Water.Land.Justice. Tour with "Les Soulevements de la Terre"
2024-02-29 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Dokzaal
✊❤️‍🔥📢 Les Soulevements de la Terre will be in Amsterdam next week! At their stops across the NL, Germany, and the Czech Republic, they will provide insights into their experiences, strategies and forms of organization.
In France, the @soulevements.de.la.terre (“uprisings of the earth”) movement is successfully fighting against destructive industrial infrastructure and for social justice. It is supported by a strong base of over 100,000 small farmers, trade unionists, activists and residents of contested territories.
Despite the extreme state repression against them, the “Uprisings of the Earth” are an inspiring example of collective resistance. You may have seen the impactful pictures of the people protesting against the mega-bassines in Saint-Soline.
🌱 This is a great opportunity to learn from the experiences of this strong grassroots alliance, and to discuss and connect with activists across borders in the struggle for land & water justice.
📌 Dokhuis (Plantage Doklaan 8), Amsterdam
– VOKU from 18h (10€)
– discussion with SdlT at 19:30h (free)

'Resisting Borders and Technologies of Violence' - book launch, talk
2024-02-29 19:30 - 21:30 | Dokzaal & Dokhuis galerie, Plantage Doklaan 8, Amsterdam, 1018CM, Netherlands
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT:
‘Resisting Borders and Technologies of Violence’
// free of charge // vegan food served from 19:00 at Dokhuis Gallerie
To our community resisting militarism, occupation, genocidal regimes and systems of power and violence:
Join us for the launch Resisting Borders and Technologies of Violence, a new collection of essays on the systems and technologies of surveillance, control, and violence behind oppressive border regimes around the world.
With an introduction from editor Mizue Aizeki.
Matt Mahmoudi and Luke Naylor-Perott will share the research about ever-growing surveillance network which is entrenching the Israeli government’s control over Palestinians, and helps to maintain Israel’s system of apartheid.
Stop The War on Migrants will tell us more about how they use mapping connections of the military and border industrial complex as an activist tool
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In the name of “smart” borders, states like the U.K., the U.S., and Israel have increasingly turned to private companies to develop a neocolonial laboratory deployed against the Global South, across borderlands, routes of migration, and within their own borders. They have established immigrant databases, digital IDs, electronic tracking systems, facial recognition software, data fusion centres, and more, all to more “efficiently” categorise and control human beings and their movement.
These technologies rarely capture widespread public attention or outrage, but they are quietly remaking our world, scaling up colonial efforts of times past to divide desirables from undesirables, rich from poor, expat from migrant, and citizen from undocumented. The essays and case studies in Resisting Borders and Technologies of Violence from organisers, scholars, and journalists such as Harsha Walia, Ruha Benjamin, Marwa Fatafta, Arun Kundnani and many more shed light on this threat, offering analyses of how the high-tech system of borders developed and inspiring stories of resistance to it.
Free entrance!

Dok Night - expo Alex Winters' opening + performance, film Meis Vranken (MOLK)
2024-03-07 19:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
our usual vegan eten en bar
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! opening van Alex Winter’s tentoonstelling A «DRAWING A DAY»,
!! een film screening «De Ochtend» in de zaal van Meis Vranken [gehost door MOLK factory]
!!! daarna een live performance van Alex «Live Soundtrack for a Drawing»

Dok Night: benefiet voor Gaza / muziekavond in de Dokhuiskelder w/Amarins Maan, Gdvrdgdvr, Méla & co.
2024-03-14 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis
eten @ 18:45
Vegan meal by Mody! Proceeds from the dinner will be sent to Gaza. Rice and Bamia Stew will be served from Sundown at 18:45. *Please bring CASH for the food. You cannot donate for the cause or the food by bankcard, sorry. Drinks can be paid for by bankcard. (It’s complicated, don’t even start;)*
Marwa Mezher will display her artwork and designs in the space. In our daily lives, we carry diverse narratives, and that’s how Marwa aim to communicate with others through her designs and illustrations. Ongoing Exhibition by Alex Winters on display too.
All the food profit will be donated to a campaign supporting healthcare workers across Gaza and its northern region, amidst the complete collapse of the healthcare system and the interruption of salaries.
No reservation is needed.

muziek @ 19u30
Intiem en intimiderend. Een ontmoetingsstek voor muzikanten en een ontsmettingsplek voor doorgedragen zielen. Aan tafel na het eten, op het podium en in je hoofd.
Ditmaal met Smyrneika Rebetika, zang en snaar,
en walvisgezang op z’n maans;
en gitaarloze folk, losgeslagen en hard,
en ruimte voor iets spontaans.

Amarins Maan is singer songwriter. Jarenlang trad ze met een eigen band op, maar dat is inmiddels alweer even geleden. De afgelopen jaren was ze met verschillende voorstellingen in het theater te zien. Toch begonnen het weer te kriebelen om met haar eigen muziek op een podium te staan. Amarins wisselt Engels en Nederlandstalige liedjes af. Net als in haar schrijfwerk voor theater en film ziet ze het maken van muziek als een manier om verhalen te vertellen. Dromerige liedjes over zingende walvissen, het waaien van de wind, een oude man met een jonge jenever en dromen over hoe het is om een wolk te zijn.

