Cello Octet Amsterdam

COCON II is an audiovisual live performance by Cello Octet Amsterdam and Nick Verstand.

The scenography is created by Nick Verstand. Eight robotic arms embrace the cellists on stage. The mechanical cocoon slowly unfolds and ripples along with the music. Lights attached to the ends of the robotic arms illuminate both the musicians and the space, creating three-dimensional shapes in the air. The cocoon symbolizes Mother Earth's embrace as a source for humanity, but at the same time represents our human addition and destruction of that same source. This contrast is enhanced by the classical cellos as opposed to the futuristic robots. The robotic structures behave as autonomous entities on stage and interact with the musicians to create a tension arc of light, sound and kinetics.

Cocon II is the second iteration of the project, specifically designed for ADE. Using Door Open Space’s massive warehouse as a canvas to position cellists, kinetics, light, sound and audience in circular layers, focusing on ritualistic, trance-inducing movements in light and sound.

Music:

Naqvi – Sine 1 & 2
Kara-Lis Coverdale – Endocrine
Jesse Broekman – We walk by threads of light
Abul Mogard & KMRU – Drawing water on matching teal surfaces Arr. René van Munster
Caterina Barbieri – Scratches on the Readable Surface (Cello Octet) Arr. Alistair Sung

Scenography: Nick Verstand

On stage: Cello Octet Amsterdam

DOORS OPEN AT 18:00

**COCON II is an audiovisual live performance by Cello Octet Amsterdam and Nick Verstand.**

The scenography is created by Nick Verstand. Eight robotic arms embrace the cellists on stage. The mechanical cocoon slowly unfolds and ripples along with the music. Lights attached to the ends of the robotic arms illuminate both the musicians and the space, creating three-dimensional shapes in the air. The cocoon symbolizes Mother Earth's embrace as a source for humanity, but at the same time represents our human addition and destruction of that same source. This contrast is enhanced by the classical cellos as opposed to the futuristic robots. The robotic structures behave as autonomous entities on stage and interact with the musicians to create a tension arc of light, sound and kinetics.

Cocon II is the second iteration of the project, specifically designed for ADE. Using Door Open Space’s massive warehouse as a canvas to position cellists, kinetics, light, sound and audience in circular layers, focusing on ritualistic, trance-inducing movements in light and sound.

Music:

Naqvi – Sine 1 & 2  
Kara-Lis Coverdale – Endocrine  
Jesse Broekman – We walk by threads of light  
Abul Mogard & KMRU – Drawing water on matching teal surfaces Arr. René van Munster  
Caterina Barbieri – Scratches on the Readable Surface (Cello Octet) Arr. Alistair Sung

Scenography: Nick Verstand

**On stage:** Cello Octet Amsterdam

**DOORS OPEN AT 18:00**

🎨 Cultural

Chaf Ben

Stéphanie Bloemen

DOOR OPEN SPACE

ADE 2024

ADE Opening Concert: COCON II

“We’re turning the vintage clothing market on its head!”

Fair Priced Vintage. That’s vintage how it’s supposed to be; fair prices, high quality and banging items. We organise the sickest vintage clothing market in Europe. Everything is handpicked, clean and ready to wear.  

How can the price be so low? Simple. We don’t feel we need to take extreme margins on our products. We don’t organise events for the highest profit, but because we love to give clothes a new life. 

Besides a fair price, we also offer a fair chance. The racks are restocked throughout the day. So you have an equal chance of getting cool items if you come later in the day.

“**We’re turning the vintage clothing market on its head!”**

Fair Priced Vintage. That’s vintage how it’s supposed to be; fair prices, high quality and banging items. We organise the sickest vintage clothing market in Europe. Everything is handpicked, clean and ready to wear.  

How can the price be so low? Simple. We don’t feel we need to take extreme margins on our products. We don’t organise events for the highest profit, but because we love to give clothes a new life. 

