Creative art is an endangered species in the industrialized world. Private foundations and public support are dwindling, conservative marketability is the rule. In The Netherlands there is a small organization fighting to hang in there, defying the misconceptions and petty categorization of the art world. HET APOLLOHUIS is dedicated to art, particularly the sound of sculpture. Their projects have been international in scope, daring in both conception and realization. Over the years they have nurtured artists like N.Y's Shelly Hirsch, Germany's Horst Rickles, Warsaw's Jean Weinfeld and many Dutch artists who fall outside the known genre's of "art" or "music." They are in very real danger of being lost to the world through the cutting of funds by a government bureaucracy that fails to understand anything but the most staid definitions. But hang on they do. They celebrate their endurance with ECHO, The Images Of Sound II (Het Apollohuis, Tongelrestraat 81, 5613 DB Eindhoven, The Netherlands). Each of the fifteen works represent one of the artists who have performed at Het Apollohuis over the years, and most are from performances given there. They range from the almost melodic "percussion machine" of Martin Riches to the lush whimsy of Joe Jones "Small Orchestra," a one man band on wheels that includes tablas, zithers, bells and other paraphernalia. Yoshi Wada's piece with Terry Fox is exemplary. It uses bagpipes, sirens, computers and trash cans to lay down a painfully dissonant, metallic soundscape, challenging to both ear and mind. Apollohuis director Paul Panhuysen contributes "Projection," a sound sculpture. The room is strung with wires that resonate through the walls as they are struck, bowed and manipulated, redefining any notion you have of what "industrial music" is all about. The selections here are demanding, unusual and totally beyond classification. They deserve to survive. - Cliff Furnald