Het Apollohuis

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Het Apollohuis [The Apollo House] was a space for experimental music and visual arts, "focused in particular on...sound art, new music, performance art and the new media," founded in Eindhoven by Remko Scha and Paul Panhuysen in a former 19th century cigar factory in 1980. Partly funded by their own publishing house, the space was closed in 2001 after their 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)." Artists-in-residence, asked to create an exhibition, an installation or a publication, where provided with an apartment, studio space, and materials.

The organization gave out a series of books and publications on each anniversary that the building was open.

The archive of Het Apollohuis, including audio, text and image documents, is preserved in the archives of ZKM since 2009. Part of the archive has been acquired by the Van Abbemuseum.

Publications
  • Het Apollohuis 1980-1985, Eindhoven: Het Apollohuis, 1985.
  • ECHO. The Images of Sound 1, Eindhoven: Het Apollohuis, 1987.
  • T. Johnson, The Voice of New Music: New York City 1972-1982, Eindhoven: Het Apollohuis, 1989.
  • Het Apollohuis 1985-1990, Eindhoven: Het Apollohuis, 1990.
  • H. Visch, I See I Understand I Know I Remember I Do, Eindhoven: Het Apollohuis, 1992.
  • B. Villers, Un Peu, Beaucoup..., Eindhoven: Het Apollohuis, 1992.
  • T. Kuniyasu, Return to Self, Eindhoven: Het Apollohuis, 1992.
  • T. Homburg, Graphics and Topography, Eindhoven: Het Apollohuis, 1992.
  • R. Van Peer, Interviews with Sound Artists taking part in the festival ECHO. The Images of sound II, Eindhoven: Het Apollohuis, 1993.
  • Het Apollohuis 1990-1995, Eindhoven: Het Apollohuis, 1995.
  • Het Apollohuis 1995-2001, Eindhoven: Het Apollohuis, 2001.
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