Het Apollohuis

Het Apollohuis was an alternative space for music and visual art in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, initiated by Remko Scha and Paul Panhuysen in 1980. Het Apollohuis showcased systematic visual art as well as the local variety of new wild painting. It promoted a particular sound art tradition which (through projects like Machine Guitars and The New Electric Chamber Music Ensemble) can be traced back to Joe Jones' Music Machines and La Monte Young's bowed cymbals. It also introduced the New York Guitar School in the Netherlands.

Some highlights from the early years (1980 – 1985).

Improvisation and Jazz Maarten Altena, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink, Peter Bennink, Steve Beresford, Toon Bressers, Pierre Courbois, Miniek Darge, Mark Dresser, Theo van Eenbergen, Burton Greene, Gerry Hemingway, Shelley Hirsch, Maartje ten Hoorn, Maurice Horsthuis, Luc Houtkamp, Rik van Iersel, Der Junge Hund, Maciunas Kwartet, George Lewis, Niew Hip Stilen, Ad Peynenburg, Godfried-Willem Raes, Ernst Reijseger, Horst Rickels, John Russell, Rens Sanders, Maud Sauer, Paul Termos, Wolter Wierbos, Z'ev. Minimalism and the New York Guitar School Glenn Branca Band, Rhys Chatham Band, Robert Dick, Arnold Dreyblatt, Julius Eastman, James Emery, Jon English, Douglas Ewart, David Gibson, Malcolm Goldstein, Daniel Goode, Scott Johnson, Tom Johnson, Garrett List, Jeffrey Lohn, Wim Mertens, Paul McMahon, Phil Niblock, Leon van Noorden, Ned Rothenberg, Remko Scha & the Machines. Sound Art John Blake, Joop van Brakel, Hugh Davies, Max Eastley, Ellen Fullman, Johan Goedhart, Rik van Iersel, Julius, Takehisa Kosugi, Richard Lerman, Alvin Lucier, Paul Panhuysen, Horst Rickels, Jon Rose, Simulated Wood, Remko Scha, George Smits.

Performance Art Eric Bogosian, Floor van Keulen, Diederick van Kleef, Toine Horvers, Robert Longo, Jackson MacLow, David Medalla & Kai Hilgemann, Mark O'Pezzati & Leslie Steven, Tom Puckey, Dick Raaijmakers, Michael Smith. Dance Molissa Fenley, Bill T. Jones & Arnie Zane.

Constructivist and systematic visual art Harmen Abma, Johan Goedhart, Berend Hendriks, Morton Kaplan, Siebe Hansma, Piet Oosthoek, J.P. Panhart, Paul Panhuysen, Eugène Terwindt, Jiri Valoch. Neo-expressionist painting and sculpture Peter Baren, Lotte Broos, Koos Dalstra, René Daniëls, C.W.M. Dolk, Rik van Iersel, Hans Könings, Harry de Kroon, Thomas van der Linden, Leo Mennen, Titus Nolte, Kars Persoon, Jan Smejkal, Henk Visch, Erven Wirra Weltklang. Installations Olaf Auer, Judith Barry, Roland van den Berghe, Guillaume Bijl, Jan van den Dobbelsteen, Dorit Cypis, Noël Harding, Willem Jan Kersten, John Körmeling, Gerard Koek, John Latham, Karl Pelgrom, Tom Puckey, Guy Rombouts, Sjouke Schaafsma, Yntse Vugts, Albert van der Weide, José Wonders. Other exhibitions Han Bennink, Robert O'Brien, Jacques Charlier, Luc Deleu, Ottmar Hörl, Christine Koenings, Erika Rothenberg, Rolf Sachsse, Jeffrey Shaw, herman de vries.

Lectures Dan Graham, Frank Gribling, Jean Leering, Leon van Noorden, Petri Leidekkers, Henk Peeters, Willem de Ridder, Remko Scha. Discussions Artist Placement Group (with John Latham, Hugh Davies, Jeffrey Shaw); Davide Mosconi, Juan Hidalgo, Walter Marchetti, Giancarlo Cardini.

 

Corné Evers: "Minimal music brug tussen muzieksoorten." Eindhovens Dagblad, April 2, 1983. Hélène Panhuysen (ed.): Het Apollohuis 1980 – 1985. Vijf jaar Tentoonstellingen Concerten Performances Installlaties Lezingen. Eindhoven: Het Apollohuis, no date. Paul Panhuysen (ed.): Echo. The Images of Sound. Eindhoven: Het Apollohuis, 1987. Titus Yocarini: Het Apollohuis. Five Years 1985-1990. Eindhoven: Het Apollohuis, 1990.