billytown, Helena van Doeverenplantsoen 3, The Hague (2026)

26/05/2026

Join us during for the opening of Mixed Feelings by

Billytown is looking forward to the generous solo exhibition by 𝐕𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 and would like to wholeheartedly invite everyone to the opening and normal visiting days.

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: May 29, 19:00 - 23:00
𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬: 29 May - 11 July
𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 13:00 - 18:00
𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Billytown, Helena van Doeverenplantsoen 3, 2512 ZB, The Hague, the Netherlands
At 'De Helena'

Images and film stills: Insomnia, 10, Un Scripted, Emma + Stijn

In Mixed Feelings, Vita Soul Wilmering (1996) plays with the boundary between documentary and fiction filmmaking. Through this particular mode of storytelling—at times playful, at times disorienting—she offers a through-line of memory and present experiences; of imagination and raw intimacy; of reminiscing and re-enactment. Mixed Feelings approaches entangled relationships (the familial, romantic, estranged and friendly) with honesty—investigating loss and absence, as well as family history, love and affection.

For this exhibition, Vita Soul Wilmering has created a spatial collage of shifting film scenes, centred around themes of intimacy, memory and re-enactment. The six-channel video installation features fragments of the artist’s earlier films, current work in progress, and never-before-shown footage from Wilmering’s own archive. Mixed Feelings includes fragments from the films (un)scripted (2024), The failed holiday: episode 10 (2021), Spiegl (2021), Insomnia (2026), Dear Athanase (in progress) and Zonder (2014).

Exhibition text by Parel Joy.
Poster by Bart de Baets.
Mixed Feelings is supported by Amarte, Stroom Den Haag and the Mondriaan Fund.

SIDE PROGRAMME

5 June, 18:00
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲; 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬
Sudha Rajagopalan

13 June,14:00
𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
Vera Liselotte Broek

20 June,16:00
𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭
Parel Joy

The exhibition is supported by

21/05/2026

29 MAY 19:00 - 23:00

Opening during
Buildup is in full swing! Billytown is looking forward to the opening of Mixed Feeling by Vita Soul Wilmering. Everyone is warmly invited to the opening!

In Mixed Feelings, Vita Soul Wilmering (1996) plays with the boundary between documentary and fiction filmmaking. Through this particular mode of storytelling—at times playful, at times disorienting—she offers a through-line of memory and present experiences; of imagination and raw intimacy; of reminiscing and re-enactment. Mixed Feelings approaches entangled relationships (the familial, romantic, estranged and friendly) with honesty—investigating loss and absence, as well as family history, love and affection.

For this exhibition, Vita Soul Wilmering has created a spatial collage of shifting film scenes, centred around themes of intimacy, memory and re-enactment. The six-channel video installation features fragments of the artist’s earlier films, current work in progress, and never-before-shown footage from Wilmering’s own archive. Mixed Feelings includes fragments from the films (un)scripted (2024), The failed holiday: episode 10 (2021), Spiegl (2021), Insomnia (2026), Dear Athanase (in progress) and Zonder (2014).

Exhibition text by Parel Joy.
Poster by Bart de Baets.
Mixed Feelings is supported by Amarte, Stroom Den Haag and the Mondriaan Fund.

Programme:
5 June, 18:00
The matter of solidarity; solidarity matters
Sudha Rajagopalan

13 June, 14:00
Rethinking illness through art, science and experience
Vera Liselotte Broek

20 June, 16:00
Q***r poetics of trust
Parel Joy

The talks will be in English. More information about the speakers will be shared on our website and via our socials soon.

Billytown
Helena van Doeverenplantsoen 3
2512 ZB, The Hague, NL

20/05/2026

Billytown in De Helena over the past 7+ years.
Some pictures and snapshots of wonderful encounters, lectures, meetings, exhibitions, events and community
💗

Image and snapshots without any dates over the past few years in De Helena💗
1 receiving flowers from stroom Den Haag for Billytowns 20+ birthday. During the exhibition 'Werkgelegenheid' by Magnus Fredrik Clausen, and 'Interruptions & Coincidence'' by Jason Hirata.
2 Artist talk by Eunsae Lee and curator Heeseung Choi picture by @ myndajenny
3 Peter van Beveren at billytown. Picture by tommy smits
4 Tour for HkU fineart by Sam Hersbach at the exhibition Fiberglass Eels
5 Lecture by igepa in collaboration with Eva van bemmelen
6 Talk about Billytown at The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (MSN Warsaw). Moderated by Antek Lisowski (Pracownia Wschodnia collective).
7 Hilde Onis at 'Reading characters' curated by Eva van Bemmelen and Annabelle Binnerts
8 Stroom Den Haag invest week dinner. We had a few great editions in the past years.
9 Studio visit by Heeseung Choi and Embassy of the Netherlands Senior Cultural Policy Officer Hajin Lee. At the studio of Kim David Bots
10 lunch at the collecetive billytown exhibition at Kate art space
11 Billytown Project at Supermarket Art Fair Stokholm
12 Lunch at the KiekenCentrale in Antwerp for a collective Billytown exhibition.
13 Johnny Dowd performing
14 Exhibition 'Cause and Effect' by Noa Zuidervaart picture by Tommy Smits.
The exhibition originates from his residency at Billytown
15 Studio picture Afra Ijsma. 📸 Tommy Smits
16 Exhibition: 'Round About Or Inside' by alumni of F for Fact at the Sandberg institute.
17 Group picture with (former) Vice President of the Korea Foundation Mr. Jong Kook Rhee, Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Nerherlands is Seoul, honorable ambassadors and embassy employees, Senior Cultural Policy Officer Hajin Lee, and Heeseung Choi, JiaJia Qi, Afra Eisma, Katherina Heil, at the Korean Foundation, Seoul.
18 Social event "art Bar" with a song by Melle de Boer and Erwin
19 Billytown at binnenhofbuiten curated by Mary Hessing. Pic by Johan Nieuwenhuize

16/05/2026

AT !

