Dormsessions

Aaaaaand we're also so excited to announce that @babyganoush.eu and @bandgurl666 will be closing off the night with some amazing DJ sets. TONIGHT! Films at 17:00 and music starts at 20:00 so make sure you come early to see some fantastic Filmlab projects!

Are you ready for tomorrow??! We know we are, and we're so incredibly hyped to announce that @fastde__ will be bringing us down to the dancefloor. FAST DE bridges the gulf between experimental and fun. Praised by MOJO magazine with a four-star review for his debut album, FAST DE quickly established himself as an artist who’s not afraid to take risks. For his new live show, he sampled his yet to be released second album, and created a bombastic set of raw beats, trippy vocals, screaming synths and energetic bass playing. Expect the unexpected, and big fun. Get your tickets while you still can!! and get ready to dance! link in bio

Hello Hello Hello! We are SO back with another Dormsessions x CUT collab, this time at Blokloods celebrating the cinematic achievements of some of our very own AUC students. There will be screenings, food, and funky tunes to keep you dancing all night long. Grab your tickets at the link in bio ASAP! See you Saturday 👁️

And finally thank you to @auccut for making this event happen and to everyone who showed up! You were such a lovely audience and we had an amazing evening with you all See you at the next one

And another huge thank you to KROES for their fantastic electronic performance. Still thinking about how they brought The Kidnapping of the Sun and Moon to life!

Looking back to our event with @auccut at Droog in January Massive thank you to Before Breakfast for their incredible performance!

For our second act of Saturday night, we have KROES, a project by @appelmoesroes playing over two animated surrealist shorts, An Optical Poem (1938) and Kidnapping of the Sun and Moon (1968. Get the last available tickets on the @droogamsterdam website!! KROES is a project by Amsterdam-based maker Lau Breukhoven exploring the intersection between live performance and music technology. It draws inspiration from themes on the seemingly mundane to hidden histories, providing both exposure to the overlooked and insight on the trivialities of life. Driven by a curiosity and intrigue with nuance, KROES unites technical experimentation with poetic sensibility, inviting listeners to not only observe, but to inhabit the works themselves. Moving shapes and patterns, set to music, create a visual rhythm on screen. Oskar Fischinger's An Optical Poem turns simple forms and color into a playful, dancing animation. The sun and moon have been kidnapped, throwing the world as we know it into darkness. This film by Sándor Reisenbüchler follows the effort to restore balance and bring light back again.

Announcing the first act of our event with CUT at Droog this Saturday ‼️ Before Breakfast will be playing over 2 surrealist short films, Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) and Vormittagsspuk (1928). Get your tickets on the @droogamsterdam website before they sell out!! « Before Breakfast » is a project consisting of three emerging artists from the European jazz scene: Timothé Lantoine, Karlīna Priedēna, and Álvaro Orcajo. Rooted in improvisation and shaped by influences such as classical music, pop, and jazz, the trio seeks to redefine silence, sound, and the visual dimension. Their work explores the space between what is heard, what is seen, and what is felt, inviting the audience into a sensitive and immersive experience. Maya Deren’s surrealist film Meshes of the Afternoon follows a woman who experiences a series of dreamlike, repetitive events within her home. As the space becomes increasingly labyrinthine, the film comments on the tensions of domestic life. Hans Richter’s Dadaist animation “Vormittagsspuk” portrays an emancipatory revolution of objects against their traditional routine. This playful short gives day-to-day items agency over their innate controllers: humans!

‼️CUT x Dormsessions at droog 🥳 Get your Tickets now!!!! Droog is opening the doors of its Red Space to the world of surrealist cinema, brought to life by an ensemble of Amsterdam-based musicians. The event will be split into two distinct audiovisual parts - the first highlighting classic surrealist actor cinema, paired with a live jazz performance, and the second various visually experimental avant-garde animations and accompanied by live electronic music. The event intends to reflect on the legacy of surrealism, with the live musical interpretation amplifying the relevancy of surrealism for us today. We will be announcing the film list and performers in the next few days :) For AUC students tickets are 10.91€ when purchased via the eventbrite link in our bio! 🎟️🎫 🕰️ When: Saturday 21st of February at 20:15 📍Where: @droogamsterdam

Aaand finally we want to thank @crashingcrashingcrashing for their electrifying set. A perfect end to the live acts that really brought the energy and made us DANCE THANK YOU ALL FOR GAZING WITH US

Next we want to massively thank @girlhead.wav for their enchanting energy and @valdmr__ for keeping the dancing going once we were able to unglue our eyes from our footwear

Looking back at our shoegaze event at OT301, we want to thank @vixsinsmusic for their beautiful opening set. They really started the night off right 👠 👀