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, new music,

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and the

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," founded in Eindhoven,

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and Paul Panhuysen in a former 19th century cigar factory in 1980. Partly funded by their own

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, the space was closed in 2001 after their

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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).

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, asked to create an exhibition, an

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or a

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, where provided with an apartment, studio space, and

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. Known artists that had events at the Apollohuis were for instance Ellen Fullman,

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, Michel Waisvisz,

Pauline Oliveros Pauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer, accordionist and a central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Cente ...

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, Maciunas Ensemble. The organization gave out a series of books and publications on each anniversary that the building was open. Also, under the editorial name ''Het Apollohuis Eidhoven'', and stamp featuring ''Art About Apollo'', they published different monographs, CDs and catalogues about the shows and exhibitions which were taking place. Their last closing catalogue included several letters from artists, who at some point collaborated with the institution. Also a full artist reference was printed as back-cover design. The archive of Het Apollohuis, all together with a handful of audio, text and image documents, is indexed, documented and scientifically preserved in the archives of

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since 2009.

Publications

* ''Het Apollohuis 1995-2001''. Het Apollohuis Eindhoven, Netherlands. * Van Peer, R. 1993. ''Interviews with Sound Artists taking part in the festival ECHO. The Images of sound II''. Het Apollohuis Eindhoven, Netherlands. . * Villers, B. 1992. ''Un Peu, Beaucoup...''. Het Apollohuis Eindhoven, Netherlands. . * Kuniyasu, T. 1992. ''Return to Self''. Het Apollohuis Eindhoven, Netherlands. . * Homburg, T. 1992. ''Graphics and Topography''. Het Apollohuis Eindhoven, Netherlands. . * ''Het Apollohuis 1990-1995''. Het Apollohuis Eindhoven, Netherlands. * Het Apollohuis. 1987. ''ECHO. The Images of Sound 1''. Het Apollohuis Eindhoven, Netherlands. * ''Het Apollohuis 1985-1990''. Het Apollohuis Eindhoven, Netherlands. * Johnson, T. 1989. ''The Voice of New Music: New York city 1972-1982''. Het Apollohuis Eindhoven, Netherlands. . * ''Het Apollohuis 1980-1985''. Het Apollohuis Eindhoven, Netherlands. * Visch, H. 1992. ''I See I Understand I Know I Remember I Do''. Het Apollohuis Eindhoven, Netherlands. .

Festivals/Events

* NowHere (1995) * ECHO. The Images of Sound II (1987) * ECHO Festival, The Images of Sound I (1984–85)

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Het Apollohuis
, ''PaulPanhuysen.com''.

, ''Irrational-Arts.co.uk''.

, ''Artpool.hu''. ;Dutch

museum.nl

Organizations established in 1980 Organizations disestablished in 2001 Music venues in the Netherlands

Het Apollohuis ''Het Apollohuis'' ( en, 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, Netherlands, by Remko Scha and Paul Panhuyse ...

Experimental music 1980 establishments in the Netherlands 2001 disestablishments in the Netherlands {{Netherlands-struct-stub

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