Drawing by Jonathan Pieter Post-Uiterweer.
Emerging in the 1920s, Rebetiko tells stories of the rural exodus and Greeks uprooted during the Greco-Turkish War’s 1922 population exchange. The merging of cultures resulted in a musical cross-fertilization that rapidly spread through the burgeoning suburbs of Athens, Thessaloniki, and Piraeus. Rebetiko lyrics touch upon themes of exile, heartbreak, suffering, and social exclusion. Under the dictatorship of Ioannis Metaxas, Rebetiko was branded as immoral, and its proponents (rebetes) were imprisoned, instruments were smashed, and songs were censored. Despite all of this, Rebetiko flourished, was extensively recorded, and is nowpopular once more, with its themes remaining highly relevant today.
In the summer of 2022, Méla (voice) and Johannes (lavta/bouzouki) delved deep into the soul of Rebetiko at Music Village, Agios Lavrentios, Greece. They now regularly jam with the Aman Molli open collective workshop at Joes Garage. This evening, Elèni (ud, voice), Anastasis (guitar) and Giannis (baglamas) will join us. We invite you all to join us and embrace the spirit of the rebetes. Όλοι ρεμπέτες του ντουνιά!

GDVRDGDVR (spreek uit: gōdvèrdėgōdvér) is een losgeslagen folkduo dat haar akoestische gitaren heeft verruilt voor een basic drumkit en een distorted bass. En dan kijken wat er gebeurd. Als je er een label aan wilt hangen, noem het dan vooral minimalistisch post-post-punk-sluge-wave-garage wat ze maken. Lichtvoetige thema’s in
een loodzwaar jasje, hardnekkige melodieën die voor je er erg in hebt voorbijgedenderd zijn.
Het debuutalbum, ‘Songs in the Key of GDVRDGDVR’ (in het najaar van 2022 verschenen bij URUSAI Records), bevat een half uur vol melodieus minimalisme met onnavolgbare teksten en scherpe tot zoetgevooisde harmonieën geperst op uniek inktzwart vinyl. Het 16-track album is opgenomen en geproduceerd door Ottoboy (the Oneman Trashband) en gemixt en gemasterd door Petrushka Morsink (Cords, Ottodelic, Trushkadelic). Het artwork van de LP is inderdaad een work of art, gemaakt door underground comic artist Maia Matches (Stadstekenaar van Amsterdam 2019, “Bitch Knows Best”).
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Dok Night - SOY CUBA 1964 (I am Cuba) Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov + Si Paton
2024-03-21 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dok night with …
Symbiopsychotaxicinema in the Dokzaal
SOY CUBA 1964
(I am Cuba)
Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
141 minutes
In Spanish with English subtitles
“Don’t avert your eyes. Look! I am Cuba. For you, I am the casino, the bar, hotels and brothels. But the hands of these children and old people are also me!” – Yevgeni Yevtushenko
This unique collaboration between Russian director Mikhail Kalatozov (The Cranes are Flying), and poet Yevgeni Yevtushenko dramatizes the conditions that led to the 1959 Cuban revolution. Originally made in 1964, it was re-released in 1995 through the combined efforts of Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. It has some of the most amazing cinematography in the history of cinema.
I Am Cuba is set in the late 1950s when a bunch of students, workers, and peasants organized to overthrow the corrupt regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista. The film is divided into four sequences. The first depicts the American gambling casinos and brothels in Havana. The next part shows a farmer burning his sugar cane when he learns he is going to lose his land to the American United Fruit company. Another part describes the suppression of students and dissenters at Havana University, and the final sequence shows how government bombing of mountain fields induced farmers to join with the rebels in the mountains. The final scene is a march into Havana to proclaim the revolution. This film has become a classic in film history, and what makes it so great is that it is not only revolutionary in its theme, but also in its wonderful incandescent style. The narration was written by Russian poet Yevgeni Yevtushenko.
Photographed in black and white and using acrobatic camerawork, some of the shots and distorted camera angles are so staggering they are virtually unbelievable. In one sequence, the camera lifts off from a hotel rooftop, takes in the Havana skyline, descends several floors, winds its way through the poolside party-goers, and then takes you for a swim in the pool in one continuous shot. (Paul Thomas Anderson loved this shot so much he made a tribute to it in Boogie Nights). Audacious and imaginative, I Am Cuba is a revelation. Filmed with true visionary poetry, it transcends the genre of political filmmaking and reaches a pinnacle of cinematic art….pure exhilarated cinema in its highest form.
‘A fever dream, a plunging rollercoaster ride, a cinematographer’s hallucination, a love song to the power of cinema.”

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.

