Trespassing

A few weeks ago, our curtains opened for ‘In the Face of 2026’. A new performance work made by artist duo Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen, performed by Klara Alexova. This performance took place at 3 different late-nightly hours, spread across 3 nights in Amsterdam’s Red Light District. ___________________ In this work, Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen touched on contemporary themes of loneliness, estrangement, and addiction, using the everyday image of a figure in front of a screen, watching herself: a retelling of the myth of Narcissus, in the face of 2026. ___________________ This work was part of The Living Room- series. A series of performative interventions that will be presented throughout 2026 in Amsterdam’s city center. Stay updated and find out more about the next curtains in our series that will open up on www.trespassing.nl photo credits: @lonnekevanderpalen

Curtains will be opened at Zeedijk 128 by Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen 29.01.26 — 22:00 - 23:00 30.01.26 (on 31.01.26) — 00:00 - 01:00 31.01.26 (on 01.02.26) — 03:00-04:00 __________ On the nights of the 29th, 30th, and 31th of January, artist duo Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen present their new performance: In the Face of 2026 In the Face of 2026 is a choreography of facial expressions. It explores what a face can express, by attempting to strip the face of its meaning. In this performance, Breure and Van Hulzen touch on contemporary themes of loneliness, estrangement, and addiction, using the everyday image of a figure in front of a screen, watching herself: a retelling of the myth of Narcissus, in the face of 2026. In the Face of 2026 will be performed by Klara Alexova _________________ VIDEO CREDITS: CAMERA & EDIT: @norbert._storm @_puckvdwerf GRAPHIC DESIGN: @juli_chaos SCENOGRAPHY: @naidahaydee _________________

29.01.26 — 31.01.26 Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen Zeedijk 128 —————— Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen Discernible throughout the multi-disciplinary work of Sander Breure and Witte van Hulzen is their fascination for the human condition: the behavior of people, the encoded structures in that behavior, the influence of time and place on the relationships between people. This interest becomes visible not only in their performances, but also in their video work, photography, installations and drawings. Sander Breure (1985, Leiderdorp, NL) & Witte van Hulzen (1984, Bolsward, NL) both live and work in Amsterdam. Their multidisciplinary practice is based on research on body language and its interpretation. Their work has been shown in solo and group presentations in the Netherlands and abroad, including exhibitions and performances at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, ISSUE Project Room New York, MACBA Barcelona and CCA Zamek Ujazdowksi in Warsaw. Breure & van Hulzen are represented by @tegenboschvanvreden —————— Picture by EVA ROEFS @evaroefs

Curtains will be opened by Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen at Zeedijk 128 29.01.26 — 22:00 - 23:00 30.01.26 (on 31.01.26) — 00:00 - 01:00 31.01.26 (on 01.02.26) — 03:00-04:00 __________ On the nights of the 29th, 30th, and 31th of January, artist duo Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen present their new performance: In the Face of 2026 In the Face of 2026 is a choreography of facial expressions. It explores what a face can express, by attempting to strip the face of its meaning. In this performance, Breure and Van Hulzen touch on contemporary themes of loneliness, estrangement, and addiction, using the everyday image of a figure in front of a screen, watching herself: a retelling of the myth of Narcissus, in the face of 2026.  In the Face of 2026 will be performed by Klara Alexova ————————— GRAPHIC DESIGN: @juli_chaos

Last month, our curtains opened for ‘Blu - The storm who waited behind the glass’. A new performance work made by artist duo Kitty Maria and Élise Ehry (@unemployed_airhostesses ) Their performance showed 3 days long, 3 hours a night at Warmoesstraat 89. ___________________ In this 3-day performance, Kitty Maria and Élise Ehry explored the tension between cinematic spectacle and lived reality, drawing on the suspense and stylized violence of the Italian psychological thriller genre Giallo. They played with—and against—recurring Giallo themes, where women’s bodies are objectified and violence eroticised, mirroring the gaze of many tourists in the hyper- touristic Red Light District. ___________________ This work was part of The Living Room- series. A series of performative interventions that will be presented throughout 2025 in Amsterdam’s city center. Stay updated and find out more about the next curtains in our series that will open up on www.trespassing.nl photo credits: @lonnekevanderpalen

