Huidenclub

09/03/2026

How Things End
The final exhibition at Huidenclub.

Before closing its doors, Huidenclub presents How Things End, a group exhibition bringing together artists and designers whose works reflect, each in their own way, on endings.

Not only loss or mourning, but also transformation, disappearance, erosion, and the quiet cycles through which things pass and persist. From fragile ecosystems to personal mythologies, the works explore what it means for something to come to an end, and what remains afterwards.

The exhibition will run until 10 May and marks the final chapter of Huidenclub.

Opening
21 March
18:00 – 21:00

Huidenclub
Pelgrimstraat 5C
Rotterdam

Artists (first names announced, more to follow):
Crina Arghirescu
Mario Sergio Alvarez
Lara Almarcegui
Louis Clarke
Theo Colin
Jonat Deelstra
Jonas Hedjhuk + Pauline Rib
Karin Kytökangas
Narges Mohamedi
Monty Richthofen

19/12/2025

Tomorrow, Saturday 20 December is the last day of Jeanne Vrastor’s solo show ‘A drop doesn’t fall in a straight line’ curated by Berber Meindertsma

The Artist and the curator will be present from 14:00 to 17:00.

The exhibition is an immersive installation by artist Jeanne Vrastor that responds to the layered history of the Huidenclub as a former tannery and its current function as a space for work, social gathering and reflection. Vrastor draws on the site’s legacy of material-based gestures, connecting them to prehistoric craft practices and cave environments where humans once were practicing basket-weaving while water formed into stalagmites.

At the heart of the installation is a large hollow sculpture made from microbial cellulose (SCOBY leather), slowly stained by dripping water. Two smaller aluminum works, modeled on fragments of prehistoric woven fabrics, are witnessing the microbial and sonic processes at play. Together, the installation merges craft, archaeology, and speculative futures, offering a new sense of time through material transformation.

The title of the show refers to how material behaviours are often misunderstood. Drops are considered to fall in a straight line, but stalagmites show us the opposite. The shape of the drop is not perfect; it changes as it moves through space for a duration of time. If drops would fall in a straight line they would create holes. These kinds of discoveries stand at the basis of Vrastor’s work. In a playful manner, Vrastor points to how over time, well-known beliefs such as these are refuted and the underlying hierarchical structures of intelligence - in which human intelligence is often at the top - start to crumble and morph.

Thanks to for intiating the show, for the graphic design for the communication and for supporting Vrastor’s practice.

02/12/2025

SAVE THE DATE Saturday 6 December

In the context of ´A drop does not fall in a straight liné, the first site-specific solo exhibition by Jeanne Vrastor, we are pleased to share the upcoming programme and warmly welcome you to join.

On Saturday 6 December at 18:00, Jeanne Vrastor will be in conversation with curator Berber Meindertsma and curator Rawad Baaklini. The discussion will explore the research and material investigations that inform her practice, touching on themes such as caves, time, and gesture, and examining how these ideas take shape in the sculptural works on view.

Earlier in the afternoon, from 15:00 to 17:00, artist and radio maker Ash will present a vinyl listening session in response to the exhibition, featuring field recordings, quiet interludes, and experimental sound. This session is organised as part of the BOVEN listening lounge.

29/11/2025

CURRENTLY ON VIEW UNTIL 20 DECEMBER:

Jeanne Vrastor first site-specific solo exhibition opened last week at the Huidenclub.

In A drop does not fall in a straight line Jeanne Vrastor presents two new bodies of work: a duo of aluminium works shaped after pieces of prehistoric woven fabrics that have been found in archeological excavations and a sculptural installation grown from microbial cellulose (SCOBY leather). Resonating with the layered temporalities and traditions of the Huidenclub as a former tannery and its current function as a place for work, social gathering and reflection, the works form an installation that transforms material, sound and gesture into a lived experience of time.

About the artist

Upon graduating from Sandberg’s Dirty Art Department in 2021, Jeanne Vrastor committed herself to researching the entangled relationships between material agency and time. In her work, Jeanne conceives intelligence as a relational, embodied, and material phenomenon. Minds and things are continuous and co-constitutive. We do not merely use objects; we become through them. Understanding human cognition therefore requires a close examination of how materials, gestures, and environments shape and enact thought.

Programme:
• Listening session: Saturday 6 December, 15:00–17:00 with Ash
• Curatorial talk: Saturday 6 December, from 18:00 with Rawad Baaklini, Jeanne Vrastor, and Berber Meindertsma

Opening Hours
Wednesday to Sunday from 11:00 to 17:00 (Entrance by Schot Café)

11/11/2025

OPENING NEXT SHOW 22 NOVEMBER 17:00-21:00

Join us for the opening of ‘A drop does not fall in a straight line’, the first site-specific solo exhibition by Jeanne Vrastor, developed in dialogue with curator Berber Meindertsma, on Saturday 22 November from 17:00 to 21:00. The show will be on view at the Huidenclub until 20 December 2025.

Conceived as an immersive installation, the exhibition activates and continues the traditions and gestures that were once central to the Huidenlcub as a former tannery by re-enacting them and introducing new ones. Together, the installation proposes a genealogy of craft gestures that give us another understanding of time.

