Monthly Peer Support Meeting #3

For our third meet-up of the year we will be meeting at The Creative Playground, instead of Basecamp as our regular location. During this third meeting of the year we will explore Rejection as a theme, which was harvested during our first peer support meeting in May.

During the course of 8 monthly meetings we’ll reflect upon the precarious conditions of living, working and surviving within our contemporary art-world, as well as the cultural sector at large. We aim to offer a safe space to share our individual struggles and experiences, hopefully inspiring you to support ourselves, as well as each other.

Are you interested in joining? Please RSVP through our agenda, since we have limited spots available. (Our meetings are free of charge.)

k l u p k o: rooms & daily art situations | March 23rd, 2025

Stichting Das Spectrum is happy to announce k l u p k o : rooms & daily art situations will be hosting our first 2025 edition of Nongkrongen in Utrecht: an informal hangout session hosted by alternating art-initiatives throughout the year. As an Utrecht based peer support platform we aim to facilitate meetings connecting local artists and art-initiatives - Sharing experiences and insights around building and sustaining our artistic practices, in the midst of a precarious world.

k l u p k o : rooms & daily art situations is an art-initiative co-organised by Igor Sevcuk and Go Eun Im in Utrecht and Amsterdam. It is a space in transition in which everyday life, hospitality and art practice are intertwined.

Photo: Mladen Stilinović & friends / artists at work, 1969

THE OUTSIDERS | Sunday the 9th of June, 2024.

THE OUTSIDERS are an art-initiative that implements service to people, the environment and to the society. Through public art and architecture they construct spaces in order to understand the city and it’s shared existence. They intervene, in collaboration with different organizations and citizens, on long term and temporary projects in-or outside. They work from the philosophy that public space begins from your dining table and extends to your neighbourhood.

Starting at their dining table, for this edition of our nongkrong ‘borrel’ THE OUTSIDERS wil be serving a warm meal for 5 euro’s. Please bring your own drinks of preference, in order to help facilitate an informal flow of collective thought at this beautiful and inspiring initiative!

Image: Pieter Brueghel the Elder, ‘The Harvesters’ , 1565.

Oproer Biercafe | Thursday the 13th of July, 2023

Between 2011 and 2017, the studio building and art initiative Das Spectrum stood on this ground, where the artistic practices of a group of young artists had their humble beginnings. We facilitated exhibitions in our basement space, organized film and speaker evenings, and realized a guest studio adjacent to our common space and garden. Here we ate together, drank beers and with this informal gathering we inspired, stimulated and supported each other!

In 2017 we unfortunately had to leave our old publishing house, after which the art initiative Das Spectrum disappeared. However, Oproer has risen again on the same spot, similar to how Stichting Das Spectrum found its new form in recent years.

On this evening we also welcome our new board members Joyce Vlaming and Martine Folkersma, and say goodbye to old board members Jolanda Schouten and Arda van Tiggelen. Without their efforts, the Foundation and our new program would not have been possible.

Image: Pieter Brueghel the Elder, ‘The Tower of Babel’ , c. 1563.

Monthly Peer Support Meeting #1

Our first meet-up of the year will be facilitated by Angelina Kumar and Engel Pluck. We are meeting at Basecamp, the former location of BAK, whom generously made their space available for our meetings. During this first meeting of the year we will start with Peer Support as a theme.  We’ll also ask you as a participant which peer support themes are important for your artistic practice and in relation to the art-initiatives you might be running.

During the course of 8 monthly meetings we’ll reflect upon the precarious conditions of living, working and surviving within our contemporary art-world, as well as the cultural sector at large. We aim to offer a safe space to share our individual struggles and experiences, hopefully inspiring you to support ourselves, as well as each other.

Are you interested in joining? Please RSVP in our agenda above, since we have limited spots available. (+ The meetings are free of charge.)

Monthly Peer Support Meeting #2

During our second meet-up we will explore the theme(Un)Productivity & Rest as a theme, which was harvested during our first peer support meeting last month. The meeting will be facilitated by Angelina Kumar and Engel Pluck and will be hosted at Basecamp, the former location of BAK.

During the course of 8 monthly meetings we’ll reflect upon the precarious conditions of living, working and surviving within our contemporary art-world, as well as the cultural sector at large. We aim to offer a safe space to share our individual struggles and experiences, hopefully inspiring you to support ourselves, as well as each other.

Are you interested in joining? Please RSVP in our agenda above, since we have limited spots available. (+ The meetings are free of charge.)