Foroxity vertoont film 'Die Große Stille'
De nieuwe bioscoop Foroxity te Roermond gaat op 3 data de bijzondere film "Die Große Stille" van cineast Phlip Gröning vertonen. Hiermee haakt Foroxity in op expositie "Het Geheim van de Stilte", die nog t/m 21 juni 2009 te zien is in Roermond. Tijdens deze expositie kunnen bezoekers kennismaken met de vele facetten van de besloten wereld van de Roermondse Kartuizers.

Film "Die Große Stille"
Die große Stille of in het engels Into Great Silence is een zeer nauwkeurige, gedeeltelijke stille meditatie over het kloosterleven in zijn meest pure vorm. Geen muziek, behalve de liederen in het klooster, en interviews en geen commentaar. Getoond worden het veranderen van de tijd, de seizoenen en de steeds terugkerende elementen van de dag en van het gebed. Een film die bijna een klooster wordt, in plaats van er één weer te geven. Deze film van Philip Gröning gaat over bewustzijn, absolute aanwezigheid, over mannen die hun leven hebben gewijd aan God in de allerpuurste vorm. Die große Stille of Into Great Silence is de eerste film ooit over het leven in La Grande Chartreuse, de vestiging van de legendarische Kartuizer Orde in de Franse Alpen. De monniken leven aan de hand van eeuwenoude regels en rituelen. De Kartuizer Orde is de meest gesloten orde van de rooms-katholieke kerk en is bijna helemaal verborgen voor de buitenwereld.

Kennismaking met de spirituele wereld van de kartuizermonniken
Filmmaker Philip Gröning verbleef zes maanden in een klooster van de strengste katholieke orde, de Kartuizers, en filmde daar zonder crew de dagelijkse gang van de monniken die daar in volkomen stilte leven. Bijna ongemerkt verleidt hij de kijkers om samen een 162 minuten durende, voyeuristische blik te werpen op dit andere, onthaaste universum. Die große Stille of Into Great Silence is een uitzonderlijke film, die er in slaagt de kijker zowel intellectueel als emotioneel uit te dagen en te verrijken.

Filmtijden
Die große Stille of Into Great Silence wordt op 3 data vertoond. Op zondag 19 april, op zondag 3 mei en zondag 7 juni, telkens om 10.30 uur in Filmarena Foroxity (gelegen naast het Designer Outlet te Roermond).
De film (162 minuten) zal zonder pauze worden afgespeeld.
Voor meer info kunt u terecht op de website van foroxity.

Koppeling bezoek expositie en film
Bezoekers van de expositie, die een geldig entreebewijs kunnen overleggen, kunnen de film Die große Stille of Into Great Silence gratis bezoeken. Voor degenen, die de expositie nog niet bezocht hebben, geldt dat zij een kaartje kopen voor de film - tegen dezelfde kosten als de entree van de expositie - en op vertoon van dit filmkaartje de expositie "Het Geheim van de Stilte" gratis kunnen bezoeken.

De entree bedraagt € 8,50 per persoon. CJP, Museumkaart en 65+: € 6 per persoon.

International conference on the Carthusians
An international Conference on the Carthusians will be held at the Theaterhotel De Oranjerie in Roermond on 19 and 20 June 2009. The main theme is: Carthusian Worlds: Contemporary Approaches to the Carthusians and their Heritage.

There will be lectures from internationally renowned scholars in the field of Carthusian history, theology and literature, on subjects such as: recent research into Carthusians, modern representations of Carthusians, current Carthusian spirituality, the reception of Carthusian literature, the significance of the Carthusians for the town, the Carthusians as a source of inspiration for art and architecture.

A collection of conference papers will be edited by Peter Nissen and Krijn Pansters.

Entrance: two conference days, lunch, coffee and tea: € 150,- pp.; € 95, - for (PhD-)students.
Information and registration: congres@kartuizers.nl.

Lectures 'The Secret of Silence'
The Secret of Silence. Lectures on the Eventful History of the Carthusians and their Charterhouse at the Swalmerstraat Roermond.

