___________________________________________________________________________________________________________FUTURE
2022
- October 13 - 16 /// Performing 'Between a kick and a cuddle by Irina Baldini /// Turku FN
- October 6 - 9 /// Performing 'Between a kick and a cuddle by Irina Baldini /// Kajaani FN
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________PAST
2022
- July 7 /// Performing 'Without Quite knowing' by Irina Baldini /// Florence IT
- June 2022 /// Performance interventions with Daniele Scauso' installation /// 4bid gallery Amsterdam NL
- April 12 - 27 /// Residency 'Bibbidi Boo' /// ALDES/SPAM! /// Porcari IT
- March 14 /// Bibbidi Boo /// Pile ou Frasq#9 /// Le Regard du Cygne /// Paris FR
- February 11 /// 'Invisible Dances' by Elisabeth Schilling /// Sargé FR
2021
- November 6 /// Performing for Irina Baldini /// Kunstkapel /// Amsterdam NL
- September 20 - October 31 /// ADAF online festival /// Online and in Athens GR
- October 8 - 17 /// Residency 'Bibbidi Boo' /// ALDES/SPAM! /// Porcari IT (postponed)
- October 2 /// Performing for Irina Baldini /// Between a kick and a cuddle /// Perdu /// Amsterdam NL
- September 13 /// OhDiDooDah /// OT301 /// Amsterdam NL
- August 16-28 2021 /// Residency /// Les Moulins de Paillard /// Poncé-sur-le-Loir FR
- June 18 - 25 /// Residency with Bea McMahon /// Treignac project /// FR
- May 26 /// Oh Di Doo Dah /// OT301 /// Amsterdam NL
- May 17 /// Performing for Irina Baldini 'Bewteen a kick and a cuddle' /// ArtEZ /// Arnhem NL
- May 5 /// Performing for Irina Baldini 'Bewteen a kick and a cuddle' /// OT301 /// Amsterdam NL
- April 23 /// Performing in OT301TV stream /// Amsterdam and online
- January 17 - February 7 (POSTPONED) /// Dreaming Bodies#1 /// Weekly event /// 4big gallery /// Amsterdam NL
2020
- December 5 - 8 /// Local Exoticism /// Hidden Gardens /// Online group exhibition
- November 1 - December 31 /// OT301 residency /// Amsterdam NL
- October 19-31 /// Oh Di Doo Dah Residence simple prêt /// CDCN La Briqueterie /// Vitry-sur-Seine FR
- July 15 - October 31 /// OT301 residency /// Amsterdam NL
- September 11, 12, 13 /// Performing in 'Without Quite Knowing' by I. Baldini /// Amsterdam Fringe Festival NL
- ... Corona...
- February - March /// Hunting for movement /// A Fairy & A Witch /// Amsterdam NL
- February 6 -8 /// Spell Action#1 /// Performing for Ruta Butkute /// Art Fair Rotterdam NL
- Januray 25 /// Spell Action#1 /// Performing for Ruta Butkute /// Why Not Festival /// W139 Amsterdam NL
2019
- November 20-24 /// Elementary Charge with Mette Sterre /// Rijksakademie open days /// Amsterdam NL
- November 13 /// M4GASTCOLLEGES /// Amsterdam NL
- October 2-7 /// Motley Art Residency /// MovingLab /// Venice IT
- October 4 /// Motley: Collaboration with Merel Noorlander /// ITS LIQUID Art Festival /// Venice IT
- September 28 /// Collaboration with Mette Sterre /// Tent /// Rotterdam NL
- September /// Local Exoticism /// Celafu film festival /// Palermo IT
- August 1-8 /// Local Exoticism /// HEAT Art Festival /// Galerie IESA /// Paris FR
- July 15 /// Collaboration with Irina Baldini /// Florence Dance Festival /// Florence IT
- June 21-July 7 /// Sampled /// Casting a shadow wherever we stand II /// Amsterdam NL
- April 28 /// VondelBunker /// Amsterdam NL
- April 20 /// Collaboration with Bea McMahon /// Punt WG /// Amsterdam NL
- March 2 /// Dis-Figuring-Me-Out /// Laban Centre /// London UK
- August 30-January 18 /// Sampled /// Group exhibition/// Academy of Sciences and Literature /// Mainz GE
- December 8-January 6 /// Local exoticism /// Casting a shadow wherever we stand @Goleb /// Amsterdam NL
2018
- December 22 /// Dis-Figuring-Me-Out (work in progress) /// Goleb exhibition space /// Amsterdam NL
- December 8-January 6 /// Local exoticism /// Casting a shadow wherever we stand @Goleb /// Amsterdam NL
- December 8 /// Sampled /// Festival Danse en Film /// Bordeaux
- December 7 /// Dis-Figuring-Me-Out (work in progress) /// Goleb exhibition space /// Amsterdam NL
- August 30-January 18 /// Sampled /// Group exhibition/// Academy of Sciences and Literature /// Mainz GE
