Times: 15h, 16h and 17h Ticket: €5 + admin costs
Still-Alive Dinner is a living sculpture and participative performance designed to reconnect the audience with natural beings. Set in a greenhouse, it combines sculpture and performance, intermingling human and natural elements.
Part of the "Art Park II, Voice of Nature" exhibition at Treehouse NDSM in Amsterdam Noord, it operates in two modes: as a sculpture, it offers an external sensory experience; as a performance, it invites 6 guests inside for a 45-minute ritual. Guided by a silent disco system, participants engage in meaningful actions, exploring themes of life, death, individuality, and collectivity, blurring boundaries between living and non-living, human and non-human.
The performance will take 3 times at 15h, 16h and 17h.
ABOUT THE MAKERS
Jose Hopkins and Silvana Hurtado Dianderas are artists whose work blends interactive performance and fine arts to create immersive, participative experiences. Hopkins, a PhD candidate at Leiden University, focuses on posthumanism and participatory art. His background includes a BA in Fine Arts from Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and an MA in Arts and Society from Utrecht University. Dianderas, with an MFA in Scenography from HKU, specializes in interactive installations that invite active viewer participation. Together, they explore themes of interconnectedness, sustainability, and the human-nature relationship, challenging audiences to engage deeply with their environment through transformative artistic experiences.
ABOUT ART PARK II: VOICE OF NATURE
In an era marked by environmental crises and biodiversity loss, this exhibition serves as a platform to reframe our relationship with nature and advocate for its intrinsic value. Artists are encouraged to explore questions such as: How can we give a voice to nature? What would it mean to listen to what other species need? How can we create conditions that would allow us to truly cohabitate with nature in an urban space? The participating artists reflect on these questions and aim to ignite conversations and inspire action towards recognising and respecting nature.