DAI Confluence 1 ~ BAK basecamp (Utrecht). September 29 till October 7, 2026
(scroll down for detailed program per day and practical info)
and cherished returning students of Generation 2025:
Amalie Sveske Ourø, Anahi Saravia Herrera, Ayris Taban, Bea Secchia, BiBi, Dariya (dar) Trubina, Ella Tegenbos, Emma Caspers, Gianfranco Colla, Giuliana Beya Dridi, Josse Vessies, Lío Spinnewijn, Noa Storrs Gokul, Oliver Turvey, Richard Liu, Rikke Lundgaard Ebling, Seta Astreou-Karides, Shiva Yourdkhani, Shoshana Walfish, Tomaso de Luca, Veronika Marxer, Yindi Chen
For DAI Confluence #1 @BAK Basecamp (Utrecht) we welcome (back)core tutors and tutorial teams 2026-2027 as well as guests. As always to be generously facilitated by our hosting partner and DAI's dedicated crew.
(Please scroll down for practical info & crew making all these possible)
Apart from hands-on introductions to all things "Studying and Living together while Roaming" DAI Confluence #1 of the new academic year offers ample time for everybody to familiarise with the 4 defining curriculum components of our program:
How To Do Things With Theory
Introduced by HTDTWT education leader/academic supervisor Raphael Daibert, the theory tutors present at BAK 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 BAK who will elaborate on their COOP plans for the upcoming academic year, are:
Noor Abuarafeh, Frédérique Bergholtz, Marina Christodoulidou, Angelo Custodio, Jurga Daubaraitė, Chiara Figone, Raisa Galofre, Aziza Harmel, Daniellis Hernandez, Egija Inzule, Snejanka Mihaylova, Harun Morrison and Jonas Žukauskas.
In addition to all COOP related introductions and in the presence of all (including the COOP tutorial teams), this year's Archipelago Weaver is to introduce our 2027 FOCUS LOCATION where the DAI will land in March and where COOP SUMMIT 2027 will take place in July.
The DAI is excited and proud to name the 2026-2027 COOP partnerships with six core artistic research platforms & institutions, the driving forces behind the COOP study groups commissioned 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)
APRiCot Garden 2026
In the midst of our days together, and on the occasion of the completion of our treasured Gabriëlle Schleijpen's tenure as artistic director and head of program (2002-2026) DAI, we are most delighted to open our doors to the public for
APRiCot Garden 2026: If Not Here, Then Where? Making Our Home in Shared Struggle
Convened by Gabriëlle Schleijpen herself and Ana Teixeira Pinto, this second iteration of this bi-annual event brings together an exhibition and a two-day programme with offerings by alumni and practitioners from the wider DAI community.
For the mid afternoon till the late evening of October 3 & 4 we are to all together celebrate her legacy and farewell her as she so righteously deserves.
Kitchen ACTS
The Kitchen | Aeroponic Acts will be briefly introduced by Leire Vergara and Peter Sattler as a follow up to a mini-iteration come alive with the input of 4 student presenters in their second year@DAI, while our two guests Bassam El Baroni and Pary El Qalqily 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 and in the course of this academic year meet with all second year students towards AEROPONIC ACTS 2027, 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 2027.
WEAVER
Introduced by Nikos Doulos, Sophia Zbinovsky Braddel, and with student-led workshops taking place throughout the confluence.
DAI Confluence nr.1 ~ The Program From Day To Day:
ALL SESSIONS TAKE PLACE at BAK Basecamp, unless indicated otherwise.
Please check on a daily base as schedule is prompt to minor changes.
Wednesday 7
Departure all
PRACTICAL INFO
Contact Protocol for Students & Crew 2026 - 2027
DAI's Code of Conduct: Staff-Student Contacts
PLANETARY CAMPUS SUPPORT STRUCTURE
Crew present on the ground at BAK Basecamp:
Senior coordinator Roaming Academy budget and hospitality Jacq van der Spek assisted by Lonneke Pastoor.
Senior coordinator for production, workspace facilities & study support: Peter Sattler.
Culinary input (breakfast, lunch and dinner) for this entire DAI Confluence by DAI's 'chef de cuisine' Sophia Zbinovsky Braddel in close collaboration with Lea Ramaswamy, assisted by Holly Taylor.
Remotely active to co-shape this first Confluence:
Editor-in-chief Giulia Crispiani, house style designers Lauren Alexander & Hanna Rullmann, and last but not least chair of admissions Marika Vandekraats.
The Back-Office (making it all possible!):
Our Financial Assistant Corine van der Wal ~ liaising with HR & the Finance Departments of ArtEZ and our Production Assistant Georgia Stellin in communication with our Travel Support Hemminkways.
Please consult our Crew-web page for a complete overview and more info about the division of tasks.
