Roodkapje is Rotterdam's local laboratory for
ART X LIVE X FOOD and everything in between
Significant others
Roodkapje is a porous cultural platform, we invite Others to program a Significant part of our events. Often young, emerging bookers, labels and initiatives organize their first public activities at our multifunctional location. We guide and challenge them to experiment with injecting visual arts into band nights or workouts into nightlife to create multisensory experiences.
Roodkapje is ethically non-monogamous when it comes to our Significant Others, we partner up with local initiatives, invite volunteers to program in the summer and work with four young labels/bookers. We welcome those who we think bring along an unheard sound/vision and are open for new ideas that come to us per mail, pigeon or DM.
With our Significant Others we develop long-term relationships and their program is created in dialogue with Roodkapje. Besides them we give space to one-time gatherings, annual festivals or private parties. We work(ed) a.o. with O. , Motel Mozaique, Left of the Dial, Rotown, Stimuleringsfonds voor de Creatieve Industrie, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam and Queer Gym.
Current Significant Others
On a cold January day in 2022, Dennis Muñoz Espadiña of Hocus Bogus Publishing came by our tavern to seek refuge from the icy storms. After feasting on juicy burgers and ornating himself in otherworldly art, he decided to never leave the premises again. Ever since, Hocus Bogus Publishing is housed in our backspace. His merry mix of DIY punk attitude, fine art aesthetics and his Riso-printer of many colours have enlightened Roodkapje and Burgertrut.
If you are interested in Riso printing contact Hocus Bogus Publishing directly!
Click here for their website.
Galleriso:
Galleriso is our ever changing tiny expo with Riso prints by Rotterdam based artists. Printed in the Hocus Bogus Publishing Riso studio. Every month we invite artists to make a design for the front of our Roodkapje event program flyer & a limited edition A3 print. In Burgertrut you can admire our Galleriso wall. The prints are available in limited edition A3 prints through the artists. Contact the artists directly for full on artist support; check their contact details next to the prints.
_I think I’m trying to get a taste of all the flavours
Uncovering who the fuck I am, holographically
All music and performance is imbued with that energy
Leaking your heart, outside of narrow formulas
Coming from a burning desire, to feel more like myself
We really do experience it and we’re supposed to._
About Pretty//Ugly
Pretty//Ugly is an individual organizer and volunteer active in the DIY scene and hosts shows at OCCII – Amsterdam and Roodkapje – Rotterdam. Their goal is to facilitate artists who step out of the “doe maar normaal, dan doe je al gek genoeg” attitude and burst open the narrow framework on what a show is and can be. The impetus is to dance, mosh, move around with our fellow goblins, elves, rats, snails, dogs and cats
We <3 our volunteers! Our community of volunteers is an integral and indispensable part of the past, present, and future of Roodkapje.
Throughout the year we reserve some time and space for Roodkapje volunteers to help organize and create events. In 2022 Flor Alarcon, Niels Werij, Sjoerd van Kampen and Fede Claes curated a series of summer performances in Burgertrut called Cucumber Time. The first edition of TRUTfest was held in December ’22, a big festival with an exhibition, performances and concerts created by the volunteer team inviting all creatives in Roodkapje and Burgertrut to join.
Viana Afoumou
We couldn’t get enough of former Hamburger Community (Roodkapje’s artist residency) resident Viana Afoumou, so she became one of our Significant Others. Creating a wholesome bubble away from the world, while being fully a part of it, this multidisciplinary artist and musician strives to make both audience and artists feel at ease. Often participatory (mostly involving food), the events are invitations to share experiences regardless of skills and backgrounds. In her personal practice, Viana Afoumou presents intimate and layered explorations of sound, silence and voice, intertwined with stories and songs.
Upcoming events:
29 November 2024 – SAMODIVA CHAPTER V: Dogtooth Violet
22 December 2024 – Killer Toaster #3: Jam Sandwich
Past events:
30 August 2024 – “NOT OLIEBOLLEN” by Viana Afoumou and Loveth Besamoh, a night into Africanfuturism and their Cameroonian roots. A dinner, movie screening and invitation to gather together and share common heritages.
25 January 2024 – FM (Full Moon) Field Recording Workshop x Leonie Roessler. An audiozine workshop including an outdoor walk through Rotterdam’s top-rated dark and lonely alleys, guided by Leonie Roessler.
22 November 2023 – Killer Toaster Electronic Jam session – an electronic jam session accompanied by delicious home made jelly/jam.
Futura Resistenza is a label and platform from Brussels and Rotterdam, that operates somewhere on the border between performance, music and visual arts. Roodkapje asked the label to program a series of concerts in our venue. Throughout this year Futura Resistenza invites musicians and artists who already have a connection with the label, as well as people who they simply admire and want to see perform.
Sanneke Kleingeld
“Mag ik in uw OORSCHELP …..” is a cabinet of curiosities. It’s hazy in the cabinet, the door creaks – you can’t stop sneezing. . . .
Brian Murphy