JOIN SN AT IDFA DOCLAB / In a world connected 24/7 by technology, we are becoming more alienated, lonely, and anxious than ever. What is the human cost of our addiction to technological convenience? Can we still go offline without averting our gaze from everything happening in this world? Can we truly disconnect without losing sight of each other? And what happens when interactive and immersive art, instead of keeping us confined to our screens, becomes a more physical and shared experience?
This year’s theme for IDFA DocLab, Off the Internet, explores the paradox of our times: the growing need to disconnect, the impossibility of ever truly logging out, and the inherent privilege of going offline.
With Off the Internet, DocLab focuses on interactive and immersive art in search of new forms of physical presence and connection.
Nothing to See Here by Studio Nergens is part of the DocLab exhibition from November 14th to 22nd. Come visit us - we look forward to seeing you!
Studio Nergens / Nothing to see here / DocLab Exhibition
Location: Flemish Cultural Centre de Brakke Grond
Nes 45
1012 KD Amsterdam
Date and times: November 14–21 / 11:30 AM–8:30 PM and November 22 / 11:30AM-6:00PM
Price: Admission is pay-what-you-want. Please reserve your admission online (link in bio)
NB. Celine and Aron will ‘play’ in the DocLab Playroom / Hacking Reality on Tuesday, November 18 / 2:00–5:00 PM / de Brakke Grond: Rode Zaal (link in bio)
See you there - offline! X
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Photography by Adem Gümrükçüler
We’ve been selected for IDFA DocLab 2025 with our interactive diorama Nothing to see here!
This year’s theme of DocLab, Off the Internet, explores the paradox of our times: the growing need to disconnect, the impossibility of ever truly logging out, and the inherent privilege of going offline.
Nothing to see here invites passersby to become part of a kaleidoscopic and disruptive immersive experience. You encounter your live doppelganger, while fictional figures and immersive sounds stalk and surround it. A series of strange events challenge our perception: What’s happening behind your back? How much of reality can we truly comprehend? And isn’t our experience of reality merely a self-constructed illusion?
Nothing to See Here is an experience in public space, one you can participate in at any time and for as long as you like. The installation shakes and splits your perception, placing you in the middle of an alienating virtual world while simultaneously allowing you to observe yourself from a distance. Nothing to See Here explores that what we accept as truth is not objective or fixed, but is constantly shaped by our bodily relationship with it.
IDFA DocLab takes place at De Brakke Grond in Amsterdam from the 14th to the 22nd of November, and the DocLab exhibition is open from Friday 14th to Friday 21st, 11:30-20:30, and on Saturday 22nd 11:30-18:00.
Tickets are available from October 29 at DocLab website (link in bio)
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Video by Adem Gümrükçüler & Bowie Verschuren
Aanstaande zaterdag opent Nothing to see here tijdens Cultura Nova. Je kunt je dan op station Heerlen onderdompelen in een caleidoscopische virtuele wereld vol optische en sonische illusies. Een raam naar een kleine alternatieve werkelijkheid, waar je jezelf tegenkomt en waar fictieve figuren en meeslepende geluiden jouw dubbelganger besluipen en omringen.
Wat gebeurt er allemaal achter je rug om? Hoeveel van de werkelijkheid kunnen we eigenlijk echt doorgronden? En is onze beleving van de werkelijkheid niet slechts door onszelf geconstrueerd?
Nothing to see here is een ervaring in de publieke ruimte, waaraan je elk gewenst moment en zo lang je wilt, kunt deelnemen. Kom het ondervinden in Heerlen vanaf zaterdag!
Studio Nergens / Nothing to see here
Locatie: Stationshal Heerlen-Centrum, Maankwartier
Datum en tijden: Zaterdag 30 augustus t/m zondag 7 september 2025 / 9.00 - 22.00 uur
Prijs: Gratis
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We are developing and building our new installation Nothing to see here. On June 13 we will give an insight into this production process during the Open Studio presentation in Techlab / Studio Boekman.
We would love you to join us and explore with us how immersive audio and 3D visuals can turn our reality upside down.
During the presentation we will take you into the world of interactive and immersive audio soundscapes, sound art and interactive 3D videos. We will take you through exciting experiments with freshly recorded scenes and there will be a prototype setup of the installation for you to experience. There will also be room to talk to the makers and ask questions.
Window to a small alternative reality / Nothing to see here is an interactive installation by Studio Nergens that invites passers-by to become part of a kaleidoscopic and disruptive immersive experience. Nothing to see here is an encounter in public space, in which you can participate at any time and for as long as you want. A visual and auditory assembly in which reality is questioned.
Nationale Opera & Ballet
Techlab / Nothing to see here
Open Studio presentation by Studio Nergens
Location: NO&B / Studio Boekman / Amstel 3, Amsterdam
Date and times: June 13 - 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm and June 13 - 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Tickets: link in bio
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Our Open Studio presentation of the installation Nothing to see here on Friday 13th of June at Nationale Opera & Ballet will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the research and development that resulted from the Collider Fellowship at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City (see picture) and the residency at the Techlab in Studio Boekman of NO&B.
Nothing to see here will premiere in the Netherlands during Cultura Nova on Friday 29 August 2025 at Station Heerlen, but this Friday at Techlab you have the chance to explore and develop with us - hope to see you there!
Nationale Opera & Ballet
Techlab / Nothing to see here
Open Studio presentation by Studio Nergens
Location: NO&B / Studio Boekman / Amstel 3, Amsterdam
Date and times: June 13 - 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm and June 13 - 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Tickets: link in bio
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Afgelopen maandag zijn we onze residentie bij Nationale Opera & Ballet gestart. We ontwikkelen en bouwen hier verder aan onze nieuwe installatie Nothing to see here. Op 13 juni geven we een inkijkje in dit maakproces tijdens een presentatie & talk in Techlab / Studio Boekman.
We nodigen je van harte uit om daarbij aanwezig te zijn en samen met ons te onderzoeken hoe immersieve audio en 3D visuals onze werkelijkheid op zijn kop (kunnen) zetten.
Tijdens de presentatie & talk nemen we je mee naar de wereld van interactieve en immersieve audio soundscapes en geluidskunst en interactieve 3D video’s. We experimenteren met vers opgenomen scènes en er is een prototype opstelling van de installatie te ervaren. Ook is er ruimte om met ons in gesprek te gaan en vragen te stellen. We hopen je te zien en spreken in Studio Boekman volgende week vrijdag!
Nationale Opera & Ballet
Techlab / Nothing to see here
Een presentatie & talk van Studio Nergens
Locatie: NO&B / Studio Boekman / Amstel 3, Amsterdam
Datum en tijden: 13 juni 17:00 - 18:30 en 13 juni 20:30 - 22:00
Tarieven: Standaard € 16,00 / CJP, Stadspas en jongeren t/m 35 jaar € 12,50
Tickets: Via de link in bio
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Stills from @monologues_for_nothing for @cultuurmakersmaastricht ! A social VR experience where young people leave spoken messages for each other in the clouds. Directed by @celine_daemen , with photogrammetry scans by @dajobrinkman and art-directed by yours truly #pointcloud #3dscan #3dscanning #vr #photogrammetry #madewithunity
Yesterday IVF-X: Posthuman Parenting in Hybrid Reality, directed by @ivfx_victorine_van_alphen , won the golden calf in the category "Digital Culture". I'm very proud to have been part of this production and everyone involved. It will be shown at Lab111 in Amsterdam from 16 to 31 October. Be sure to come check it out! #vr #ivf #nff #goudenkalf #immersive #vracademy