Plantage Dok

pOpup-expO in de DOKZAAL
2023-06-17 11:00 - 2023-06-25 18:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Dokzaal
Van zaterdag 17 t/m zondag 25 juni organiseren 33 kunstenaars uit Centrum Oost een expositie plus een programma vol creatieve, culturele workshops. De komende weken zal het programma op de website worden aangevuld. De Open Oost shOp zal weer openen waar originele werken, kaarten, keramiek, textiel, sieraden en andere unieke cadeaus verkocht worden.
Een feestelijke opening staat gepland op zondagavond 18 juni, 17 – 20 uur
Dagelijks is de DOKZAAL geopend van 11:00 tot 18:00 uur. De workshops kunnen ook ‘s avonds plaatsvinden.
Finissage op zaterdag 24 juni van 17 – 21.30 uur.

Dok Night
2023-06-15 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:00 Bar open

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19:00 Vegan Food by Suzy Creamcheese (€ 10 / cash only)
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20:30 de Pannekoeken
Na een pauze van 40 jaar hebben ze de draad weer opgepakt, omdat het bloed kruipt waar het niet gaan kan. Ze spelen nu muziek van toen met een eigen twist, denk aan ; Niel Young, Tony Joe White, CCR,maar bv ook Nora Jones, Etta James, Randy Newman en vele anderen , gewoon omdat het zo lekker is. Mocht je een betere naam te binnen schieten dan horen ze het graag.
Drum: Max Franken
bas/zang: Gerard de Ridder
gitaar/zang: Vincent de Rooij

Dok Night | Opening Dokkers Expo
2023-06-08 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:00 Bar open

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19:00 Vegan Food by Suzie Creamcheese (€ 10 / cash only)
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Opening Dokkers Expo
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Music by Monty Pagan
Monty Pagan are a well known folk/ rock/ punk cabaret band.
Ken Parsons on vocals, guitar and Celtic Harp.
Mick de Neeve on 6-string cello and voice
Anne Roosje de Blecourt on sax, Celtic Harp and vocals.
Jurgen Houwers on fiddle and whistles
Expect lively folk songs, beautiful ballads and….the unexpected.

MENGELMOES @ Plantage Dok
2023-06-07 20:30 - 22:00
Wegdromen bij betoverende altviool soundscapes in de Dokzaal
Mengelmoes is een concept dat ik in 2022 heb ontwikkeld. Dit is een solo
project waarbij de altviool wordt gecombineerd met synthesizers en live
elektronica waardoor een kaleidoscoop aan melancholische en kleurrijke
soundscapes ontstaat. Ik laat me ondersteunen door mijn zelf gecreëerde
orkest. Doel: samen met het publiek even helemaal in een andere realiteit
stappen.
Ik breng de altviool graag ten gehore op een experimentele, unieke manier
die tegelijkertijd bruggen slaat naar diverse muziekstijlen. Naast
klassieke en elektronische elementen bevat mijn muziek ook elementen van
minimal- , ambient- , Arabische en filmmuziek.
Kortom: een Mengelmoes van muziekstijlen en klanken.
Mengelmoes heeft in 2022 op diverse festivals en locaties plaatsgevonden,
zoals het Grachtenfestival, Splendor Amsterdam, De Roode Bioscoop en
Lavafest.
Met dit concept heb ik ook de muziek mogen creëren voor de acht-delige
Youtube documentaire ‘Kika Stories’ van Stichting Kinderen Kankervrij. In
deze serie worden de verschillende kanten van kinderkanker belicht. De
documentaire is in september 2022 uitgebracht.
Speciaal voor deze avond zal lichttechnicus Asger Moeselaar de performance
ondersteunen met bijzonder licht en effecten, waardoor het publiek nóg meer
wordt ondergedompeld in een unieke ervaring!