May 29, 19:00 - 23:00

Everyone is very much welcome to join us during Hoogtij Den Haag. Visit us during the opening of 𝘔𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 by Vita Soul Wilmering.

Also very much welcome to visit the other great initiatives in De Helena Building. The Hoogtij Tour starts at Ruimtevaart next to Billytown :)!

For this exhibition, Vita Soul Wilmering has created a spatial collage of shifting film scenes, centred around themes of intimacy, memory and re-enactment. The six-channel video installation features fragments of the artist’s earlier films, current work in progress, and never-before-shown footage from Wilmering’s own archive. Mixed Feelings includes fragments from the films (un)scripted (2024), The failed holiday: episode 10 (2021), Spiegl (2021), Insomnia (2026), Dear Athanase (in progress) and Zonder (2014).

𝘔𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 Is wonderfully supported by

Image: 1,2 by Hoogtij Den Haag
Image: 3,4 buildup snapshots exhibition by Vita Soul Wilmering.

Official text by Hoogtij Den Haag:

HOOGTIJ #85
Contemporary Art Tour The Hague
Fr. 29 May 7-11 PM
During HOOGTIJ you can visit more than 20 locations in the inner-city of The Hague: from white cube to underground; from established art in galleries and institutions to installations and performances in artists initiatives. Free entrance. Free tours for those who wants it.
Startlocation 6.30-7.00 PM: Ruimtevaart (Helena van Doeverenplantsoen 3). Free art tours start here at 7 PM, booking can be soon!
Participants: …ism project space, 1646, Atelier Ferron, Billytown, Bronco, Das Leben am Haverkamp, Durst Britten & Mayhew, EnergieKas, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Galerie Sophie, Kunstbar, Maldoror, Nest, Page Not Found, Paradise, Parterretrap, Projektruimte WEST END, Quartair, Refunc, Rijksmuseum van het Boek, Ruimtevaart, Sis Josip Galerie, Stroom Den Haag, The Grey Space, West Den Haag.

14/05/2026

OPENING MAY 29 at 19:00hr
𝘔𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 by

The wonderful poster design is by , who will create a fantastic series of four posters for the four solo exhibitions. Billytown is very grateful for this fruitful collaboration.

The first and last images show the first two fantastic posters by Bart De Baets!💗

Join us during for the opening of 𝘔𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴! The opening will take place during

🗓️Opening May 29
🕖17:00 - 23:00
📍Billytown
📍Helena van Doeverenplantsoen 3, 2512 ZB Den Haag
At De Helena .helena.socials

Grateful thanks to

12/05/2026

Vita Soul Wilmering OPENING SOON!

We are already building up (sometimes even day and night) with mixed feelings. Join us at the opening of Mixed Feelings!

The opening will take place during

Billytown is looking forward to the wonderful exhibition by Vita Soul Wilmering and to welcoming you to the opening!

🗓️Opening May 29
🕖19:00 - 23:00
📍Billytown
📍Helena van Doeverenplantsoen 3, 2512 ZB Den Haag

Grateful thanks to

10/05/2026

💗OPEN CALL💗

Billytown is looking for new members!

𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟒th
𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨: 𝟐𝟒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟓𝟓𝐬𝐪𝐦
𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐁𝐈𝐎

If you are interested to become an active member at Billytown, you are welcome to apply for a working studio.

The studios that will be available at Billytown are between 24 and 55 sqm, and also include access to a communal kitchen space and a woodworkshop.

Being part of Billytown also means full involvement in the activities and operation of sustaining the artist initiative, and our various programs.

More info and details can be found in the online form.

https://forms.gle/RwtDnPNiyqYKdp2Q7
(Link in bio)

Photo credits: Tommy Smits (without text)

09/05/2026

at the studio in Billytown

We are looking forward to the opening of "Mixed Feelings" by Vita Soul Wilmering.

Opening May 29, 19:00hr
During

On view
🗓️29.05.26–11.07.26
🗓️Thursday, Friday, Saturday
🕐13:00-19:00

📍Billytown
📍Helena van Doeverenplantsoen 3
📍2512 ZB Den Haag
📍At De Helena

📸Studio picture made by Tommy Smits

The exhibition Mixed Feelings invites you to enter a spatial collage of shifting film scenes, where lived experiences are re-enacted and reimagined through fiction. As reality and imagination blur, moments of imperfection reveal an intimate honesty, inviting viewers into a shared, emotional landscape of memory and change. For this solo exhibition, Vita Soul Wilmering has created a six-channel video installation, featuring overlapping narratives and scenes from her earlier films and new work in progress. This is the first Billytown exhibition that focuses solely on film.

Gratefully sponsored by

08/05/2026

OPENING MAY 29 at 19:00 during

Poster Design by Bart de Baets! 💗

On May 29 our new exhibition “Mixed Feelings” will open, a solo show by Vita Soul Wilmering.

The exhibition Mixed Feelings invites you to enter a spatial collage of shifting film scenes, where lived experiences are re-enacted and reimagined through fiction. As reality and imagination blur, moments of imperfection reveal an intimate honesty, inviting viewers into a shared, emotional landscape of memory and change. For this solo exhibition, Vita Soul Wilmering has created a six-channel video installation, featuring overlapping narratives and scenes from her earlier films and new work in progress. This is the first Billytown exhibition that focuses solely on film.

Vita’s work is also on view at in the exhibition Out of Office (Still Here).

Gratefully sponsored by

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