Uncertainty Seminars (survey)

January 2017 - December 2021
Location: Stroom Den Haag, Hogewal 1-9, The Hague (unless stated otherwise)

Uncertainty Seminars are a series of hybrid events embracing doubt and hesitation as cultural strategy.

PROGRAM ARCHIVE
Also check out: https://uncertainty.stroom.nl


US: There, There
Friday 8 and Saturday 9 October 2021
On location at Stroom and online
Edition of 'Uncertainty Seminars' about bridging physical, figurative and metaphorical distances. With Open Weather, Shannon Mattern, Eline Benjaminsen & Elias Kimaiyo, Tabita Rezaire, Claudio Ritfeld, KABK alumni, Slutty Urbanism, Katarina Petrovic and more.

US: Shaping Time
Saturday 20 March 2021

Live streaming event
US: Shaping Time examines how art is able to imagine and shape the future. With contributions by: Oddkin, Ana María Gómez López, Denise Ferreira da Silva & Arjuna Neuman, Meenakshi Thirukode (Instituting Otherwise), Joeri Woudstra & Robbie Barrat.

US: Care
Friday 25 and Saturday 26 September 2020
Curated by: Jules Rochielle Sievert
A special edition about 'Care', curated by artist organizer Jules Rochielle Sievert. The two-day event takes place both on location at Stroom (limited seating) and online through streaming. With: Foundation We Are, Louwrien Wijers and Egon Hanfstingl, Marc Allen Herbst and Ali Schwartz, We Sell Reality, Maartje Fliervoet, Martín La Roche Contreras and Arefeh Riahi, Karina Zavidova, Natasha Falkov, Matthijs de Bruijne and Cecilia Vallejos, L'Merchie Frazier, Gloretta Baynes, Ngoc Tran Vu, Sean Desiree and Bryanna Bradley and Trans Boxing.

Uncertainty Seminars: Multispecies (Mis)communication
Saturday 29 February 2020
Chats between animals, beings, plants, and you. Join us for an afternoon of screenings, talks, banquets, quizzes, animal performances and more! With Jenna Sutela, Adelaide Lala Tam & Kuang-Yi Ku, Missouri Williams, Marjanne van Helvert, Thijs de Zeeuw, James Massiah and others.

Uncertainty Seminars: Other Than Art's Sake
13, 14 & 15 September 2019
This edition teases out the multiform positions that artists may inhabit and, vice versa, in what ways other domains seek refuge under the wide umbrella of arts. With contributions by: Dena Yago, Simone Zeefuik, Yamuna Forzani, Stijn Verhoeff & Sjoerd Leijten, discourse | Katayoun Arian, Christian Nyampeta, Daniela & Linda Dostálková, Susan Ploetz, Jacco van Uden, Mercedes Azpilicueta, Céline Berger, Martijntje Hallmann.

Uncertainty Seminars: Feel the Space Breathing
Friday 16 August 2019

This edition was for a small group of participants, by invitation.
A report on the meet-up will be published on: https://uncertainty.stroom.nl/

Uncertainty Seminars: Shadows of Tomorrow
14, 15, 16 June 2019
The artists in this edition share an interest in (fragile) archives, shifting temporalities and making ways for other scenarios ahead by amplifying multiple voices. With contributions by Ioanna Gerakidi, Hannah Dawn Henderson,Sands Murray-Wassink, Aurélie Nyirabikali Lierman, Schemas of Uncertainty (Callum Copley & Danae Io), Lynnée Denise.

Uncertainty Seminars: Not Getting It
24, 25, 26 May 2019

This edition taps into different forms of knowing and understanding, as well as not being able to get or take something. With contributions by Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz, Simon Dogger, Tony Cokes, Davide Sanvee, Francisca Khamis and Tina Reden, Arif Kornweitz, Tina Rahimy, Femke Herregraven.

Uncertainty Seminars : The Strange Escape
9 December 2017
An afternoon program exploring the deviate potential of doubt. With contributions by Ramon Amaro, Jude Crilly, Johanna Koljonen and The Rodina.

A Transformation Game by Áron Birtalan
8 December 2017
Live participatory event. During the afternoon, participants blend elements of roleplay, rituals and everyday routines into a new, jointly-created experience.

Uncertainty Seminar:
with Andrew Norman Wilson
12 January 2017

Screening, reading and talk with a contribution by Ibo van de Poel, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor of Ethics and Technology at the TU Delft.

Acknowledgement
In 2020 Uncertainty Seminars are made possible by the generous support of the Mondriaan Fund, BankGiro Loterij Fonds and The City of The Hague.

US: There, There
photo: design: The Rodina
US: Shaping Time
photo: design: The Rodina
US: Care
photo: design: The Rodina
Uncertainty Seminars: Multispecies (Mis)communication
photo: design: The Rodina
Uncertainty Seminars: Other Than Art's Sake
photo: design: The Rodina
Uncertainty Seminars: Feel the Space Breathing
photo: design: The Rodina
Uncertainty Seminars: Shadows of Tomorrow
photo: design: The Rodina
Uncertainty Seminars: Not Getting It
photo: design: The Rodina
Uncertainty Seminars: The Strange Escape
photo: design: The Rodina
DIM - A Transformation Game by Áron Birtalan
photo: design: The Rodina
Uncertainty Seminar: Andrew Norman Wilson
photo: design: The Rodina