Wasteless Wednesday Dinner
2024-10-30 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-11-06 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-11-13 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-11-20 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-11-27 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-12-04 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-12-11 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-12-18 19:00 - 21:30 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
With surplus food from markets and stores, that would have gone to waste, our volunteers cook the most environmentally conscious dinner. Come with friends or alone and join the community. Stay after dinner and join the performance or event for the night.
🌱 Dinner is vegan and donation-based.
By Taste Before You Waste

3- Course Wasteless Vegan Dinner @19:00 & Event/ Performance @20:00 (TBA)

Loom: Boris de Klerk, Görkem Arıkan & Elina Tapio (performances/sound, by Subbacultcha and We Are Public)
2024-10-31 08:00 - 17:00 | Dokzaal
Subbacultcha and We Are Public present the fourth edition of Loom: a recurring (on- and offline) program showcasing a multitude of creative disciplines. In 2024, Loom will house 5 events, coinciding with talks, releases and a publication. To wrap it all up, we’ll host a closing festival in winter. “Ginning, opening, cleaning, combing, drawing, spinning, winding, warping, sizing and beaming.”
This time around, we have invited Antwerp-based performance and sound artist Boris de Klerk, whose practice focuses on ‘the exploration of live sound in a performative space’. He is particularly interested in investigating the sensory possibilities of space in relation to the performer and the audience. By approaching the theatrical space as a composer, Boris attempts to reorganize the senses, exploring what happens when you create theater where sound takes the lead and mise-en-scène, set design, lighting, and choreography are consequences of choices made based on auditory elements. The question that guides most of his work is: “How theatrical can sound be, and what happens when you approach theater not as a visual but as an auditory medium?”
Interdisciplinary sound-artist and performer Görkem Arıkan will present Wirwarp (2024), a self-made instrument that draws inspiration from Michel Waisvisz’ distinctive approach to sonic interactions and musical expression. Wirwarp is made out of conductive rubber and cord stretch sensors that create a dynamic mesh on a wooden frame. Through warping and tangling the mesh-pulling cords, pushing the nodes, and adjusting the frame’s angle with moveable hinges, Görkem is able to play the instrument, turning it into a canvas for sonic exploration.
Elina Tapio will be DJ’ing during the evening. Her sets embody an experimental ethos, favouring dark and eerie soundscapes, blending psychedelic rhythms with industrial atmospheres. She is currently a resident at Mutant Radio, and co-hosts the radio shows Scrying the Landscape and axia maxim. She has also released music under the moniker eoobe, together with Marco Segato.
Geke Zaal has provided the hypnotizing artwork for this installment.
Loom is free for Subbacultcha and We Are Public members.
– Subbacultcha members can reserve a free ticket by sending an email here with ‘Loom’ in the subject + your name in the text.
– We Are Public members can reserve their free ticket here.
– Regular tickets are €12 and can be purchased here.
Loom is kindly supported by Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst & Fonds 21.

Dok Night - Het Laatste Avondmaal Alarm Phone Benefit
2024-10-31 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Every Thursday there’s a Vegan Dinner accompanying an exhibition opening/closing, a live performance, live music, movie screening or …
Come meet other people interested in art and activism, good food and great prices. Bring your favourite game and your friends. Or meet new people at the bar.
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The world didn’t end after our last installment of the last supper, so on thursday october 31st we’re going to try again! Expect good vegan food, anarchist propaganda, card writing for prisoners and nice people all around. This time we’ll direct all profits to the people at alarmphone, supporting people on their journey across the mediterranean
Het Laatste Avondmaal
They may say that we are doomsayers and pessimists, but we are optimistic and full of hope, we wish a last supper for this world and invite everyone to celebrate its end with us, and build a new world amidst its ruins
18.00 Bar open
18.30 Vegan Food

Zielsverwanten & Soulidarity! (Día de Muertos + Allerzielen)
2024-11-02 05:30 - 23:30 | Dokzaal & Dokhuis galerie, Plantage Doklaan 8, Amsterdam, 1018CM, Netherlands
An intercultural celebration & collaboration between Indigenous Network & Ongoing.
Program? 5.30pm – Doors open6 pm – Vegan tamales (€12.50) + cacao (€15) 8-9pm – Ongoing Performance (15 early bird, €17,50 at the door)Or Indigenous Aku liberation films (free)9-11pm – music, performance, ancestor altarWhat happens? Zielsverwanten (soul mates) celebrates the Mexican Día de Muertos and the “All Souls’ Day from european cultures together in a performance with dance, live music, visual arts and singing. Dancers, musicians, recital artists from Ongoing perform Zielsverwanten from 8-9pm. Get your early bird tickets here:https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/tickets-zielsverwantensoulmates-dia-de-muertos-allerzielen-1017295437037?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=1Indigenous Network builds the altar to connect with ancestors and cooks traditional Mexican food. After the performance the hall remains open, there is live music, and other small performances to honour and dance together across cultures and with our ancestors.The cause? The funds raised from the Mexican meals (€15 food + cacao drink, €12.50 food) and cultural events directly support Iku indigenous communities to buy back and liberate ancestral land within their territory on the Sierra Nevada in Colombia. Videos will be shown between 8-9pm for those missing the Ongoing Performance in the Dokzaal.If you cannot make the performance but want to come for a delicious solidarity meal that is also welcomed.Looking forward to celebrating with you!

