Knowledge - Training - Theatre
Verhalenpakhuis - Zin in de Centrale Markthal
Date and time: Sunday 22 December 2024
Location: Centrale Markthal Food Centre Amsterdam | Jan van Galenstraat 4 |
Come taste, watch, feel and listen to stories of West at the Central Market Hall’s Story Warehouse on Sunday, Dec. 22! Sjoerd Kaandorp, aka the Sign Man, interviews entrepreneurial families who have been connected to the site for generations. Scenographer Elian Smits talks about her collaboration with people from Cordaan who worked at the site and live near the site. Theater creator Marjolein Frijling reports on her hunt for sounds of West with students from Marcanti College. And taste artists Mariana Martinez Balvanera and Eli Guerrero put together a taste range and tasting with flavors of West with the KolenkitKoks. We will end our program with these delicious appetizers and a drink.
After the program, a free ticket will be available for anyone who likes it to view Art Below Zero’s ice sculpture exhibition in the lobby between 5:00 and 5:30 pm. (Note: You will only receive a free ticket to the ice sculptures if you also attend the storytelling program) In short: book your ticket soon and be there!
Tickets
Regular ticket: 10 euro
About the Centrale Markthal
The Central Market Hall in Amsterdam has been closed off from the city for over 80 years, accessible only to food traders. Soon the enormous hall will be a place where local residents, local residents, food professionals and food lovers from all cultures will find each other in a common passion for food, culture and innovation.
Reallocation
The Central Market Hall is located in the middle of the closed Food Center Amsterdam (FCA). This area is also known as the ‘Belly of Amsterdam’. From here, restaurants, stores and businesses in Amsterdam and the surrounding area are supplied. A new and smaller Food Center will be built on the north side of the Market Hall. On the south side will be housing and a large square with grass.
About the Verhalenpakhuis
The Verhalenpakhuis is an indispensable link to let Amsterdammers tell their own relationship with the place. The stories of how the market responded to the changing demands of the city. With the arrival of new Amsterdammers from India, from Suriname, from Turkey, from Morocco, there was a sudden demand for new foods. Garlic, Madam Jeanette, coconut, dates, chickpeas, sesame.
The Verhalenpakhuis started in the Open Monuments Weekend 2024 with the storytelling project “Sense in the Central Market Hall” that runs through our senses: smell, taste, touch, sight and sound. With various groups of site users and local residents, we are collecting stories that will come together in an interactive installation in the Story Warehouse in the city’s anniversary year.
About Zin in de Centrale Markthal
The project ‘Zin in de Centrale Markthal’ is a project of the Storytelling Centre Foundation in collaboration with the DW-RS foundation, Boei, Cordaan and various artists, local residents and users of the Central Market Hall and is being realized with contributions from the Amsterdam Foundation and the City of Amsterdam, among others. On Sunday, December 22, the first presentation of the project will take place. In the months that follow, we will be working hard to further design the storytelling installation that we will launch with a small festival in the late spring of 2025.