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ADE picks
The Egg by Touki Delphine
Thu 22 · tba · ADE Lab Village Westergas · Amsterdam
Part of ADE Arts & Culture, co-curated with Amsterdam Light Festival. Amsterdam-based Touki Delphine is a boundary-pushing collective of musicians, performers, and visual artists. They are making waves both nationally and internationally with monumental light and sound installations, built from recycled materials: taillights in FIREBIRD , turn signal relays in RELAY , wiring in TRANSMISSION , windshield washer fluid reservoirs and their pump motors in DRIFTING . Their latest work, SUPERDRUM , is constructed from second-hand drums, wooden branches, and car door lock mechanisms. Through their work, they create musical poetic encounters between humans and machines. Inspired by natural systems, the climate crisis and the idea of nature as a living whole, they imagine a future in which people, nature and technology collaborate rather than compete, and where waste can be transformed into something meaningful, alive and beautiful. That vision feels more urgent than ever. In a time of ecological exhaustion, technological alienation and social fragmentation, they believe there is a growing need for physical, sensory and collective experiences. Through their work, they explore how technology can not only distance us, but also reconnect us, creating poetic encounters between humans and machines. The Egg is a public light installation in Westerpark . It was co-curated with Amsterdam Light Festival , marking a first collaboration between the two organisations that brings together electronic music and light art. It can be visited for free at any time of day or night during ADE week. It will appear in the city again coming winter for the fifteenth edition of Amsterdam Light Festival. More information: amsterdamlightfestival.com
EINDER by Boris Acket
Thu 22 · 10:00 · Centrale Markthal · Amsterdam
Between 22-25 October, you can walk beneath the art installation EINDER by Boris Acket and experience it up close as it continuously transforms, flowing to the rhythm of day and night. Ready to step into the art and leave time behind? During the EINDER exhibition, you decide how your experience unfolds and how long it lasts. Walk, sit, stand still, and watch EINDER continuously transform to the rhythm of day and night. Always moving. Never the same twice. All we need to know is when you’ll arrive. From that moment on, the space is yours. Special time-slots with performances of Kianí del Valle On Friday 23 and Saturday 24 October at 9PM, Kianí del Valle takes over with a unique performance, reshaping the installation’s movements through her dynamic choreography. Every moment of the day has its own unique effect on EINDER. It’s up to you to choose your favourite time slot(s) As the sun rises and sets, shining its light through the sky panels onto the installation. Enjoy the soft morning light, the brightness of day, the shifting colours of sunset, or the dark skies at night. You decide how you experience EINDER. Explore more ADE Arts & Culture events at Centrale Markthal here .
Elias Mazian (live) x EINDER by Boris Acket
Thu 22 · 20:00 · Centrale Markthal · Amsterdam
One monumental art installation. Two weeks on view. Three extraordinary concerts. Celebrate ADE’s 30th anniversary with EINDER by Boris Acket. On 22 October , EINDER will set the scene for a live performance by Elias Mazian and his band . Be aware that this is a seated event. For the first time in two years, Elias Mazian returns to the stage with his live band. The DJ, producer and singer songwriter marks a special one-off performance at the Centrale Markthal during Amsterdam Dance Event, staged within EINDER, the kinetic light and fabric installation longtime friend Boris Acket created, inspired by Mazian’s debut album ‘ Vrij Van Dromen’. Mazian and Acket premierd Einder together at Het HEM, translating Mazian’s warm, melancholic songs into a living canvas of light and movement. Five years on, Mazian assembles his live band once more to bring that music back to life, for one night only. About EINDER: EINDER is an artificial sky in constant motion. A vast expanse of ultralight fabric floating above the space, animated by hundreds of electronically controlled fans. The system is precisely programmed, yet what happens overhead can never be entirely controlled. Air currents collide, gravity pulls and turbulence interrupts, turning every movement into something new. At times, EINDER resembles a rolling sea. At others, a passing cloud or the beginnings of a storm. It moves somewhere between choreography and weather. Always changing. Never performing the same way twice. This is a production by artist Boris Acket and Making Waves. Acket has previously collaborated with institutions and artists including the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Van Gogh Museum, Lowlands and Fred again. The production is realised by Goonie Crew. EINDER brings together movement, space, sound, material and light in an installation that invites people not only to observe, but to experience. Pre-registration has now closed. Regular tickets will go on sale via our website on August 27. Explore more ADE Arts & Culture events at Centrale Markthal here .