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vegan meals by Susie Creamcheese
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music performance by Si Paton in the basement

Si Paton is a composer, bassist, academic and general smart mouthed antagonist. He has completed his PhD at Birmingham Conservatoire under the supervision of Ed Bennett and Seán Clancy, researching composition for improvising large ensembles searching for a shared musical language between different stylistic origins. He has previously studied electric bass and jazz composition at University of West London with Paul Westwood and Eddie Harvey. He has played in groups – most notably the math-rock band Selectric, the trans-atlantic no wave outfit Phame, and his duo with drummer Rob Nettleship – done composition based projects, and regularly performs solo improvised sets. His solo performances have seen him tread the waters between free jazz, noise, avant-rock, contemporary classical and performance art. You might find him being a dedicated disciple of free jazz one minute, and then the next rolling around on the floor, playing his bass with a screwdriver, reciting wrestling promos, or engaging in staring contests with audience members. You never quite know what exactly you’re going to get and the unpredictableness is what makes his music stand out.

Dok Night
2024-03-28 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭!presents:
T’IJU T’IJU + MYUNÉ + DJ PUSSYRITA
we present T’iju T’iju’s debut album, which is jointly released by two labels: @esc.rec -affiliated with @deperifeer– and MOLK Records.
We celebrate this release at MOLK Nights in Amsterdam, with a kaleidoscope of performances by Myuné @myune.e, DJ PussyRita @rrrrrrri7a and of course T’iju T’iju himself with guest musicans @joost_wesseling & @giuseppedoronzotorarec
We eat vegan Korean food and a printmaking corner will be availeble by @mai_prints!
19:00 food
20:30 live concerts
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𝐓’𝐈𝐉𝐔 𝐓’𝐈𝐉𝐔
is a solo project of Jochem van Tol aka @jotoandthesunshines (SOON, Silverbones, The Paper Ensemble)
1: 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦, is his first debut solo release.
T’iju T’iju is armed with an abundance of modular synth sketches and stories which never saw the daylight before. With his endless collection of recordings from his ongoing project The Paper Ensemble @the.paperensemble , field recordings and recently his bedroom clarinet play, T’iju T’iju takes you on an experimental sonic ride.
Music composed and recorded by Jochem van Tol
Mixed by Sam Jones – @studiojoneski
Mastered by Uwe Teichert, Elektropolis
For fans of: 1950’s dutch oldies of electronic music like Jan Boerman,
Mid-‘90’s solo work of Mark Hollis (Late Talk Talk) and current superstars like Bjork.
Released by:
MOLK Records and @esc.rec
C&P 2024
#tapemusic
#soundart
#arp2600
#grasshopper
#spiritanimal

Dok Night - Real Farmer + Eigen Risico + Palestine Soli-Dinner Dokhuis Donderdag
2024-04-11 18:30 - 23:30 | Dokhuis
Every Thursday Night is Dok Night

This Dokhuis Donderdag is a Soli-dinner for grassroots organisation Ele Elna Elak in Gaza. They are helping the suffering Palestinian population on the ground in Gaza with food and money. Come eat and donate to this cause! After the food we are proud to announce our buds from Real Farmer will play an impromptu show! There new album ‘Compare What’s There’ is out on Pete Doherty’s label and it’s turning heads, you might regret it if you don’t come to this show. Just saying. Their buddy Hector Garcia has a solo project called Eigen Risico – he will be the impromptu support. Show solidarity and show some love!

Price by donation – Food between €8-€10, show for €8-€10 or donation

Dok night: LA ULTIMA CENA 1976 (The Last Supper) Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
2024-04-18 20:30 - 23:00
This film coming out of Cuba is a full-force blast against colonial slavery, the hypocrisies of capitalism and the church. The angle is surrealist, and the spirit is imaginary despite it being a razor-sharp social critique. It was directed by Cuba’s most prolific filmmaker Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (Fresa y chocolate). In a way, many of his movies are about striking a balance between the individual and the collective. He was a radical film director who always questioned every institutionalized system, it didn’t matter if it was a political system or a standardized formula of filmmaking. For this movie he cited Bertolt Brecht and Sergei Eisenstein as key influences, and the focus of this flick is based on real events adapted from historical documents.
What’s the story? One day a wealthy landlord gets drunk, and since it’s Easter week, he gathers twelve of his black slaves into his château, and goes about staging the last supper of Christ. Along the way the slave-apostles are allowed to eat as much as they want from the banquet table, as the slave-owner talks of charity and forgiveness. He also pontificates with arrogance about humility and the need for one to humbly accept one’s place in life. I will of course let the rest of the movie unfold for itself. It could be considered just a black comedy, if it wasn’t for its barbed insights and more than a few hard punches along the way. It’s got that biting humor that can be found in Monty Python or Luis Buñuel. And just as with both of those references, the film isn’t one-sided, but also questions on a deeper level complicated issues about what is really freedom and what is really slavery.
A film about the slave revolts, balancing seriousness and absurdity. The film is broken into four segments—Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and culminating on Easter Sunday. In other words, this is a perfect time of year to see this flick.

SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXICINEMA
Plantage Doklaan 8-12
Film starts at 20:30
Free screening 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.