Zielsverwanten
2024-11-02 18:00 - 23:00
Zielsverwanten

We brengen Life muziek, Voordracht, Klank, Film en Dans samen, waarbij we ons thema’ Hoe besta je na’ opnieuw vormgeven. Allerzielen op 2 november, is de dag om de doden te herdenken. Samen met Huis te Vraag hebben we aan dit project gewerkt en voor deze keer in de DOK zaal hebben we een nieuwe partner erbij;

Indigenous Network.
Zij bouwen een Altaar geïnspireerd op: Dia del Muertos, de dag van de doden in Mexico.

In de samenwerking met deze Mexicaanse vrouwen leerden we van hun Cultuur, zij maken contact met hun voorouders,

het Altaar is daar belangrijk in.

Een nieuw onderdeel in de voorstelling is het Film ‘Decor’ gemaakt door Baltasar Thomas.

Met de filmbeelden brengen we onze vorige locatie Huis te Vraag mee naar de Dokzaal.
De beleving van de begraafplaats komt terug in een filmische vorm.

Voorafgaand aan de voorstelling is er een maaltijd om 18.00 uur voor wie dat wil.

Na afloop is er nog muziek tot 23.00 uur.

Kaartjes kopen kan via deze link, daar vind je ook alle informatie over adres en aanvangstijden.

We hopen op jullie komst!
Groet,
Pierik en Dansers & Muziekanten; Sacha Wendt, Anne van Delft, Simone Mariposa, Peter van de Linden, Soek Zwamborn, Vinzent Nieuwenhuizen, Ernest Leaven, Joop Koopmans, Barbara Wiemann, Sabine Beilfuss, FransJozef van Nispen Katrien van Haaster Angela en alle vrijwilligers van dit project.

Dok Night
2024-11-07 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Every Thursday there’s a Vegan Dinner accompanying an exhibition opening/closing, a live performance, live music, movie screening or …
Come meet other people interested in art and activism, good food and great prices. Bring your favourite game and your friends. Or meet new people at the bar.
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18.00 Bar open
19.00 Vegan Food /// 2-course meal for 7 – 10 €

WOLF SOUP (album release tour) + Ease Anais
2024-11-10 06:00 - 23:00 | Dokzaal
Come immerse yourself with two wonderful duos and delicious italian food on 10 Nov!

WOLF SOUP’s first album ‘the moon moved in its dust belt’ releases on Bandcamp on November 8, 2024.
Armed with a multitude of effect pedals, routed to 10 different guitar amps, Raphael Vanoli and Richard van Kruysdijk create a sonic 3D landscape. WOLF SOUP uses a unique setup, in which they rapidly and abruptly switch between amps during playing, thus creating an enormous depth and an immersive spacial sound experience.
Raphael Vanoli – Elec. Guitar & 12-string Guitar & Electronics Richard van Kruysdijk – Elec .Baritone Guitar & Electronics
Ease Anais

Ease Anais is inspired by Japanese and New Age Environmental Ambient. The duo creates melodic compositions with analog synthesizers that take you outside, wherever you are.
NOTE ! 👇🏼 Delicious pasta ai funghi porcini will be served in the restaurant from 18:00-19:30 (First come, first served) by Amsterdams Sicilian/French chef & guitarist Sandro Fazio – top quality autumnal treat for a friendly price
18:00 diner
20:00 Ease Anais (Live)
21:00 WOLF SOUP (Live)
23:00 end
Contribution sliding scale: €8-15 (not including diner)

Dok Night with Ratjetoe & Sleepers Awake at Night & more
2024-11-14 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:00 Vegan Food by chef Mody. A benefit dinner for a grass-root organisation distributing food and money directly on the ground, getting aid to people facing the ongoing zion-ist gen0cide in G@za.
Come get soup of the day and our main dish (Mujaddara) for the evening

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live music with Ratjetoe & Sleepers Awake at Night +/- 20:00
innovative groovy rhythmic rock dub with unboxable offbeat cosmic punkpopUS/NL
live visuals by Drifter TV Live
closing the night with DJ Fly Agaric 23

