Emerging Exits – an immersive art exhibition in one of the largest bunkers in the Netherlands
Originally built to intercept and map enemy signals, this autumn the monumental Diogenes Bunker will open its doors for the last time for Emerging Exits, an immersive exhibition in which interdisciplinary artists explore the changing relationship between humans, technology and ecology.
The artists will address themes ranging from war, conflict, and collective memory to ecological depletion, rituals, myths, and transformation. The programme features works by Ali Eslami, Kévin Bray, Tega Brain, Zeno van den Broek, Silvia Gatti, Anna Hoetjes, Jeroen Jongeleen, Maksud Ali Mondal, Julian Oliver, Irakli Sabekia, Bengt Sjölén, Sissel Marie Tonn, Miloš Trakilović, and Kees van Leeuwen.
Emerging Exits offers a unique experience and the final chance to enter this historic site before it permanently closes to the public. Cut off from sunlight, internet, or mobile reception, the exhibition becomes an Exit from today’s complex reality, where time slows down and other perspectives come into view.
➔ The exhibition will be on view from October 3 until November 2 at the Diogenes Bunker in Arnhem. There are only a limited number of tickets available, so book yours now via our website – link in bio!
More information about additional artists and public programme will follow soon.
Emerging Exits is organized by Stichting Schuildstad and curated by Jacco Ouwerkerk and Marijn Bril. Scenography by Zalán Szakács, Nick Mansveld, and Coen den Haan. Communications by Maarten De Bruijn & Hannah van den Elzen. Campaign image Kévin Bray. Graphic design and campaign by ST-DUO
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The Diogenes Bunker was built in 1942 by the German occupiers as a command centre for the Luftwaffe. From this location, the defence of the airspace above the Netherlands, Belgium and northern Germany was coordinated.
At its heart, the bunker housed a control room where the positions of aircraft were projected in real time onto an enormous map of northern Europe. Information from radars and observation posts was transmitted by telephone and transferred onto the map—providing the basis for decisions that shaped the course of aerial warfare during World War II.
Originally built to intercept and map enemy signals, this autumn the monumental Diogenes Bunker will open its doors for the last time for Emerging Exits, an immersive exhibition in which interdisciplinary artists explore the changing relationship between humans, technology and ecology.
➔ The exhibition will be on view from October 3 – November 2, 2025. There are only a limited number of tickets available, so book yours now via our website: Emergingexits.nl
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Today is the final day to visit the exhibition Emerging Exits ‼️
Over the past five weeks, we have opened the monumental Diogenes Bunker to the public for an immersive exhibition exploring the shifting relationship between humans, technology, and ecology.
Today, the bunker will open its doors for the final time before it closes to the public for good. Inside, the bunker cuts you off from sunlight, internet, and mobile reception — transporting you into another world.
Surrounded by image, sound, and light, you become fully immersed in the artworks, enhanced by the unique scenography of @zalan_szakacs
The works engage with themes of war and conflict, collective memory, ecological depletion, myth, and transformation.
Where the bunker once revolved around detection, analysis, and control, Emerging Exits reconfigures that logic to ask new questions about the present and the future. The exhibition unfolds across three chapters: Sensing Threats makes contemporary dangers perceptible; Command Center examines the systems that shape our realities; and Speculative Scenarios envisions futures beyond the logic of control.
We hope to see you on our last day! 💛
➔ Emerging Exits is open until today, Sunday, 2 November. Tickets are going fast — book yours now via our website (link in bio)!
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Exit #5: Lecture ‘De Geschiedenis van de Diogenes Bunker’ (Dutch)
Sunday 2nd November 15:00 - 16:30 | Location: Diogenes Bunker
In this lecture, expert Elmer Bosma will delve into the history of the Diogenes Bunker. He will discuss the German air force, the functioning of the bunker, the role of the Blitzmädel, and how World War II unfolded in the Arnhem region.
➔ Admission to the lecture is free. A separate ticket is required to visit the exhibition. Emerging Exits will be on view until this Sunday, November 2. There are only a limited number of tickets available, so book yours now via our website – link in bio!
You have until this Sunday, 2 November, to visit Emerging Exits! ⚠️
Set in one of the largest bunkers in the Netherlands, this immersive exhibition explores the shifting relationship between humans, technology, and ecology.
Inside the exhibition, the bunker transforms into a space for imagination and alternative perspectives. The works engage with themes of war and conflict, collective memory, ecological depletion, myth, and transformation.
Where the bunker once revolved around detection, analysis, and control, the exhibition reconfigures that logic to ask new questions about the present and the future. The artworks unfold across three chapters: Sensing Threats makes contemporary dangers perceptible, Command Center examines the systems that shape our realities, and Speculative Scenarios envisions futures beyond the logic of control.