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Taste before you waste & Exhibition of AiR Julija Skudutytė
2024-04-24 19:00 - 22:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Wasteless Wednesday by TBYW & Exhibition of our AiR Julija Skudutytė

About:
I’m Julija Skudutytė, an artist from Vilnius, Lithuania. I work mostly with watercolor medium. In my works I delve into the interplay between humans and everyday objects, exploring the significance we attach to items, from an expression of identity to nostalgia. I search for the paradoxes where worthlessness and usefulness intertwine and spirituality and consumerism meet. My exploration extends beyond mere objects, it delves into my own identity as well, exploring my materiality and usefulness. This leads to artworks depicting trash as beings and portraying humans as mere objects.
If you’re interested in seeing my work, you can visit my Instagram @colorforwater or my webpage julijaskudutyte.com

Dok Night | Exhibition of Artist in Residence Julija Skudutytė
2024-04-25 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis
Vegan Food at 19h & Exhibition of our AiR Julija Skudutytė

About:
I’m Julija Skudutytė, an artist from Vilnius, Lithuania. I work mostly with watercolor medium. In my works I delve into the interplay between humans and everyday objects, exploring the significance we attach to items, from an expression of identity to nostalgia. I search for the paradoxes where worthlessness and usefulness intertwine and spirituality and consumerism meet. My exploration extends beyond mere objects, it delves into my own identity as well, exploring my materiality and usefulness. This leads to artworks depicting trash as beings and portraying humans as mere objects.
If you’re interested in seeing my work, you can visit my Instagram @colorforwater or my webpage julijaskudutyte.com

Exhibition of our AiR Julija Skudutytė
2024-04-26 19:00 - 22:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Exhibition of our AiR Julija Skudutytė

About:
I’m Julija Skudutytė, an artist from Vilnius, Lithuania. I work mostly with watercolor medium. In my works I delve into the interplay between humans and everyday objects, exploring the significance we attach to items, from an expression of identity to nostalgia. I search for the paradoxes where worthlessness and usefulness intertwine and spirituality and consumerism meet. My exploration extends beyond mere objects, it delves into my own identity as well, exploring my materiality and usefulness. This leads to artworks depicting trash as beings and portraying humans as mere objects.
If you’re interested in seeing my work, you can visit my Instagram @colorforwater or my webpage julijaskudutyte.com

Exhibition of Artist in Residence Julija Skudutytė
2024-04-27 12:00 - 16:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dok Night
2024-05-02 18:00 - 23:00, 2024-05-09 18:00 - 23:00, 2024-05-23 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Opening Tentoon- stelling ERIK FENS met openings-woord van MATTHIJS VAN BOXSEL
2024-05-03 13:00 - 19:00 | Dokzaal & Dokhuis galerie, Plantage Doklaan 8, Amsterdam, 1018CM, Netherlands
ERIK FENS: DRIE TENTOONSTELLINGEN
De Amsterdamse kunstenaar Erik Fens (1949) is ooit de metaverzamelaar van Nederland genoemd: iemand die verzamelingen verzamelt en daar kunst van maakt. In de maand mei worden in Amsterdam gelijktijdig drie tentoonstellingen aan zijn werk gewijd.
De Encyclopedie van de Wereld volgens Erik Fens zal worden tentoongesteld in Plantage Dok aan de Plantage Doklaan 8 in Amsterdam op 3, 4 en 5 mei a.s..
Op 3 mei wordt de tentoonstelling geopend met een openingswoord van schrijver Matthijs van Boxsel om 16.30, gevolgd; de openingstijden op de andere dagen zijn van 13.00 tot 17.00 uur.
Op zondag 5 mei is er om 17.00 uur een optreden van Luc Ex/The Philosopher.
Van 3 mei t/m 26 zal tegelijkertijd een tentoonstelling getiteld De verzamelkunst van Erik Fens te zien zijn in Galerie Weerdruk aan het Entrepotdok 42A. Hier vindt op 26 mei ook de finissage van het Fens-project plaats.
Tenslotte: in het atrium van het dr. Sarphatihuis aan de Roetersstraat 2 worden foto’s tentoongesteld die door Joost Pollmann zijn gemaakt in de vroegere woning van Erik Fens, waar al zijn verzamelingen waren uitgestald. Te zien van 3 t/m 26 mei, van 09.00 tot 17.00 uur op weekdagen.
Erik Fens verzamelde dingen die bepaald niet iedereen verzamelt: afgesleten zeepjes, eenzame handschoenen, foto’s van staatshoofden die kinderen optillen, vorken die hij tot vogel omboog, kapotte autospiegels, ansichtkaarten met parkbankjes, sculpturen die hij maakte van gedroogde fruitschillen, bonbonnières met bladvormen, vlinders die uit pornobladen zijn geknipt, etcetera.
Zijn magnum opus is De Encyclopedie van de Wereld volgens Erik Fens, een collectie van ongeveer 600 albums vol thematisch geordende knipsels en krantenkoppen, waaraan Fens dertig jaar heeft gewerkt. Zijn encyclopedie bevat een hallucinerende hoeveelheid visuele en verbale vondsten die hij heeft gehaald uit reclamefolders, kunsttijdschriften, kranten en ansichtkaartenalbums. Samen vormen zij een afspiegeling van ons collectieve bewustzijn, waarin talloze symbolen ronddrijven die te maken hebben met God, Eros, Dood, Flora, Fauna en andere kapitale begrippen.
Contactpersonen:
Plantage Dok: Eva Schippers (schipperseva@gmail.com) en Joost Pollmann (poll@telfort.nl).
Galerie Weerdruk: Martin Veltman (info@weerdruk.nl)
www.weerdruk.nl
Dr. Sarphatihuis: Nickel Didde (n.didde@amsta.nl)
www.erikfens.nl/verzamelingen

