museumnight 2010!
previous weekend, I visited "museumnight" in Rotterdam just like last year. It was filled with party's, strange art and beautiful performances during the night. All museums where open during this night and each museum organized an event. So it was lot's of fun! There was so much to see that I did'nt get the chance to visit every museum. But I have, just like last year, some great pictures and some movies from this years Museumnight.
Afgelopen weekend heb ik net als vorig jaar de museumnacht bezocht in Rotterdam. De nacht was gevuld met feestjes, rare kunst en prachtige optredens. alle musea waren open en organiseerde een evenement. Het was erg leuk! Er was zoveel te beleven dat ik helaas niet alles heb kunnen bekijken. Maar ik heb, net als vorig jaar, weer leuke fotos en filmpjes gemaakt zodat iedereen een beetje mee kan genieten.
First up we visited the Kunsthal which organized a concert and had all kinds of exhibitions for show, like this picture from artist Nicole Segers. Showing a man who prepares a balloon shooting "booth" for the next game.
Als eerste zijn we naar de Kunsthal geweest, ze hadden een concert georganiseerd en er waren een aantal tentoonstellingen te bezichtigen. Zoals bovenstaande foto van fotografe Nicole Segers. hierop is een man te zien die zijn schiet "kraampje" voorbereid, hier kunnen mensen voor een kleine prijs ballonnen schieten.
And also seen in Kunsthal fascinating ceramic sculptures from artist Carolein Smit, called "huid en haar" which translates into "hair and skin".
Next we visited the Museum of Natural History, they live prepared dead animals for taxidermy, You could follow their actions on various large screens outside and inside. They explained a lot about the anatomy of the animal during the dissection. Here they are dissecting an harbour porpoise, a kind of dolphin, they also dissected other animals during the night. I found it kind of creepy but also fascinating. And don't worry the animals dissected where not killed, they where found dead and brought to the museum. If you don't like to see dead animals being dissected please do not watch the movie.
In the museum of natural history there where beautiful collections containing butterflies, insects, eggs and all kinds of taxidermia. Sometimes scary and creepy bust mostly beautiful.
Verder waren er in het museum grote collecties vlinders, insecten eieren en allerlei opgezette dieren te zien. Het meeste was mooi maar soms ook wel wat griezelig.
And last but not least we visited the Maritime Museum where we found a beautiful performance of the "Legendary Movie Orchestra". It was impressive to stand so close in the dark to such beautiful live music, visible with blacklight. It was a very beautiful ending to a very exciting night. Next Year is the 10th aniversary of the museumnight! So it should be a lot of fun!!



















































