Helicopter

Helicopter has a new landing spot! ✨

On Tuesday evening 17 February Helicopter will organize a finissage for the Bas Zoontjens collages exhibition With musical performances by Decimus and Mik Quantius and a backyard installation by Samantha Rees and Manuel Padding Tuesday 17 February, 8-11pm Helicopter, Ulenpasstraat 55, Den Haag 
Really special that we can bring these 2 underground music legends to Den Haag. No-Neck Blues Band member Pat Murano’s work as Decimus has been a prodigious endeavor to dissolve the ego and conventional notions of form from the creation of music. Murano’s rigorous yet freewheeling cavalcade of bizarre sound events that baffle and beguile in equal measure. Mik Quantius is a true European underground cult icon. He speaks in tongues and comes in peace. He’s the krautrock Beefheart. He’s the esoteric metalhead. He’s a one man voodoo ritual. He’s Neil from The Young Ones and Garth from Wayne’s World in one. Joeri Bruyninckx - It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine

Helicopter is moving soon, we will leave the current building in March.
 We are not leaving quietly but with a bang! 
On Sunday afternoon 15 February we will show new work by Bas Zoontjens, whose trippy collages will be a perfect visual scenery for the performance by “a table and a chair”,
 the new duo of Arvind Ganga and Aart-Jan Schakenbos, who, for the last few years, have been developing their abstract guitar explorations in this very building. This will be the first time they go public with these sounds and there could not be a better location for this world premiere.
Both Bas and Aart-Jan are new future members of Helicopter, really proud that we are able to give them a platform to show their art. Samantha Rees will show a selection of her recent sculptures. Sunday 15 February, 13:00-18:00
Helicopter Ulenpasstraat 55 2531 PL The Hague helicopter.studio

[see link in bio or our website] Open Call: Future Studio Spaces at Helicopter Helicopter is relocating — and we’re opening a waiting list. 🌟 Our artist-run collective is preparing to move to a new location in the city center in 2026. This is a rare opportunity: long-term potential in a vibrant neighborhood with strong community energy. 🍀 The new space will include: 🪐 - Private and shared studios (approx. €250 for 20m², incl. utilities – subject to change) - A project space for exhibitions, performances, or tryouts – open to members for self-organised programming - A community of artists shaping the collective together We’re looking for people excited to be part of this next chapter — not just renting a room, but building something collectively. Please note: Helicopter is a self-organised collective. All members are expected to contribute an average of 2 hours per week to help with shared tasks, programming, or organisational needs. If this speaks to you, add yourself to our waiting list. When we have more concrete info, we’ll be in touch. 💥 More about us: helicopter.studio

✨Join us for an evening of live coded music made by artists from the Netherlands Coding Live community (NL_CL). We will also have a guest from Barcelona, Maia Francisco (/) who helped setting up this evening in Helicopter together with Lam Lai. Expect an evening full of algorithmic thinking, live programming, showing screens, fixing errors and adventurous music and visuals. We'll have an open stage for a 9-min from-scratch live coding session. If you like to participate in the session, please feel free to send us a message! Or come to the event with your laptop and let us know before we start. The from-scratch rules: start with an empty screen, live code for 9 minutes, the audience always claps at the end! start: 19h end: 22h ticket: free drinks: cash only! address: Ulenpasstraat 55, Den Haag #livecoding #algorithmicmusic #netherlandscodinglive #nlcl #toplap #improvisation #electronic #livemusic

Some impressions from De Broeikas , Helicopter artists at @kaderock experimental art and music stage @musicondenhaag