Ticket: https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/tickets-mengelmoes-plantage-dok-623211541497
Dit event is mede mogelijk gemaakt door het NORMA fonds

Dok Night | AiR presentation by Melissa Cisneros
2023-06-01 17:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
17:00 Bar open

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18:00 Vegan Food by Chef Lips (€ 10)
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Presentation of Plantage Dok’s Artist in Residence Melissa Cisneros and her son Eliàn

Melissa Cisneros, born in Mexico, travelled/studied and created in various places like Barcelona, California & Amsterdam.
Melissa is founder of the independent and nomad platform La Mecedora. ‘LaM counters economical discourses in art that focus on efficiency, time-pressure and final end products. Instead, it illuminates the rich and insightful path leading towards the eventual performance or dance, whilst reflecting on how perceptions are conditioned by socio-economic factors..’
She’ll show some of her work as a dancer, performer and organiser.

Dok Night | inspiratieavond TOTEM
2023-05-25 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:00 Vegan Food by Suzie Creamcheese (€ 10 / cash only)

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18:45 Rituals | Totems | Objects
a night about different perspectives on the totem as a spiritual instrument

On the evening of Thursday 25 May, woodworker Daan Simons of Tsugi Woodworks and illustrator Noa Zuidervaart will present their collaborative project Totem. They will share with the audience their research into contemporary uses of the traditional totem.
In addition, artist and researcher Mirjam Linschooten will show some of her recent projects. She questions the way we interact with (ethnographic) objects and shows how they have coloured our view of history.
Tatjana Cady, of the Abenaki Turtle Clan shares insights and stories from her own experience as a practitioner and teacher of Abenaki Women’s Sacred Wisdom Teachings & Practices and Medicine Wheel Teachings. Tatjana comes from Abenaki, Mohawk, Huron, French and German lineage. As a child she was adopted as first daughter by Grandmother Nanatasis in a traditional Abenaki family ceremony. Her spiritual practice is from the Native American Northeast Woodlands, based in Abenaki ceremonies and teachings.  She would say that her practice is to wake up in the morning and offer her gratitude to the first thing happens each day. “Thank you Ktsi Nwask (Creator)” for the breath of life, thank you for the Sun and all that he brings, thank you for the Earth Mother and all that she brings. Tatjana attends the evening online from North America.
The evening starts at 19:00, with a walk-in from 18:45.

2nd hand market, dinner & music
2023-05-21 15:00 - 22:00

Dok Night | Symbiopsychotaxicinema
2023-05-18 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:00 Bar open

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19:00 Vegan Food by Hafid (€ 10 / cash only)
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20:30 Symbiopsychotaxicinema
Films for Those Who Care
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.

NOTRE NAZI (1984)

Our Nazi
Directed by Robert Kramer
116 minutes
In French and German with English subtitles
This is one of the most compelling documentaries that you have never heard of. It’s pretty difficult to frame this film properly because it’s a bit like those wooden Russian Matryoshka dolls—one hidden inside each other. Here is a try. There was once a German filmmaker named Thomas Harlan who made an amazing movie called Wundkanal: Execution in Four Voices. For the film he hires an elderly man to be an actor,who plays a character of an elderly man who was a Nazi, and who is kidnapped by left-wing RAF terrorists. The terrorists take the elderly man, tie him to a chair and interrogate him.
The next Matryoshka doll: The elderly man is played by Alfred Filbert, who took the acting job for money. But it turns out he was an actual Nazi criminal himself during the Third Reich, and was in fact one of the nine men in Hitler’s inner circle who planned the holocaust. He was a SS officer who also devised a way killing thousands of Russians in a special way—he would make their lives unbearable, both physically and psychologically, and then leave a loaded gun next to them so they would kill themselves voluntarily. It was called ‘manipulated suicide’. He was sentenced to life in prison for it in 1963, but released after twelve years. As the movie goes on, the story explodes more and more,… blurring the line between the fictional story of a Nazi officer, and the actual Nazi war criminal who is supposed to be acting. What ends up happening is Filbert is being put on trial before the camera, without any idea of what he was getting himself into. Got me so far?
And here is the next Matryoshka doll: The film we will be showing—Notre Nazi—is a documentary that was made during the shooting of the above mentioned movie Wundkanal, and it pushes the situation even further. It is absolutely riveting to watch this confronting situation unfold. Notre Nazi was directed by exiled American filmmaker Robert Kramer, who was living in Paris. What we get is an amazing situation, but Kramer then adds another layer by questioning the entire film process, revealing how we are easily manipulated by cinema—by what we are shown and what we aren’t. There are still quite a few more hidden Matryoshka dolls in this amazing flick, but it’s best to let them unravel for themselves. As director Robert Kramer himself described the shooting, once the camera started going it released a whole torrent of unpredictable energy that swept the set, and even more than the set.
This will be another ultra-rare screening of a criminally neglected cinematic gem.

