Boring Festival 2024 blokkenschema dag 2 - zaterdag 27 januari 2024

The exhibition Voorbij de gletsjer takes you to the Arolla Glacier in the Swiss Alps. In the poetic video simulation by artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen, specially created for Pieter Teylers Huis, you experience the impressive glacier cave as a multidimensional ecosystem with towering ice walls, microscopic lichens trapped in droplets of tree resin, harmoniously cracking layers of ice, and captivating travel stories from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The artists of POUBELLE resist the unrestrained buying of new items. With their artworks made from what they find in the thrift store, on the street, or in the trash, they demonstrate that you can work with discarded materials without compromising aesthetic quality.

With POUBELLE, they aim to explore new territories, using an abstract visual language. They playfully bring found materials, such as packaging, an old broom, or a fly curtain, back to life. They transform these simple, discarded materials and objects into autonomous artworks, showcasing their simple beauty to others.

During the Boring Festival, POUBELLE predominantly exhibits XS works from a diverse group of artists of all ages from across the country and beyond: Akmar | Anne-Wil Lufting | HF van Steensel | Jean-Philippe Paumier | Joanneke Meester | Lisbeth Parisius | Mirjam Berloth | Pannas &Tulip | Porter Ellerman | Ronald de Ceuster | Tild Greene | Ton Zwerver

A fun riddle: what do sperm cells, bread, a lactose-intolerant cowboy, and intestines have in common? On stage, kboy & De Goedzo Jongens have all experienced them! This childish-post-punk band is a big fan of the Garden, Cake, B-52’s, Kleenex, and Shannon and the Clams, but some say their music sounds more like Britney Spears in clogs.

Named after a creature falling under the category of a night butterfly, LE MOTAT (A.K.A. The Guilty Pleaser) is an act for precisely those kinds of people: night owls. Somewhere in a dark alley of the Doe Maar and Ton Lebbink street, this Rotterdam-based artist writes and produces quirky Dutch-language pop songs and delivers intentionally disorienting performances.

After leading you astray with an absurd song about ‘Cardboard,’ he then has everyone singing along to tracks like ‘De Mat,’ ‘1 Uurtje Verliefd,’ or ‘Naar de Klote.’ After all, if everything is already going ‘Naar de Klote,’ you might as well go together.

LE MOTAT made an impression during the Popronde as a 3voor12 talent, playing at venues like Tivoli, Doornroosje, Vera, So What!, and Q-Factory. Additionally, he has performed at festivals such as Hit The City, Grasnapolsky, Valkhof, Tweetakt, Vestrock, De Parade, Metropolis, and internationally at Theater aan Zee and M Leuven.

Boyan Montero refers to their new piece as a collection of material remains of desires, blurring the line between center and periphery, inside and outside. By filling De Kleine Zaal with seemingly random objects such as children’s toys, drawings, and family photos, Montero’s installation revolves around the concept of a child constructing their world as a game. ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ is an iteration of their piece ‘Love Is In The Air Burning Frog,’ incorporating drawings, text, family photos, and found objects that the artist has accumulated over the year —some collected specifically for the occasion of the Boring Festival.

Slaymobil is a DJ who advocates for more fun on the dance floor and more femmes behind the decks. Take a ride along 90s house, UK sounds, and eurodance with Slaymobil, the Amsterdam-based vehicle for good times.

Kymara will take you on a journey through her life. Her music is a combination of Nina Simone’s s storytelling songs, D’Angelo’s soulfulness and the purity and rawness of Janis Joplin.

Slaymobil is a DJ who advocates for more fun on the dance floor and more femmes behind the decks. Take a ride along 90s house, UK sounds, and eurodance with Slaymobil, the Amsterdam-based vehicle for good times.

Luna Morgenstern is the ‘alt popstar we need’ (3voor12). Amsterdam-based and Cologne born, Luna creates alternative pop music that translates the emotions of love, loss and the challenges faced by a young woman in the modern world. Her debut EP ‘Taking The Blow’ propelled her into the spotlight with global recognition, while her masterful live show led to her being dubbed the ‘superstar of Popronde’. Self-taught, Luna is a bedroom producer, songwriter and artist who shapes powerful melodies with delicate vocals and production that takes inspiration from EDM behemoths Kaskade, Da Hool and Gigi D’Agostino: “Growing up, I used to buy these compilation CDs called BRAVO, so I would end up listening to these huge dance and trance hits when I was really young”.

