Before PROTO officially opens, we are inviting the Eindhoven creative community to take part in a live aluminium casting art event and help shape the space in a very literal way.

This community art event combines live metal casting, installation art, and music, bringing together artists, designers, makers, and curious visitors in Eindhoven.

For one night, PROTO becomes a site of collective making. Inside a series of large sand beds filled with casting sand, visitors are invited to leave an imprint. This can be a symbol, a drawing, a word, or a gesture. Each mark becomes a moment held in material.

Throughout the evening, molten aluminium will be poured live into the sand moulds, capturing every trace and transforming it into a unique metal form. What begins as a temporary gesture in sand becomes something permanent, solid, weighty, and enduring.

All cast pieces created during the event will come together as a large-scale chandelier or suspended artwork, permanently installed in PROTO. The final work will function as a living archive of the community that helped shape the space from the very beginning, a collective signature embedded in its architecture.

Alongside the live casting process, the evening unfolds as a creative community event with live music and DJs, creating an atmosphere that moves between industrial ritual and celebration. Expect fire, heat, sound, and flow, a meeting point of material, process, and people.

Date: 20 February Time: 20:00–23:00 Location: PROTO, Prof. Dr. Dorgelolaan 2, Eindhoven

Come take part in the making. Leave your mark.