Dok Night | Tailor Birds Dream joined by Cato Fluitsma
2023-05-11 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:00 Bar open

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19:00 Vegan Food by Suzie Creamcheese (€ 10 / cash only)
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Music by Tailor Birds Dream joined by Cato Fluitsma

folk wonder, sound immersive, electric 5 string violin with live looping gorgeousness. Tailor Birds is Sophie Kinston. think Sigur Ros meets Tash Sultana, inspired by the people she meets, the stories she hears. This music is about hopes and dreams of us all. Joined by Cato Fluitsma for that extra piece of magic, on accordeon and vocals.

Dok Night
2023-05-04 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:00 Bar open

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19:00 Vegan Food by Chef Lips (€ 10)
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⚡ more info about the rest of the evening coming soon ⚡

No Dok Night tonight
2023-04-27 08:00 - 17:00 | Dokhuis
No Dok Night tonight because of King’s day

Dok Night
2023-04-20 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:00 Bar open

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19:00 Vegan Food by Hafid (€ 10)
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⚡ more info about the rest of the evening coming soon ⚡

Dok Night - Denk Anders #3 met Harry Merry, Alex Winters, Johan Kleinjan & a Mystery Guest
2023-04-13 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis
18:00 Bar open

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19:00 Ethiopian Vegan Food by Moknen (€ 10, cash please)
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Denk Anders / Think Different #3
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Harry Merry
Alex Winter
Johan Kleinjan
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A mystery guest

3rd in a series of evenings about alternative ways of thinking. For example with edition #2 [thinking that Amsterdam was an island with alternative government] all visitors received 3 euros upon entry, just for being there. THINK DIFFERENT are low profile meetings to gain new insights together: every evening has its own subject and makers, musicians, artists and thinkers who have something to do with that topic are invited…

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3e van een serie avonden over alternatieve manieren van denken. Bijvoorbeeld bij editie #2 [‘Wat als Amsterdam een eiland was, met een alternatief [zelf]bestuur?’], kregen alle bezoekers bij binnenkomst 3,- euro omdat ze waren gekomen. DENK ANDERS zijn laagdrempelige ontmoetingen om samen tot nieuwe inzichten te komen: iedere avond heeft zijn eigen onderwerp en makers, muzikanten, kunstenaars en denkers die iets met dat onderwerp hebben worden uitgenodigd…

Dok Night – Vegan Food & Symbiopsychotaxicinema presents IN GEFAHR UND GROßTER NOT BRINGT DER MITTELWEG DEN TOD (1974)
2023-04-08 19:00 - 23:00 | Dokzaal
19:00 Vegan Food

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20:30 Symbiopsychotaxicinema

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SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXICINEMA presents
IN GEFAHR UND GROßTER NOT BRINGT
DER MITTELWEG DEN TOD (1974)

Films for Those Who Care
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.

IN GEFAHR UND GROßTER NOT BRINGT
DER MITTELWEG DEN TOD 1974
(In Danger and Deep Distress the Middle-way Spells Certain Death)
Directed by Alexander Kluge and Edgar Reitz
86 minutes
In German with English subtitles

These kinds of movies coming from Europe in the 60s and 70s have an openness and fundamental playfulness that can’t be found in cinema today. What happened? At what point did everything become so straight-laced, uptight and unimaginative? The answer is that the cinema changed according to the dictates of society, and after the leftist movements were crushed, the only narrative that existed was right-wing and corporate.
This movie loosely focuses on two women living in West Germany. One woman steals men’s wallets to survive, and the other is a spy for the East German government. But don’t expect a thrilling suspense drama here… instead this is more a movie about the public sphere, about how our society works. We watch our two characters as they try to survive in a male dominated world, and the editing creatively juggles narrative fiction with documentary. For example, mixed in with the narrative we see real-life attacks of the police on students, along with the eviction of an occupied building in Frankfurt am Main. There are potshots taken at stuffiness on both sides of the Berlin wall, for example our East-German spy is reprimanded because her spy reports are more like poetry than dry factual documents. Obviously she has a different idea of truth than the state officials.
It was directed by the leading figure of the New German Cinema Alexander Kluge, but strangely enough it was co-directed with Edgar Reitz, who would later create the famous Heimat series. In the end, it is another wonderful snapshot of a different era, opening up possibilities that we could be embracing today.

