Down to the Beat: Museumnight at Kunstinstituut Melly and Hiphophuis

Saturday 1 March 2025
6–11:45 pm

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At Kunstinstituut Melly visitors can engage with current exhibitions, Pick Up Notes featuring the work of Liz Johnson Artur, Madiha Sikander and Zara Julius and our solo exhibition series featuring work by Cihad Caner, Jabu Arnell, Luana Vitra, Nolan Oswald Dennis and Sara Sejin Chang (van der Heide).

On the second floor, artist Jabu Arnell will present an activation of his installation titled Turn off the Lights, Disco Ball #13: A Kind of Black, 2024-25. The activation features For the Cosmic People, a performance by Nastio Mosquito and The Medium is the Massage, massage sessions by Marius Pantophlet, Black Cake servings and limited edition black cake bracelets!

On the third floor visitors are invited to engage with Cihad Caner’s activity room where archival and recent images are collected to foster the understanding of migrations past and present. Using carbon paper, the visitors to the activity room will be guided through the tracing of selected images that speak to various migration movements and how these movements have transformed neighborhoods in Rotterdam and elsewhere.

On the third floor you can also visit 4 spoken word performances by Hasret Emine, Mojdeh Feili, Maureen Ghazal and Geoffrey van der Ven. These performances are in collaboration with The Writers Guide to The Galaxy and will be hosted by Chido.

And as part of Common Ground we will activate our Tools for Conviviality concept and invite the public to our bookstore cantina for a night of gathering around curated sounds and beats by ‘Perdu dans La Sauce’, a young collective of creatives, dancers and makers!

At Hiphophuis you can explore the diverse areas in the playground. On one side, QISSA will launch an exhibition featuring seven talented young creatives—Ayzaiah Bryson, Cheyenne Weerden, Hooi-Ying Zhang, Xaveer May, Jonathan Tang, Halima Shaaban, and Athina Lopez—who will be exploring the theme of Home through different art forms. On the other side, get ready to groove at our Roller Skate Disco, where a lineup of DJs will keep the energy high and the music flowing all night long.

Check out their full program here!

For Museumnacht010, you buy one ticket, which gives you access to all participating locations from 8:00 PM to 1:00 AM.