Fort Vijfhuizen

Fort Vijfhuizen is one of forty-two forts in the Defense Line of Amsterdam (Dutch: stelling van Amsterdam), a World Heritage Site. It is located in the town of Vijfhuizen on the ringvaart which surrounds the Haarlemmermeer polder. The main fort is currently maintained by a charitable foundation called Kunstfort Vijfhuizen which leases space for twelve artist studios and a restaurant.

The fort is now a center for artistic experiment and a development site for scenarios for peaceful futures, focusing on the intersection of military heritage and ecology.

Kunstfort Vijfhuizen hosts a contemporary art program that utilizes the fort's distinctive historical and architectural setting. Exhibitions have included solo presentations such as Rachel de Joodes Flat Nature / Surface Bodies (2017) and Daan Roosegaardes temporary light monument Levenslicht (2020), as well as Folkert de Jongs theatrical show The Hero, the Villain, and the Truth (2024). The fort's programming also includes group shows that engage with key art historical figures, such as The Prophecy of Bees (2016), which featured Joseph Beuys among others in a reflection on ecological philosophy. The group show Shame of the Shuffled Cards (2025) presented the installation Elite Exodus by the Swedish-German brothers Christoph Mügge and Sebastian Mügge, a work about an elite survival bunker that critiques the ethics of privilege and protection.

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