TIME: 17h - 21h
PRICE: free
ABOUT
Influenced by the profound consequences that natural disasters, climate change, and human impact has on our planet, Nature is Greater Than Us is an experimental art research project investigating and responding to people’s personal stories who have been recently affected by environmental destruction in disasters around the world. The work will unfold in the pop-up space over the course of a few months, inviting artists and the public to engage with the multimedia work as it develops.
Visitors are welcome during the regular opening hours as well as during special exhibition days at the end of each month, where artists will share the project progress so far along with additional programs (TBC).
Exhibition + Screenings + Performances
Influenced by the profound consequences that natural disasters, climate change, and human impact has on our planet, Nature is Greater Than Us is an experimental art research project investigating and responding to people’s personal stories who have been recently affected by environmental destruction in disasters around the world. The work will unfold in the pop-up space over the course of a few months, inviting artists and the public to engage with the multimedia work as it develops.
Join us for a project recap as artists share their multimedia artworks in a pop-up visual art exhibition as well as a program of short films and performances. Participating artists: Bruna Souza, Vere Maagdenberg, Karin Balog, Seçil Güven, Denis Gallen, Jacco Groen, Iyamari, Lyanne Keegstra, Laura Goossens and Roberta Petzoldt.
PROGRAM OF THE EVENING
1. Visual art exhibition
Artists Bruna Souza, Karin Balog, Vere Maagdenberg, Seçil Güven and Denis Gallen exhibiting works in multimedia installations, photography and sculptures in pop-up studio 57E4 (upstairs)
2. Introduction
Project introduction by artist and curator Bruna Souza in the Pavillion
3. Short film screening: “The Definition of Silence” by Karin Balog
A requiem for a tsunami: an experimental meditation on environmental collapse, failed communication, and humanity’s willful ignorance in the face of impending disaster, told through the mythic lens of a modern-day messenger.
4. Dance Performance: "Nothing But Nerve Endings" by Laura Goossens
5. Short Film Screening: ”Absolute Zero”by Karin Balog
An evocative exploration of the color bleaching crisis affecting the Great Barrier Reef.
6. Short film fragments screening: Jacco Groen
A haunting look at the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), which struck the Eastern Philippines in 2013
7. Short film screening “Mountains of Life” by Lyanne Keegstra
A poetic visual journey through our life as humans. Representing the cycle of challenges we face, from feelings of fear to surrendering and eventually rising to the top.
8. Short film by Iyamari
Short film screening: “Telescore – Japanese Cherry Blossom” When we think of disaster, we often imagine something large and visible. But quiet, continuous changes in nature — the slow fading of a single tree — can hold the same weight. This film follows the life of a cherry blossom tree in Japan, reflecting on impermanence as a form of silent collapse. Featuring Butoh dancer Norihito Ishii and music created from the tree’s surface patterns, the work invites us to see disaster not only as sudden destruction, but as part of the ongoing cycle between humans and nature.
9. Performance by Iyamari
Performance: “We Are Part of Nature” by Iyamari
Artist Iyamari presents a live spoken performance with sound created from tree surface patterns, part of her Telescore project. As moving film images by Charlotte Bernson are projected onto her body, Iyamari reflects on how living alongside natural disasters in Japan has shaped ways of thinking, including cultural concepts like Zen. Through voice, music, and image, the performance invites us to consider: in the face of loss and uncontrollable change, can we find balance by accepting that humans are not separate from nature — we are part of it?
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General opening days/hours: Wednesday - Friday 12h - 15h
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LOCATION: Location: Pop-up Studio 57E4 and Pavillion, Treehouse NDSM, TT Neveritaweg 55-57, 1033 WB Amsterdam