DAI Confluence nr.1 ~ PAF (St. Erme). September 25 till October 3, 2025
and welcome back treasured returning students of Generation 2024:
Agnese Krivade, Agnese Fieno Spolverini, Aimeé Phillips, Asmaa Barakat, Ayse Idil Idil, Billie Meiniche, Carlos Azeredo Mesquita, Dana Andrei, Dimitris Chimonas, Despina Sanida Crezia, Dory Samuel, Eglè A. Benkunskytė, Erik Peters, Fagner Lima, Ginevra Collini, Hannah van der Schaaf, Henriks Eliass Zegners, Ilja Schamle, Ivor Glavaš, Jamie Donald, Javier Rodriguez PerezCuriel, Jip van der Hek, Keit Bonnici, Leo Hugendubel, Liam Warren, Magdalena Beliavska, Masha Domracheva, Moss Lutz, Muyang Teng, Nanna Stigsdatter Mathiassen, Nika Pecarina, Olfa Arfaoui, Patrick Freriksen, Rana Kelleci, Ratri Notosudirdjo, Sanna J. Hirvonen, Sarmistha Bose, Sharon Romie, Sophie Dandanell, Stellar Meris, Tara White, Zhuang Leng.
For DAI Confluence nr.1@PAF, St. Erme we welcome (back)core tutors and tutorial teams 2025-2026 as well as guests. As always to be generously facilitated by our dedicated crew.
Apart from hands-on introductions to all things "Studying and Living together while Roaming" DAI Confluence nr 1 of the new academic year offers ample time for everybody to familiarize with the 4 defining curriculum components of our program:
How To Do Things With Theory
Introduced by HTDTWT-education leader Dina A. Mohamed, the theory tutors present at PAF who will present their seminars for the upcoming academic year are:
Dr. Sladja Blazan, Dr. Sarah Lewis-Cappellari, Dr. Amit S. Rai, Dr. Ghalya Saadawi, Dr. Grant Watson and Dr. Hypatia Vourloumis.
COOP study groups
Introduced by COOP-education leader Philippa(Flip)Driest the COOP tutorial teams present at PAF who will elaborate on their COOP plans for the upcoming academic year, are:
Noor Abuarafeh, Frédérique Bergholtz, Marina Christodoulidou, Angelo Custodio (remotely), Chiara Figone, Aziza Harmel, Daniellis Hernandez, Egija Inzule, Mokia Dinnyuy Manjoh, Harun Morrison and Jonas Žukauskas.
The DAI is excited and proud to name the 2025-2026 COOP partnerships with six core artistic research platforms & institutions, the driving forces behind the COOP study groups commisioned by DAI:
*de Appel Amsterdam (Amsterdam)
*ARCHIVE ENSEMBLE (Berlin, Dakar, Milan)
*If I Can't Dance I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution (Amsterdam)
*Hosting Lands (Copenhagen)
*Neringa Forest Architecture (Vilnius, Nida)
*SAVVY Contemporary (Berlin)
Kitchen | AEROPONIC ACTS
The Kitchen | A-Acts will be briefly introduced by Gabriëlle Schleijpen and Peter Sattler and will then immediately see their first mini-iteration come alive with the input of 7 student presenters in their second year@DAI, while our two guests Emily Pethick and Kari Leigh Rosenfeld will share their improvised responses and reflections with the presenters and performers and with the student body at large.
The Kitchen presentations will be attended by Elisa Guliano, who will separately meet with all second year students, as a first preparation to the AEROPONIC ACTS 2026, which will be coached and curated by her in close conversation with DAI's artistic director|head of program and Peter Sattler ~ towards our public performance marathon at Centrale Fies in June 2026.
Elisa Giuliano, who is also this year's Archipelago Weaver, will furthermore present a first introduction to the city of Matera in Basilicata, South-Italy, where the DAI will land in March and where COOP SUMMIT 2026 will take place in either May or July.
WEAVER
introduced by Nikos Doulos, Sophia Zbinovsky Braddel, and with student-led workshops (Factory) throughout the Confluence.
Palestine Teach Outs 2025-2026 kick off with a student led iteration. Olfa Arfaoui and Stellar Meris will engage with our guests Kari Leigh Rosenfeld (in real life) and (online): Tobi Haslett and Yazan Khalili.
Finally, as an overriding participation structure the students of the COUNCIL are omni-present and active for and during this first Confluence of the new academic year.
Planetary Campus Support Structure
Crew present on the ground at PAF:
Hospitality facilitator Kastė Šeškevičiūtė assisted by Lonneke Pastoor.
Senior co-ordinator technical & spatial infrastructure & study support: Peter Sattler assisted by Georgia Stellin.
Culinary input (breakfast, lunch and dinner) for this entire DAI Confluence by DAI's 'chef de cuisine' Sophia Zbinovsky Braddel in close collaboration with 'sous chef' Rowan Beasley and assisted by Holly Taylor.
Remotely active to co-shape this first Confluence:
Website curator, editor-in-chief Giulia Crispiani, house style designers Lauren Alexander & Hanna Rullmann, Names & Faces booklets & more: Ricardo Liong-A-Kong, and last but not least chair of admissions Marika Vandekraats.
The Back-Office (making it all possible!):
Senior co-ordinator "roaming" finances, logistics and office management Jacq van der Spek together with our bookkeeper Corine van der Wal and assisted by Georgia Stellin.Travel Support: Hemminkways
Please consult our Crew-web page for a complete overview and more info about the division of tasks.
DAI Confluence nr.1~How To Live & Study Together at PAF
PERFORMING ARTS FORUM
15, Rue Haute
02820 St Erme Outre et Ramecourt
France
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DAI Confluence nr.1 ~ The Program From Day To Day:
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