Combining this with her modern day love of Charli XCX, Shygirl and Caroline Polachek, Luna is creating a world that sees her blending hyperpop with dance anthems. Raw, emotive lyrics tell Luna’s personal stories, while a backdrop of dancefloor-inducing beats transport you to a Berlin night out; all making Luna Morgenstern one of the most exciting and innovative artists leading the European charge.

Scalio, producer and DJ, crafts electronic music characterized by a fusion of percussive organic techno, breakbeat and house elements. Influenced by the pioneering sounds of artists like Kelly Lee Owens, Floating Points and SOPHIE, Scalio is emerging as a trailblazer, weaving intricate rhythms and atmospheric layers into a distinct musical tapestry.

Recorded in caves, crypts, and shopping centres, Mandy, Indiana’s debut album i’ve seen a way is everywhere at once: channeling the chaos that surrounds our everyday lives, their debut is an exquisitely rendered portrait that transcends genre into a expertly-executed vision that’s entirely new and adventurous.

A four-piece experimental noise band that formed out of the fertile Manchester scene, the group initially came to fruition after vocalist Valentine Caulfield and Scott Fair met sharing a bill with their former projects. Joined by Simon Catling (synth) and Alex MacDougall (drums), they have together generated a sound that is at once chaotic and precision engineered, where chance operations are manipulated into percussive geometries, and gnarled guitars sit in thickets of distortion around which vocals spin knots of lyrical repetitions. Their first recordings emerged around 2019, with a smattering of early singles released not long after, culminating in 2021’s critically acclaimed ‘…’ EP which saw the band draw early cosigns including a remix from Daniel Avery and support slots from the Horrors, Squid, and Gilla Band. The latter’s Daniel Fox mixed several of the tracks on debut album ‘i’ve seen a way’ alongside Robin Stewart (Giant Swan) and the album was mastered by Heba Kedry (Ryuichi Sakamoto, Bjork).

Chibi Ichigo creates electronic music with powerful, honest lyrics. As a member of the queer community, she spreads messages of acceptance. Her new single “ENERGIE,” made with Sophie Straat, announces her upcoming album that draws influences from the music Chibi listened to in her youth (Happy hardcore, Europop, etc.).

WaqWaq Kingdom is a Japanese tribal bass duo, consisting of Kiki Hitomi and Shigeru Ishihara. Both are originally from Japan, lived in the U.K. for over a decade and are now based in Leipzig and Berlin.

Their genre- and time bending sound is like a psychedelic Nabe hot pot: melting Japanese traditional style Minyo with Jamaican dancehall, footwork, dub, techno, tribal polyrhythms and Super Nintendo soundtracks.

The lyrics and visuals are drawing a deep influence from ancient Shinto mythology and the Japanese “Matsuri” festivals that honor the local gods, “Kami-sama”.

WaqWaq Kingdom’s hypnotic and shamanic live performances are an intense time warp experience that re-connect their animistic roots with the future of urban neon colors.

Shigeru Ishihara is mostly known as breakcore-gameboy legend DJ Scotch Egg, but also for playing bass in Seefeel (Warp Records), the Devilman project and Small But Hard Records.

Kiki Hitomi is the singer/songwriter from bass explorers King Midas Sound (Ninja Tune), Black Chow, the Japanese Dubstep noise duo Dokkebi Q and the NoinoNoinoNoino project. Her highly acclaimed solo debut album “Karma No Kusari” appeared on Jahtari in 2016.

Wheelchair Accessible

'When Sunshine becomes Moonlight' is an iconic, kinetic light artwork. It is a sculpture designed as a hanging mobile and consists of ten separate, moving, reflective elements. These swirls are illuminated with special light beams, creating a dynamic play of light and shadow. The sculpture hangs in the atrium, where the reflective swirls of the mobile interact with the foyer and the light. During the day, it will capture the ever-changing daylight through the glass ceiling, and in the evening, the sculpture casts reflections of light beams into the space: 'When Sunshine becomes Moonlight.'

Taking inspiration from their own nocturnal London of afterparties, neon lights, A-roads and the rain, electronic act Real Lies make it their mission to seek out and eulogise the romance of late-night city living. Their second album, Lad Ash – released in 2022 after a seven-year wait – combines the classic lyrical story-telling of the greatest groups to emerge from the UK and Ireland, with the uncanny rainswept atmospheres of auteurs like Claude Young, Drexciya and Richard D James.