Last month, our curtains opened for ‘Blu - The storm who waited behind the glass’. A new performance work made by artist duo Kitty Maria and Élise Ehry (@unemployed_airhostesses ) Their performance showed 3 days long, 3 hours a night at Warmoesstraat 89. ___________________ In this 3-day performance, Kitty Maria and Élise Ehry explored the tension between cinematic spectacle and lived reality, drawing on the suspense and stylized violence of the Italian psychological thriller genre Giallo. They played with—and against—recurring Giallo themes, where women’s bodies are objectified and violence eroticised, mirroring the gaze of many tourists in the hyper- touristic Red Light District. ___________________ This work was part of The Living Room- series. A series of performative interventions that will be presented throughout 2025 in Amsterdam’s city center. Stay updated and find out more about the next curtains in our series that will open up on www.trespassing.nl photo credits: @lonnekevanderpalen

Last month, our curtains opened for ‘Blu - The storm who waited behind the glass’. A new performance work made by artist duo Kitty Maria and Élise Ehry (@unemployed_airhostesses ) Their performance showed 3 days long, 3 hours a night at Warmoesstraat 89. ___________________ In this 3-day performance, Kitty Maria and Élise Ehry explored the tension between cinematic spectacle and lived reality, drawing on the suspense and stylized violence of the Italian psychological thriller genre Giallo. They played with—and against—recurring Giallo themes, where women’s bodies are objectified and violence eroticised, mirroring the gaze of many tourists in the hyper- touristic Red Light District. ___________________ This work was part of The Living Room- series. A series of performative interventions that will be presented throughout 2025 in Amsterdam’s city center. Stay updated and find out more about the next curtains in our series that will open up on www.trespassing.nl photo credits: @lonnekevanderpalen

(English below) In ‘Smile :) You’re in a Simulation™’ reflecteert Dansen op de onvoorziene ontwikkeling van haar performance-installatie ‘Smile :) You’re on Camera’. Wat ontworpen was als een theoretische verkenning van de internaliserende blik en esthetiek van surveillance, veranderde in een reële confrontatie met staatsmacht en autoriteit na een geweldsincident voor de deur van de tentoonstellingsruimte. Dansen onderzoekt de paradoxale positie van haar werk, dat kritisch wil zijn maar ongewild onderdeel werd van het systeem dat het bevraagt. Het essay behandelt de complexe dynamiek tussen kunstenaar, persona, institutie en politie, en de weerbarstige realiteit die de grenzen tussen performance en bewijs, tussen kritiek en compliciteit, doet vervagen. Lees het volledige artikel op Tubelight.nl (link in bio) ⸻ EN: In ‘Smile :) You’re in a Simulation™’, Dansen reflects on the unforeseen evolution of her performance installation ‘Smile :) You’re on Camera’. What was designed as a theoretical exploration of the internalised gaze and the aesthetics of surveillance turned into a real confrontation with state power and authority following a violent incident outside the exhibition space. Dansen examines the paradoxical position of her work, which intends to be critical but inadvertently became part of the system it seeks to question. The essay addresses the complex dynamics between artist, persona, institution, and police, and the stubborn reality that blurs the lines between performance and evidence, critique and complicity. Read the full article at Tubelight.nl (link in bio).

