Uncloud 2023: 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭-𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭-𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭-[…] is a wrap! We look back on a beautiful exhibition and festival weekend with many artists and musicians involved. We are tremendously grateful to all participants, volunteers, visitors, founders, colleagues, and friends. 🤍

Love, Uncloud team.

EXHIBITION
30 September–22 October
Former Pieter Baan Centre, Utrecht

FEATURING 
Heleen Blanken // Lumus Instruments // Jeroen Alexander Meijer // Arash Akbari // Ibragim // Aurelia Noudelmann // Ildikó Horváth & Niko de Paula Lefort // Silke Weißbach // Amos Peled // Cris Mollee // Daniel Martin // Eirik Brandal // Guillaume Versteeg, Laurie Drew & Skander Jaïbi // ILAR // Ibragim // Ines Kooli & Aziz Reguigui // Jaco Schilp // Jeroen Alexander Meijer // Studio Joanie Lemercier // Jochen Lange // Robert B. Lisek // Timo Lejeune // Zohra Mrad & The Pyrit

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Exploring the relationship between technology, multisensory embodied encounters, materiality, and the virtual sphere, physicaldigital-digitalphysical-physicaldigital-[…] unfolds at the intersection of on-screen realms and tangible reality, setting out to (re)shape immersive and interactive experiences. Rendering the messy binary between the digital and physical, blurring the boundary between the two, the exhibition incorporates audiovisual performances, installation pieces, and experimental media. 

Displayed throughout the hallways, cells, and rooms of the Pieter Baan Centre, a former prison and forensic psychiatric institute, each artwork operates as an interface; a portal into futures not yet realised or realities otherwise obscured. Inspired by innovative ways of thinking about technological tools, the Centre provides a context in which artists, technologists, and audiences can come together to uncover new frontiers of artistic expression and redefine what it means to be human in the digital age. 

OPENING DAY
30 September
Former Pieter Baan Centre, Utrecht 

Starting at 13:00, the 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭-𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭-𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭-[…] exhibition is unveiled at the former Pieter Baan Centre. At 15:00, the conference hosted by Job Santé commences with three featured artists – Amos Peled, Heleen Blanken and Joanie Lemercier, providing insight into their artistic practice as well as how they both relate to and challenge the world around us.   

© Isaiah Stomp

MODULATION.

From 20:00, Uncloud opens its first concert in collaboration with Modulation. with Flore & WSK, Oğuz Büyükberber and Oliv Oliv & Jane Berkgkotte. Immersive audiovisual performances and improvisation with modular synthesisers are on the menu.   

© Paulus van Dorsten

FESTIVAL WEEKEND
6–8 October
De Helling, WAS. & Former Pieter Baan Centre, Utrecht

FEATURING CORIN (live A/V) // Djrum // Eomac (live A/V) // Iglooghost (live A/V) // Luke Cohlen // NÂR (live) // AliA // Bambounou b2b Mama Snake // Hannah Pezzack // Honingbeer (live A/V) // Ibragim (live A/V) // Iglooghost (live A/V) // LØU (live A/V) // Luke Cohlen // Lumus Instruments (live A/V) // MAAJI (JS Park & Maarten Vos) (live) // Maarten Vos (live) // Max Frimout (live A/V) // Minka // MONOCOLOR (live A/V) // Perila (live A/V) // shersh (live) // Soheil Shayesteh, Kristia Michael & Rashin Teimouri (live A/V) // The Social Lover // Victor Bontje & Danny van der Lugt // Videotape Dance Therapy

Uncloud Festival Weekend has returned with a pioneering line-up of audiovisual performances, transcendent electronica, and otherworldly ambient. Staged at various locations in Utrecht, the three-day event further encompasses a Saturday club night at WAS with a special line-up co-curated between the venue and Uncloud.

© Paulus van Dorsten & Noah Schielen

PERFORMATIVE INSTALLATIONS NIGHT
14 October
Former Pieter Baan Centre, Utrecht

FEATURING 
Ildikó Horváth & Niko de Paula Lefort // Amos Peled // Guillaume Versteeg, Laurie Drew, Cezara-Maria Gurau, Alicia Verdú Macián & Skander Jaïbi // Noralie & Philipp Thimm

As an extension of the 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭-𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭-𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭-[…] exhibition, Uncloud invites artists to host a series of performative interventions at the Former Pieter Baan Centre. Varying in form, from choreographed movements to interactive, sound-based encounters and experiments with medical technology, the performative installations night submerges the audience in transcendent showcases that unfold at the intersection of the digital and physical worlds.

© Ines Kooli

To Be Continued
THEATRE PRODUCTION
12–15 October
Former Pieter Baan Centre, Utrecht

Uncloud and Theater Kikker present To Be Continued an audiovisual theatrical installation by Nineties in collaboration with video artist Noralie, interactive design studio Moniker, and musician/producer Philipp Thimm. The show is performed in English.

The site-specific performance begins on the audience’s smartphones via the messenger app Telegram. After purchasing your ticket and receiving instructions on downloading the app, you’ll immediately meet the protagonist: a chatbot in need of your input. Interweaving innovative digital media and technology, To Be Continued unravels as a code-based, psychedelic encounter – a contemplative experience guided by an immersive soundscape and rendered images that delve into the link between our (non)linear sense of time in the information epoch.

© Paulus van Dorsten