OpenHaus

2:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Architecture, sticks, rubber bands - Aurélien Débat

We invite you to participate in this great collective adventure imagined by Aurélien Debat: multicolored sticks and small rubber bands invite you to be and create together around the theme of architecture. The game is simple: build structures - bridges, huts, chairs, flying saucers... Your construction joins or complements those already in place and serves as the basis for those to come. It's your turn to play! There is no limit to your imagination and creativity.

Walk-in | for adults, teenagers, and children accompanied by an adult (families) | free | subject to availability.

2:00 PM (LU) & 6:00 PM (FR) | Bridderhaus guided tours | led by Christian Mosar

Christian Mosar, the artistic director of the Bridderhaus, will guide you through the artist residency, exploring its history, architecture, and artistic program.

45 minutes | Free | Subject to availability | Suitable for all ages

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM | Conference | Andrea Pichl in conversation with Christian Mosar | DE (Simultaneous translation into FR)

What does the feature film "The Legend of Paul and Paula" (1973) have to do with architecture?)

2:00 PM & 5:00 PM & 8:00 PM | A series of guided tours in the neighbourhoods by Turit Fröbe

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | City walk for families | DE

Which building is the boss? Which ones like each other - and which ones might not? How do you actually recognize what functions a building has, and from where it wants to be seen?

With these and other questions, Turit Fröbe invites families with children to think, philosophize, and speculate about architecture and the built environment during a city walk. She shows that it's fun to take a closer look at the familiar everyday environment and to pay attention to objects or situations that are usually overlooked, considered unworthy of attention, or taken for granted.

According to availability of space (max 20 people | from 5 years old)

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM | Determining Architecture | EN

Some buildings – especially historical ones – make it easy for us: they are dated and proudly display their year of construction on the facade. However, this has been forgotten for most buildings – especially modern ones. Despite this, determining modern architecture is not so difficult, as Turit Fröbe demonstrates during a city tour. One just needs to know where to look and what is characteristic of the phases or styles of modernity. To provide assistance, she has developed a guidebook for modern architecture, which functions like a small visual aid. The first clue for classification is provided by the windows and their respective materials, formats, or settings...

As part of the city tour, we will try out the concept, observe (everyday) architecture, and date and determine together.

According to availability of space | max. 20 people | Adults and teenagers

8:00 PM – 9:30 PM | Stroll to the City's Most Notorious Architectural Mistakes | EN

Not all architectural mistakes are created equal – that becomes apparent upon closer examination. The despised structures have vastly different origin stories: some were born – accidentally or intentionally – as architectural blunders, while others may have once been celebrated as good architecture before falling out of fashion. Yet others have been elevated to the status of architectural sin through subsequent modifications, additions, alterations, decorations, etc. As diverse as their genesis may be, so is their quality.

During the city walk, we will focus on the cumbersome and unloved, casting an affectionate gaze upon the "ugly ducklings" of the city.

Depending on availability | max. 20 persons | Adults and teenagers

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Performance by Alix and Marcin

To bring the Nishōji sculpture to life, Alix offers us a sonic journey based on Japanese Field Recordings (sound recordings taken outdoors). Inspired by Shintoism and its animistic aspect, the 6 natural elements will "sing" one after the other in the form of. Evoking an image of the element they represent. Inspired by the Japanese ambient music of Hiroshi Yoshimura, this soundtrack plunges us into a suspended poetic time. Played live on the day of the sculpture's inauguration, this soundtrack is accessible online on the artist's SoundCloud. You are invited, if you wish, to listen to it individually or collectively. A limited-edition audio tapes will be available including a recording of the FerroForum forges at the time of the sculpture's elaboration.

7:00 PM – 7:30 PM: Performance "Paradise, Debris, and Ash" | with Lars Neugebauer, the Drum Klub from Berlin, and the Oxymoron Dance Company.

"Paradise, Debris, and Ash" is a music and dance performance that emerged within the context of Lars Neugebauer's artist residency. It engages with Luxembourg's industrial heritage, the newly emerged urban spaces, and the widespread use of roller shutters, exploring them musically, sonically, and performatively to create new realms of perception. The performance includes musicians from the Drum Klub, including N.U. Unruh from Einstürzende Neubauten, and dancers from the Oxymoron Dance Company.

2:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Residency Presentation | Andrea Pichl: Photographic Works

Photographing the city is a central approach in Andrea Pichl's artistic work. She has amassed thousands of photos during her wanderings through residential neighborhoods of metropolises such as Berlin, Paris, London, or Tashkent. At the Bridderhaus, Andrea Pichl will install a series of photographs printed on fabric, a way to transfigure the built environment and reflect on the notions of permanence and vernacular.

2:00 PM - 10:00 PM  | Residency Presentation | Nishōji | Marcin Sobolev & Alix Van Ripato

Project by artists Marcin Sobolev and Alix Van Ripato. Nishōji starts with a trip to Japan undertaken by the duo in October 2023. It is now an Esch project thanks to the collaboration between Bridderhaus and FerroForum, which allowed the artists to create a metal sculpture and accompanying sound. Comprising six natural elements representing the cave, vegetation, water, mountain, rock, and sun, the human-sized sculpture invites the public like a wish tree to place a wooden plaque provided by the artists to receive the positive thoughts of the participants. Respecting the theme Playtime, the Nishōji sculpture is playful, childlike in its pop colors (inspired by Japan), and invites gathering and sharing.

2:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Exhibition ELEKTRON | Tunnel | Serge Ecker

As part of the launch of Elektron around the theme of network infrastructure, Serge Ecker presents Tunnel (working title). This new work explores how the network of mines that crisscross the underground landscape of the former mining region of Esch-sur-Alzette is now used for the transport of telecommunication data.

2:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Residency Presentation ELEKTRON | Collaboration Kunstuniversität Linz + University of Luxembourg

Several students from the Interface Culture department of Kunstuniversität Linz present the results of their research after a residency period at Bridderhaus in collaboration with the Computer Science department of the University of Luxembourg. The presented works reflect current academic research on sensitive topics related to the functioning, uses, and future of networks.

8:00 PM – 10:00 PM : Dj Set par Alix Van Ripato

Alix Van Ripato, an electronic music composer, sings liberating incantations and reincarnative dances. She invokes her idols and personal dreams. Her music, which can be described as darkwave techno, is extremely danceable and joyful despite its dark aspect. Her first LP "RED SPELLS" invites you to dance and celebrate life through her idols and Breton roots. Alix Van Ripato naturally took on the role of DJ by mixing what inspires her and makes her dance. Eclectic in her musical tastes, she blends complementary genres without barriers such as coldwave, darkwave, EBM, techno, New Beat, 80’s, and other wonders.

2:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Icecream by Marcello , Goeres Groupe | Chargeable

6:30 – 10 :00 PM | Pizzas by Bull & Baaschtert

Architect Tom Bleser invites his friends, artist Daniel Wagener and engineer Raffael Mancini to make you taste a classic: the Pizza Margharita. A dish, both, simple and complex.

Free | As long as supplies last