TENTOON- STELLING ERIK FENS, dag 2
2024-05-04 01:00 - 19:00 | Dokzaal, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, 1018 CM, Netherlands

Finissage TENTOON- STELLING ERIK FENS MET OPtreden van Luc Ex, The Philosopher
2024-05-05 01:00 - 19:00
ERIK FENS: DRIE TENTOONSTELLINGEN
De Amsterdamse kunstenaar Erik Fens (1949) is ooit de metaverzamelaar van Nederland genoemd: iemand die verzamelingen verzamelt en daar kunst van maakt. In de maand mei worden in Amsterdam gelijktijdig drie tentoonstellingen aan zijn werk gewijd.
De Encyclopedie van de Wereld volgens Erik Fens zal worden tentoongesteld in Plantage Dok aan de Plantage Doklaan 8 in Amsterdam op 3, 4 en 5 mei a.s..
Op 3 mei wordt de tentoonstelling geopend met een openingswoord van schrijver Matthijs van Boxsel om 16.30, gevolgd; de openingstijden op de andere dagen zijn van 13.00 tot 17.00 uur.
Op zondag 5 mei is er om 17.00 uur een optreden van Luc Ex/The Philosopher met aansluitend iets te knabbelen van chef Lipsicus.
Van 3 mei t/m 26 zal tegelijkertijd een tentoonstelling getiteld De verzamelkunst van Erik Fens te zien zijn in Galerie Weerdruk aan het Entrepotdok 42A. Hier vindt op 26 mei ook de finissage van het Fens-project plaats.
Tenslotte: in het atrium van het dr. Sarphatihuis aan de Roetersstraat 2 worden foto’s tentoongesteld die door Joost Pollmann zijn gemaakt in de vroegere woning van Erik Fens, waar al zijn verzamelingen waren uitgestald. Te zien van 3 t/m 26 mei, van 09.00 tot 17.00 uur op weekdagen.
Erik Fens verzamelde dingen die bepaald niet iedereen verzamelt: afgesleten zeepjes, eenzame handschoenen, foto’s van staatshoofden die kinderen optillen, vorken die hij tot vogel omboog, kapotte autospiegels, ansichtkaarten met parkbankjes, sculpturen die hij maakte van gedroogde fruitschillen, bonbonnières met bladvormen, vlinders die uit pornobladen zijn geknipt, etcetera.
Zijn magnum opus is De Encyclopedie van de Wereld volgens Erik Fens, een collectie van ongeveer 600 albums vol thematisch geordende knipsels en krantenkoppen, waaraan Fens dertig jaar heeft gewerkt. Zijn encyclopedie bevat een hallucinerende hoeveelheid visuele en verbale vondsten die hij heeft gehaald uit reclamefolders, kunsttijdschriften, kranten en ansichtkaartenalbums. Samen vormen zij een afspiegeling van ons collectieve bewustzijn, waarin talloze symbolen ronddrijven die te maken hebben met God, Eros, Dood, Flora, Fauna en andere kapitale begrippen.
Contactpersonen:
Plantage Dok: Eva Schippers (schipperseva@gmail.com) en Joost Pollmann (poll@telfort.nl).
Galerie Weerdruk: Martin Veltman (info@weerdruk.nl)
www.weerdruk.nl
Dr. Sarphatihuis: Nickel Didde (n.didde@amsta.nl)
www.erikfens.nl/verzamelingen

SOLOFEST: CRAIG TABORN, ALISTAIR PAYNE, LUCIJA GREGOV
2024-05-12 15:30 - 20:00 | Dokzaal
Music 15.30-18.00 h; food 18.15 h
Entree sliding scale: pay what you can!
We would like to welcome everybody.

LINE-UP
Craig Taborn, Alistair Payne, Lucija Gregov

Space is the Place presents a new splashing afternoon concert event in Plantage Dok, a beautiful underground venue in the middle of Amsterdam, opposite Artis. Probably the most progressive, exciting, intriguing pianist in the world Craig Taborn performs an always thrilling soloset. Also on the bill solo’s of two of the biggest improvising talents around: Alistair Payne (trumpet) and Lucija Gregov (cello).

CRAIG TABORN
New York pianist Craig Taborn consistently captivates audiences with his performances. Fans of jazz, contemporary classical, and electronic music admire his detailed exploration of the piano’s sound. Especially since his solo album Avenging Angel, he’s been recognized as one of the best jazz pianists alive by The New York Times, de Volkskrant, and more. Ten years after this landmark solo album, Taborn released a second, Shadow Play, on ECM Records, recorded live at the Mozart-Saal of the Wiener Konzerthaus. Taborn gained recognition through collaborations with James Carter and Roscoe Mitchell, and he’s worked with peers like Vijay Iyer, Chris Potter, and Dave King, drummer for The Bad Plus.