Curtains will open at WARMOESSTRAAT 89 4-5-6 september 21.00 — 23.30 _________________ VIDEO CREDITS: ARTISTS IN WINDOW: @kittymariave @elise.ehry CAMERA & EDIT: @norbert._storm @_puckvdwerf GRAPHIC DESIGN: @juli_chaos SCENOGRAPHY: @naidahaydee @aufdasrandchen _________________ Blu - The storm who waited behind the glass In this 3-day performance, Kitty Maria and Élise Ehry explore the tension between cinematic spectacle and lived reality, drawing on the suspense and stylized violence of the Italian psychological thriller genre Giallo. The gloomy atmospheres of Giallo films are recognizable through visual codes and narratives: gloved hands, black trench coats, and crucial details that remain unseen until it’s too late. Emerging in the 1960s, Giallo thrillers depicted the raw edges of Italy’s post-war economic boom. They reflected anxieties about rapidly changing and growing cities, reshaped by tourism and the constant flow of strangers passing through airports, hotels, and lobbies, that became backdrops for crime. Exclusively directed by men at the time, these films also revealed a deeper fear of women’s growing independence. The pill, divorce legislation, and radical feminist movements in the 60s marked a turning point, as women asserted new forms of agency. This anxiety was often turned into images of femicide, objectifying women and stripping them of their independent power. In this way, Giallo films helped reinforce a culture that viewed women’s presence in public space into a site of fear, filtered through the distorting lens of the male gaze. In the wake of ongoing protests like Reclaim the Night, that have been going on for the past 50 years, this tension still remains very urgent an painfully present today. Where Giallo frames women as powerless objects, Maria and Ehry reverse the logic while reclaiming its visual codes. Each day, they create a new scene behind their window, using dramatic cinematic elements like fog, rain, and wind. They direct the mise-en-scène, combining suspense, absurd gestures, and artificial weather to subvert patriarchal spectacle, starring as Unemployed Air Hostesses behind their own glass cinema screen.

04.09.25 — 06.09.25 Kitty Maria & Élise Ehry Warmoesstraat 89 —————— Kitty Maria & Élise Ehry Since 2014, Élise Ehry (1991, FR) and Kitty Maria (1991, NL) have worked as unemployed air hostesses, wearing self-made uniforms while remaining permanently off-duty. Their performances dismantle the figure of the hostess, questioning invisible labor, entreprecariat, and the use of femininity in service work. Their practice combines costume-making, woodworking, and DIY sound devices, they create minimal, non-performative gestures: acts of subtle disobedience and withdrawal from the world of labor. They have presented their work at Palais de Tokyo, Polana Institute, Museum van Bommel van Dam, puntWG, Ornamenta, and the Polder Triennale. Elise E. lives in Paris and Kitty M. lives in Amsterdam, they work in between these cities. —————— Picture by EVA ROEFS @evaroefs

Curtains will be opened by Kitty Maria & Élise Ehry at Warmoesstraat 89. 04.09.25 — 06.09.25 21:00 — 23:30 __________ On the 4th, 5th, and 6th of September, artist duo Kitty Maria and Élise Ehry present their new work — Blu – The storm who waited behind the glass. In this cinematic performance, Maria and Éhry restage the suspense and stylized violence of the Italian Giallo cinema. Using visual codes like gloved hands, black coats, and distorted viewpoints, Giallo blurs witness and perpetrator, screen and spectator. In Blu, Maria and Ehry ask how far cinematic mise-en-scène can stretch into live action and everyday reality. They play with—and against—recurring Giallo themes, where women’s bodies are objectified and violence eroticised, mirroring the gaze of many tourists in the hyper- touristic Red Light District. During Blu they disrupt this gaze, creating their own cinema screen that reclaims Giallo’s visual codes while subverting patriarchal narratives, exploring the aestheticisation of violence, desire, and capitalism in today’s urban landscapes. __________ GRAPHIC DESIGN: @juli_chaos

Footage of the TMZ crew that caught ‘Smile :), You’re on Camera.’ by NELLY DANSEN live on the streets of AMSTERDAM. FULL ITEM OUT SOON @nellydansen ___________________ Smile :), You’re on Camera (2025) is a performance and installation work that unfolded over the course of 3 days, as NELLY DANSEN, self appointed ‘Head of Gaze Operations’- played out her counter surveillance fantasy in what had transformed into her live surveillance site. ___________________ This work was part of The Living Room- series. A series of performative interventions that will be presented throughout 2025 in Amsterdam’s city center. Stay updated and find out about the next curtains in our series that will open up after our summer break on www.trespassing.nl photo credits: @lonnekevanderpalen