Free screening

Dok Night - Game Night
2023-04-06 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis
18:00 Bar open

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19:00 Vegan Food by Chef Lips (€ 10)
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Op donderdag 6 april 2023 organiseert Plantage Dok game night. Er zullen natuurlijk spelletjes zijn: gewone, hippe bordspelletjes van allerlei soorten en maten voor de bijdetijdse homo ludens. Daarnaast kun je ook ouderwetse computergames spelen in de kelder van het restaurant. Games uit de jaren ‘0 en beyond worden op de beamer en grooote PA gespeeld via een Xbox 360 plus Kinect (je lichaam is de controller) met o.a. het legendarische spel Child of Eden. Er kan ook gespeeld worden met een nog klassiekere controller (met force feedback!). Laat je onderdompelen in tech van weleer of, neem je eigen spelletjes mee en maak er met ons wat moois van.
On Thursday, April 6, 2023, Plantage Dok is organizing game night. There will be games, of course: regular, hip board games of all shapes and sizes for the modern homo ludens. You can also play old-fashioned computer games in the basement of the restaurant. Games from the zeroes and beyond are played on the beamer and large PA via an Xbox 360 plus Kinect (your body is the controller) including the legendary game Child of Eden. You can also play with an even more classic controller (with force feedback!). Immerse yourself in tech from yesteryear or, bring your own games and make something beautiful with us.

Dok Night - Subbacultcha X MOLK
2023-03-30 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:00 Bar open
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19:00 Vegan Food (€ 10)

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20:00 Jerusalem in My Heart in the Dokzaal (tickets € 15)

On the 30th of March, Jerusalem in My Heart will grace Dokzaal with a live audio-visual performance that’ll be sure to captivate. Hosted in collaboration with The Rest is Noise.
Jerusalem in My Heart consists of Montréal-based producer and musician Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and Montréal-based filmmaker Erin Weisgerber. The duo will provide “an immersive sonic and visual live experience and an evolving effort to forge a modern experimental Arabic music wed to hand-made visuals using analog 16mm film at site-specific screen installations.” Have a listen to their latest album Qalaq, which is shaped by a “dismantled orchestra” of musical collaborations with Tim Hecker, Lucrecia Dalt and Moor Mother among others. Jerusalem in My Heart’s performance will be supported by VÍZ, a project by Réka Csiszér that explores experimental ambient music and liminal sounds.
Tickets for are free for Subbacultcha members and €15,- for non-members. Please make a reservation by sending an email to mailinglist@subbacultcha.nl with ‘JIMH’ in the subject line + your name in the email. Tickets can be purchased here.

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Dok Night - Vegan Food & Symbiopsychotaxicinema presents THE MOON OVER THE ALLEY (1975)
2023-03-23 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:00 Bar open
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19:00 Vegan Ethiopian Food (€ 10)
& Vegan cakes
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20:30 Symbiopsychotaxicinema

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SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXICINEMA presents Moon over the alley

Films for Those Who Care
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.

THE MOON OVER THE ALLEY 1975
Directed by Joseph Despins
107 minutes
In English
Wow, this is one hell of an odd bird that’s unlike anything else I’ve ever seen, and it really shines because of it. Set deep in the Notting Hill district of 1970s London, it follows the lives of several residents of varied racial and cultural backgrounds who live in a boarding house. It is an incredible depiction of the times… we see then-crumbling, then-affordable, gritty London matched to an outrageously varied music score reflecting its multiculturalism. The music shifts as the locations change, from Jamaican calypso pop through glam rock to folk and reggae. Its amazing, but in fact, the haunting music score was created by composer Galt McDermot, legendary for his 60s musical ‘Hair’. It is through these spiritual torch ballads that our characters sing of their dreams, and their hope to break through the harsh world around them.
So it’s the combination of this musical aspect, fused with the gritty black and white cinematography, that makes for such a wild and unimaginable concoction. It smashes all stereotypes and genres. We follow the main characters as they try to survive in the streets of London, full of urban violence, racism, demonstrations—with these events punctuated by music. It was shot on a low budget (which allowed the director more freedom to play and experiment), and has a wild made-on-the-streets vibe. The Moon over the Alley is a bizarre “kitchen-sink musical” that borders on the surreal, a well crafted flick that when seen today feels like discovering a buried treasure.
This will be a high-definition screening.
Free screening.