ORBITS X SPACE IS THE PLACE FALL SERIES #2
2024-11-19 18:30 - 23:30 | Dokhuis
dinner 18.30; music 20 h
2nd evening in the adventurous Orbits x Space is the Place fall series in the basement of the Dokzaal.
Two special guests tonight to perform with the international music scene of Amsterdam; one of the front runners of the Scandinavian impro/jazz scene Gard Nilssen and Chicago based saxophonist Ken Vandermark. Drummer Gard Nilssen, saxophonist Aviv Noam and bassist Omer Govreen will play together for the first time, Ken Vandermark and Terrie Ex have a long history together, also with The Ex and Lean Left. Bassist Omer Govreen will play with his own quartet, consisting of the finest jazz musicians in town.

Aviv Noam / Gard Nilssen / Omer Govreen
Jazz and skilled trio action. Saxophonist Aviv Noam, who previously won the prestigious Dutch Jazz Competition with his Quartet, draws inspiration from the avant-garde of the 1950s and ’60s, infusing his performances with chaos and melodic grooves. Norwegian drummer and composer Gard Nilssen will be coming specifically for this concert, representing his unique and avant-garde scene, known for his work with Acoustic Unity Band and Supersonic Orchestra—both of which have previously performed in the Netherlands. Completing the trio is Omer Govreen, a familiar stage-mate of Aviv and a double bass player active in various formations, including his own Quartet, which also features during the fall series.
Aviv Noam – saxophone | Gard Nilssen – drums | Omer Govreen – double bass
Omer Govreen Quartet
Emotive and daring, Omer Govreen’s quartet features, of course, Omer himself, along with Aleksander Sever, Wouter Kline, and Floris Kappeyne. After releasing their acclaimed album Maya in 2022, you can expect elegant yet raw, propulsive and melodic music presented with verve on stage.
Omer Govreen – double bass | Aleksander Sever – vibraphone | Floris Kappeyne – piano | Wouter Kühne – drums

Ken Vandermark / Terrie Ex
Terrie Ex and Ken Vandermark’s collaboration is marked by energetic and raw interaction, exploring the contrasts in their longlasting craftsmanship. Vandermark’s sharp, turbulent reed rhythms and Terrie’s intense, dynamic guitar play come together to create an improvisational sound with a touch of humor.
Terrie Ex – guitar | Ken Vandermark – reeds

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Tickets via spaceistheplace.eu, sliding scale 10, – 15,- euro

Orbits x Space is the Place fall series – October 15, November 19 & December 17 at Dokzaal, Amsterdam
Continuing their refreshing programming, Orbits has offered Amsterdam’s improv scene showcases featuring some of the city’s most creative young musicians. A meant-to-be combination with Space is the Place, right?! Alignment with the listeners and a good dose of surprising elements are key. Includes a nutritious and tasty meal each time. Come and join us.
With: Novelo Vago, Elder Ones + Karen Ng, Julien Desprez / Aviv Noam / Gard Nilssen / Omer Govreen, Omer Govreen Quartet, Ken Vandermark / Terrie Ex, Lida Brouskari, Hristo Goleminov / Siebren Smink, Ruidoscuro

KB_ PRESENTS: PERDIDO!!! #2
2024-11-20 19:30 - 23:00 | Dokzaal
Collective KB_ presents the second edition of their mixed genre mini-festival in collaboration with Brussels-based musicians and local artists – this time mostly acoustic. Their vision, as always: to nourish new globalized and international scenes!
Doors: 19:30 // Music: 20:00-23:00
Damage: €5-10

Super Gum(@super_gum_bxl)

Super Gum is a band that has undergone serious changes over time. From a hybrid singer-songwriter/post-rock band in the early 2010s to an instrumental electronic art-rock band in the present, its three core members (Anatole Damien, Ari Rodriguez and Gaspard Sicx) have always committed to new sounds, melodies and the ideal fusion. Each is active in many different areas of the Brussels scene, including free improvisation, jazz, punk, and pop, and playing in established projects such as Fievel is Glauque, Garance Midi, Electronic Pancakes, and Whoman. Their first EP, “GUM!,” was well received by the Belgian press and their 2023 follow-up, “Milieu”, was made in collaboration with the label MAGMA.

Saturno Santos & Chaerin Im(@9nijntjes, @chaerinmusic)

A rare duo sighting of KB_ founder and songwriter Gabriel de Oliveira (aka SS) and close collaborator and pianist Chaerin Im in an intimate setting, approaching new songs and improvisations filtered through a language of Brazilian and Korean folk musics. A delicate thread of tradition and avant-garde in electro-acoustic meetings of voice, guitar, piano, small instruments, viola de cocho, and synthesizers.