Besides a fair price, we also offer a fair chance. The racks are restocked throughout the day. So you have an equal chance of getting cool items if you come later in the day.

🪩 Party

Mehal Rao

Victor Ojieboh

Wassim Miladi

Israa Aly

Tommy Hentschel

Rudi Fermo

Quốc-Cường Lê

Harsh Vardhan Goyal

Andrea O’Keeffe

Elijah Sueuga

FAIR PRICED VINTAGE MARKET

Journey of Serene is een live muziekervaring die je meeneemt op een zintuiglijke reis met als doel om verbinding met jezelf te maken en je lichaam echt te ontspannen. Het is een creatief concept waarbij we een toegankelijke en innovatieve ervaring aanbieden. Dit doen we door ademwerk en meditatie te combineren met live muziek die wordt omschreven als elektronisch, neoklassiek, ambient en cinematografisch.

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Event source:
https://www.ndsm.nl/agenda

🍿 Chill

🏀 Active

NDSM

Journey of Serene

Immerse yourself in an evening of raw expression, connection, and sensuality with SDC. This 45-minute performance installation will transport you into a world of pole dance, shibari, and striptease, where the essence of erotica manifests in both individual and collective forms. Performed by five artists, this captivating show is designed to awaken your senses, revealing new reactions within yourself.

Set against the industrial backdrop of a warehouse, the performance contrasts skin against cold metal, rhinestones against harsh surfaces, and warmth against coolness. The experience blurs the lines between the soft and the bold, the feminine and the androgynous, the individual and the collective. It’s a journey that underscores the power of unapologetic sisterhood in a world that often isolates and demonizes sexually empowered women.

As if entering a holy premise, this performance will distort your senses in the face of a higher power, the power of sensuality in its most authentic, intense and feminine form.

The Skin Deep Collective (SDC) is a performance arts company based in Amsterdam, directed by ANNALIISA & HETA. Drawing inspiration from sensual performance art, they founded SDC to provide a platform for crafts often overlooked in the mainstream art world due to their sensual nature. By transforming stigma into empowerment, they aim to inspire through shows that are as visually stunning as they are emotionally provocative. Combining acrobatics with unapologetic femininity, SDC brings together performers who are experts in the art of performative seduction, each offering their unique flavor, depth, and interpretation.

This performance is funded by AFK and sponsored by New Side Erotic Shop.

Hiyat Zuate

SKIN DEEP COLLECTIVE - IMMERSION

Early Bird

Regular

Late Bird

Pari

Tijdens zijn residentie bij Door Foundation, die plaatsvindt in Door Open Space, zoekt Edward Lloyd mensen uit de LGBTQIA+ gemeenschap in Amsterdam om deel te nemen aan een onderzoek naar belichaamd activisme en de empowerment van Queer-lichamen door middel van somatische bewegingspraktijken. Dit zal de vorm aannemen van vier GRATIS wekelijkse workshops die worden georganiseerd in Door Open Space.

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Event source:
https://www.ndsm.nl/agenda

DOOR OPEN SPACE

6

12

ADE Opening Concert: COCON II

FAIR PRICED VINTAGE MARKET

Journey of Serene

SKIN DEEP COLLECTIVE - IMMERSION

SKIN DEEP COLLECTIVE - IMMERSION

SKIN DEEP COLLECTIVE - IMMERSION

Bodybodybody workshops

Bodybodybody workshops

Bodybodybody workshops

Bodybodybody workshops

December

DOOR OPEN SPACE

6

12

ADE Opening Concert: COCON II

FAIR PRICED VINTAGE MARKET

Journey of Serene

SKIN DEEP COLLECTIVE - IMMERSION

SKIN DEEP COLLECTIVE - IMMERSION

SKIN DEEP COLLECTIVE - IMMERSION

Bodybodybody workshops

Bodybodybody workshops

Bodybodybody workshops

Bodybodybody workshops

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December