Public Try Out: White Space + Popup by ICK-Next
Thu 22 · 20:00 · ICK Dans Amsterdam - Space for Dance Art · with a public try-out on ADE Thursday · Amsterdam
A monochromatic light instrument played through collective presence. White Space is an immersive installation that transforms negative space into a place where strangers connect. At its heart, a monolith of intense blue and white light spins on its axis, casting compositions of monochromatic light and generative music that shift and dance among the audience. Responding to pose and position, the sculpture becomes an instrument, played by everyone present at once. Only by coordinating their positions and synchronising their poses can visitors reach the climax of the installation: illuminating the emptiness that separates them and transforming the negative space into White Space. White Space is an interactive light installation by artist Matthias Oostrik , who leads its concept, software, and production. Developed under the Harmonic Dissonance Collective , it premieres during ADE Friday (with a public try-out on ADE Thursday), hosted by ICK Dans Amsterdam. Its sonic language, developed with composer Marcel Wierckx , draws from electronic dance music and generative composition, placing the work at the intersection of light art, club culture, and participatory performance. During both the public try-out and premiere, DJ Michiel Bouwens will be playing. The program also features ‘ SMILE ’, Oostrik's AI installation that transforms your portrait into an eerily perfect version of yourself. The Harmonic Dissonance Collective, which Oostrik co-founded with Suzanne Dikker, is known for award-winning work on human connectedness, with collaborations spanning artists from Marina Abramović to Bad Bunny and institutions including the Max Planck Society, VU Amsterdam, New York University, and ICK Dans Amsterdam. Programme: ADE Thursday: Public Try Out, €5- ADE Friday: Premiere, €5- ADE Saturday: Installation, Free ADE Sunday: Installation, Free
Dome Concerts presents: ANDERT TYSMA featuring Maarten Hogenhuis - visuals Julius Horsthuis
Thu 22 · 21:30 · ARTIS Planetarium · Amsterdam
Following a completely sold-out programme during ADE 2025, this year Dome Concerts proudly returns to the iconic ARTIS Planetarium . On ADE Thursday, Dutch composer and ambient artist ANDERT TYSMA creates deeply atmospheric soundscapes where acoustic instruments and subtle electronics merge into immersive, emotionally resonant compositions. Inspired by nature, transformation and transcendence, his music explores the space between classical minimalism and contemporary ambient music. This special performance also marks the live premiere of his new album Parallels. Following the release of his acclaimed albums Children of Trinoom (R&S/Apollo Records) and Hana (R&S/Apollo Records), Andert Tysma has established himself as one of the Netherlands' most distinctive contemporary composers. Parallels continues this artistic journey, exploring the lives we live and the lives we leave behind through expansive sonic landscapes and immersive composition. For this special performance at the ARTIS Planetarium, Andert Tysma is joined by acclaimed Dutch saxophonist MAARTEN HOGENHUIS , known for his work with jazz group BRUUT!, Thomas Azier and guitarist Jesse van Ruller, as well as internationally acclaimed fractal artist JULIUS HORSTHUIS . Together, they create an immersive audiovisual experience where live music, geometry and the cosmos converge beneath the iconic dome Dome Concerts is an immersive 360° live audiovisual series taking place throughout ADE at ARTIS Planetarium and Fabrique des Lumières .
The Egg by Touki Delphine
Fri 23 · tba · ADE Lab Village Westergas · Amsterdam