Sound Art Sunday: Performances

Amber Meulenijzer (Performance), Joris Strijbos (Performance), Hannah Todt (Performance), Anaïs Lossouarn (Performance)

Sunday May 31, de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
14:45 - 18:00

After a long Saturday night, Sunday offers the perfect opportunity to wind down and listen carefully. Now in its third year, this programme is entirely dedicated to four experimental performances by Belgian and Netherlands-based sound artists. From bespoke kinetic instruments to playable installations: an adventurous selection is on the menu for our closing day in the main theatre of the Brakke Grond.

One And Many Flutes is a performance presented by Hannah Todt that uses steel tubes to form a polyphonic flute for collective performances. The work investigates the close connection between breath and sound, between tone and melody, and between individual and collective.

Joris Strijbos will present Composition for Kinetic Sound: a modular system of rotating speakers in which sound and movement are intrinsically intertwined. During the performance, horns and bullet speakers are activated as a mechanical ensemble, actively engaging with the acoustics of the space.

During Amber Meulenijzer’s Holding Shadows, you will experience an audiovisual performance in which she uses eight gas-discharge lamps to make the inner workings audible through electromagnetic microphones. Flickers of light translate directly into sound, while transformers and power flows generate deep, resonant tones.

Closing the day is the performance What holds of the living by Anaïs Lossouarn. By interacting with stones through touch, Anaïs draws sound from their edges as if playing a crystal glass. Visitors can sense the faint rhythms of the stones through direct interaction with the mineral bodies, creating a tactile connection between the human and the organic pulse of life.

About the artists:

Hannah Todt is a visual artist and musician based between Vienna and Brussels, working at the intersection of sound, performance, and sculpture. Her practice explores the porous boundaries between bodies, focusing on the entanglement of human and non-human forms.

Joris Strijbos is a Rotterdam-based artist working at the intersection of sound, light, and moving image. Through kinetic installations and expanded cinema performances, he develops immersive environments in which audiovisual elements operate as interconnected systems rather than separate media.

Amber Meulenijzer is a sound artist from Belgium. Working across sound and visual art, Meulenijzer explores the expressive potential of materials and their thresholds. Her practice brings together intuition and technical inquiry, resulting in installations and performances that unfold with a cinematic and quietly theatrical sensibility.

Anaïs Lossouarn creates spaces that invite slow attention and a gentle encounter with the unfamiliar. Her practice explores resonance and the relationships between matter and the living: how vibrations travel through bodies and materials, and how listening can become a shared, relational experience.

This event is linked to Neighbouring Frequencies – a new platform that supports the presentation and exchange of sound art between the Netherlands and Belgium. Curated in collaboration with Gilles Helsen (STUK) and with support from de Brakke Grond.

Event Summary

• Date: Sunday May 31

• Time: 14:45 - 18:00

• Location: de Brakke Grond, Nes 45, 1012 KD Amsterdam

• Price: € 18.00 | Students: € 15.00