West Den Haag
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28/02/2026 • 26/07/2026
ꜴCCIDENT GROTESQUE - CEVDET EREK
The former U.S. embassy building by Marcel Breuer is transformed by Cevdet Erek into a monumental sound installation, guiding visitors through 24 rooms with a continuous beat. Inspired by one of the first synthesizers from 1957, he creates a 12-tone rhythm that deviates from traditional Western time signatures, allowing visual and auditory elements to merge into a new experience of space and sound. Ꜵccident Grotesque is Erek’s first solo exhibition in the Netherlands.
Trained as an architect and sound designer, Erek explores the interplay between sound and architecture. The building itself becomes a life-sized synthesizer, and the installation ‘Fluctuations of Raw Techno Material’ (2024) demonstrates how sound and space influence one another. With precision and musical inventiveness, he makes the rhythm that permeates our world physically perceptible. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Venice Biennale, dOCUMENTA, and in museums such as Hamburger Bahnhof and MACBA in Barcelona. -
About West Den Haag
West shows contemporary art in the former American embassy (designed by Marcel Breuer) in the heart of The Hague museum district. West, as an art institute, focuses on the most relevant international developments in the field of the visual arts. West offers artists space and opportunities to develop new work in a social context by situating it in a wider dialogue. Lectures, presentations, performances and discussions underpin the exhibition policy with a theoretical basis. A series of brochures, documentaries and the website complete the activities that bring the different aspects of West together.