In the live arena, their music takes flight in a relentlessly propulsive club-ready set. One that leads their devoted cult fanbase on a rapturous, hour-long odyssey of banging beats, cinematic strings and torch songs giving meaning and magic to the thrills and spills of hedonism.

“Every weekend, without fail, our DMs will be rammed with late-night messages,” says frontman Kevin Lee Kharas. “It’s in those warped hours that people tend to find our music. Sometimes when I reply the next day, they seem embarrassed about DMing us. But they shouldn’t be.

“I feel this passionately – hedonism is often seen as this big waste of time, cash and brain cells. But it’s in those moments that we meet the people who most shape our lives. We make music for people who would die for their friends. And those nights that make us who we are.”

Now operating as a duo, Real Lies have emerged back into those nights in an adrenalised new shape. An intoxicating swirl of dancers, roses, oratory, special guests and slogan-bearing flags made for the witching hour warehouses and basements Real Lies have always loitered in.

Lola Edo, a rising DJ in the Amsterdam music scene, has quickly made a name for herself. While she may be new to the scene, her contribution to the city’s vibrant nightlife goes beyond mixing tracks. As the co-founder and driving force behind Pamela, Amsterdam’s iconic queer bar.

Lola’s DJ sets are a reflection of her diverse musical background. Genre-spanning and adventurous, her mixes traverse techno, acid and electro house, African bass, breaks, and UK garage. Each set is a carefully curated journey, filled with captivating rhythms, emotive melodies, and a captivating blend of energy that keeps the dancefloor moving.

Kikelomo is a London born, Berlin based DJ, presenter, producer, curator and Boiler Room Host. She hosts her own radio show ‘Pass The Aux’ on Cashmere Radio, showcasing the very best in UK infuenced and underground club music. She is a former member of the collective No Shade, a club night series and DJ training program for femme, trans and non-binary DJs, and is actively involved with broader industry initiatives pushing for diversity and inclusion in the music industry as a co-chair of the Association for Electronic Music’s workstream on Diversity and Inclusion.

Her eclectic sound stems from many infuences in her life, including her home city London and her Nigerian roots. As a result, her low end heavy high energy sets are packed full of everything from techno, house, garage, bass, deconstructed club, jungle, jersey club, electro, hip hop and more. This sound has become renowned for its ability to get crowds moving.

Cadmium is a chemical element used in various applications varying from batteries to electroplating. It is also highly poisonous. This is a metaphor for the discrepancy between one’s capabilities and the world’s view. 2 creative minds will guide you through their interpretation of sound. Everything goes, no filters.

Marco Gomez aka Junior M/False Witness (b. 1988, Boston) is a musician, DJ and visual artist. Gomez weaves through various forms of Techno, from aggressive to euphoric, incorporating disparate genres influences meticulously. Their Junior M moniker is informed from their experiences in NYC and Berlin, hybridizing classic House with Italo, Belgian New Beat, and EBM. While both production monikers are
distinct, their DJ sets express a fluidity between styles that responds & focuses on the audience. They have performed globally at various institutions including Frieze Art Fair London, Berghain, Hyperreality Festival Vienna, SXSW Austin and Warm Up at MoMA PS1 in New York City. They are currently based in Berlin, Germany.

Rakans is a DJ, an artist, and a visionary. His oriental, experimental, and eclectic approaches to arts and music make his sound choices unique and mysterious. Rakans is also the founder of Rawmantique party in Dresden, a Queer Safe(r) Space that aims at providing a space for explorations whether they’re sexual, social or psychological all within the underground scene offering the alternative and curious mind a non-judgmental surrounding that allows for new unique experiences, whatever they may be, to happen.

Rakans’s daring and mysterious musical choices have centralized his vision between local and European collectives. Bringing with him a different taste to music and arts, Rakans performed on main platforms such as Boiler Room, and Hör Berlin as well as dance floors of multiple reputable clubs. Aspiring to present an evolving sound along with new experiences, playing on the decks of Horovod Festival, Pornceptual, Mala Junta, Myst Paris, and Flash Cocotte has certainly pushed these endeavours.

Dive into the electrifying universe of Nymed, an emerging force in Berlin’s scene. Nymed’s musical journey as a DJ began in 2016, exploring the realms of ghetto tech and various types of house. It wasn’t until 2018 that he ventured into music production, eventually culminating in the release of his debut EP on E-Missions Recordings in 2023. Although Nymed has solidified his presence in the techno scene, his roots trace back to house music. Originating as such a DJ, he curated his own parties, showcasing the diverse spectrum from deep over ravey to hipper sounds of the Chicago-born subculture. Influenced by the vibrant events of Paris queer community, where Nymed found his new home, his transition to techno felt natural and organic. Nymed’s musical influences span the entire electronic spectrum, from the pulsating beats of hard sounds to the tranquil ambiance of chill spheres. His unique curation blends sexual tension with intricate, textured loops, creating an immersive experience, and with his preference of “funky” over “dark”, Nymed’s sound resonates with the crowd.