Dok Night 'GAIA'
2023-03-16 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
diner & live music
19:00 vegan meals by Suzie Creamcheese
20:30 ⚡ GAIA ⚡
Gaia is een enthousiaste zanggroep van vijf vrouwen plus dirigent. Ze komen iedere week samen om mooie meerstemmige acapella-liedjes te zingen. Hun repertoire komt uit alle delen van de wereld en varieert van mooie ballads tot swingende up-tempo nummers. Veel hiervan zijn sspeciaal door hun dirigent voor hen gearrangeerd. In deze samenstelling zingen ze al ruim 10 jaar met veel plezier samen.

Dok Night - Soundscapes by Hessel Moeselaar
2023-03-09 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hessel Moeselaar presents Mengelmoes: colourful and dynamic soundscapes
Mengelmoes is a program that I developed in 2022. It is a solo project where the viola is combined with synthesizers and live electronics, creating a kaleidoscope of melancholic and colourful soundscapes.
I love introducing the viola to the audience in a unique and experimental way, whilst simultaneously bridging the gap between different styles of music. Besides classical and electronical elements, my music also consists of elements of minimal music; ambient music; Arabic music, and cinematic music. All in all, it’s a mishmash of different music styles and sounds.
Mengelmoes has taken place at numerous festivals and locations, such as Grachtenfestival, Splendor Amsterdam and Lavafest.
With this project I was also given the opportunity to create the music of the eight-part Youtube documentary series ‘KiKa Stories’ by KiKa (the Dutch childhood cancer foundation), which sheds a light on different aspects of childhood cancer. The documentary was released in September of 2022.

Dok Night - Opening War Paint
2023-03-02 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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19:00 Vegan Food by Suzie Creamcheese (€ 10)

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20:00 Opening Exhibition War Paint
schilderijen van de oorlog in Oekraïne door Ine Poppe

met een openingswoord door Raymond v/d Bogaard
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muziek van accordeoniste en zangeres Cato Fluitsma
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Dok Night 𝕭𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖔𝖜𝖓 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙
2023-02-23 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
19h00
Vegan Food by Suzy Creamcheese
20h00
Questions Collective presents
𝕭𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖔𝖜𝖓 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙

Singing together is so much fun and we hope to make this a habit. Thursday February 23rd we invite everyone to our first 𝕭𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖔𝖜𝖓 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 at the Plantage Dok café to sing along. The bar is our stage and everyone is a performer. Everyone and everything is welcome! All musical styles, all instruments, all languages. No auditions, no judgements, only fun. Send us the song you definitely want to sing and we will print out lyrics and chords so we can play together. Bring an instrument if you have one. There is a piano available. Hope to see you there!

Dok Night – Vegan Food & Symbiopsychotaxicinema presents CAIRO STATION (1958)
2023-02-16 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokzaal & Dokhuis galerie, Plantage Doklaan 8, Amsterdam, 1018CM, Netherlands
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19:00 Affordable Vegan Food by Hafid

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20:30 Symbiopsychotaxicinema

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SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXICINEMA
Films for Those Who Care
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.

CAIRO STATION 1958
(باب الحديد )
Directed by Youssef Chahine
77 minutes
In Arabic with English subtitles