- November 28 /// work presentation /// BAU meeting @VEEM House for performance /// Amsterdam NL
- October 13 /// Sampled /// ID. Y Fest /// Dancebase /// Edinburgh UK
- October 6 /// Hunting for movement /// De Vlugt route /// Amsterdam NL
- September 23 /// Public presentation and table ronde /// Moulins de Paillard /// Poncé-sur-le-Loir FR
- September 17-23 /// Residency /// Moulins de Paillard /// Poncé-sur-le-Loir FR
- August 23, 24 /// Hunting for Movement /// Litlle Islands video art Festival /// Sinikos GR
- June 26 /// 7 ways... & Quite now /// Dancing for Irina Baldini /// Venice Biennale IT
- May 19 /// Local Exoticism /// aotu art space /// Beijing CN
- May 1 /// Hunting for movement /// Cefalu film festival /// Cefalu IT
- April 18 /// presentation for MA students in film /// C.A.F.A /// Beijing CN
- April and May /// A.I.R. @Hutong π /// Local exoticism /// Beijing CN
2017
- Nov 16 to Dec 22 /// Sampled /// InShadow Screendance festival /// Lisbon PT
- July 28-30 /// Sampled /// Hungry Eyes Festival /// Giessen GE
- June 3 /// Face by Bea McMahon / Performing and collaborating /// FLAM @Frascati /// Amsterdam NL
- May 26 to 28 /// A work on a painting by De Kooning /// Living Museum Stedelijk /// Amsterdam NL
- May (d.t.c) /// This is not a solo /// Performance Bar /// Rotterdam NL
- April 24 /// multimedia installation HER /// Bookstore space /// Amsterdam NL
- April 24 /// Presentation w/Louis Hothothot on collaboration /// Bookstore space /// Amsterdam NL
- April 21 /// Screening of 'An evening in Beijing' /// Yi:project space /// Beijing CN
- April 14 /// This is not a solo /// Bbase festival /// 4bid gallery /// Amsterdam NL
- April 13 /// Hunting for movement - work in progress /// Bbase festival /// 4bid gallery /// Amsterdam NL
- February 27 /// Lecture w/filmmaker Louis Hothothot /// C.A.F.A /// Beijing CN
- February 25 /// Sampled /// Abeerance#10 /// Southwark platform /// London UK
2016
- November 19 /// A Dancing Archive /// Oostblok /// Amsterdam NL
- October 3 /// Research presentation /// Filmakademie /// Amsterdam NL
- September 21,23,24 /// Sampled /// International DanceFilmFestival /// Brussels BE
- September 8 /// A Dancing Archive open-studio /// TUFA /// Trier GE
- July 9 /// A Dancing archive open-studio /// SPAM! Networks for contemporary art /// Porcari IT
- May 6-8 /// This is not a solo /// Possible memories festival /// Tatwerk /// Berlin GE
- March 19, 20 /// Sampled /// Cinedans, Eye museum /// Amsterdam NL
- March 19 /// Public presentation: Disorganized bodies /// Cinedans, Eye museum /// Amsterdam NL
- March 7 /// Sampled /// BAU, Veem House for performance /// Amsterdam NL
- Jan 23 /// In the process of... /// Dance Base Spring Showcase /// Edinburgh UK
2015
- December 11 /// Her /// 'Velocity Dance Cinema' /// Seattle US
- December 7 /// Sampled /// 'Velocity Dance Cinema /// Seattle US
- September 5 /// My digital bodies /// 'Bunker screening' Salon Flux /// London UK
- August /// Her /// 'dança em foco' Festival Int.de Vídeo&Dança /// Rio de Janeiro BR
- June 24 /// Sampled /// 4Bid Gallery /// Amsterdam NL
- April 18 /// In the process of... /// 'Urgent care of identity' A-Lab /// Amsterdam NL
- February 13 /// My Digital Bodies /// 'BYOB project' Kulter/A-Lab /// Amsterdam NL
- January 23-26 /// Her /// 5th Athens Video Dance Project Fine Art School /// Athens GR
2014
- October 30 /// Her /// 'Highs and Lows 4bid Gallery /// Amsterdam NL
- October 11-12 /// Her /// 'Moving Futures Festival' Dansmakers /// Amsterdam NL
- September 28 - October 5 /// Her /// 'Using the museum' Van Abbe Museum /// Eindhoven NL
- June 5 /// Her /// Laban Centre Creekside /// London UK
- April 11-18 /// Au-delà d'une écorce /// 'Festival à corps' /// Poitiers FR
- February 7 /// My Human Bodies /// Deventer Schouwburg /// Deventer NL
Tickets 23 April
PROGRAM 23 - 24 April
'Pigeons !', Artémise Ploegaerts, Bea McMahon, Irina Baldini
/ 23 APRIL, 19h30 /
While one attempts to fly, the other two laugh and whisper. Will someone chase them? You never know.
