In an era of profound social, economic, and environmental challenges, cultural leadership through cultural democracy offers a critical pathway toward building resilient, inclusive societies. The transformative role of socially engaged arts fosters democratic agency, bridging ideological divides, and amplifying marginalized voices. The democratization of culture requires rethinking the frameworks that define cultural value, encouraging active

Operating at the intersection of creative practice, cultural management, and politics, Anne Breure has many years of experience in navigating institutional entanglements. A critical thinker, passionate speaker, and decisive cultural leader, she has questioned and challenged conventional structures within the arts sector and initiated new cultural policies. As an enthusiastic speaker, she is a much…

  This session of the TiM seminar brings together four scholars and one artist/writer for a collaborative exploration of performance-oriented research into the histories and futures of Lunar exploration and exploitation. Informed by diverse backgrounds and practices, we have, each in our own way, developed research that engages with the entanglements of earthly and outer…

‘Object Orientation’ is an integrative method that uses objects to bring together perspectives. After all, objects are indifferent to the ways in which perspectives have been institutionalized. They have come into being through dynamic combinations or intersections of perspectives, and they compel us to combine or interweave perspectives when we engage with them. The method…

Transmission in Motion Seminar (2025-2026): “Navigating Entanglements” During the final session of last year’s TiM seminar on “Implicatedness”, Maria Hlavajova spoke about the complex nature of institutions as both restricting and enabling. Organizations and social and cultural systems impose things through rules, sanctions, social control, and informal norms. On the other hand, institutions provide the laws and regulations

In this Meet the Makers conversation, Naomi Inez Wielinga will discuss her experiences in making theatre and music. In particular, we will zoom in on GEEN VAARWEL (NO GOODBYE) a music theatre production that seeks to change the conversation about femicide with a focus on honouring the experience of victims and survivors. Until recently, her…

  In this Meet the Makers Conversation, Alysa Leung will discuss the essence of research in her artistic practice across various roles and cultural contexts. Since her graduation from MA Contemporary Theatre, Dance, and Dramaturgy at UU in 2022, she has been working as an independent artist, dramaturg, and producer in theatre, contemporary dance, street dance, experimental…

On Friday 5 September during NTF, the annual Dutch Theater Festival in Amsterdam, Liesbeth Groot Nibbelink and Anne Karin ten Bosch (both co-founders of Platform-Scenography) will host a professionals meeting for scenographers and other performance-design oriented makers and thinkers. The session aims at  assembling the scenographic collective and explores the value of field-specific vocabulary in enhancing the…

  Together with the NFF Digital Culture Fellowships programme, Meet the Makers invites UU students and staff to join an exciting programme of practice-based, interdisciplinary research presentations by NFF fellows Simone C Niquille, Victorine van Alphen, and the collective Radical Data consisting of Jo Kroese and Rayén Mitrovich. The event marks the culmination of a…

Organisers: Evelyn Wan, Laura Karreman, Maaike Bleeker RSVP: p.y.wan@uu.nl (by June 10th) Credits: 1 ECT** On June 16th, we are thrilled to welcome Pichet Klunchun and Kornkarn Rungsawang from the renowned Pichet Klunchun Dance Company (Bangkok), who will join us after their European premiere of Cyber Subin at Holland Festival, alongside designer Pat Pataranutaporn from MIT Media Lab. Our…