Maja Hertoghs teaches the Gender Studies course at the University of Amsterdam. Inspired by the work of Jack Halberstam who uses popular culture (such as Pixar films) to deconstruct normative ways of thinking, Maja expounds these perspectives inspired by the puppetry and object theater shown on Queering Puppets. Not conforming to the norm and heteronormative […]

One Man Show, in ontwikkeling, mengt live gezongen barokopera, elektronische muziek en objecttheater in een vernieuwende combinatie. Door een selectie van aria’s bevragen twee vrouwelijke performers de traditionele tweedeling naar sekse en verkennen ze nieuwe perspectieven op gendergedragingen. Het iconische fenomeen van de castraatzangers uit de baroktijd staat centraal en symboliseert de complexiteit van mannelijkheid […]

Plastic Life is een ritualistische belichaming van ons consumeren; het duikt in de kern van ons moderne bestaan, waar het leven verweven is met de aanwezigheid van plastic. Plastic Life verkent, gebruik makend van plastic zakjes als zowel medium als metafoor, de dualiteit van dit alomtegenwoordige materiaal —kunstmatig maar vervormbaar. We bewegen in en door […]

Carly Everaert is kostuumscenograaf wienst werk bekendstaat om de kleurrijke, gelaagde en genderfluïde benadering, waarbij kunst en activisme naadloos in elkaar overlopen. Carly’s kostuums zijn vaak een collage van bestaande kleding en materialen die op het lichaam van de acteur tot leven komen. Naast het ontwerpen van kostuums, geeft Carly les aan de afdeling Scenografie […]

Lorraine is a massive Toni Basil fan and LOVES the Word of Mouth video album! Come pinball through cheesy pop songs, cracked memories, and outrageously honest and comedic stories of trauma and ecstasy. It’s clear this fandom is more than crimped hair and glitter spray! Get ready for Avant Garde costumes, eclectic movement, lip synching […]

Daphne Karstens (1991) combines sculpture and costume to create experimental wearable sculptures, costumes, performances and installations. Her work focuses on experimentation with materials, shape and structure on and around the body. She often works with unconventional materials and combines the individual qualities of materials with shapes and structures. In this talk we dive into the […]

In re:shape or headless into the sea, the audience is invited to experience the wobbles, a speculative species inspired by invertebrate marine life, as they come to life. As hybrids between humans and soft, boneless creatures, these huge, shiny wobbles inhabit spaces once created by humans. Together, we will witness these futuristic beings temporarily take […]

My friend Siu Ming and I have been sending letters to each other since he has been imprisoned two years ago, for participating in the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong in 2019. We share our everyday life situation with each other. We share our dreams and limitations. We tried to talk about the political situation, […]

becomingSLUGS researches the potential of bodily fluids and their exchange as a practice of radical intimacy that transgresses physical boundaries. Through this, the project aims to challenge the concept of the body as a singular unit and enclosed entity. As an alternative, it presents a corporal ecosystem, a network of bodies that are in constant exchange […]

The interdisciplinary performance Materize interweaves sound, movement and space. The performers play the wearable electronic instrument Hreyfð, which makes sound with gestures using feedback and sensors. Thus, the performers are simultaneously dancers, musicians and a sound system. The instrument Hreyfð symbolises the transition of technology merging with the human body — a progression humanity rapidly approaches. The development of […]