Plantage Doklaan 8-12, a cultural building with activists, craftsmen, musicians and artists, presents a wealth of expertise, experience and talent present in the building.
We turn the building inside out, starting with moderated conversations between different Dokkers, from activists to artists. Afterwards, music and alternative tours where you get to know the building from different perspectives. 14 open studios to walk in on this special day. Small concerts, performances and mini workshops for everyone to participate, from young to old!
The MEGA open podium in the Dokzaal gives the Dokkers a chance to show themselves through music, dance and art performances. There will be snacks and drinks by Chef Lips on donation, with proceeds going to Gaza.
We conclude with an invigorating performance by the band Hondenfokker, by one of our newest Dokkers Sara Elzinga. All in all, a Sunday afternoon full of activities, where we open a book about a special, alternative and free space in Amsterdam, to demonstrate why these collectives are so incredibly important for the city.

Program

Ungoing:
Sidewalk in front of the building
Theatre show: Cafe the Glowing Pickle
By: Fred Abels and Mirjam Langemeijer/Electric Circus

Gallery
Exhibition: When Nature Calls: How people in the world sleep in public
By: Lino Hellings / PAPA international photo press agency

Dokzaal
Installation and info point: Mobile Meteorite Museum Amsterdam
By: Eva Schippers/MMA

13:00-15:00 hrs - Dokzaal/Gallery
Moderated talks with the Dokkers on several topics: What does it mean to be a free space? How does democracy function in such a place? How does the Doklaan shape solidarity? This part of the day is organized by Lino Hellings, who in preparation for the festival has had several individual talks the past months with people from the collective to gather stories.

Allen Haim and Neske Baerwaldt will play together with a violin that wails and weeps, an accordion like an old shoe, with a scorpion hidden deep, a tale of triumph and woe, to chase the spiders that bite you in your sleep.

Lino Hellings/photo press agency PAPA will also give a short lecture about her own projects, titled ‘The myth of freedom in the West’, connected to her exhibition in the cafe.

Vincent de Jong/All Included will talk about striking examples from his consultation practice, about clashing value systems between the paperless and himself. What can be learned from there?

Linda Coenen will present, together with Jutta Hinterleiter, ‘Democracy in practice’, explaining with 3 interactive models how the Plantage Dok is put together. She worked together with three artists from the Dok to make these: Alex Winters, Annelinde de Jong and Daan Simons.

15:00-17:00 hrs Open Studios
Everyone can walk around, visit the theatre at the front by Electric Circus, do one of the mini workshops at Maaike Bol and Ildiko Horvath and visit all the Dokkers in their workspaces! 14 open studios with a special mention of our current guest artist, Fabrice Le Normand.

There are also four different tours organized:
Aukje Koelstra, about the history of the Plantage Dok
Eli Witteman, about spooky things
Eva Schippers, about alternative thinking
Meis Franken, comparing home decorations

17.00-19.00 Dokzaal/Gallery
MEGA open podium with space for acts, performances and speech.
Meanwhile Chef Lips will prepare some snacks and drinks, all proceeds will go to Gaza!

Acts:

Pablo Dias/The Goldfish Club
Installation/performance, dimensions variable 2018-present
The Goldfish club is a multimedia piece that draws on the history of technology to address our relationship with sound and image devices – cameras, mixers, keyboards and all kinds of screens.

T. Veneranta / Peace to be
Performance
A participatory performance based on gender labels. It strives for everyone to be seen as a human being

Alex Winters / Carpets and sounds
Audio performance

Alexandra Druvekot
Music act

Ease Anais
Music act

From 19.00 - MOLK Factory
Jochem van Tol, Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti and Frank Rosaly / Awichas
Music act
A new project from the Bolivian/Brazilian multi-media artist Ibelisse, inspired by rituals from the Andes, historic travels of exploration and non western music scales.

Hoofdact / Zaal

Sara Elzinga + band / Hondenfokker
Music act