➔ Emerging Exits is on view until this Sunday, 2 November. Tickets are limited—book yours now via our website (link in bio)!
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Exit #5: Screening UNEARTH + Q&A
With artists @anika.schwarzlose and Brian D McKenna @anskianskianski (English)
Sunday 2nd November 14.00 - 14.45 | Location: Diogenes Bunker
UNEARTH - In Between States of Matter is a speculative documentary shortfilm which explores connections between the geosphere, biosphere, and technosphere.
The film examines geological processes related to resource extraction, focusing on radical material transformations. New minerals emerge through human activity, and cause in turn mutational and generative processes in biological life: a cycle which inspires thoughts on mineral and human coevolution and contributes to a debate that redefines the separation between life and non-life.
➔ Admission to the screening is free. A separate ticket is required to visit the exhibition.
How do we respond when we find ourselves completely cut off from the outside world? We spoke with artist @kees_van_leeuwen , whose in-depth research into bunkers serves as the foundation of his practice.
Through his work, van Leeuwen investigates the relationship between architecture, space, and human experience.
Van Leeuwen’s intervention Afgesloten Licht engages with the transformed architecture of the Diogenes Bunker. The bunker’s central hall, once thirteen meters high and home to a vast operations map, was destroyed by the German Luftwaffe before their retreat.
In 1970, new floors were added to the bunker to convert the space into an archive facility. With Afgesloten Licht (English: Separated Light), Van Leeuwen creates a moment of reflection in which the bunker’s underlying tension and sense of menace become tangible.
➔ You can explore Kees van Leeuwen’s work and others until November 2. There are only a limited number of tickets available, so book yours now via our website – link in bio!
Exit #5: Panel ‘Machine Culture: AI, algorithms, and cultural production’ icw @platform_post (English)
Saturday 1st November 13:30 - 15:30 | Location: Diogenes Bunker | Speakers @nestorsire and @lilianirisdejong , moderated by @martinevanlubeek
Since the rapid development of telecommunications—partly due to the use of the Diogenes bunker—technology has advanced to such an extent that scientists now even refer to a ‘machine culture’: a culture in which machines help shape or even generate culture. What are the consequences of this?
In what ways do we want to coexist with technology? And what would society look like then? In this collaboration with POST, we will discuss machine culture and the possible dangers of continuing in the same way.
➔ Admission to the panel is free. A separate ticket is required to visit the exhibition.
📷 @bray_kevin - Morpher (2018 till now)
Only a few days left to explore Emerging Exits! ⚠️
You have until November 2 to visit the monumental Diogenes Bunker. This immersive exhibition, set in one of the largest bunkers in the Netherlands, explores the changing relationship between humans, technology, and ecology.
In the exhibition, the bunker becomes a space for imagination and alternative perspectives. The works address themes of war and conflict, collective memory, ecological depletion, myth, and transformation.
Where the bunker once revolved around detection, analysis, and control, the exhibition reconfigures that logic to pose questions about the present and the future. The artworks unfold in three chapters: Sensing Threats makes contemporary dangers perceptible, Command Center examines the systems that shape our realities, and Speculative Scenarios envisions futures beyond the logic of control.
➔ The exhibition will be on view until November 2. There are only a limited number of tickets available, so book yours now via our website – link in bio!
Within his work, Maksud Ali Mondal (@maksud.mondal10 ) explores microbial contamination as a form of conversation.
In his project Synthesis, Mondal reflects on how we understand ourselves in relation to one another - including other species, organisms, and civilizations - and our place within a transforming environment.
His practice is grounded in the observation of growth, transformation, and decomposition in organic matter through bacteria, fungi, plants, microbial life, fermentation, oxidation, and decay, as well as interactions with organic and man-made found objects and discarded materials.
Experience Synthesis by Maksud Ali Mondal during Emerging Exits, reopening its doors today! Set in the monumental Diogenes Bunker, the exhibition explores the changing relationship between humans, technology, and ecology.
➔ Emerging Exits will be on view until November 2, 2025. There are only a limited number of tickets available, so book yours now via our website. Link in bio!
photography by @aadhoogendoorn
@radio.echo.collective is a location-independent radio collective focused on reverberating stories overshadowed by long-unexamined and -unrevised world views. From an intersectional feminist standpoint, they echo stories through their own voices and experiences to work the ground of a landscape for multiple voices to thrive and create vibrations that subvert the main narratives.
At the Diogenes Bunker, they will broadcast a radio show throughout the afternoon, sharing stories and conversations with artists, cultural workers, and visitors.
Sunday, 26 October, 12.00 – 15.30h | Diogenes Bunker
Language: English
➔ This event is free to attend for everyone, but we kindly ask you to reserve your spot → via the link in our bio.
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