LUCIJA GREGOV
Lucija Gregov is a cellist, improviser, and sound artist whose work describes and explores new sonic landscapes, integrating analogue synthesizers and field recordings into her compositions along the way. By engaging in interdisciplinary and often community-oriented work, she pushes traditional cello boundaries, creating a dynamic approach to her improvisation and sound art.

ALISTAIR PAYNE
Alistair Payne is a prominent figure in the Dutch jazz scene. Originally from Scotland, the trumpeter operates beyond established norms. His use of extended techniques is a natural part of his playing, where he embraces both physical and mental challenges. While he rarely performs solo, this promises to be a memorable event.

Dok Night - info-praatje van Yuval Dag / Mesarvot
2024-05-16 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
info-praatje van Yuval Dag die actief is voor Mesarvot.
“Mesarvot is een netwerk van anti-occupation activisten ui Israel dat tot doel heeft jonge tegenstanders van militaire dienstplicht te ondersteunen en het publieke debat over dit onderwerp aan te wakkeren.”
https://hetactiefonds.nl/actie/mesarvots-anti-militaire-activisme-als-verzet-tegen-de-israelische-bezetting-van-palestina/
Suzy kookt en het belooft een mooie en inspirerende avond te worden!
eten 18:00 | programma 20:00

claire rousay + Ben Boye
2024-05-23 19:00 - 23:00 | Dokzaal
In collaboration with Molk Factory, Subbacultcha is hosting claire rousay and Ben Boye on May 23rd at Dokzaal.
claire rousay is a singular artist, known for challenging conventions in experimental and ambient music forms. rousay masterfully incorporates textural found sounds, sumptuous drones and candid field recordings into music that celebrates the beauty in life’s banalities. Her music is curatorial and granular in detail, deftly shaped into emotionally affecting pieces. With deep ties to Chicago, Ben Boye is an elusive L.A. musical figure whose presence is quietly known among the independent music culture in the United States. His contributions are subtle yet integral to dozens of widely acclaimed recordings over the last decade. He is a musician’s musician who’s gorgeous, contemplative approach to sound is both delicate and powerful. He will be presenting his first solo debut in Europe with claire (on chromatic autoharp, piano and electronics).
Molk Factory is an artist-run platform with room and facilities for experimentation, interdisciplinary collaborations and social commitment. In their unique church hall de Dokzaal, they create space for musically innovative projects and transform it to a multimedia meeting place. Located in the center of Amsterdam in the cultural working complex of Plantage Dok. Molk Factory offer space for forgotten and overlooked traditions as well as new artistic visions from the margins
Tickets for are free for Subbacultcha members and (€16 online – €20 door) for non-members. Please make a reservation by sending an email to mailinglist@subbacultcha.nl with ‘claire rousay’ in the subject line + your name in the email. Tickets can be purchased here. Not a member yet? Sign up here.

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Building A Better Reality : A Benefit Compilation by Ben Boye

Dok Night | Stakattak & Ponyclub Tartiflette
2024-05-30 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Live music by Stakattak & Ponyclub Tartiflette (suggested donation €10)
Vegan food from 18:30 (bring cash pls)

PONYCLUB TARTIFLETTE
‘De ‘free punk’ van dit Amsterdamse duo is chaotisch, knotsgek, noisy en freaky. Alles mag, alles kan en een rempedaal is afwezig. De muziek schiet alle kanten op, de gitaar maakt weirde capriolen, de vocalen zijn in your face en de drums komen rechtstreeks uit de garage.’ OPDuvel/Gonzo Circus
STAKATTAK
‘Het Brusselse Stakattak is een verfrissend geschift drum-gitaar-zangtrio dat is opgerezen uit de as van de trashpop-sensatie Shetahr. Denk: korte songs met knoerten van weerhaken, absurdistisch-geëngageerde teksten en vooral een podiumact waar menig vuurbal een voorbeeld aan kan nemen.’ Stijn Buyst/Gonzo Circus

Met een expo van Rogier Smal

C.A.L.L F.E.S.T.I.V.A.L.
2024-06-01 15:00 - 23:30 | Dokzaal
AN INTERNATIONAL CONVENING OF CREATIVE MUSIC
CHICAGO–AMSTERDAM–LONDON–LOS ANGELES
FEATURING: Ben Lamar Gay | Ben Boye | Matthew Lux | Frank Rosaly | Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti | Marta Warelis | Ruth Goller | Bex Burch | Laurel Pardue | Elisabeth Coudoux | Lucija Gregov | Mola Sylla | Mary Oliver | Giuseppe Doronzo | Oscar Jan Hoogland | Jochem Van Tol | Jacob Maskell-Key | DJ King Hippo (Iarc) | DJ
Entree sliding scale: pay what you can! We would like to welcome everybody.
Tickets from € 13,50 // 19,50 // 29,50 (support us!)
Dinner € 13,50
Co-organised by SITP, Molk Factory, International Anthem Recordings
Amsterdam, we’re calling you! Mark the advent of June for C.A.L.L F.E.S.T.I.V.A.L. with the finest artists from the experimental impro-scene–both locally and internationally renowned. Initiated by Frank Rosaly and Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti, the day-long festival includes a stunning 17 artists (and more to be confirmed) from the circles surrounding Space is the Place, MOLK Factory, and the International Anthem Recordings label.
Expect radical combinations of musicians that’ll cross musical swords together for the first time. Confirmed artists are no other than Ben LaMar Gay, Ben Boye, Matthew Lux, Frank Rosaly, Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti, Marta Warelis, Ruth Goller, Bex Berch, Laurel Pardue, Elisabeth Coudoux, Lucija Gregov, Molla Sylla, Mary Oliver, Giuseppe Doronzo, Oscar Jan Hoogland, Jochem van Tol, and DJ King Hippo (IARC).
Multiple sensory courses will be served in the historic Plantage Dok building throughout the day–both through John Pastinaak’s trusted cooking skills and a pop-up record store where you can get exclusive gems first-hand from the many artists.