What if we treat robots as soulless machines? In this lilac colored atmospheric performance, three robots serve human customers behind a door. Collective WYF makes wild use of self-composed techno tracks, grim electronic soundscapes and hard beats. In MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN, WYF uses dry humor to show an absurd situation involving the struggling sex robot that serves humans on autopilot. What will it do to us if we can hire and use willing look-alikes in the future?

What if we treat robots as soulless machines? In this lilac colored atmospheric performance, three robots serve human customers behind a door. Collective WYF makes wild use of self-composed techno tracks, grim electronic soundscapes and hard beats. In MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN, WYF uses dry humor to show an absurd situation involving the struggling sex robot that serves humans on autopilot. What will it do to us if we can hire and use willing look-alikes in the future?

In ClubINC, host Connor Schumacher and eight dancers take you through a whirlwind total experience of connection.

Using everyone’s knowledge and experience, this performance creates an inclusive world where you are seen, you see others and everyone can participate. Expect fun and vulnerability in an encounter with a group of people who are different from you, or is it you that’s different? We invite you to see them, in an exploration of how together we can fill the dance floor with understanding and appreciation of our differences. A sensational gathering, practicing new skills for life in dance: from opera to techno – let’s go!

There was you
There was the other
There was us
There is the world
And there is every body in it
Love is a collaborative work of art: ClubINC

YEREYERE is a fresh and innovative platform that celebrates the diversity of the electronic music scene. Founded in 2022, with its inaugural event held on September 16, 2022, YEREYERE was born from a close-knit team of creatives embarking on a collective journey of growth.

At the core of YEREYERE are our values: diversity, open-mindedness, an adventurous spirit, boundless creativity, and community building. Our mission is to foster a tight-knit and diverse community within the electronic music scene.

Our sound Genrefluid, encompassing the wide spectrum of electronic music. We cherish artists' creative freedom, providing them with the space to explore without boundaries.

Inspired by the limitless possibilities of electronic music and fueled by our shared passion, YEREYERE is dedicated to continuously pushing the boundaries of creativity and diversity. Join us in our journey as we evolve and thrive together, shaping the future of electronic music culture.

A night full of live music and film. Two rising music talents from Rotterdam - Acidic Male and Avvnt MM - created new music for short films. Saturday January 27 they will play their music live during BORING the culture night of Haarlem. The program was initially created by Operator, Go Short Film Festival and Roffa Mon Amour.

Cinema Concert 1: Avvnt MM plays live music for The Master
The Master (2015) Riho Unt - 18 min - Estonia

A dog Popi and a monkey Huhuu are waiting for their Master to come home and one day he is just not coming any more… From this particular day their mutual life starts.
Popi, being actually smarter and stronger capitulates in front of monkey’s whims symbolizing with it his obedience and submissiveness. On the other hand, Huhuu symbolizes licentiousness and silliness.

About Avvnt MM
Melancholic electronic music with a passion for ambient. Inspired by artist as Pharaoh Sanders, Arca and Cluster, Avvnt MM will evoke a multitude of emotions by combining euphonious harmony with harsh noise that could (or could not) drown you.

Cinema Concert 2: Acidic Male plays live music for Flores del Otro Patio
Flores del Otro Patio (2022) Jorge Cadena - 15 min - Colombia

Set in the Colombian Caribbean, follows a group of queer activists who use extravagant performative actions to fight together against the various social injustices that plague the region.

A night full of live music and film. Two rising music talents from Rotterdam - Acidic Male and Avvnt MM - created new music for short films. Saturday January 27 they will play their music live during BORING the culture night of Haarlem. The program was initially created by Operator, Go Short Film Festival and Roffa Mon Amour.

Cinema Concert 1: Avvnt MM plays live music for The Master
The Master (2015) Riho Unt - 18 min - Estonia

A dog Popi and a monkey Huhuu are waiting for their Master to come home and one day he is just not coming any more… From this particular day their mutual life starts.
Popi, being actually smarter and stronger capitulates in front of monkey’s whims symbolizing with it his obedience and submissiveness. On the other hand, Huhuu symbolizes licentiousness and silliness.

