.. Just too much awesomeness for a thursday night..

Halloween Party/Intrepid, 31 october, some bunker at Oostelijke Handelskade, Amsterdam

MTV European Music Award preparty, show direction/video, 22 october, Odeon, Amsterdam MTV, European Music Awards preparty for the Best Dutch Act 2014.

 

ANIMA 1 – iki, Exhibition Amsterdam Dance Event, 15 to 19 october, Het Volkshotel, Amsterdam

Premiere during ADE. Iki is the first iteration in a series that explores the nature of living things. The installation investigates how we emotionally relate to a digital being. Together with music producer Nick Verstand and in close collaboration with Onformative studio (DE) João Fonseca and Geert Schaap

 

Van Gogh museum Friday-nights, october 4 to 31, Amsterdam

Honored to be asked for the friday-nights of the Van Gogh Museum. Big Words is temporary digital installation for the fridaynight visitors to use. Over the night the atrium will be taken over by the people and filled with words and drawings, messages and poetry..

U.K. TOUR WITH MY BABY, 1 to 4 october, London, England

Our voodoo has been summoned and will take us to England.

Songs In Fim, september 28, Dutch Fim Festival, Tivoli, Utrecht Looking forward to collaborate with the great musicians Henny Vrienten, Vincent van Warmerdam, Djurre de Haan & My Baby during their performance of songs in films at NFF.

 

Mediamatic – Kunstformen der natur, september 18, Mediamatic factory, Amsterdam Mediamatic invited me to work with the amazing work of German biologist Ernst Haeckel and lithographer Adolf Giltsch.

Morgenavond, september 13, Canvas op de 7e, Amsterdam

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