See you on the first of June!

Dok Night | BENEFIET voor de gearresteerden bij de Gaza solidariteitsprotesten
2024-06-06 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Benefietavond voor de gearresteerden bij de Gaza solidariteitsprotesten met vegan eten en de vertoning van Kill zone: Inside Gaza. Een documentaire door 12 Palestijnse filmmakers over de laatste 200 dagen in Gaza.
Donatie suggestie 5 – 10 €

Dok Night | KB_Presents: Impro+Song=Love!!!
2024-06-13 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands
18:00 Bar open
19:00 Vegan Food by Mody: Bamia (ocra stew) with rice and green salad / € 8 / cash only
20:30 KB_ Presents: Impro+Song = LOVE!!!

Wendy Eisenberg + Beatrice Sberna & Gabriel de Oliveira
Connecting expressions of impro-songwriting from New York to Amsterdam; a workshop + concert
evening.
In a previously unheard constellation, rising NYC impro star Wendy Eisenberg and emerging
creative musicians from the European scene promote an encounter of improviser-songwriters of
diverse backgrounds. Invited by collective-label KB_, Eisenberg joins impro-folk-art-punk duo
Beatrice Sberna & Gabriel de Oliveira for an EU tour throughout mid-June, developing new
material in diverse settings. Together they promise an evening of cathartic improvisation and sonic
narratives touching themes of life, death, adulthood, youth, fear, joy, the art scene, the supernatural
and more.
Bassist Alessandro Fongaro and drummer Sun-Mi Hong (both on awarded projects Pietre, Sun-Mi
Hong Quintet, Ambergris) will play an opening set in duo for the evening.
Before the concert, Wendy will facilitate a workshop on their practice merging songwriting and
improvisation and give insight into their solo and ensemble approach – bring your instruments and
ears!

Wendy Eisenberg
Over the last five years Wendy Eisenberg has been keeping listeners guessing. Nominally an improvising guitarist, they don’t recognize any musical limitations, perpetually finding ways to
apply a deeply exploratory practice to a wide variety of contexts. Eisenberg plays solo guitar as well as banjo in both acoustic and electric settings, warped post-punk songs in the trio Editrix,
delicately dangerous guitar music in the critically acclaimed Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet, country-free jazz in the band Darlin’, with Lester St. Louis and Ryan Sawyer, febrile post-Prime Time free
jazz in Strictly Missionary, and punk-prog in a trio with Trevor Dunn and Ches Smith. As Eisenberg told fellow guitarist Nick Millevoi in an interview for Premier Guitar in 2021, “I need to be
in a punk band at the same time as I need to be playing free improv, at the same time as I need to be playing songs. All at the same time—otherwise none of the practices will work for me.”
Their musical range isn’t a glib manifestation of eclecticism, but a genuine artistic essence.
Eisenberg has collaborated with a disparate array of musicians from all points along the creative
music spectrum, including Bill Orcutt, Allison Miller, Shane Parish, Francisco Mela, Carla Kihlstedt,
John Zorn, and Caroline Davis. They have released music on Astral Spirits,Tzadik, VDSQ, Ba Da
Bing! Records, Exploding In Sound, Garden Portal, Feeding Tube, Out of Your Head, and Dear Life
Records, and performed everywhere from intimate basements to international festivals including
Moers, Le Guess Who? and Big Ears. They also write words about music and other things, and have
published work in John Zorn’s Arcana series, The Contemporary Music Review, Talkhouse, and
Sound American
Beatrice Sberna & Gabriel de Oliveira
At once adventurous and solid, candid and mysterious, the unprecedented sound of Beatrice Sberna & Gabriel de Oliveira has recently drawn attention in the Dutch creative music scene, echoing in several collaborations and a budding reputation. The duo’s music is an uncompromising expression of impro-songwriting influenced by Italian cantautori and Brazilian “folk” traditions, contemporary pop and jazz, all with a slight punk ethos and heartfelt delicacy. While deeply rooted in their native traditions, the pair nevertheless reaches for a new, mixed sound that transposes the expected voice-and-guitar settings. Following their independent EP Verão é Neve (2021), they now prepare to release a debut LP, revealing a body of work sculpted over the years. In it, they are joined by an unique ensemble of acclaimed and rising names, including Sun-Mi Hong, Alessandro Fongaro, Federico Calcagno
and Ketija Ringa-Karahona and collaborate with featured artists in the league of David Binney and Binkbeats. Their previous work has been commissioned by Kunstinstituut Melly and Le Guess Who?, and includes collaborations with Yamandú Costa, Emanuele Maniscalco, Toninho Horta, and The Klittens.
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Wendy Eisenberg – electric guitar, voice
Beatrice Sberna – voice
Gabriel de Oliveira – 8-string and electric guitars, viola de cocho, voice
Alessandro Fongaro – double bass
Sun-Mi Hong – drums
This event is supported by Space is the Place and is part of “KB_ Presents”, the collective’s official live program for the 2024 season, funded by the Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst.

