Symbiotic Encounters

Symbiotic Encounters is a 2-day art festival featuring 8 performances conceived by Treehouse’s international artists-in-residence. We invited them to step out of their individual practices to reflect on the power -and nuances- of collective thought and action.

The visitors will choose between 2 journeys, each of them including 4 multi-disciplinary performances. The 1st journey will be composed by a reflexion on interconnectedness, an absurd political speech, an aerobic queer session, and an interactive painting session. The 2nd journey will bring the audience from a ceremony to revere the Earth and a poetry cocoon on pain and feminism, to a slow apocalypse and an immersive story about the creative process of a young musician. Before or after the journey, the audience is invited to visit the exhibition The Power of Collaboration, which includes 9 pieces from local artists.

1st journey on 15th October at 15h and on 16th October at 18h

• The connection by Rika Maja Duevel, Elizaveta Agrafenina & Ischico Velzel
• Speech Vador by Greg Richiuso  & Alexander Paton
• Codo a codo by Rose Wildsmith, Kris Gonzalez & JJ from Yonkers
• With a bang  by No Plexus & Joseph Kearny

2nd journey on 15th of October at 18h and on 16th October at 15h

• Earthitude: a rite of remembrance by Yuk Lin and Philip Ling & Daria Fedorchenko
• Constellations by Elte Rauch & Lies Aris
• Lullaby for a Slow Apocalypse by Show Pony (Laura Nygren, Tatiana Rosa, Simon van Steenis & Alisson Wright)
• Step into the life of a creator by Douwe Daatselaar, Koen Jansen & Lois Spelier

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About Treehouse NDSM

Treehouse NDSM is an arts incubator located in Amsterdam’s creative heart. Our goal is to foster the growth of creatives from diverse disciplines and help them bring their projects to life. We do this by offering 105 individual and affordable studios for rent, access to exhibition spaces, and the opportunity of being part of a vibrant artistic community.

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