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Like any couch, we want The Couch to be a place where you can catch up with people. Over the years, we have welcomed a wide variety of makers, do-ers, and thinkers at Het HEM. We've invited them to share their story as Guests of a Chapter; as artists presenting their work, as participants in our programme, as residents, or as mediators bringing you closer to your own interpretation.

We often wonder; how are they doing? What are they up to now? And, how do they look back at their time at Het HEM? We hope the work they did back then still resonates, like it did with us - and perhaps also with you. If these people are new to you; we hope these Check-in conversations bring you closer to the world and network of Het HEM.

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Check-in with... Stéphanie Janaina

Berber Meindertsma   

Berber Meindertsma speaks with dancer and choreographer Stéphanie Janaina, almost four years after she performed ¡miércoles! at Het HEM.

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Check-in with… HMTP talents and coaches 

Berber Meindertsma   

After the music video release Vamos by KG and Fabs, a track written during the Homebase Music Talent Programme (HMTP) Writer’s Camp, Berber Meindertsma speaks with them and two of the coaches of the camp.

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Check-in with... Wil Spier

Berber Meindertsma    Mayte Breed   

“If people are interested, they understand everything in the world. The problem is getting them interested.”

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Check-in with... Sara Koops

Berber Meindertsma   

Ever wondered what boxing is all about, and what art might have to do with it? Sit back and enjoy this check-in with professional boxer Sara Koops, who participated in the Chapter 1NE Box clinic at Het HEM in 2019.

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Check-in with... Maarten Spruyt

Berber Meindertsma    Blanka Gyulai   

We sat down and looked back with Guest of Chapter 3HREE Maarten Spruyt, known for his work as a curator, art director and stylist, with an incredible knack for beauty and sensory perception. "I try to make exhibitions which make you look inwards, feel uncomfortable and sit with that for a moment."

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Check-in with... Marcel Fraij

"Het HEM’s layers of history flow into each other, so that it is no longer clear what is past and present." Photographer, artist and teacher Marcel Fraij visited our building and investigated the versatility of the site, questions of memory and remembrance, and the ambiguity of the space itself.

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Check-in with... Bert Spaan

Who or what is the contemporary cartographer? Bert Spaan (Shock Forest Group) reflects on his residency in 2019.

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Check-in with... Museum Of No Art

"It’s unbelievable how much sound is to be found in places like this. The music is already there, you just have to pay attention." We look back on the music project of Mona Steinwidder, which was part of our Spatial Range series in 2021.

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Check-in with… upsammy

We talk to previous artist in resident and PAN label member upsammy for an in-depth interview, accompanied by a downloadable sample pack. "During our project, we focussed on ways of distilling the temporal and material qualities of the terrain and used these methods to make a composition."

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