About Avvnt MM
Melancholic electronic music with a passion for ambient. Inspired by artist as Pharaoh Sanders, Arca and Cluster, Avvnt MM will evoke a multitude of emotions by combining euphonious harmony with harsh noise that could (or could not) drown you.

Cinema Concert 2: Acidic Male plays live music for Flores del Otro Patio
Flores del Otro Patio (2022) Jorge Cadena - 15 min - Colombia

Set in the Colombian Caribbean, follows a group of queer activists who use extravagant performative actions to fight together against the various social injustices that plague the region.

Ishtar Bakhtali is a vocalist/composer implementing Carnatic (South Indian classical), jazz, electronics and Latin influences in her narrative compositions. Recent work often focuses on the relation/friction between humanity and nature. Lyrics are often inspired by travel, feminism and the social/climate theme and compositions range from introverted and atmospheric to rhythmic and playful.

The work of Ishtar is an ongoing playful exploration into sound and an invitation for the listener to both connect inwardly as well as join into the musical universe she creates. With her voice, small percussion, analog tape loops and loop station she weaves musical influences together into tiny worlds for the listener to travel in.

Through a succession of appearances drawn from 2000s pop culture, I Doll takes us on a colourful, psychological journey of a young person in search of their identity. Drag and dance find each other in humor and nostalgic pop references.

I am a Dutch-Iranian performance maker and sociologist. I make performative worlds in which image and sound are the driving forces. Working with sound reflects my desire to be faced with highly subjective, confrontational, and immersive forms of reality. In my practice, I scrutinize the human body as a material object in order to dissect social constructions, as I wish to grasp their absurdity and humor. Death and nothingness form the underlying motives of my work. Alongside my individual practice, I work as a collective with my brother Manuel Groothuysen.

The motherland is a dream. Mountainous, hidden in fog with grumbling sulfur bubbling up from her hot springs.

Especially for Boring Festival 2024 Frances Rompas exhibits an experimental film/video-installation that showcases a fragmented mind. Past, present and longing. Belonging? Cut with the real and the unreal. Synthetics versus the natural landscape. Stop. Go. Return. Scored with 1970’s synthesisers and distant exotics. Freeze. Insert smoke machine.

Set in Teylers Museum this video work gains an extra layer of consequence. Within the tradition of enlightenment, world-explorations and the urge to collect objects and phenomena, to understand more of the world we live in, Frances Rompas decolonises the origin myth of her Indonesian tribe.

The video’s biographical starting point takes the visitor from the internal world of the maker through a search for history. Hoping to conclude with an universal longing for a deep connection with ancestors, nature and natural sites. Genius loci.

About the artist:
Frances Rompas is visual artist, filmmaker and DJ. Her art projects have an essayistic nature and often involve artistic research. She sees video’s ability of including emotion into knowledge is essential to unravel complex issues. Bringing people together in a physical space to collectively walk an emotional pathway is her way of coping with today, and to activate social cohesion.

Her presentation at Teyler’s Museum is part of the development of “Toko Waar Is Thuis” supported by NL Film Fund. Artistic research for this work has been supported by Stimuleringsfonds voor de Creatieve Industrie and K.F. Hein Fonds.

Anto López Espinosa is a performance-based artist. Anto often uses sound, their own body and lip syncing as a tool to connect with their audience. Through their practice, Anto deploys various acoustic effects as a strategy to destabilize the way visual and sonic expectations interact, thus disrupting the fluency of the different sensory scales that compose a context. For this occasion, Anto is performing their performance “On your return, you offered me a hand full of voices“.

LAWAAI is an Amsterdam-based DJ collective which champions femme-identifying artists. Since its inception in 2022, LAWAAI Collective has given a platform to countless up-and-coming artists through events and radio takeovers. Its founding members INA, LAN The Wireless and LENI have played dancefloors across Amsterdam – including a vinyl-only set at ADE 2023 – as well as clubs and festivals in Barcelona and Manchester.

Dutch producer and multi-disciplinary artist, Yannick Verhoeven, has spent years refining his craft in the music industry. Whether it be as part of the music collective: Cairo Liberation Front, or founding his own festival called Eurabia, he’s proved himself to be visionary in alternative dance music and honing an ability to find hidden talents across the Middle East and Africa. Now, under his Ramses3000 solo alias, the artist is set to release his debut album Nadja – named after André Breton’s iconic novel centred around the French surrealist movement.