Tzara the Machine (@tzarathemachine)

The solo project of Venezuelan singer-songwriter and producer Francisco Garrido. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Björk, Arca and Bon Iver, Tzara creates an organic sound, mixing sampled acoustic instruments and electronic elements. Through vulnerable lyricism and sonic experimentation, their music deals with themes of mental health and the nonsensical nature of our thoughts. Francisco is joined by Carolina Gemmell, both on vocals and guitar.

ARIA (@sampaolesic, @pietroeliabarcellona)

ARIA, the duo of accordionist Carlo Sampaolesi and double bassist Pietro Elia Barcellona, explores the limits and boundaries of experimental and contemporary music. The duo has collaborated with composers such as Francesca Verunelli and Justė Janulytė, and researched early chamber and non-Eurocentric music, reinterpreting it through a present lens. They emphasize timbre as a key element in their creation, experimenting with improvisation and tuning systems predating the well-tempered scale.

Dok Night - SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS 1964 (Тіні забутих предків) Directed by Sergi Parajanov
2024-11-21 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Every Thursday there’s a Vegan Dinner accompanying an exhibition opening/closing, a live performance, live music, movie screening or …
Come meet other people interested in art and activism, good food and great prices. Bring your favourite game and your friends. Or meet new people at the bar.
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18.00 Bar open
19.00 Vegan Food /// 2-course meal for 7 – 10 €
20.30 !!FILM!! (free screening)

SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS 1964

(Тіні забутих предків)
Directed by Sergi Parajanov
97 minutes
In Ukrainian with English subtitles
This is the gorgeously photographed feature film by the greatest post-war Georgian-Soviet director; Sergi Parajanov. Despite the fact that Parajanov is one of the most internationally acclaimed directors of all time, his films are rarely shown today. I would say the reason for this is that now we live under ‘capitalist realism’, meaning movies have to be dumbed-down in order to make money in a consumer economy. When we projected Parajanov’s classic The Color of Pomegranates (Sayat Nova), the audience was blown away.
Parajanov would often get in trouble with Soviet authorities because his wild, crazy, visionary movies reached back to the pagan, ethnic roots of the places he shot in. Another reason was that he was bisexual, and therefore queer, which was as criminal in the Soviet bloc as it was here in the west. As a result, he spent many years in jail. Andrei Tarkovsky was a great friend of his and also one of his firmest defenders. This film is a deceptively simple love story, but it is also a spellbinding blend of mythology, hypnotic religious iconography, Ukrainian poetry and pagan magic. The movie is sublime, and at times it veers off the cinematic map completely to become a delirious, spinning, psychedelic trip. Some critics consider this to be Parajanov’s greatest masterpiece.
In fact this film belongs to an in-between world of ghosts and shadows, thick with a heathen atmosphere. In a way, it has a straightforward romantic narrative… but the way this simple love story is conveyed is extremely visual, unearthing the harsh beauty of the Soviet-Ukrainian soul. It is nothing short of a cinematic earthquake, a stunning document of a forgotten time and culture. The fierce cinematography was crafted by Yurii Illienko, director of The Eve of Ivan Kupala.
Raw, authentic, pure pagan poetry. A magnificent film that should be seen by anyone who is even slightly interested in real cinema… and once again it is a film that is criminally never ever screened anymore.
“Astonishing…extraordinary. One of the supreme works of Soviet cinema.” – Jonathan Rosenbaum

SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXICINEMA presented by Jeffrey Badcock
A series of socially engaged movies, screened once a month on Thursdays. Touching on such hot topics as immigration, homelessness, racism, education, radical gender propositions, the pandemic and gentrification, these films not only explore visionary politics, but are also chosen to stir our imagination and creativity. The essence of cinema is the collective experience, and these screenings are aimed at creating intimate communities again in an increasingly hectic and fragmented world.

Vocalgroup DivAssorti in "Div to the Max"
2024-11-23 14:30 - 22:00 | Dokzaal
Vocalgroup DivAssorti uit Amsterdam geeft 23 November in de Dokzaal een middag- en avondvoorstelling. Dit koor bestaat uit 16 vrouwen, zingt vierstemmig en staat olv Geert Bremer pianist/arrangeur. De verbondenheid tussen vrouwen is te zien in de vriendschap tussen de zangeressen onderling en de onderwerpen die zij in hun liedjes aandragen. “Div to the Max” is een vrolijk, theatraal, gevoelig en vooral afwisselend optreden waarin het thema “vrouw zijn” in al haar toonaarden voorbij komt.
Kaartverkoop verloopt via eigen kring, bij niet uitverkocht vanaf 9 november openbaar.
Zaterdag 23 november
Aanvang: 14.30 of 19.30
Duur: circa twee uur
Tickets : €12,50
Locatie: de Dokzaal

