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ADE picks
Charged by Jaco Schilp
Jaco Schilp’s Charged is a sensor-driven light installation where clouds of light react to how people move in the space. The piece uses TouchDesigner and YOLO to track presence and motion, turning the room into shifting light fields.
Clubcult - Video Installation
JOHNNY BLOOD’s Clubcult is a video installation tied to Amsterdam club culture and the visual memory of De School. It folds in clubwear, bodywear, vintage redesign and in-house embroidery, with videos filmed during the closing of De School.
Dreaming Babies: illi by Yoon Chung Han
Yoon Chung Han’s Dreaming Babies: illi is an interactive audiovisual installation about 23 hybrid human babies in virtual incubators. Audience input through microphone sound and a ChatGPT-based layer shapes the stories generated from genetic data.
Heliotrope by Heleen Blanken & Daniel de Bruin
Heleen Blanken & Daniel de Bruin’s Heliotrope is a mirrored kinetic installation: blades move, light beams split, and reflections turn the room into a shifting mechanical landscape. It’s built on sun-tracking and tropism, with energy reception and atomic motion in the mix.
The Egg by Touki Delphine
Touki Delphine turn salvaged objects, wiring, motors, relays, drums and lights into live music systems for The Egg. Expect recycled taillights, turn signal relays and more hardware lineage from FIREBIRD, RELAY, TRANSMISSION, DRIFTING and SUPERDRUM.For fans of Alva Noto, Ryoji Ikeda, Sun Ra Arkestra
Lola x Rinse FM
Bellaire's disco-funk house with garage swing, Midas Field's pianos and acid, and Alec Dienaar's groove-forward hardgroove, live on Rinse from the Royal Tropical Institute's grand halls.For fans of Nico Moreno, Folamour, Peggy Gou
Rebirth records 20th anniversary
Rebirth records 20th anniversary at Hearth features Shield and CHROMATIC FILTERS digging through house, disco and leftfield electronics. Expect warm house drums, bassline grooves, live guitar and synth detail, and label-history selections.For fans of Rub N Tug, Frankie Knuckles, Idjut Boys
Sake Pairing with Otemba Sake + Music by KIKUNO & Friends
Sake Pairing with Otemba Sake + Music by KIKUNO & Friends at Café Wu is a listening setup rather than a DJ set. Expect tuned playback and low-volume detail around selected music, with KIKUNO as the handmade speaker system.For fans of Ongaku kissa, Hunee, Mutek listening-room programming