When this movie was made it opened up what was possible in Egyptian cinema. The kinds of movies made in Egypt during this period were mostly light, upbeat romantic comedies. This film showed another side of Egypt and humanity in general… a dark sensual side that almost embodies a kind of madness. This flick is certainly about eroticism, but is also about the perilous predicament of any outcast, anyone excluded from society. It is also a snapshot of Egypt going through massive social change, with Egyptian rock n’ roll entering the picture at one point, along with feminist gangs demonstrating before news reporters.
The story is about many different characters at the teeming Cairo train station… but at the same time it focuses on the lives of several key players. The main one is a poverty-stricken newspaper seller named Qenawi who lives in a ramshackle shack/hut. This guy has gone a bit nuts, and surprisingly is played by the director himself in a totally lunatic performance. Director Chahine has a wicked ability to enter human psychology, with the sharpness of a scalpel. I have personally become skeptical whenever someone talks about ‘human nature’ as if it can be totally separated from the society and culture it developed in. I’m not sure, but it seems to me Chahine came to the same conclusion.
The dazzling visuals of the film is a beautiful fusion of neo-realism and film noir. The mood is mostly bright, but can suddenly switch on a dime, without any expectation, from light to dark and vice versa. It is a film that documents how the poor survive, forced into petty crime and always being chased by the police… but it also emerges as a cutting edge thriller about repression in general—not only of the lower classes, but also the repression of sexuality, and of women through male violence.

Start 20:30
Free screening

Dok Night | Docu Them Fucking Robots
2023-02-09 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:00
Vegan Food by Chef Lips
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20:00
Poppe & Nemeth presenteren
THEM FUCKING ROBOTS

documentaire van Ine Poppe en Sam Nemeth uit 2011

Start 20:00 / 53 min.
Voor wie nu de populariteit van kinetische kunst meemaakt is het moeilijk te geloven dat de combinatie techniek en kunst aanvankelijk behoorlijk problematisch was. Norman White, een van oorsprong Amerikaanse kunstenaar die al sinds de seventies vanuit Toronto opereert was een van de pioniers van wat hij zelf ‘robot-kunst’ noemt.
White gaf naast zijn kunstpraktijk tot 2016 les aan Radio Television Arts Department of Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario
Them Fucking Robots graaft in White’s geschiedenis en laat diverse collega-kunstenaars en kunsthistorici aan het woord. We zien Norman White uitgebreid in zijn werkplaats in Durham, Ontario. Ook spreken de makers met kunstenaars die hij les heeft gegeven of door hem beïnvloed zijn.
Them Fucking Robots is een indringend project van een onafhankelijke geest die een generatie kunstenaars opleidde die inmiddels overal op de wereld hun invloed laten gelden.

Subbacultcha X MOLK: Julia Reidy + Frö
2023-02-03 20:00 - 22:00 | Dokzaal
We’re happy to welcome back Julia Reidy and Frö for a night of sci-fi folk music.
Critics have described Julia Reidy‘s music as “properly singular,” blending “immense knowledge of American primitive folk music with microtonal experimentalism and abstract pop vocalizing.” Reidy’s work has been compared to a range artists, from Hope Sandoval and Talk Talk to Jim O’Rourke and Tashi Wada Group, while ultimately remaining distinct. Frö makes experimental electronics with haunting vocals, “going from femme-folk to post-internet information-overload.” Her fascination lies in the voice as the body’s given instrument, one we always carry with us. Join us for this special show at Dokzaal, MOLK Factory on February 3rd.

Tickets are free for Subbacultcha members and €15,- for non-members. Please make a reservation by sending an email to mailinglist@subbacultcha.nl with ‘Julia Reidy’ in the subject line + your name in the email. Tickets can be purchased here. We update the RSVP list every Wednesday.

Dok Night | Docu Hippies From Hell
2023-02-02 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:00
Vegan Moroccan Food by Hafid
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20:00
Poppe & Nemeth presenteren
HIPPIES FROM HELL
documentaire van Ine Poppe en Sam Nemeth uit 2001

