Merlijn Twaalfhoven (The Netherlands) is a composer and performer of interactive music concerts. In art school, he was trained to deliver the highest achievements, fight competing colleagues and reach for reputation and fame. But when het started to work outside of the bubble of art music, when he travelled to places of conflict and turmoil, he learned a radical different approach to his profession. It’s not the performance on the stage, but the experience of the whole context that matters. When all senses are united, music can create meaningful connections between people and between people and their surroundings. In this workshop, Merlijn will not only share his story but also invite the participants to actively join in preparing the opening performance of the People’s Pavilion, that same afternoon from 15:30 - 16:00.

Merlijn Twaalfhoven is most known by the remarkable projects he creates, connecting styles, cultures but first of all people. Twaalfhoven’s intention is to bridge worlds of contrast, and to mix unusual elements to a new unity. Classic and modern, western and oriental, groovy and subtle music is combined into a lively metaphor for nowadays world.

Merlijn Twaalfhoven (The Netherlands)
Music unites
21-okt 13:00 - 14:00 People’s Pavilion, Ketelhuisplein
Language: English

About

Age of Wonderland 2017 presents 100 DAYS OF LEARNING, a global learning event to exchange valuable life experiences with peers. Doers and thinkers from around the world - innovators, scientists, engineers, artists, designers, social entrepreneurs - are invited to share their personal stories, ideas, and practice, not to be found in textbooks. Aim is to rediscover knowledge, challenge beliefs, and exchange life lessons with others. To make the world a better place, we need to embrace change on an individual level, and inspire others to do the same.

During World Design Event the gathered knowledge and experiences will be shared in daily talkshows at Peoples Pavilion and in Baltan Laboratories Expo (Natlab).

Age of Wonderland Talks with Arne Hendriks @Peoples Pavilion

Where Peoples Pavilion

When 11:00h - 12:00h every day (21-29 October)

Free entrance

Visit the Age of Wonderland Talks, every morning from Saturday 21 to Sunday 29 October. Age of Wonderland’s Arne Hendriks receives surprising guests on his sofa to talk about 100 DAYS OF LEARNING. Themes that will be addressed include activism, energy, ecology, learning-by-doing, society, intimacy, empathy and empowerment. The talk show is in English.

Age of Wonderland: Exhibition 100 DAYS OF LEARNING @Natlab
Where Natlab

When 12:00h - 18:00h every day (21-29 October)

Free entrance

In Natlab, all insights of 100 DAYS OF LEARNING are shown in a visual presentation. Our host are more than willing to tell visitors about the projects. Feel free to embrace, copy, implement, experience, personalise, hack the concepts/outcomes of the Days of Learning. This invitation is for you, and those who inspired you.

Natlab functions also as editorial office. Our editors are collecting stories from the past 3 years of the Age of Wonderland and the present 100 DAYS OF LEARNING project. Share your stories with them! Other editors, journalists, bloggers visiting WDE are welcome to take a seat on our table to work.