Het Apollohuis

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.[1]

"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.

Part of the archive has been acquired by the Van Abbe Museum.

http://vanabbebibliotheek.blogspot.com/2007/10/living-archive_2664.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Het_Apollohuis