Celebrate Día de Muertos at Wereldmuseum Rotterdam this autumn holiday! From 10 to 25 October, discover how the Day of the Dead is celebrated in Mexico. In Winston’s Party Kitchen, you can make your own Mexican calavera and learn more about metalworking. In the studio, you can also create a surreal creature together, inspired by the imaginative work of artist Eko Nugroho. Let your imagination run wild and discover what can happen when you don’t plan everything in advance. Explore the full programme below.
Superstraat: Open daily from 10 to 25 October 2026. Atelier Activities: From 17 to 25 October 2026
Tijdens Día de Muertos zie je overal kleurrijke schedels en skeletten, die heten calaveras. Ze horen bij het feest en laten zien dat er leven is na de dood. Wil je zelf iets maken voor de Dag van de Doden? Kom naar Wereldmuseum en maak deze vakantie zelf calaveras van blik.
Discover what can happen when you don’t plan everything in advance
What would a creature look like if anything were possible? Maybe it has three eyes, a fish tail, enormous hands or a head you’ve never seen before. Don’t think too much – let your imagination do the work.
Be inspired by the imaginative world of artist Eko Nugroho. In his work, people, animals, machines and masks come together in extraordinary hybrid creatures: half human, half machine, with masks, strange heads, mechanical hands and unexpected combinations of animals, objects and human bodies.
Together with your family or in pairs, you will create one new creature. Through a series of short exercises, you’ll get to work yourselves. Starting with lines you draw yourselves, you’ll create a shared basic shape and combine it with hands, tails, masks, tools or plants to form a wayang-like silhouette. Switch off your analytical mind for a moment, see what comes to you and create a creature together that can exist only in your imagination.
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