Helicopter at Kaderock Festival On June 7 Helicopter will show works at Kaderock Festival, at Musicon Den Haag. This year Kaderock presents a new stage: De Broeikas. This transparent tent, that functions as a living laboratorium, is the result of a collaboration between The Hague art and music collectives Helicopter, iii @instrumentinventors and New Space Studio @new_space_studio . Sound performances, visual art and technology merge into a ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’, in which connecting and improvisation are central. The theme this year is ‘Work in Progress’, ode to the experiment and the creative process. In De Broeikas it’s not about the perfect end result, but about the creation of art and music in the moment. Artists perform from scaffolds of different heights and invite you to experience the process of creation. Music, movement, sound and image merge in an open working space, in which even the audience is invited to participate. Helicopter artists @miiis_music @ohm.tattooo @silverghosttapes @lamlai_lee @musicondenhaag @kaderock More info link in bio 🔗

iii at Kaderock 06-07.06.2025 iii is excited to team up with Helicopter and New Space Studio to launch the first-ever “Broeikas” tent as part of the Kaderock Festival in Musicon (June 6-7). Representing iii are Riccardo Marogna, Darina Žurková, Lawrence McGuire and Guillermo Martín-Viana. Helicopter artists include Chandana Sarma and Lam Lai, Miiis, Aart-Jan Schakenbos, Arvind Ganga, and Paddy Mans. Under the theme ‘Work in process’, the focus is not on finished outcomes, but on raw experimentation and artistic process. Artists perform standing on scaffolding of various heights, offering audiences a clear view into the creative process. Broeikas intends to turn art into an experience – for everyone who comes to watch, listen and interact. Find the detailed timetable via link in bio 🔼 @helicopter_studio @new_space_studio @musicondenhaag @riccardomaronia @ambivalentsphere @hogobogobogo_mcg @almomviana @lamlai_lee @miiis_music @ohm.tattooo

Helicopter artists in De Broeikas 7th June 2025 Are We There Yet? Chandana Sarma and Lam Lai collaborate across sound, movement, and space, drawing from nature, somatics, and the body’s deep presence. Together, they create performances that weave landscapes of music and physical storytelling. Chandana Sarma is an independent performer and facilitator with a background in physical theater, instant composition, and somatics. Her work explores the limits of the body as an instrument, focusing on performance presence and the visual expression of felt sensations. Lam Lai works with sound, music and space, often drawing inspiration from nature, particularly the vast spaciousness of landscapes. Her work immerses the listener in a variety of synth sounds, exploring the intersection between analogue and digital worlds. / /chandana.sarma.946 / @lamlai_lee @musicondenhaag @kaderock More info link in bio 🔗

Helicopter artists in De Broeikas 7th June 2025 Exhilarating Feedback Fiesta Aart-Jan Schakenbos, Arvind Ganga en Paddy Mans draaien ieder al bijna een kwart eeuw mee in de underground, noise en diy scene. Nu slaan ze voor het eerst de handen ineen. Ze genereren alle drie feedback, die tegen elkaar in botst, versmelt, resoneert, waardoor patronen en melodieën ontstaan die ze zelf nooit hadden kunnen bedenken. Een lekkere bak herrie die verrast en verwart! @ohm.tattooo @silverghosttapes @musicondenhaag @kaderock

Helicopter artists in De Broeikas Miiis Miiis speelt live een energieke, eclectische mix van spacey folk en electro-pop. Met synths, stem en gitaar speelt hij zijn nieuwste tracks in de broeikas. @miiis_music @musicondenhaag @kaderock

Helicopter at Kaderock Festival On June 7 Helicopter will show works at Kaderock Festival, at Musicon Den Haag. This year Kaderock presents a new stage: De Broeikas. This transparent tent, that functions as a living laboratorium, is the result of a collaboration between The Hague art and music collectives Helicopter, iii and New Space Studio. Sound performances, visual art and technology merge into a ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’, in which connecting and improvisation are central. The theme this year is ‘Work in Progress’, ode to the experiment and the creative process. In De Broeikas it’s not about the perfect end result, but about the creation of art and music in the moment. Artists perform from scaffolds of different heights and invite you to experience the process of creation. Music, movement, sound and image merge in an open working space, in which even the audience is invited to participate. More info link in bio 🔗 @musicondenhaag @kaderock