Dok Night | Het Laatste Avondmaal
2024-11-28 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Every Thursday there’s a Vegan Dinner accompanying an exhibition opening/closing, a live performance, live music, movie screening or …
Come meet other people interested in art and activism, good food and great prices. Bring your favourite game and your friends. Or meet new people at the bar.
***
18.00 Bar open
19.00 Vegan Food by Het Laatste Avondmaal
They may say that we are doomsayers and pessimists, but we are optimistic and full of hope, we wish a last supper for this world and invite everyone to celebrate its end with us, and build a new world amidst its ruins.

Dok Night
2024-12-05 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Every Thursday there’s a Vegan Dinner accompanying an exhibition opening/closing, a live performance, live music, movie screening or …
Come meet other people interested in art and activism, good food and great prices. Bring your favourite game and your friends. Or meet new people at the bar.
***
18.00 Bar open
19.00 Vegan Food /// 2-course meal for 7 – 10 €

(De eerder geplande Queer Arabic Boardgames night is door omstandigheden verplaatst naar het nieuwe jaar. Nieuwe datum volgt!)

MOLK avond - Frank Rosaly solo set + licht door Noortje van den Eijnde / DJ Noralie
2024-12-06 08:00 - 17:00

Dok Night | Benefit diner for Gaza + live music 'Comet Falls'
2024-12-12 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
18.00 Bar open
19.00 Benefit dinner for Gaza
This Dokhuis Donderdag will be a benefit dinner for a grass-root organisation distributing food and money directly on the ground in Gaza, getting aid to people facing the continuous attacks by the zio-nist occupation forces.

Come get our delicious food made by @mahmmoudie, Ismaiel Ziada and friends!

21:00 Live music by Comet Falls
Comet Falls was born in Amsterdam. Comet Falls has big songs. Comet Falls wants to meet you. Comet Falls promises a great live show. Comet Falls likes jellyfish. Comet Falls is described as alternative, indie, rock, dynamic, loud. Comet Falls has songs about getting over it all, fearing life and death, not accepting the status quo and sometimes, people they miss. Comet Falls has new music coming. Come see Comet Falls.

Tell Me More #2
2024-12-14 19:00 - 23:30 | Dokzaal
Join us for the second edition of Tell Me More, an evening of femmtronic music. During the evening we’ll feast on two audio visual shows by Show Pony & lowkolos in the Dokzaal and afterwards we’ll dance in the atmosphere cafe basement to the dark set of Warr and unrelenting performance of COW Shift Z.
In these dark times we are honored to host a very special performance Nobody’s Free Until Everybody’s Free, an EP fundraiser for Gaza made by Mirthe van Popering X Honingbeer. Osama Hussein, a Palestinian visual artist from Gaza, created the cover art. You will be able to contribute directly at the venue by pin or cash.
In the spirit of the solstice we’ve opened our TMM coven to two up and coming male electronic music artists who will present Amsterdam premiers of their new works. lowkolos presents his hypnotic A/V show ‘there is no harmny’ and Warr a new live set of new music.
As always come and ask the artists and questions, ask them to tell you more about their work or just come have a drink, have a wiggle, and enjoy the shows.
Tickets:Early bird: 10,-Regular: 15,-Student: 5,- (must have valid ID)Limited amount of free tickets for Subbacultcha members. More info via Subbacultcha
Buy tickets online here!

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ARTISTSCOW Shift Z (PT/NL) is a composer and performer of electronic music. Her practice focuses on integrating different music genres in her artistic language. Electronic dance music gives her the common ground to express her inner worlds and tell the stories with a free and experimental mindset.
As a performer she is interested in rhythm and groove puzzled with aggressive, industrial sounds. She is a creative programmer exploring new instruments that let her improvise with her own sound design and music intuition.Over the past years COW Shift Z created diverse projects in distinct areas of music. Her EP “Funeral for the Selves” she performed in clubs mainly in The Netherlands and Portugal. She also created the “Biljimeiri Anthem” for the Utopa Organ and electronics and other multimedia projects, such as “buffer manelzinho 1204.8” a multimedia opera.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3i6EFITd08
lowkolos (TR/NL, aka mert gençer) is an Amsterdam-based A/V artist and producer focused on crafting unique, immersive experiences. Drawing inspiration from ‘Musique Concrète’, he aims to bring novelty to music by breaking free from traditional composition methods, such as grids and metric measurements. His genre-bending productions feature narrative textures, computer processing, complex rhythms, and innovative sound design. When paired with his visuals, this fusion creates a dynamic and evolving experience that keeps audiences engaged and excited throughout his performances.
During Tell Me More #2 lowkolos will present ‘there is no harmony’ a multi-layered holographic A/V show inspired by Werner Herzog’s documentary ‘Burden of Dreams’. In this performance, and in collaboration with A/V artist and technologist Allison Wright, lowkolos uses a holographic foil that, when paired with haze, creates an ethereal 3D quality. Unlike traditional theater scrims, the holographic foils create a lensing effect, refracting light to transform the venue into an immersive light installation. Suspended vertically in two layers, the projection material warps the visuals, further exploring the theme of harmony and disharmony.
https://soundcloud.com/lowkolo…

