Het Apollohuis

'''''Het Apollohuis''''' ({{lang-en|The Apollo House}}) was a space for [[experimental music]] and [[visual arts]], "focused in particular on...[[sound art]], [[contemporary classical music|new music]], [[performance art]] and the [[new media]]," founded in [[Eindhoven]], [[Netherlands]], by [[Remko Scha]] and [[Paul Panhuysen]] in a former 19th century cigar factory in 1980. Partly funded by their own [[publishing|publishing house]], the space was closed in 2001 after their [[grant (money)|grant]] was discontinued. "Between 1980 and 2001, Het Apollohuis organized 253 art exhibitions, 476 concerts and performances, 46 public lectures, symposia and several festivals (as "ECHO: images of sound II" in 1987 or FLEA Festival in 1997)." [[artist in residence|Artists-in-residence]], asked to create an [[art exhibition|exhibition]], an [[installation art|installation]] or a [[publication]], where provided with an apartment, [[studio]] space, and [[list of artistic media|materials]]. The organization gave out a series of books and publications on each anniversary that the building was open.{{fact|date=June 2011}} Part of the archive has been acquired by the [[Van Abbe Museum]].{{fact|date=June 2011}} ==External links== *"[http://www.paulpanhuysen.com/apollohuis/apollohuis.htm Het Apollohuis]", ''PaulPanhuysen.com''. *"[http://iaaa.nl/rs/apollohuis.html Het Apollohuis]", ''Remko Scha''. *"[http://www.irrational-arts.co.uk/Het%20Apollohuis.htm Het Apollohuis]", ''Irrational-Arts.co.uk''. *"[http://www.artpool.hu/harmas/apollohuis_en.html Het Apollohuis]", ''Artpool.hu''. Dutch *[http://www.kunstbus.nl/agenda/2007/20070909114810.html Kunstbus] {{nl}} *[http://www.museum.nl/index.cfm/museum/van-abbemuseum/tentoonstelling/living-archive-de-verbeelding-aan-de-macht-het-apollohuis museum.nl] {{nl}} *[http://vanabbebibliotheek.blogspot.com/2007/10/living-archive_2664.html the van Abbe Museum on Apollo House] {{nl}} & {{en}} {{building-stub}} {{coord missing|Netherlands}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Apollo House}}