Start 20:00 / 53 min.
Ine Poppe en Sam Nemeth tonen op hun eerste Dokavond (de tweede is donderdag 9 februari) de gerestaureerde versie van de legendarische documentaire Hippies from Hell uit 2001. De film is een portret van de gemeenschap achter Nederlands’ eerste echte internetprovider XS4all. Uitgebreid komt de generatie hackers aan het woord die het blad Hacktic publiceerde. De subcultuur is rond 2000, toen de film werd gedraaid, net aan het eerste moment van reflectie toe. De roerige eerste decennia van de digitale revolutie zijn achter de rug en er wordt door een aantal mensen de balans opgemaakt. De documentaire werkt toe naar het hackerfestival HAL (Hackers at Large) in 2001, waar alle draadjes bij elkaar komen.
Hippies from Hell beleeft na de presentatie op het IDFA in 2002 een opmerkelijke geschiedenis. Opdrachtgever VPRO wil hem aanvankelijk om onopgehelderde redenen niet uitzenden. Daarna eist Ine in de onderhandelingen die erop volgen het auteursrecht op. De VPRO gaat daar uiteindelijk mee akkoord. Vervolgens wordt HFH de eerste Europese film die officieel een Creative Commons licentie krijgt, persoonlijk door CC initiatiefnemer Lawrence Lessig uitgereikt. De VPRO organiseert rond 2010 een digitale docu-reeks en wil dan alsnog HFH uitzenden (maar moet dan betalen voor het uitzenden van hun eigen productie).
Hippies from Hell is in de beginjaren via de server van de Waag downloadbaar geweest en in die vorm rond de 2 miljoen keer bekeken. Daarna is de documentaire op diverse manieren gepirateerd, ondanks de CC licentie. Nog in 2022 moesten we Journeyman film -tevergeefs- sommeren de film niet meer te verkopen onder de naam Hackers from Hell via Amazon. Journeyman doet dat nog steeds, in de US, waar ze voor het Europees recht lastig te bereiken zijn.
The exhibition Landschapslijnen is on display till February 2nd 2023.

MOLK NIGHT: Ruisvogel / Pablo Dias / DJ Superinca
2023-01-26 20:00 - 23:30 | Dokzaal
On the 26th of January, the MOLK FACTORY is happy to present these artists:

RUISVOGEL
Ruisvogel is the ambient solo project of Rotterdam-based guitarist/vocalist Daanie van den IJssel (Neighbours Burning Neighbours, Volca Nova).
Ruisvogel creates compelling noisy drones and experimental lush soundscapes. They use DIY tapeloops, old tascams, walkmans, synthesizers and samples.

PABLO DIAS
“The Gold Fish Club”
An audiovisual-spatial improvisation laboratory by Pablo Dias where audio and video devices, new and old, professional and amateur, are recombined live in order to generate images and sounds.

Pablo is interested in how these machines work as objects — their materiality, the physicality of their low-resolution signals, how they can be arranged in space, how they invite certain physical interaction.

DJ Superinca
aka Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti melts, melds and calls upon her roots system, to spin some hot songs. From Latin American experimental to dirty beats, her goal is to sonically collide embodiment and pleasure. Shake the dust off!
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Molk nights is a monthly event, organised by artists and members of the MOLK Factory. For these nights MOLK collective aims to host space for listening, sharing and celebrating community. We invite a range of various sound artists, conceptual concerts, noise in all forms and are kin to embrace hybrid aspects of performative and visual outputs.

Dok Night! Reading group - The role of gas in industrial agriculture & MOLK Night!
2023-01-26 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
17:30 Aseed presents
Reading group – The role of gas in industrial agriculture

We are reviving our ASEED Reading Group! Let’s grow our brains together as we discuss hot topics in our Fossil Free Agriculture Campaign. We are ready to get cozy and dive deep into the first of four reading group topics, and we need your help to foster a rich co-learning environment!

For this session, we will focus on the role of gas in industrial agriculture. How many fossil fuels are actually in our food? How does this industry continue to grow under the radar? Together we investigate how fossil fuels, and increasingly gas, are deeply engrained in the food system. We will provide a list of materials in different formats to prepare for the meeting, such as articles, information videos, zines, podcasts, etc., so you can engage with the topic according to your capacity and interests. To help us create an interesting discussion and learn about these topics together, we will aim to include someone outside of ASEED with particular knowledge on the given topic. This week we will have a guest from the Gastivists.

Send an email to info@aseed.net to let us know you would like to attend this first reading group session so we can send you a list of recommended materials to browse. There are no requirements to attend, we just want to provide the opportunity to learn about these important topics together!

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19:00 Affordable Vegan Food by Suzie Creamcheese
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20:00 MOLK Night! in the Dokzaal (contribution € 10)
Come listen, hang, lay down and journey in this monthly sonic happening.

