Conservatoire on stage: KIPAH

Starts at 20.30
Kipah, Aki Matsugi and Paula Chico present an airy dialogue between a gamut of brass (bugle, Flügelhorn, trumpet) and a range of bells and skins (snare drums, castanets and  tambourine).

Introductory tour: Masterpieces from the Mesdag Museum

Starts at 19 and 20 
 

DJ DaanModern

From 18.30
The resident DJ at Pacific Parc and Haarlem's Toneelschuur spins a potpourri of steamy soul, nostalgia, exotica as well as modern obscurities and jazzy variations. Surf to www.daanmodern.nl.

Paul Gauguin. The breakthrough into modernity

Inspired by the 1889 World's Fair in Paris, the Van Gogh Museum Friday nights will present the latest interactive art-technology installations, demonstrated by students and sector professionals. These Friday nights have been compiled in collaboration with:

• The Media Technology department at Leiden University
• The Augmented Reality research project currently being conducted at the Royal Academy of the Fine Arts in The Hague
• The Art, Media and Technology faculty at the Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU)
• De Praktijk (scientific education and communication) and  Very Disco
• Bas van Druijten, trend spotter and staff writer for Eye and Fonk magazines
• Geert Christiaansen, Philips Research Center

During the Van Gogh Museum Friday nights visitors will be able to view recent graduate work and installations and to experience them actively. Each Friday night the designer(s) of the installations will engage in conversation, shedding light on the research, their points of departure, aims and results.  
 

De Praktijk & Very Disco

from 18.30
De Praktijk presents an innovative scientific and technological programme in collaboration with Very Disco, based loosely on programmes from earlier Discovery series.
19.30: Brain specialist Marijtje Jongsma talks about how the mind works when we view objects.
20.30: Wisebits: short films on scientific phenomena
Throughout: Get your photograph taken in  3D by the Delft Technical University
 

Introductory tour

Starts at 19.30

DJ Goldfinger

From 18.30
Alongside his gigs at Salon USSR and Moskow Diskow, Russian DJ Maxim Shaposhnikov has produced music and soundtracks for various art forms. Each of his sets in the museum achieves a perfect harmony with the atmosphere of the city and the theme of the current exhibition. www.kidnaprecords.nl

The Reaction Machine

From 18.30
This interactive installation plays with the tension between two people. Old and new technologies are combined in this machine, that splices recordings by the previous user with those of the next. It's the user's response that determines how the work of art is created.

Discussion with the creators of the The Reaction Machine

Starts 20.30
Moderator Sophie Derkzen interviews Klaas Jan Mollema and Jonas Hansen about their intentions and the outcome of this art work.

Introductory tour

At 19.30

DJ x-0-x

From 18.30
With his extensive experience as club DJ, radio maker, musician and performer, x-0-x (Arjan van Sorge) knows how to create the perfect atmosphere. Instant soundtracks for special moments.

Outrandom

From 18.30
Outrandom is a game of which the only object is to press buttons as randomly as possible. The computer game calculates nearly all human movements, and so people can only win by playing as randomly as they can.
 

Discussion with the makers of Outrandom

Starts 20.30
Moderator Tom Roes interviews

DJ Dirkson

From 18.30
From the sounds of the better B-movie and special moog vibrations (electronic music from then and now) through to a hypnotic acoustic ballet or refreshingly beautiful chansons:  musician and radio producer (NetEcht) DJ Dirkson takes you on a journey through a visual sound zone. Surprise yourself on his acoustic and electronic wave.