The book’s impact on the artist comes from its description of surrealism as a way of life. Constantly blurring the lines between dream and reality, Verhoeven found a world in which his creative endeavours can call home. With this project his ambition was to let go of all expectations and ideas and see where such an improvised approach would lead to. And so the album was born – placing the artist’s love for art, travel, and collaboration at its core.

LAWAAI is an Amsterdam-based DJ collective which champions femme-identifying artists. Since its inception in 2022, LAWAAI Collective has given a platform to countless up-and-coming artists through events and radio takeovers. Its founding members INA, LAN The Wireless and LENI have played dancefloors across Amsterdam – including a vinyl-only set at ADE 2023 – as well as clubs and festivals in Barcelona and Manchester.

Anto López Espinosa is a performance-based artist. Anto often uses sound, their own body and lip syncing as a tool to connect with their audience. Through their practice, Anto deploys various acoustic effects as a strategy to destabilize the way visual and sonic expectations interact, thus disrupting the fluency of the different sensory scales that compose a context. For this occasion, Anto is performing their performance “On your return, you offered me a hand full of voices“.

Wheelchair accessible 

This experience requires a free VIP drive leaving at 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00. Read the practical information carefully.

Immerse yourself in a sensory and intuitive mindfulness session, combined with music and a drawing session in Museum van de Geest. After the success of Mark to the Music during Amsterdam Dance Event, we bring this mindful art experience to Haarlem. Explore your inner world through sound and colour, using mindfulness-based techniques.

This multidisciplinary art intervention is guided by Jolien Posthumus, a professional mindfulness trainer and Program Manager for Mental Health at Museum van de Geest. The beats are provided by DJ Nelly. Let yourself be taken on a personal journey with the power of electronic music and sound through a guided visual meditation. This way, you'll enter the night with renewed energy!

Adopted by Nous'Klaer, Clone, and Phuture West: the whole of Rotterdam is already captivated by Nelly (formerly known as Nelly Dragon). In the Maasstad, she became addicted to nineties rave tunes and hardcore, and is still addicted to dark basement music, but in a deeper corner. Oh, and during the coronavirus period, she also immersed herself in ambient music for sets on radio station Operator. "Ridiculously talented!!", says Lisa Molle (Dekmantel). "Dreamy techno, flawlessly mixed, and not afraid to surprise you by waking you up from that dream with pounding breakbeats.

Practical Information
Take advantage of the free Boring bus, and you'll be at the museum in 6 minutes (or back in the city center). The bus leaves 30 minutes before the start of a session, make sure your on time.

Pick-up point (to Musem):
Jansstraat 40, Janskerk (Noord-Hollands Archief)
At 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, 22:00 to Museum van de Geest.

Pick-up point (back to city centre):
Schotersingel 2, Museum van de Geest at 20:30, 21:30, 22:30 and 23:30 to Janskerk.


You can also come on your own. Make sure you arrive on time for the Mark to the Music – a mindful art experience sessions at 19:30, 20:30, 21:30, and 22:30. Be present 15 minutes before the start. The sessions last 35 minutes.

About Jolien Posthumus
Jolien Posthumus is the Program Manager for Mental Health at the Museum of the Mind and an experienced mindfulness trainer. Graduated as a creative craftsman, specializing in art and cultural history, Jolien has actively engaged in connecting Art and Well-being for the past 20 years. In addition to her 18 years of experience as a meditation teacher, she is trained as a mindfulness trainer. She is a pioneer of Mindfulness in the Museum in the Netherlands and has developed numerous programs for various museums at home and abroad.

Wheelchair accessible 

This experience requires a free VIP drive leaving at 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00. Read the practical information carefully.

Immerse yourself in a sensory and intuitive mindfulness session, combined with music and a drawing session in Museum van de Geest. After the success of Mark to the Music during Amsterdam Dance Event, we bring this mindful art experience to Haarlem. Explore your inner world through sound and colour, using mindfulness-based techniques.

This multidisciplinary art intervention is guided by Jolien Posthumus, a professional mindfulness trainer and Program Manager for Mental Health at Museum van de Geest. The beats are provided by DJ Nelly. Let yourself be taken on a personal journey with the power of electronic music and sound through a guided visual meditation. This way, you'll enter the night with renewed energy!

