Stormhoek 2023 | The Creative Playground

September 2023, The Creative Playground hosted our 7th edition of Stormhoek. Hosted and moderated by Angelina Kumar (Lucrative Dumpster Dives) in collaboration with Ramiro Monteiro (Perron West). Together they presented six art-initiatives to an audience seeking shelter from the pouring rain, somehow perfectly illustrating our current themes in relation to the precarity and solidarity within the grassroots arts.

The evening started with Ramiro and Angelina telling us about the history and origins of The Creative Playground in relation to their respective initiatives. After this Meral Maas from FAAM told us their program in relation to the duality between ‘thinkers’ and ‘makers’. As two members of The Outsiders, Asia Komarova and Merel Zwarts, presented their projects around local ecology and farming, in the midst of a performative sharing of food. Bart Schalekamp, one of the initiators from OCTA,  shared about their collaborative approach to making art and exhibitions, inviting artist friends from two different cities.

After this Stefan Starke and Tijmen Lohmeijer, from Stranded-FM, presented their community driven radio-station. Very vulnerably sharing both their success, as well as their precarious reality behind the screens. As the final presentation Dina Ziad and Wisse Ankersmit from OP&, told us about the importance of providing spaces to meet and come together, which we immediately put into practice by the sharing of Stormhoek wine - fueling further conversations between speakers and audience!

This edition of Stormhoek was organized by Mitchel Breed and Angelina Kumar; Photographed by Neeltje Kleijn; the sound was facilitated by Jonny Mehrez; with an audio recording by Stefan Starke. As part of our 2023 program it was funded by the K.F. Hein Fonds, Elise Mathilde Fonds and Stichting de Zaaier.

Stormhoek 2022 | Kunsthal Kloof

June 2022, Kunsthal Kloof hosted our 6th edition of Stormhoek event in the main hall of the Nijverheid. Co-origanized by Mitchel Breed and moderated by Niek van der Meer and Jolanda Schouten from Stichting Das Spectrum. We presented 5 art-initiaves to an audience of artists and art-lovers, with wine fueling talks and chats between speakers and audience.

Jop Vissers Vorstenbosch provided an introduction, telling us about the origins of Stormhoek. Angelina Kumar told us about Lucrative Dumpster Dives and The Creative Playground. Bernardus Baldus provided one of his (in)famous rants, in relation to his initiative PS Lokaal. Tim Wunderink and Timo ten Broeke presented their iniative Kunsthal Kloof. And Door, Eline and Beatrijs gave us a brief verbal and visual tour around the projects of Artides.

This Stormhoek was funded by an Impulssubsidie from the Gemeente Utrecht, documented by Neeltje Kleijn and recorded by Stefan Starke.