Performance Weekend
Step into the wondrous world of Monster Chetwynd in her very first outdoor exhibition! In A Friends Making Machine, discover her large, colourful installations that spark the imagination. They feel like gateways to another universe, built through collage and bricolage from simple materials, and rich with references to film, science and art history.
On 12 and 13 September, Monster Chetwynd returns to Middelheim Museum for a weekend of performances and activities. Together with her troupe, she presents Glow Worm Glue, a new performance developed especially for A Friends Making Machine. The interactive Iron Age Pasta Necklace Workshop also returns. Experience Tears from inside a rolling zorb, get creative in the Shadow Animals Discovery Workshop, or join a short Close-up guided tour on Saturday. All activities are free and no registration is required.
Glow Worm Glue
Monster Chetwynd develops Glow Worm Glue (2026) especially for this exhibition. The interactive performance brings several installations, including Proscenium Arches and Dragon Island, to life. Moving through the park like a glow worm, Chetwynd and her troupe guide the audience on an intimate journey through sculptures, creatures and remarkable stories. Along the way, Middelheim Museum’s park life expands with a lively group of elephant and eel figures and opinionated slime moulds, enthusiastically introduced by Monster and the performers.
Iron Age Pasta Necklace Workshop
Iron Age Pasta Necklace Workshop After its success on the opening day, this interactive performance returns for a second edition, outdoors near Hellmouth V. The audience is invited to create pasta jewellery in order to present these offerings of creativity to the judge of good and bad taste: The Discerning eye. Acolytes guide participants through coloured pasta and art history, inspiring them to create their own designs.
Programme
- 1:00 - 5:00 pm — Shadow Creatures Discovery Lab
Discover, experiment and create
In Dutch
- 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm — Activation of the installation Tears (2021)
Step into a Zorb and experience the installation in a rolling way
- 1:00 pm - 2.30 pm — Performance: Iron Age Pasta Necklace Workshop (2017)
Location: Hellmouth V, in the exhibition zone
- 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm — Close-ups
Short free guided tours (30 minutes), starting at the Visitor Pavilion
In Dutch
- 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm — Performance Glow Worm Glue (2026)
Two start times:
3:00 pm — starting at Proscenium Arches, in the exhibition zone
4:00 pm — starting at Dragon Island, near the Collection Pavilion
Good to know
- All activities are free
- You can find all information in the free exhibition newspaper
- Hosts in the sculpture park will guide you and assist during performances