Nobody’s Free Until Everybody’s Free | Fundraiser EP
This collaboration between Utrecht-based ambient violinist and composer Honingbeer and Berlin-based poet Mirthe van Popering merges spoken word with haunting sonic layerings. A fundraiser project born out of 15 years of friendship and 434 days of unflinching genocide, their paired voices call us to feel—deeply and in discomfort.
Coming from a shared background in music, the two longtime friends now create an interdisciplinary texture of expression—one that balances sound with white space, ink with strings, and poses questions of defiant connection amidst shattering loss. Osama Hussein, a Palestinian visual artist from Gaza, created the cover art.
All proceeds from their fundraiser EP “Nobody’s Free Until Everybody’s Free” and merch go directly to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, The Freedom Theatre and Osama Hussein to support him and his family in Gaza.
Mirthe van Popering resides in Berlin, where she writes, translates and resists. A graduate of Cultural Analysis in Amsterdam, she studied creative writing at The Writers Studio New York and poetry with Tracy Fuad at the Berlin Writers’ Workshop. Her writing is in touch with what is being obscured—it subverts language, foregoes answers, destabilizes existing systems and revels in surreal desire. In seeking new modes of meaning-making, her work poses an intricate cultural critique where slippage in sound and sense become a site of possibility, of hope.
Honingbeer is the solo project of violinist Marthe Lasthuis. She extends and bends violin with electronics, flanking Neo-Classic and experimental artists such as Nils Frahm, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Colleen and Mary Lattimore. Her latest EP “Opia” was released with Frank Wiedemann’s Bigamo. Hongingbeer’s compositions require listeners to submerge—and reemerge elsewhere. With atmospheric, melancholy layerings, she lures us into a primordial place and time; a clearing in the forest singing, a vibration of the heart.
Osama Hussein is a Palestinian visual artist and interior designer who has been forcibly displaced multiple times since October of last year. His small studio and paintings were completely destroyed by the Israeli military. In a fundraiser he started to support his family, Osama writes: “Every night, we sleep to the sounds of explosions and rockets that strike our hearts before our homes,” describing how the loss of loved ones has become a “painful routine.” Amidst the genocide, Osama continues to visualize the plight of his people in black-and-white drawings, documenting the bloodshed and devastation Gazans endure every day.https://www.gofundme.com/f/hel…
Show Pony (USA/NL) is the solo project of Amsterdam-based American double bassist and vocalist Laura Nygren. In her new audiovisual project, I May Fall into the Sound, created with Tatiana Rosa and Nina Kay, she uses a synthesizer to explore the erosion of the human body as a metaphor for our aging planet. The project focuses on the small eroding island of Massancumock, which is expected to disappear into the surrounding sea by 2026, near the area where Nygren grew up.Using beats, synths, strings, and text, Show Pony creates atmospheric landscapes—a world to get lost in. During live performances, she brings these landscapes to life for the audience through her immersive shows.In 2021, Show Pony released her self-titled debut EP, created in collaboration with producer/multi-instrumentalist No Compliments, in a specially designed 3D online space during the online edition of the Rewire Festival. In 2022, she created Lullaby for a Slow Apocalypse with Tatiana Rosa and Simon van Steenis, a performative installation combining string instruments, ceramic instruments, and chamber music arrangements from her debut EP. This work challenged audiences to question their definitions of the end of the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4k448DxV7Y&t=7s
Warr (UK/NL) is an Amsterdam-based electronic music producer from East London, UK. Inspired by the more avant-garde avenues of dance music, Warr bridges dark and unconventional sound textures with raw, hypnotic techno grooves in their live and DJ sets.
https://soundcloud.com/warrrr

This event is made possible by AFK (Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunsten).

Clube do Samba Amsterdam – 30 years Celebrations
2024-12-15 16:00 - 20:00
This year we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Clube do Samba Amsterdam 1994-
2024. Several events were organized throughout the year to celebrate this milestone.
To close our jubilee year celebrations we’ll be at Plantage Dok, on December 15,
sharing a bit of our culture with you. Live music with “Moderna Tradição” & guests,
caipirinhas and snacks. Join us in this joyful celebration!
Book your ticket in advance here
#samba #brazilianmusic #musicabrasileira #musicapopularbrasileira
#southamericanmusic #brazilianguitar #violao

A foto of Isabel and Rogerio, founders of Clube do Samba!!
from 30 years ago, like the Clube do Samba!

