“Fiesta” is an expanded cinema installation. It tells a story about a car, a criminal, a dreamer and a cynic, each of them having their role to play in the death of the protagonist. Originating from a screenplay, the installation seeks to give agency back to the audience by removing the chronology of a film’s […]
As part of the public program accompanying Extractive Imagination(s) chapter 2: The Perfect Loaf, The Balcony will host a talk by scholar and researcher Stephanie O’Rourke. Stephanie O’Rourke is a Scotland-based visual culture schola, particularly in relation to resource extraction, scientific knowledge, and media technologies in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. She is a Senior […]
‘News from Nowhere’ is an exhibition of 678 artists’ novels with a special focus on ‘News from Nowhere’, the first artist’s novel, written by William Morris (1834-1896) – artist, designer and utopian thinker. The collection of artists’ novels, featuring novels by well-known artists such as Salvador Dalí, Yayoi Kusama and Andy Warhol, has been compiled […]
‘Emily Hunt: More Magic’ in National Museum Huis van het boek is the first solo museum exhibition in Europe of the Australian visual artist Emily Hunt. Over the past few months, Emily Hunt has delved into the rich collection of the museum in search of magical books. The exhibition is on show from 27 September […]
Maarten Demmink is a landscape artist, but his landscapes do not glorify the beauty of nature. In his work, the surrounding world, subject to its own forces, imposes its own laws—raw forces of nature. Last autumn, the southeastern United States was struck by hurricanes Helene and Milton. Although more than 100,000 homes were severely damaged […]
This workshop is open to all; no prior experience necessary. Come ready to experiment, get your hands messy, and explore what it means to make with what’s already here! What participants should bring with them Found or personal materials: – Small natural materials: dried leaves, flowers, grass, seed pods, or food scraps – Personal fragments: […]
Date: 4 October 2025 – 9 January 2026 Location: Stroom Den Haag, Hogewal 1-9, The Hague Opening: Saturday 4 October 2025, 17:00 hrs This fall, Stroom Den Haag proudly presents Ave bossa, bow ole, the first solo exhibition of Finnish artist Jenna Sutela in the Netherlands. The exhibition revolves around systems open to the wider environment—a […]
Date: 4 October 2025 – 9 January 2026 Location: Stroom Den Haag, Hogewal 1-9, The Hague Opening: Saturday 4 October 2025, 17:00 hrs This fall, Stroom Den Haag proudly presents Ave bossa, bow ole, the first solo exhibition of Finnish artist Jenna Sutela in the Netherlands. The exhibition revolves around systems open to the wider environment—a […]
Roaring Into Being looks at the convergence of the synthetic and the organic. Some works treat ecology as metaphor, others as method — erasing the divide, questioning interdependence, and tracing the fragile systems we inhabit. Digital landscapes wrap around human forms; closed-loop environments fold organic and artificial into each other. With: Andrea Samory, Chang Hsin […]
Between Two ShoresOpening: Friday, October 10, 2025, at 6 PMExhibition dates: October 10–13, 2025 The photo exhibition Between Two Shores by Roger Anis at the Balcony explores humanity’s enduring connection with the sea, following a visual journey along the Mediterranean coast from Egypt to Marseille. Through images that reflect a shared passion for water, the […]
‘Ouvrages de Dames’ (Ladies’ Works) is a solo show featuring a new series of curtains by Ariane Toussaint on the topics of textile crafts and domestic labour. Made of found domestic cloth, they are pieced into patchworks and hand printed with patterns taken from handicrafts books. Thus, by zooming in and enlarging found images of […]
‘Ouvrages de Dames’ (Ladies’ Works) is a solo show featuring a new series of curtains by Ariane Toussaint on the topics of textile crafts and domestic labour. Made of found domestic cloth, they are pieced into patchworks and hand printed with patterns taken from handicrafts books. Thus, by zooming in and enlarging found images of […]
Between Two ShoresOpening: Friday, October 10, 2025, at 6 PMExhibition dates: October 10–13, 2025 The photo exhibition Between Two Shores by Roger Anis at the Balcony explores humanity’s enduring connection with the sea, following a visual journey along the Mediterranean coast from Egypt to Marseille. Through images that reflect a shared passion for water, the […]
Skills covered: – hardware: components and tools – software: Arduino IDE, fritzing – soldering, prototyping, reading schematics – having fun with other nerds Requirements: – 5V USB power supply + a USB C Cable (phone chargers work well) – creativity, open eyes and ears – laptop with Arduino software installed Workshop description This workshop grew […]
