Watching Cow and Landscape

On the last day of the exhibition Soils, we invite both experts and laymen to look at the soil with us. The Cow and Landscape project, which can be found in one of the 10 rooms in the Soils exhibition, portrayed five Brabant farms in recent months, each dealing in its own way with a variety of economic and ecological dilemmas for today's farmers. The project raises questions that are not only relevant to farmers, but concern us all, such as solutions for sustainability. How can the museum, and especially the art of watching, help us answer these important questions? Registration for the event is free, but there are only 80 places. So be quick! 

More info on the film ‘You can't milk birds’  

This documentary is a fine, nuanced portrait of a farming family facing difficult choices. Duration : 103 min, year: 2023, director: Barbara Makkinga 

Programme

10.30 Reception in Van Abbe café  
11:00 Guided tour of exhibition Soils by co-curator Teresa Cos Rebollo and museum tour guides  
12:00 Film in the Auditorium: You can't milk birds  
13.30 - 14.00 Break  
14.30 Conversation in the Studio, led by Wapke Feenstra (artist) and Inez Dekker (rural sociologist), including Charles Esche (director Van Abbemuseum and co-curator Soils), Jeffrey Spangenberg (Voedsel Anders), Josien Beltman (curator Rijksmuseum Twenthe ‘Van wie is het Platteland?’) and with the farms participating in the Cow and Landscape art project at Rijksmuseum Twenthe and the Van Abbemuseum
16:00 End of the day

With special thanks to our partners: De Genneper Hoeve, Kasteelboerderij Waalre, Op den Hoek, Janmiekeshoeve, De Hofstad