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There is something sacred in the artist’s gift: the power to build a universe from nothing but thought. In Surfacing HypoKrisia, Laban Trier opened the gates to his surreal playground, inviting our inner children to slip off their shoes and run wild beside him. For more photos and videos from the COKO Happening on April 30 visit our site coko.amsterdam (link in bio) Special thanks to @noha.x.noha 🙏🏽 photo @thomaslenden

Steamy, creepy, funny, frustrating, useless and direct from Berlin: Losing/Steam by (love(rocks)) An experimental dance work exploring power, intimacy and resistance 21 May 2026 8pm @coko.space Prinsengracht 526 Amsterdam Tickets: link in bio About: Rooted in both history and speculative imagination, Losing/Steam draws attention to how sex workers have long existed within the private spheres of powerful men, spaces where political, economic, and colonial decisions are shaped. The performance asks: what forms of agency emerge in these intimate encounters, and what might it mean to take that agency seriously? Through a series of evocative scenes, the performers inhabit surreal and subversive characters: sex workers tending to the historical figure of James Watt, slowly poisoning him through steam baths and delicate acts of care. Domestic gestures, steaming shirts, preparing medicinal vapors, transform into quiet acts of resistance. Steam becomes both material and metaphor: a symbol of industrial capitalism’s origins and a force that defies containment, slipping across borders and reshaping environments. The performance shifts between different moods: steamy, creepy, sometimes funny, and sometimes frustrating or seemingly useless. Movement ranges from controlled, ballet-like precision to moments of disorientation and intoxication. At once poetic and confrontational, the performance invites audiences into a space where power is reimagined, where the seemingly invisible becomes potent, and where resistance may take unexpected, intimate forms. (love(rocks)) consists of Row Särkelä-Bassett and Shy Verstraete. Read more: www.coko.amsterdam

Fragments from our last COKO Happening, 26 March: An evening where the body became an archive, of memory, perception, and subtle defiance. Face and Fingers unfolded through 108 gestures, with face and hands stepping into the spotlight as quiet yet eloquent protagonists. With powerful performances by Moe Satt and Liah Frank, the night moved between choreography, conversation, film and Lahpet Thoke (tea leaf salad) tasting. Special thanks to Willem Velthoven for moderating the post-performance talk. Thank you to everyone who joined us at COKO Space. More visuals and info: coko.amsterdam ( link in bio) photo @thomaslenden video Annelies Doomwina @lunablue007

Yalla Tnam with Ahmad Mallah + Rebecca Lillich // Krüger A eulogy for the future, Yalla Tnam utilizes grief songs, lullabies and privilege to create a space for despair. Thank you so much to MOMO festival/ Motel Mozaïque/ Amarte Fonds (@motelmozaique ) and Kunstinstitute Melly (@kunstinstituutmelly ) for having us, as well as the wonderful space Clublokaal (@clublokaal_breda ) in Breda where Jesse Immanuel Bom’s (@immanuel_bom ) film of the piece can be seen as part of the exhibition (Un)harmed. We were also happy to present the work during Amarte Wonderland at Club Raum this past week. (@amartefonds @club.raum ) Dates: May 24- Broken Hearts at Rodekapje, Rotterdam NL (@roodkapje_rotterdam @squish.rotterdam ) June 14- COKO Space, Amsterdam NL (@coko.space ) July 2- Utopien26 at Pavillion, Hannover DE Looking forward to welcome you into this world. Video shot and edited by Harvey Gibbs (@mr_gibbs1 ) at Frascati Amsterdam (@frascatiamsterdam @cometogetheramsterdam

Amuses bouches on @palet.company tiles @coko.space & Cheese and macarons served as a dessert buffet Steak tartare Gerookte radijs en labneh Oesters met duindoorn en dragon Crudité

Our next COKO Happening invites you into a space where absence becomes presence, and what was denied begins to take shape: Surfacing HypoKrisia By Charlie Laban Trier 30 Apr 2026 20:00 Surfacing HypoKrisia unfolds as a series of performative acts that attempt to summon a speculative, myth-like figure: HypoKrisia. Imagined by Trier as the forgotten younger sister of Tiresias, the oracle from Greek mythology, HypoKrisia emerges as both fiction and force, a presence that reshapes how resilience and identity are understood. According to the classical myth, Tiresias sees two snakes twisting together while mating. Disturbed by what he does not understand, he strikes the female snake and is transformed by Hera into a woman. In Trier’s reimagining, both Tiresias and HypoKrisia can be read as trans figures. But HypoKrisia does not move toward a final form. She stays in-between. She chooses to exist in a state of being unfinished, always not becoming. HypoKrisia is cast as dangerous, ungraspable, and ultimately erased. Like the snake, she is fluid and elusive, shedding skins, slipping through narrative control. The performance acts as an invocation, a gesture of calling her back from beneath the surface where she has long been suppressed. get your ticket: link in bio More info: www.coko.amsterdam