RUISVOGEL
Ruisvogel is the ambient solo project of Rotterdam-based guitarist/vocalist Daanie van den IJssel (Neighbours Burning Neighbours, Volca Nova).
Ruisvogel creates compelling noisy drones and experimental lush soundscapes. They use DIY tapeloops, old tascams, walkmans, synthesizers and samples.

PABLO DIAS
“The Gold Fish Club”
An audiovisual improvisation setup by Pablo Dias. It’s a laboratory where audio and video devices, new and old, professional and amateur, are recombined live in order to generate images and sounds.
Pablo is interested in how these machines work as objects — their materiality, the physicality of their low-resolution signals, how they can be arranged in space, how they invite certain physical interaction.
Also he is fascinated by their expressiveness – how these dated and ‘limited’ technologies can produce images and sounds that are often more intriguing to our eyes and ears than the latest pristine technologies and almost infinite resolutions.

DJ Superinca
aka Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti melts, melds and calls upon her roots system, to spin some hot songs. From Latin American experimental to dirty beats, her goal is to sonically collide embodiment and pleasure. Shake the dust off!

The exhibition Landschapslijnen is on display till February 2nd 2023.

Dok Night - Vegan Food & Symbiopsychotaxicinema MANDABI (1968)
2023-01-19 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokzaal & Dokhuis galerie, Plantage Doklaan 8, Amsterdam, 1018CM, Netherlands
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19:00 Affordable Vegan Food by Suzie Creamcheese

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20:30 Symbiopsychotaxicinema

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SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXICINEMA
Films for Those Who Care
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.

MANDABI 1968
(Money Order)
Directed by Ousmane Sembène
92 minutes
In Wolof with English subtitles
Ousmane Sembène is a seminal figure in African cinema, and was also a profound writer. When he arrived in France, he encountered racism immediately as a worker at a Citroen car factory, and later on the docks of Marseille. When he was inspired to make movies he tried to get into the film school in Paris which rejected him, probably for racial reasons, so he went to study cinema in Moscow instead, where he was accepted. Directly after making an international splash with his biting debut Black Girl (1966), he began working on this movie in his homeland of Senegal. As I mentioned, he was also a writer, and here he takes one of his short stories and conjures up this Kafkaesque flick about postcolonial bureaucracy set in West Africa.
It follows the story of a Senegalese man who has some cash sent to him from Paris, which might seem like an easy task, but in the hands of Sembène it ends up being a wild critique of the modernized world and how money functions in society. But let’s be clear, although this film is about a nightmare, it carries with it a breezy sense of humor, warmth and absurdity—it’s a razor sharp satire, but with a deep humanitarian edge.
This will be a high-definition screening.
Free screening.

Dok Night - Vegan Food & Opening expositie Landschapslijnen
2023-01-12 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
OPENING EXPOSITIE LANDSCHAPSLIJNEN
dubbelexpositie van Annelinde de Jong en Suzanne Glerum

Suzanne Glerum en Annelinde de Jong presenteren tijdens deze dubbelexpositie Landschapslijnen gezamenlijk hun werk in de etalage van woon- werkpand Plantage Dok en in het atelier van Suzanne Glerum.
Suzanne Glerum toont olieverfschilderen en Annelinde de Jong ruimtelijke papieren objecten.
Ze vinden elkaar in hun omgang met de materie waarmee ze werken, maar ook hun werkproces toont overeenkomsten. Voor allebei begint het werkproces buiten. Ze trekken eropuit, het landschap in. Buiten verrichten ze ieder op eigen wijze veldwerk. In het landschap zet Suzanne Glerum de eerste lijnen in haar schetsboek. Niet om het landschap letterlijk weer te geven, maar om het gevoel van in het landschap zijn te vangen. Annelinde de Jong verzamelt het landschap op een letterlijke manier: op verschillende buitenlocaties verzamelt ze plantaardig materiaal. Terug in het atelier dienen de schetsen als uitgangspunt voor de schilderijen. De plantenverzameling wordt omgevormd tot vellen papier om ruimtelijke objecten mee te bouwen.
suzanneglerum.nl | annelindedejong.com

vanaf 19:00
Vegan Food by Chef Lips & Vegan Cake by Miss Whips

Dok Night - Vegan food en bubbels
2023-01-05 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Vegan food & nieuwjaarsbubbels!
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