Adopted by Nous'Klaer, Clone, and Phuture West: the whole of Rotterdam is already captivated by Nelly (formerly known as Nelly Dragon). In the Maasstad, she became addicted to nineties rave tunes and hardcore, and is still addicted to dark basement music, but in a deeper corner. Oh, and during the coronavirus period, she also immersed herself in ambient music for sets on radio station Operator. "Ridiculously talented!!", says Lisa Molle (Dekmantel). "Dreamy techno, flawlessly mixed, and not afraid to surprise you by waking you up from that dream with pounding breakbeats.

Practical Information
Take advantage of the free Boring bus, and you'll be at the museum in 6 minutes (or back in the city center). The bus leaves 30 minutes before the start of a session, make sure your on time.

Pick-up point (to Musem):
Jansstraat 40, Janskerk (Noord-Hollands Archief)
At 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, 22:00 to Museum van de Geest.

Pick-up point (back to city centre):
Schotersingel 2, Museum van de Geest at 20:30, 21:30, 22:30 and 23:30 to Janskerk.


You can also come on your own. Make sure you arrive on time for the Mark to the Music – a mindful art experience sessions at 19:30, 20:30, 21:30, and 22:30. Be present 15 minutes before the start. The sessions last 35 minutes.

About Jolien Posthumus
Jolien Posthumus is the Program Manager for Mental Health at the Museum of the Mind and an experienced mindfulness trainer. Graduated as a creative craftsman, specializing in art and cultural history, Jolien has actively engaged in connecting Art and Well-being for the past 20 years. In addition to her 18 years of experience as a meditation teacher, she is trained as a mindfulness trainer. She is a pioneer of Mindfulness in the Museum in the Netherlands and has developed numerous programs for various museums at home and abroad.

Wheelchair accessible 

This experience requires a free VIP drive leaving at 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00. Read the practical information carefully.

Immerse yourself in a sensory and intuitive mindfulness session, combined with music and a drawing session in Museum van de Geest. After the success of Mark to the Music during Amsterdam Dance Event, we bring this mindful art experience to Haarlem. Explore your inner world through sound and colour, using mindfulness-based techniques.

This multidisciplinary art intervention is guided by Jolien Posthumus, a professional mindfulness trainer and Program Manager for Mental Health at Museum van de Geest. The beats are provided by DJ Nelly. Let yourself be taken on a personal journey with the power of electronic music and sound through a guided visual meditation. This way, you'll enter the night with renewed energy!

Adopted by Nous'Klaer, Clone, and Phuture West: the whole of Rotterdam is already captivated by Nelly (formerly known as Nelly Dragon). In the Maasstad, she became addicted to nineties rave tunes and hardcore, and is still addicted to dark basement music, but in a deeper corner. Oh, and during the coronavirus period, she also immersed herself in ambient music for sets on radio station Operator. "Ridiculously talented!!", says Lisa Molle (Dekmantel). "Dreamy techno, flawlessly mixed, and not afraid to surprise you by waking you up from that dream with pounding breakbeats.

Practical Information
Take advantage of the free Boring bus, and you'll be at the museum in 6 minutes (or back in the city center). The bus leaves 30 minutes before the start of a session, make sure your on time.

Pick-up point (to Musem):
Jansstraat 40, Janskerk (Noord-Hollands Archief)
At 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, 22:00 to Museum van de Geest.

Pick-up point (back to city centre):
Schotersingel 2, Museum van de Geest at 20:30, 21:30, 22:30 and 23:30 to Janskerk.


You can also come on your own. Make sure you arrive on time for the Mark to the Music – a mindful art experience sessions at 19:30, 20:30, 21:30, and 22:30. Be present 15 minutes before the start. The sessions last 35 minutes.

About Jolien Posthumus
Jolien Posthumus is the Program Manager for Mental Health at the Museum of the Mind and an experienced mindfulness trainer. Graduated as a creative craftsman, specializing in art and cultural history, Jolien has actively engaged in connecting Art and Well-being for the past 20 years. In addition to her 18 years of experience as a meditation teacher, she is trained as a mindfulness trainer. She is a pioneer of Mindfulness in the Museum in the Netherlands and has developed numerous programs for various museums at home and abroad.

Wheelchair accessible 

This experience requires a free VIP drive leaving at 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00. Read the practical information carefully.

Immerse yourself in a sensory and intuitive mindfulness session, combined with music and a drawing session in Museum van de Geest. After the success of Mark to the Music during Amsterdam Dance Event, we bring this mindful art experience to Haarlem. Explore your inner world through sound and colour, using mindfulness-based techniques.