Are they from the same species? They are convinced they are birds, although they have teeth! She disgusts them and so they plot to poison her with her own flesh. They fear her. She envies them.
‘Pigeons !’ is a performance project initiated by Artémise Ploegaerts and developed together with visual artist Bea McMahon, and dance artist and punk singer Irina Baldini. It combines choreography with vocals and text.
The domestic pigeon has a bad reputation.
Witches have bad reputations.
Pigeons have claws, beaks and grey feathers.
Witches have long nails, hooked noses and grey hair.
Too many pigeons are repulsive.
Too many witches are disturbing.
Pigeons thrive.
Witches have orgies and cast deadly spells.
Pigeons are now.
Witches were in the Renaissance.
Fear and disgust are without reason.
Oh the absurdity of it all!
WHERE:
Plantage Dok
Plantage Doklaan 8, 1018 CM Amsterdam
WHEN:
Doors 19h / Start 19h30
photo: Thiemi Higashi
/ 24 APRIL, 19h30 /
This project is supported by Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, 4bid gallery, Les Moulins de Paillard.
'BoBo Nail Salon', Wen Bo
BoBo Nail Salon is an ongoing participatory art project that explores nail art as a medium for dialogue and examines the experiences of women in the service industry. Rooted in personal and cultural identity, the project seeks to foster a deeper understanding of cultural narratives surrounding women while prompting reflections on the societal roles they navigate across different contexts.
In Bobo Nail Salon, the artist creates an intimate, interactive space where conversations unfold around the power dynamics between service providers and recipients. The nail industry, often associated with gendered and racialized stereotypes, serves as both the conceptual and physical framework for this exchange. Participants are invited to engage in a symbolic transaction: instead of monetary payment, they offer a secret—something deeply held and unspoken—in return for a meticulously crafted nail design. To mark this exchange, the artist cuts a small lock of the participant's hair and seals it onto the nail, embodying the act of releasing, returning, and safeguarding the secret.
Each BoBo Nail Salon session lasts around one hour, during which the artist engages in a one-on-one exchange with the participant through conversation and nail art. As an evolving and growing project, it continues to expand through new encounters, inviting more participants—regardless of background—to engage in this shared ritual of intimacy, vulnerability, and transformation.
'GRUNT', Diane Mahín
In GRUNT, the audience meets a woman who communicates solely through growls and grunts. This growler navigates various moods, portraying what seems to be an urgent story to be told or an intimate conversation to be held. While she attempts to tell a joke, the audience is met with dark, trauma-laden growls, turning humor into a shadowy reflection. When she reaches out tenderly, all she can express is violence.
What begins as an awkward encounter full of innocent misunderstandings gradually escalates into a desperate need for connection. As she fails to bridge the communication gap with the audience, her growls become more frantic, as she starts propelling them into space while hoping for some kind of response. The vocalizations transform from deliberate attempts to communicate into involuntary, visceral outbursts, culminating in a violent expulsion of sound.
GRUNT explores the effects of trauma through the primal language of vocality and physicality. The hidden layers of trauma emerge through the growls, revealing a raw and unfiltered expression of inner turmoil.
Inspired by the distorted vocals of Death Metal, Diane began growling a year ago, studying under professional Metal singers. She is drawn to growling for its immediate invocation of darkness and its cathartic potential for both the growler and the listener, finding a unique blend of humor and pathos in the juxtaposition of gestural intent and and sonic expression.
photo: Thiemi Higashi
Credits
concept, performance Diane Mahín
costume design Miruna Vlad
artistic advice Isadora Tomasi
vocal coaching Monica Janssen
residency GREENHOUSE
special thanks Rose Akras
This performance is supported by Amarte Fonds
'Pigeons !', Artémise Ploegaerts, Bea McMahon, Irina Baldini
While one attempts to fly, the other two laugh and whisper. Will someone chase them? You never know.
Are they from the same species? They are convinced they are birds, although they have teeth! She disgusts them and so they plot to poison her with her own flesh. They fear her. She envies them.
‘Pigeons !’ is a performance project initiated by Artémise Ploegaerts and developed together with visual artist Bea McMahon, and dance artist and punk singer Irina Baldini. It combines choreography with vocals and text.
The domestic pigeon has a bad reputation.
Witches have bad reputations.
Pigeons have claws, beaks and grey feathers.
Witches have long nails, hooked noses and grey hair.
Too many pigeons are repulsive.
Too many witches are disturbing.
Pigeons thrive.
Witches have orgies and cast deadly spells.
Pigeons are now.
Witches were in the Renaissance.
Fear and disgust are without reason.
Oh the absurdity of it all!
This project is supported by Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, 4bid gallery, Les Moulins de Paillard.
Tickets: € 8
Tickets 24 April