The lectures will be in Dutch. Location: Refectory, Former Charterhouse, Swalmerstraat 100, Roermond.

Exclusieve PERS PREVIEW op donderdag 26 maart 2009
Expositie "Het Geheim van de Stilte", over het leven van de Roermondse Kartuizers

Programma:

Voor meer informatie: info@kartuizers.nl

OFFICIELE OPENING expositie "Het Geheim van de Stilte"
Op vrijdag 27 maart is de officiële opening van de expositie "Het Geheim van de Stilte". De besloten wereld van de Roermondse Kartuizers.

Programma:

Aankomst en onthulling eerste topstuk expositie 'Het Geheim van de Stilte'.
Programma Vrijdag 6 maart 2009

Symposium
The Carthusians in the Netherlands. Seventeenth Signum Symposium. Roermond, the Netherlands, Saturday 27 October 2007

For the seventeenth time, Signum (a contact group for the institutional-economic and politico-legal history of ecclesiastical institutions in the late-medieval Netherlands) hosts a symposium, which will take place in Roermond on Saturday 27 October. Its theme is ‘The Carthusians in the Netherlands’. The order of the Carthusians has been one of the most famous religious orders in Christianity for many centuries. Founded by Bruno of Cologne in the twelfth century, the order has served as the prototype and the quality standard of Western monastic life for many centuries. Up until the present day, it has been a paragon of spirituality, discipline, and purity because of its unique way of life, uniting a solitary existence in the privacy of one’s cell with a communal life amidst fellow monks. Spread all over Europe and the world, the Carthusians have also been present in the Netherlands for many centuries. This symposium will focus on the position of the Carthusians in the religious, institutional, and artistic constellation of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Besides a series of lectures, there will also be a tour in and around the buildings of the former Carthusian monastery, parts of which will be specially thrown open in honour of the occasion.

The symposium heralds the major international exhibition on the Dutch Carthusians which is to take place in Roermond in 2009. The Signum symposium will take place in the former Carthusian monastery (the present offices of the diocese), which, as of the fourteenth century, was built near the old suburb, where the market, the Minster, and the Cathedral are also to be found. This is located at Swalmerstraat 100, no more than a fifteen-minute walk from the Roermond railway station.

Programme:

The fee is € 20,- for Signum members and € 10,- for students, to be paid in cash at the entrance. Those interested can register with the Signum secretary: Hildo van Engen, Regional Land van Heusden en Altena Archive, PO Box 79, 5256 ZH Heusden, e-mail: hildo@bkvu.nl).

Building historical and archaeological research (Birgit Dukers)
In the summer of 2005 a building historical research has started, with the aim of tracing the different building phases of the charterhouse of Roermond. This charterhouse is a unique complex, as it is the only remaining charterhouse in the Netherlands. The building parts that have survived the partial demolition after the suppression of 1783, like the chapel, refectory, chapterhouse and cloister, are being surveyed and measured. It is clear that the complex was built and enlarged in several phases. The city of Roermond has suffered from two city fires, in 1554 and 1665 and they also caused damage to the charterhouse, leading to several reconstruction campaigns. Especially the chapel has been altered many times. Next to the survey of the buildings, also archival research is done, to complete the building history as far as possible. The wooden roof constructions of the chapel and refectory have been dated by dendrochronological research.

In the autumn of 2006 an archaeological excavation took place in the former cloister garden around the charterhouse. This research was carried out by the archaeological institute SOB Research from Heinenoord. The aim of the excavation was to search for remains of the monks cells next to the western corridor of the cloister. These cells were demolished directly after the suppression. Already in 1984 an excavation had been done by the archaeological workgroup RURA, after the foundations of two demolished cells at the south side of the cloister. This excavation presented complete ground plans. Unfortunately at the west side the cells were more thoroughly demolished, sometimes including the foundations. Still, during the excavation of 2006 much information was gathered about the furnishings of the cells, due to findings like pieces of leaded light windows, floor tiles and roof slates. The cesspits of the monk cells contained a lot of everyday pottery, but also richly decorated glassware. At the moment, all the findings are being documented.