This multidisciplinary art intervention is guided by Jolien Posthumus, a professional mindfulness trainer and Program Manager for Mental Health at Museum van de Geest. The beats are provided by DJ Nelly. Let yourself be taken on a personal journey with the power of electronic music and sound through a guided visual meditation. This way, you'll enter the night with renewed energy!

Adopted by Nous'Klaer, Clone, and Phuture West: the whole of Rotterdam is already captivated by Nelly (formerly known as Nelly Dragon). In the Maasstad, she became addicted to nineties rave tunes and hardcore, and is still addicted to dark basement music, but in a deeper corner. Oh, and during the coronavirus period, she also immersed herself in ambient music for sets on radio station Operator. "Ridiculously talented!!", says Lisa Molle (Dekmantel). "Dreamy techno, flawlessly mixed, and not afraid to surprise you by waking you up from that dream with pounding breakbeats.

Practical Information
Take advantage of the free Boring bus, and you'll be at the museum in 6 minutes (or back in the city center). The bus leaves 30 minutes before the start of a session, make sure your on time.

Pick-up point (to Musem):
Jansstraat 40, Janskerk (Noord-Hollands Archief)
At 19:00, 20:00, 21:00, 22:00 to Museum van de Geest.

Pick-up point (back to city centre):
Schotersingel 2, Museum van de Geest at 20:30, 21:30, 22:30 and 23:30 to Janskerk.


You can also come on your own. Make sure you arrive on time for the Mark to the Music – a mindful art experience sessions at 19:30, 20:30, 21:30, and 22:30. Be present 15 minutes before the start. The sessions last 35 minutes.

About Jolien Posthumus
Jolien Posthumus is the Program Manager for Mental Health at the Museum of the Mind and an experienced mindfulness trainer. Graduated as a creative craftsman, specializing in art and cultural history, Jolien has actively engaged in connecting Art and Well-being for the past 20 years. In addition to her 18 years of experience as a meditation teacher, she is trained as a mindfulness trainer. She is a pioneer of Mindfulness in the Museum in the Netherlands and has developed numerous programs for various museums at home and abroad.

Koortsdroom
Versmelting van mens en dier

In fairy tales, legends, and popular culture, animals often symbolize humans and are attributed with human characteristics. The exhibition Koortsdroom focuses on the relationship between humans and animals. Contemporary artists show how humans and animals merge: intense, colorful, imaginative, and often with an ominous edge.

The starting point of the exhibition is the new, never-before-seen video artwork *Beast and Feast* by Prix de Rome-nominated artist Josefin Arnell. In *Beast and Feast*, a policewoman searches for the perfect police horse. The psychological torment she experiences during this search becomes terrifyingly real: the woman transforms into her ideal horse.

The Frans Hals Museum combines *Beast and Feast* with a unique mix of contemporary art that explores the relationship between humans and animals. From the malevolent fairy tale *The Bird Game* by Marianna Simnett and the socially critical flying elephant by Dena Yago from the rich collection of the Frans Hals Museum, to the imaginative sculptures by Mamali Shafahi and the dreamy paintings by Donglai Meng, as well as exceptional works by Jeroen Eisinga, Jana Euler, Valentina Gal, Hadrien Gérenton, Juliana Huxtable & Hannah Black, Marc Mulders, Markus Selg, and Luuk Wilmering. With this imaginative journey of an exhibition, the Frans Hals Museum invites visitors to dream with their eyes open.

Please note that some images may be perceived as shocking.

End time performance is flexible, be on time.

Why do we act the way we do? Why is it so difficult for humanity to learn from our mistakes. Where are we now and what would it look like if we did things completely differently? For this 3 hour performance we zoom in on civilization, on history, on the present and we look at civilization in the future. Where does the need for civilization come from today and what role has religion played in this? If you lived a hundred years ago, you were in a completely different time. Where faith was on a different pedestal and we showed gratitude for our evening meal, now we already complain when flash delivery drivers do not deliver your groceries within 10 minutes.

The performance De Beschaving is a physical iconoclasm, a succession of controversial thoughts, an absurd representation of human history in which we question ourselves and the audience what actually is civilized and whether this is desirable at all. In the Van Beinum Hall of De Philharmonie, Het Paradijs creates a place where space will be continuously transformed by those who call themselves civilization.

Collective Het Paradijs is characterized by the large amount of absurd images, their inexhaustible energy and high physicality. A 4-hour performance exclusively made for this festival and can only be seen here at the Boring Festival in Haarlem.