Dok Night | Opening Exhibition AiR Nseabasi Akpan
2024-06-20 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis
18:00 bar open
19:00 Vegan Food by Suzy Creamcheese / 2-courses for €8-10

Opening Exhibition ‘A Visual Diary’ by Nseabasi Akpan
The Nigeria photographer, Nseabasi Akpan, has documented the lives of many individuals during his travels through Africa where he facilitated photography workshops and motivational talks for young people.
Nseabasi goes beyond taking photos; he builds connections with his subjects, learns about their lives, and shares their stories. Through his photography, he aims to educate, entertain, and highlight social injustices, givingLv voice to those who might otherwise go unheard.
From the vibrant streets of Ibadan to the picturesque canals of Amsterdam, join Nseabasi Akpan on this visual storytelling as he brings a piece of Ibadan to Amsterdam, sharing stories of life, love, art and everything in between.
Nseabasi Akpan lives and work in Ibadan, Nigeria.

World's Appreciated Kitsch presents: Time X Heist/Snake Eater/GU at Dokhuis Galerie
2024-06-24 19:30 - 22:00 | Dokhuis
TIME X HEIST (straight edge hardcore, Denver/Colorado, USA)
First European tour for the Colorado Straight Edge band Time X Heist, which features members of XdeadbeatX, Energy, and Spirits/Test of Time.’TIME X HEIST bring some of the finest hardcore coming out of USA at the moment. Fast paced, hard hitting 80s inspired straight edge youth crew from a band fresh onto the scene. TIME X HEIST captures the true essence of the straight edge lifestyle while delivering simple, yet brilliant punk/hardcore.’ (Loudmouth Records). https://timexheist.bandcamp.com
SnakeEater (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Snake Eater is here to kick colonial ass. With their brand of in-your-face grindy hardcore punk, they’re a fresh face in the scene. Consisting in part of ex-members of melodic hardcore act ‘to live among wolves’, they’re here and ready to fight. Their first demo is coming soon!
Gu (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Gu is hard-hitting Hardcore Punk from Amsterdam. Consisting of scene veterans from across Europe, Gu brings fast & intense music, like Hardcore should be. https://guhxc.bandcamp.com/album/gu-demo-2023
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Doors: 19.30Bands: 20.00Suggested donation: 8-10€ (no pre-sale, cash only)
Plantage Dok – Plantage Doklaan 8-12, 1018CM, Amsterdam

Last Dok Night before the summer break
2024-06-27 18:00 - 23:00 | Dokhuis, Plantage Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Paniek en Veren: ganzenvergassingen in Nederland
2024-07-13 19:00 - 22:00 | Dokzaal
SAVE THE DATE!
Op zaterdag 13 juli organiseert Animal Rights een info-avond over ganzenvergassingen in Nederland. Deze zal plaatsvinden bij Plantage Dok in Amsterdam!
Tijdens deze avond wordt er een presentatie gegeven door campagnecoördinator Aysis Plet over ganzenvergassingen in Nederland.
LET OP! DE AVOND IS GRATIS, MAAR RESERVEREN IS VERPLICHT!
Tickets om een plekje te reserveren kan je hier vinden: https://www.animalrightsshop.nl/a-88481560
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Ook dit jaar moeten de ganzen in Nederland er weer aan geloven. Niet enkel aan het gebruikelijke afschot of het verjagen, maar ook aan de terugkerende vergassingen.
Soms met wel duizend tegelijk, worden deze gevoelige watervogels in een fuik bijeen gedreven en om het leven gebracht door CO2 gas.
In de periode dat de vergassingen plaatsvinden, van mei tot en met juli, zijn de meeste ganzen in de rui. Hierdoor kunnen ze niet wegvliegen en zijn ze extra kwetsbaar.
Al in 2008 stelde de Partij voor de Dieren vragen in de Tweede Kamer over de ganzenvergassingen, die sinds 2004 regelmatig worden uitgevoerd in Nederland.
Sinds 2015 voert Animal Rights actie tegen ganzenvergassingen. Dit door middel van juridische procedures, demonstraties en voorlichting.
Er zal ook een gastspreker aanwezig zijn tijdens de presentatie, maar wie dat is houden we nog even geheim!
Reserveer je plek via de webshop, en we zien je op 13 juli!

Wasteless Wednesday Dinner
2024-09-04 19:00 - 21:30 | 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