FULL PROGRAMME
• Opening: Saturday 22 November, 17:00–21:00
• Listening session: Saturday 6 December, 15:00–17:00 with Ash Kilmartin
• Curatorial talk: Saturday 6 December, from 18:00 with Rawad Baaklini, Jeanne Vrastor, and Berber Meindertsma
• Closing event: Saturday 20 December

Thank you to studio for the graphic identity and to the for supporting Jeanne Vrastor’s practice

08/05/2025

It is the last days to see the show GOKTU-GAKSI, Put Your Hand into Me closing on Sunday curated by Paloma Bouhana & Pyeori Jung which will close on Sunday 11 May. The show explores the balance between individual expression and collective discipline. They gathered around 5 other artists and asked: Who pulls the strings? creating a productive tension within the exhibition and opening up other questions about autonomy, submission, and resistance across cultural
contexts. Through this lens, GGOKTU-GAKSI, Put Your Hand into Me examines the ways in which external forces shape bodies, gestures, and actions from an early age, inviting viewers to reflect on the unseen hands that guide movement—both on stage and in
everyday life.

Come and enjoy the show while sipping a coffee from John Schot on the terrasse.

With:
Pyeori Jung .prj
Paloma Bouhana
Angélique Aubrit & Ludovic Baillard
Laure Prouvost
Angyvir Padilla
Bin Koh

Curated by
Paloma Bouhana & Pyeori Jung .prj
Text Author by
Paloma Bouhana
Photographed by
Pyeori Jung .prj & Rosanna Peng

25/03/2025

On Saturday 25 March, join us for an atmospheric late-night gathering with artist Mohammadi aka Narges DJ Fatima Ferrari—a moment to connect, unwind, and continue the conversations sparked throughout the week.

24/03/2025

On Saturday 25 March, join us for an atmospheric late-night gathering with artist Mohammadi aka Narges DJ Fatima Ferrari—a moment to connect, unwind, and continue the conversations sparked throughout the week.

24/03/2025

20/03/2025

OPENING NEXT SHOW FOR ROTTERDAM ART WEEK - 28 March 2025

GGOKTU-GAKSI: Put Your Hand into Me explores the tension between control and freedom, structure and spontaneity through the lens of puppetry. Co-curated by artists Pyeori Jung and Paloma Bouhana, the exhibition brings together designers, artists, and performers to examine the puppet as both a cultural artifact and an experimental tool for questioning power dynamics.

Featuring works by Angélique Aubrit & Ludovic Baillard, Paloma Bouhana, Angyvir Padilla, Bin Koh, Laure Prouvost, and Pyeori Jung, the exhibition moves between the handcrafted and the mechanical, the playful and the unsettling. From life-sized figures that blur the boundary between performer and prop to sculptures that evoke memory and erasure, the works highlight puppetry’s ability to mediate societal expectations and individual agency.

At the opening, a performance by Paloma Bouhana will introduce a fragmented mercenary—both historical figure and contemporary metaphor—reflecting the precariousness of artistic labor today.

Angélique Aubrit & Ludovic Baillard (FR)
Angyvir Padilla (VZ)
Bin Koh (KR/NL)
Laure Prouvost (FR)
Paloma Bouhana (FR)
Pyeori Jung (KR/NL) .prj

PROGRAMME

FRIDAY 28 MARCH 2025
Huidenclub opened 11:00 to 21:00
Official Vernissage: 18:00-21:00
Performances: From 19:00
Pop-up Dinner: 19:00

SATURDAY 29 MARCH. 2025
Huidenclub opened 11:00 to 19:00
Pop-up Dinner: 19:00
Late Night gathering: 22:00 to 1:00

06/03/2025

New at Huidenclub: Sketchbook Club with Art is Home

We’re excited to welcome Art is Home to Huidenclub for a new weekly Sketchbook Club, starting Thursday, 6th March!

📆Every Thursday from 18:30-21:00, our communal area will transform into a welcoming space for artists and creatives of all levels to work on their projects, experiment with new materials, and connect with others.
🎨Sketchbooks, canvases, paints, and drawing materials will be available, or bring your own!
🍽️Stay for a delicious community dinner, served on a donation basis.

Join us for a relaxed and inspiring evening of creativity, conversation, and good food. No sign up needed - just drop by!

Every Thursday 18:30-21:00

We look forward to seeing you there!
artishome

25/02/2025

Interstices, a show on cultural hybridity curated by in the framework of the is on show until 2 March at the Huidenclub. Book your bracelet online giving you access to 25 places across the city.

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In the world of contemporary collectible design, objects transcend mere function to become vehicles of storytelling and cultural expression. Designers with mixed heritage, existing at the intersection of multiple identities, challenge traditional narratives by blending diverse cultural traditions. Their work creates innovative pieces that are both deeply personal and culturally resonant, moving beyond simple function to serve as powerful vehicles for storytelling.

Non-Western cultures are often portrayed through outdated frameworks, either as static or viewed through anthropological or colonial lenses, which deny them a place in the global contemporary narrative. Designers of mixed heritage challenge these reductive views by exploring their own diverse cultural influences and weaving them into their work. Their designs reflect personal explorations of identity, heritage, and belonging, offering a more nuanced and contemporary perspective.

This exhibition explores how these designers navigate the complexities of identity and cultural exchange, offering a fresh perspective on contemporary design. Their work redefines the boundaries of cultural interaction, emphasizing the importance of context, origin, and meaning in the design process.

Ciro Duclos (NL)
Alan Hernández (MX) .alan_hernandez._
Marcos Kueh (MY) x Ritvik Khushu (IND) x Funda Baysal (TR)
Kalo Rakoto (BE)
SaI.E STUDIO (KR) .e.studio
Giles Tettey Nartey (UK)