ORBITS X SPACE IS THE PLACE FALL SERIES #3
2024-12-17 18:30 - 23:30 | Dokhuis
dinner 18.30; music 20 h
The Orbits X Space is the Place series concludes with a special evening featuring the young, upcoming experimental piano talent Lida Brouskari and the lyrical, unpredictable duo Hristo Goleminov and Siebren Smink. This evening closes with Frank Rosaly’s amazing Ruidoscuro quartet, super in shape after their Belgian tour organized by SITP, full of power, with transcendental raw energy.
Lida Brouskari solo
Lida Brouskari graces us solo, on the keys. A skilled pianist who started at a very early age, Brouskari has been making waves in the local scene in various formations, including her band Nufaro, which blends avant-garde pop sensibilities with experimental and ’70s rock influences.
Lida Brouskari – keys

Hristo Goleminov / Siebren Smink
Hristo Goleminov is a saxophonist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist with a keen interest in free improvisation. For this event, he’s in full interplay with close friend and long-time collaborator Siebren Smink, a guitarist and composer who was steeped in psych rock as a kid. They will play new compositions by Goleminov, exploring baroque-inspired counterpoint, oddly singable melodies, and interwoven structures within the low confines of the baritone sax and guitar.
Hristo Goleminov – saxophone | Siebren Smink – guitar
Ruidoscuro
Frank Rosaly’s Ruidoscuro presents strict sequential patterns against improvisation to inhabit ritualistic musical movement. The music tells a dark, haunting story in a richly layered context of spinning polyrhythms, bi-tonal melodic material, and pivoting harmonic structures in a new music that defies centralization. Layered systems of repetition, trance-based cycles, and melodic motifs spin and bridge one another, creating space for the listener to become lost in the raw energy of this powerful quartet.
Marta Warelis – keys | Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti – electronics | Andy Moor – guitar | Frank Rosaly – drums

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Tickets via spaceistheplace.eu, sliding scale 10, – 15,- euro

Orbits x Space is the Place fall series – October 15, November 19 & December 17 at Dokzaal, Amsterdam
Continuing their refreshing programming, Orbits has offered Amsterdam’s improv scene showcases featuring some of the city’s most creative young musicians. A meant-to-be combination with Space is the Place, right?! Alignment with the listeners and a good dose of surprising elements are key. Includes a nutritious and tasty meal each time. Come and join us.
With: Novelo Vago, Elder Ones + Karen Ng, Julien Desprez / Aviv Noam / Gard Nilssen / Omer Govreen, Omer Govreen Quartet, Ken Vandermark / Terrie Ex, Lida Brouskari, Hristo Goleminov / Siebren Smink, Ruidoscuro

Dok Night | SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXICINEMA // SLANTZETO I SYANKATA 1962 (Sun and Shadow, Слънцето и сянката)
2024-12-19 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Every Thursday there’s a Vegan Dinner accompanying an exhibition opening/closing, a live performance, live music, movie screening or …
Come meet other people interested in art and activism, good food and great prices. Bring your favourite game and your friends. Or meet new people at the bar.
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18.00 Bar open
19.00 Vegan Food /// 2-course meal for 7 – 10 €
20.30 SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXICINEMA
SLANTZETO I SYANKATA 1962
(Sun and Shadow, Слънцето и сянката)

Directed by Rangel Vulchanov
69 minutes
In Bulgarian with English subtitles
This film follows two people on a beach, a male and female in their early 20s, who are trying to leave the scars of World War II behind them… they are the new post-war generation and they’re attempting to reinvent their lives, focusing more on creativity and playfulness rather than repeating the disastrous tragedy of the previous generation.
This film is balanced between twin emotions. One is the mood of the carefree beach, the feeling of having finally emerged from war and finally there is peace. The second emotion is remembering how ghastly war is. The year this film was made the United States was seriously deciding to use nuclear weapons for the second time—this time against Russia and Cuba. The event was called the Cuban missile crisis and President Kennedy was on the edge of pushing the nuclear button again. So there was tension in the air around the world, and the understanding that peace could be shattered at any moment. For anyone living during these years, any plane that roared overhead suddenly reminded them of possible disaster.
The main actress of this movie, as it turns out, is young Polish actress Anna Prucna, who continued making courageous movies in European cinema during the 60s and 70s (including Makavejev’s Sweet Movie). She loved Pasolini, and even took one of his poems, put it to music and sang the lyrics.
This movie was made at a time very similar to the one we face now, when a threat of possible nuclear annihilation hangs in the air. The biggest difference is that in the 1960s people understood what a disaster nuclear war would be, whereas today it’s barely thought about. This will be another outrageously rare screening of a neglected gem from the past.
+ GUERNICA 1978
Directed by Emir Kusturica
18 minutes
In Czech with English subtitles
This is the graduation film of renowned Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica. He didn’t learn to make films in his own home country of Yugoslavia, but instead went to study at the legendary film school in Prague. In this short flick a young boy is taken to a museum where he is bewildered by Picasso’s 1937 painting of the horror of war Guernica.

SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXICINEMA
Plantage Doklaan 8-12
20:30
Dinners are available from 19:00

Presented by Jeffrey Badcock
A series of socially engaged movies, screened once a month on Thursdays. Touching on such hot topics as immigration, homelessness, racism, education, radical gender propositions, the pandemic and gentrification, these films not only explore visionary politics, but are also chosen to stir our imagination and creativity. The essence of cinema is the collective experience, and these screenings are aimed at creating intimate communities again in an increasingly hectic and fragmented world.

Doknight - food by Mody / Finissage expo Julio Pastor / performance Ildikó Horváth / concert Offzz
2025-01-09 19:00 - 23:00 | Dokzaal & Dokhuis galerie, Plantage Doklaan 8, Amsterdam, 1018CM, Netherlands
Let’s make 2025 a year of good changes! We start the year off with the finnissage of the expo at Dokhuis Galerie by Julio Pastor, good Egyptian food by Mody, performance in the Dokzaal by Ildikó Horváth and finally music in the basement by OFF<>ZZ. Let’s all come together for this event full of music, movement & art [free entrance].
All night
Finissage expo Dokhuis Galerie
Title: Me, the space, and everything in between By: Julio Pastor
7 pm
Egyptian food by Mody
10 euros a plate, cash only
8.30 – 9.15 pm
Performance: Centre off gravity By: Ildikó Horváth
9.30 pm
Off<>zz
Collab between Felipe I. Noriega and Anne Veinberg

BACKGROUND PERFORMANCE, ART & MUSIC:
8.30 – 9.15 pm
Performance: Centre off gravity By: Ildikó Horváth
Performative work with ceramic objects by Ildikó Horváth in collaboration with Melody Nolan, Niek Vanoosterweyck and Amit Palgi. The project ‘centre OFF gravity’ delves into the intricate relationship between the human sensory apparatus and gravity with a special focus on aural perception.
Link to website: https://ildikohorvath.com/
Centre off gravity, open rehearsal in Quartair, The Hague, 2024 [Photo Alex Heuvink] –

[All night]
Finissage expo Dokhuis Galerie
Title: Me, the space, and everything in between By: Julio Pastor

Last chance to look at the drawings expo by Julio Pastor. Julio is a Mexican artist who has returned with his family for a year to the Netherlands, after being here for his Master studies at The Dutch Art Institute in 2010. His drawings reflect on the perspective of media theory, feeling that through photography painting and drawing lost their claim on portraying reality. Living in one of the most unequal cities on the planet, Mexico City, he investigates through drawing and painting how he can expose these social problems.
Link to website: https://juliopastor.mx/
Observatorio, 76 x 56 cm, Mixed media, 2018

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9.30 pm
Off<>zz
Collab between Felipe I. Noriega and Anne Veinberg

Off<>zz is a laptop and piano/toy piano duo exploring electro-acoustic music via improvisation, live coding, and transformation of our classical-music influences into a more collective experience. Felipe and Anne have been collaborating for several years, from more conventional contemporary music works, to their more recent improvisatory duo Off<>zz and are unique in their use of piano and live-coding in music making.
Link to Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/offzz
Anne Veinberg + Felipe Ignacio Noriega Alcaraz, 2020, Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam

DansDok
2025-01-11 20:00 - 23:30 | Dokhuis
Dag DansDokdanser,

Kom je zaterdag 11 januari?
Wij heten je van harte welkom met een toast op een prachtig en sprankelend 2025 🥂✨

Tot dan(s)!

Entree €10, van 20.00 tot middernacht
Plantage Doklaan 8
dansdok@gmail.com

🗓️volgende DansDok: zaterdag 8 februari 2025

De Vonk launch event
2025-01-13 19:30 - 23:30 | Dokzaal
Het is openbaar maar op aanmelding. We zitten aan de max. — als mensen toch niet kunnen komen laat ons weten, zodat hun plekje naar iemand anders kan. Mensen die zich nu nog aanmelden ontvangen een mail met info over de wachtlijst.