Recap 🔥💗 Vrijdag de 13e stond in het teken van het Alternatief Stembureau. Een geweldig initiatief van @here_to_support_amsterdam waar wij het concept en de styling voor mochten verzorgen. Het was een dag waar mensen zonder stemrecht hun stem mochten laten horen. Een dag vol stemmen, energie en heel veel roze 🔴💗. Locatie @coko.space #eventdesigners #popupevent #popupdesign #creativevotingbooth

@here_to_support_amsterdam “In de roze stemlokalen van Here to Support”! Yesss! Vandaag hebben wij een stemlokaal geopend voor mensen zonder stemrecht. De hele dag kwamen er mensen binnen die hun ideeën voor de stad in een stembiljet konden opschrijven! De vrijwilligers waren kandidaatsleden voor de Amsterdamse gemeenteraad. Wat een speciale dag! Democratie werkt alleen als iedereen mee mag doen! Dank aan iedereen die er vandaag was:) en dank aan @coko.space voor de prachtige ruimte en gastvrijheid!

Welk vakje kleur jij rood morgen? Amsterdam is een dappere stad waar alle stemmen zouden moeten tellen! Helaas mogen honderdduizenden mensen in Nederland niet stemmen, terwijl zij wel wonen, werken en meedoen in de steden. Afgelopen vrijdag opende wij een Alternatief Stembureau bij @coko.space Kandidaatraadsleden van verschillende partijen waren vrijwilligers in ons stembureau en mensen zonder stemrecht kwamen stemmen. Zij schreven hun ideeen op voor de stad Amsterdam. All voices matter! Bekijk de foto’s van @juliansarmiento55 Neem jij alle stemmen mee morgen in het stemhokje? Ga stemmen: Stem Dapper, Stem Links! @milka_yemane @zita_pels @manouzonderland.volt @alinachakh @devonk020

Did you know that I was deported from the United Kingdom in 1986? Yesterday, COKO space hosted a polling station for undocumented voters organized by @here_to_support_amsterdam read more: https://www.parool.nl/gemeenteraadsverkiezingen/bij-dit-stembureau-kunnen-mensen-zonder-kiesrecht-toch-hun-stem-laten-horen-ik-woon-al-40-jaar-in-amsterdam-en-dit-is-de-eerste-keer-dat-ik-ga-stemmen~bcf16446/

Alternative Polling Station Every Voice Matters! Friday 13.03.26 from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm COKO Space, Prinsengracht 526, Amsterdam Voting for all! Participation in free elections is a human right. On March 18, municipal elections will be held in Amsterdam. Residents of the city will then elect a new municipal council for the next four years. But there are also Amsterdammers who are not allowed to vote, for example because they do not have a postal address, do not have the correct papers, live in an asylum seekers’ center, or have only recently been granted refugee status! Are you not allowed to vote in the municipal elections? But do you want your voice to be heard? Here to Support is opening an alternative polling station where your vote counts! We invite you to share your thoughts on what is important for our city. After the elections, these ideas will be presented to the new city council and the mayor. For more information: @here_to_support_amsterdam

The body as a primary site to explore identity, perception and political resistance, COKO Happenings brings an evening on Thursday 26 March, centred on Burmese visual and performance artist Moe Satt. Thursday 26.03.26 20:00 h COKO Space, Prinsengracht 526 H * wheelchair accessible Evening Programme 20:00 – Doors open 20:30 – Performance begins 21:00 – Post-performance talk with Moe Satt and Willem Velthoven 21:30 – Film screening of Hands Around in Yangon & Lahpet Thoke tea leaf salad finger food tasting Performance For the first time in Amsterdam, F n’ F (Face and Fingers) unfolds as a choreographed dialogue between face and hands. Rooted in childhood memory and shaped through 108 movements, the performance weaves anatomy, cultural memory and Buddhist cosmology into a shared gestural language. Performers: Moe Satt & Liah Frank Production: Studio Moe Satt Film Hands Around in Yangon Moe Satt, 2012, Myanmar, color, sound, HD video, 7:14 min The conceptual video art piece focuses on the gestures of daily life and labor—such as counting money or peeling vegetables—highlighting the "quasi-ritualistic" nature of mundane tasks. About Moe Satt Moe Satt (b. Yangon, Myanmar) is a visual and performance artist currently based in Amsterdam. His practice uses the body as a primary site to explore identity, perception, and political resistance. A former resident at the Rijksakademie (2022–2024) and a finalist for the Hugo Boss Asia Art Award in 2015, his work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Bangkok Art Biennale (2024), Biennale Jogja XV (2019), and the Busan Biennale (2012). In 2024, he debuted F n’ F (Face and Fingers) at The Tanks, Tate Modern. His work is held in major public and private collections, including Tate Modern, the Singapore Art Museum, the Kadist, and TBA21. More info: visit our site coko.amsterdam Get your ticket: link in bio