To celebrate our golden jubilee, we launched an extraordinary book: Melkweg 50 Light Years. Not your typical history book - it’s a vibrant journey through five decades of creativity and culture. Dive into our archives and explore colorful stories and stunning visuals that shaped Melkweg’s identity: from the groundbreaking International Women’s Festival of the 1970s, the punk explosion and rise of hip-hop in the 1980s, to themes like freedom, dance, and cinema. A timeless tribute that remains just as relevant today, five years after its release!
ISBN: 9789090347127 (Dutch)
ISBN: 9789090347202 (English)
Concept and design: Van Lennep, Amsterdam
Coordination, archival research, chief editor: Mark van Schaick
Board of editors: Erik Backer, Fleurie Kloostra, Bregje Wigersma, Jet Zeiss
Writers: Aron Friedman, Alexander Hiskemuller, Bart van der Put, Cor Schlösser, Daan Holthuis, David Kleijwegt, Fenne Saedt, Madeleijn van den Nieuwenhuizen, Saul van Stapele, Suzanne Dechert, Zaïre Krieger.
English translator and editor: Roxy Merrell
With additional translations by: Julia-Beth Harris, Jeroen Kok, Iris Vandemoortele, Jo Mills
English copy editor: Callum McLean