Author: amsterdambangs@proton.me

ELECTRIC BODIES: A POETRY PERFORMANCE

FRIDAY – SEPT. 19 – 18:30 – CAFE DE GILDE IN OT301 By Parel Joy & Luke Worthy – 45 min Poetry reading by Parel Joy and Luke Worthy exploring the queer electricity of the body in and of poetry. Queerness as energy, connection, transformation, monstrosity; queerness as the strange and uncanny, an exciting power,…
SOLSTICE SUNSET – cancelled

Very sadly, this performance had to be cancelled – but keep an eye out for Guoda’s work! By Guoda Keršytė (Music by HumanObserver) – 20 min.@guodakersyte In Lithuanian pagan culture, the summer solstice -the longest day of the year – holds profound significance, especially in relation to feminine and otherworldly themes. As an artist, Guoda…
WHAT IF YOU EMBRACED YOUR INNER STEREOTYPE?

FRIDAY – SEPTEMBER 19 – 20:00 – 4bid gallery By Radu-Mihai Tanasă – 30 min.@radutheguyhttps://radu-mihai.com/ Radu-Mihai’s practice is an autoethnographic exploration into the Balkan masculine experience acting as a vector of negotiating both cultural dysphoria and euphoria, and along, elastic forms of identity and a politics of non-polarization within the boundaries of the European continent.…
PRACTICAL PROPOSALS OF WHAT-MIGHT-BE: SUSPENSION MOMENTS WORKSHOP

Friday – SEPT. 19th – 17:00 – ADM / HET GROENE VELD By TogetherTogether Collective / 2 hourshttps://togethertogether.space/@togethertogether.collectivehttps://vimeo.com/ttcollective Each gathering consists of movement practice, collective storytelling, experience-based conversations and collective embodiment.“Practical proposals of what-might-be” responds to a society shaped by modernity and coloniality, where individualism is prioritized. In this context, coming together is a politicized…
BANGS x LOKAAL FOR PALESTINE AND KASHMIR

FRIDAY – SEPT. 19 – 18:30 – PLANTAGE DOK After you have already had a BANGING afternoon in Oost, come for dinner at Plantage Dok. This event is a collaboration of BANGS and LOKAAL. Food is from 18:30. Shows will start to seep in as you are eating and continue into chaos and magic through…
KETAMINE FAIRY TRAINING: DISSOCIATION AS A TOOL FOR LIBERATION

FRIDAY – SEPT. 19 – 19:00 – ASTAROTHEATRO with Willow Sommer and Jochem Date – 2 hoursNo need to sign up, all are welcome to the workshop! Partying is political – or it can be. Psychedelic drugs aren’t therapy, but they will be. Therapy isn’t political, but it should be. This event will be a…
GLOSSOPHONIA

FRIDAY – SEPTEMBER 19 – 20:00 – WIHH GALLERY Concept: Henriett PálházyPerformers:freeze/fry: Henriett Pálházy, Svea van der TogtShe can talk: Arefeh Hekmatpanah, Virág Anna Virág, Luca Szabó, Lydia Lempidaki, Flavia Farina, Kasia Zarzycka, Bruna Pereira, Katarina Ciganoocová, Natália Roa Glossophoniais a two-movement piece at the intersection of music and theatre. It uses speech as its primary compositional material…
ONE AND DONERS

FRIDAY – SEPTEMBER 19 – 20:00 – ADM HET GROENE VELD By Trash Skeleton (she/her) – 2 hours@trashskeletondumpsterdiversposter credit: @alexandra.nto Each play has been written with the same twist in mind! The actors cannot and will not know what they’re about to read on stage! So Trash Skeleton (she/her) will be asking for volunteers each…
OBJECTS THAT DEFINE US WORKSHOP

SATURDAY – SEPTEMBER 20 – 15:00 – ASTAROTHEATRO By Poorvi Garag / Studio Samayam – 1 hour 30 min.https://garagpoorvi.com/ TO ASK: Do we need all this around us?TO DO : Take a picture of the space you inhabit the most or least in your home, print it on an A4 sheet and bring it to…
SAD CLOWN

SATURDAY – SEPTEMBER 20 – 14:15 – DAM By SadSato Clacown – 20 min.@clarasaitohttps://clarasaito.com Sad Clown is an emotional excavation that bridges the absurd and the profound, using the timeless figure of the clown as a vessel for collective release. Inspired by Emmet Kelly’s iconic sad clown, with a drag-infused twist, Clara Saito’s clown is…