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World premiere

Holobiont

A genderfucking rave ritual

Boogaerdt/Van der Schoot, Jef Van gestel

Copyright information:Casper Koster

A happening where performers use their bodies as a rebellion against the binary. HOLOBIONT opens a temporary free zone, a space where bodies are in constant transition. The moment you step inside, you become part of the space. You wander, linger, disappear, and reappear. Chairs? Forget them. Let yourself be guided by what unfolds or plop down in a corner with a drink. You choose how deep you go, how long you stay.


HOLOBIONT is an underground playground: a collective ritual with dark corners, clitty wigs, and glitter that will mysteriously reappear in unexpected places. Here the binary collapses, and from the chaos something new is born: a community where bodies, genders, and selves are free. An invitation to meet the unknown in yourself and others. And dance together.


OYA - XR installation by Tobias Staab

OYA is part of the extended programme of HOLOBIONT. Through an XR headset, you enter the world of Brazilian trans artist Black Pearl De Almeida Lima, encountering her as a holographic presence. The work draws on footage captured across different moments of her journey between 2020 and 2025. In this mixed-reality installation by Tobias Staab (DE) in collaboration with the Govar Studio, you move between death and rebirth, unfolding as a simultaneous experience of loss, transformation, and emergence. OYA draws on Black Pearl’s lived experience of transition, not as an explanatory framework, but as embodied knowledge: a practice of crossing thresholds and insisting on presence against rigid norms.

dates

13 June: 5:30 pm - 10:30 pm

prices

  • default € 25
  • CJP € 20
  • HF Young € 19
  • youth under 18 € 15

information

  • English

  • 5 hours

  • please note:

    this performance has a minimum age requirement of 16. The performance contains loud noise.

Tickets:

 book a ticket for a time slot to enter. Once inside, you’re welcome to stay as long as you like and come and go, provided there is enough space.

more info
  • HOLOBIONT

    Lisa Schamlé

  • Holobiont

    Casper Koster

  • Holobiont

    Casper Koster

  • Holobiont

    Casper Koster

  • Holobiont

    Casper Koster

  • Boogaerdt van der Schoot - Suzan Boogaerdt & Bianca van der Schoot, concept, direction

    Annaleen Louwes

Credits

concept Jef Van gestel, Suzan Boogaerdt, Bianca van der Schoot artistic direction Jef Van gestel, Suzan Boogaerdt, Bianca van der Schoot performance Rita Bifulco, Suzan Boogaerdt, Ayrton Fraenk, Jef Van gestel, Barnaby Savage, Mara Snip, Isadora Tomasi guest performance Bleach, Black Pearl De Almeida Lima art installation Tobias Staab scenographic advice Marloes en Wikke campaign image Lisa Schamlé photography Casper Koster production Yola Parie techniek Bart Coenen co-production Boogaerdt/VanderSchoot, Stichting Jef Van gestel, Holland Festival thanks to Dioraphte

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