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“Ears tune in to the sound of the water and the audience see a group of eight figures ankle deep. They stand in a tight knot resting their heads on each other’s shoulders and backs. A second group of four wade into the water and join them, they hold hands and form a circle around them, the people in the centre begin standing and bending, and soon the whole group repeat this movement. They raise their arms in the air and disentangle from one another. They wade into the water heading downstream, swim, catch hold of rocks, climb up onto them. Spreading out, the colour of their clothes becomes apparent each wearing a single colour - pink, green, yellow, white, black, blue.”

Annette Rodriguez Fiorillo is a gender non-conforming mover and textile artist. They are woven from Abya Yala fibers, by threads twisted with the sweat and grease of their ancestors’ hands. They delve into the complexities of residues of modernity/coloniality, everyday materials in contemporary existences to imagine, invoke, and embody ways to live otherwise. Their performance "Sarca" was presented before live audience at Centrale Fies, Dro, Italy on August 8, 2025 as one of 24 acts, at the occasion of the AEROPONIC ACTS 2025: CHOREIA. Video-still by Baha Görkem Yalim, written report by Grant Watson.

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MORE THAN MAKING ART ~ FRAMEWORKS TO NAVIGATE DISORIENTATION

“to live out a politics of disorientation might be to sustain wonder about the very forms of social gathering”

From: Queer Phenomenology - Orientations, Objects, Others, by Sara Ahmed, 2006.

Now more than ever the Dutch Art Institute seeks to bring together a variety of praxes, languages, experiences, intuitions and queering positions, a plurivocal band of great people whom we believe will be able to connect with each other in an interesting, deep way through shared sensibilities, struggles and solidarities, rather than disciplining similarities.

DAI’s Roaming Academy functions as a permaculture where 'studying together' and 'living together' are inextricably linked. This environment allows a rich variety of praxes—at the intersection of contemporary art and theory—to flourish and sustain one another. Within fluid configurations of collective study, activities such as thinking, writing, making, performing, and curating are invigorated. DAI critically positions itself within the versatile, porous domain of contemporary art, engaging deeply with its discourses and its discontents.

Journeying with DAI leads to many things, among them the accomplishment of an accredited MA in Art Praxis.

The 2026-2028 Application Form is now online.

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*please note! The English requirements of our parent university ArtEZ have changed this year. For further information, refer to the admissions requirements.

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