BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:27174@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Inside the Zoöp DTSTAMP:20260909T002555Z DTSTART:20261001T140000Z DTEND:20261001T160000Z DESCRIPTION:How do you attune to an ecosystem\, and let it change how you w ork? Meet the\nresidents of Zoöp Connections and learn about their time in Vijfhuizen\,\nBrienenoord\, Mediamatic\, and De Ceuvel.\n\n\nTickets [htt ps://mediamatic.stager.co/shop/default/events/111693952]\n\n\nWHAT IS A ZO ÖP?\n\nA Zoöp is an organisation that includes more-than-human life - plan ts\, animals\,\necosystems - as a stakeholder in its own decision-making. Building on a\nsuccessful first year\, Zoöp Connections returns in 2026 wi th six international\nresidencies hosted by Dutch Zoöps.\n\nZoöp Connectio ns was born out of a simple but urgent question: as biodiversity\nloss and ecological degradation increase across Europe\, how can cultural\npractic e contribute to the health of the living world? Through the Zoöp model\,\n the programme pairs European creatives with six pioneering Dutch cultural\ norganisations (Zoöps) for 4 weeks of exchange\, observation\, and shared learning.\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS\n\nVilma Vanhanen is a Finnish multidisci plinary spatial artist\, designer and a\nfeminist whose work is driven by the question “why?”. She is currently finishing\nher master‛s studies in I nterior Architecture at Aalto University\, focusing on\nperformance art as a research method—the politics of building demolition\nmaterials. Her wor k investigates themes around injustice\, trauma\, empathy and\nfreedom com bining activism\, site-specific spatial installations\, material\nexplorat ion\, and neurodivergent bodily experience.\n\nMia Milgrom is an artist an d curator based in Prague\, Czech Republic. In her\nwork she is fascinated by the tension created by unstable and troubled\nenvironments\, systems o f support and the increasingly exhausted relations of the\nhuman and nonhu man world. Her sculptures and installations oscillate between the\nfragile moment of falling apart and an intuitive symbiosis of the elements. She\n co-runs an independent artist space and gallery in Prague\, Garage Gallery .\n\nElla Prokkola is a landscape architect focusing on the climate and bi odiversity\ncrises\, exploring the impacts of the posthuman paradigm on la ndscape\narchitecture and advocating for multispecies thinking within cons truction\nculture. As an educator\, she has taught landscape architecture at Aalto\nUniversity and conducted workshops for both students and profess ionals in the\nUK\, Switzerland\, Estonia\, and Finland.\n\nMaryna Levchen ko [https://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/393503/maryna-levchenko]\nlives and works in Lviv. She works with visual media\, including graphics\,\npainti ng\, photography\, video art and installations. Her practice explores spac e\,\nhuman fragility\, memory and the feeling of home. Her work often comb ines\narchitectural and natural heritage with traditional crafts\, textile s\, plastics\nand recycled materials in order to investigate the relations hip between the\nindividual experience and nature.\n\n\nINFORMATION\n\nThe event opens with a conversation between the four residents and their host s —\nan informal reflection on what they encountered\, what surprised them \, and how\ntheir time in the Zoöp has shaped their thinking and practice. This will be\nfollowed by an open exchange with the audience. More detail s on the programme\nand speakers will be shared closer to the date.\n\n1st of October\n\n17:00 - 19:00\n\nLocation: Mediamatic's Barn\n\nClick here [https://mediamatic.stager.co/shop/default/events/111693952] (online\nsoon ) to reserve your free entrance ticket!\n\nFor questions\, please send an email to program@mediamatic.nl\n[workshop@mediamatic.nl].\n\nFor any quest ions regarding accessibility please email: mail@mediamatic.nl\n[workshop@m ediamatic.nl].\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS\n\nVilma Vanhanen is a Finnish multi disciplinary spatial artist\, designer and a\nfeminist whose work is drive n by the question “why?”. She is currently finishing\nher master‛s studies in Interior Architecture at Aalto University\, focusing on\nperformance a rt as a research method—the politics of building demolition\nmaterials. He r work investigates themes around injustice\, trauma\, empathy and\nfreedo m combining activism\, site-specific spatial installations\, material\nexp loration\, and neurodivergent bodily experience.\n\nMia Milgrom is an arti st and curator based in Prague\, Czech Republic. In her\nwork she is fasci nated by the tension created by unstable and troubled\nenvironments\, syst ems of support and the increasingly exhausted relations of the\nhuman and nonhuman world. Her sculptures and installations oscillate between the\nfr agile moment of falling apart and an intuitive symbiosis of the elements. She\nco-runs an independent artist space and gallery in Prague\, Garage Ga llery.\n\nElla Prokkola is a landscape architect focusing on the climate a nd biodiversity\ncrises\, exploring the impacts of the posthuman paradigm on landscape\narchitecture and advocating for multispecies thinking within construction\nculture. As an educator\, she has taught landscape architec ture at Aalto\nUniversity and conducted workshops for both students and pr ofessionals in the\nUK\, Switzerland\, Estonia\, and Finland.\n\nMaryna Le vchenko [https://www.mediamatic.net/en/page/393503/maryna-levchenko]\nlive s and works in Lviv. She works with visual media\, including graphics\,\np ainting\, photography\, video art and installations. Her practice explores space\,\nhuman fragility\, memory and the feeling of home. Her work often combines\narchitectural and natural heritage with traditional crafts\, te xtiles\, plastics\nand recycled materials in order to investigate the rela tionship between the\nindividual experience and nature. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/inside-the-zoop GEO:52.3765012;4.9132763 LOCATION:Mediamatic - Dijksgracht 6\, 1019 BS Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:activism,amsterdam-centrum,eastern docklands,performance,plants, sculpture X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

How do you attune to an ecosystem, and let it change how you work? Meet the residents of Zoöp Connections and learn a bout their time in Vijfhuizen, Brienenoord, Mediamatic, and De Ceuvel.

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What is a Zoöp?

A Zoöp i s an organisation that includes more-than-human life - plants, animals, ec osystems - as a stakeholder in its own decision-making. Building on a succ essful first year, Zoöp Connections returns in 2026 with six international residencies hosted by Dutch Zoöps.

Zoöp Connections was born out of a simple but urgent question: as biodiversity loss and ecological degradat ion increase across Europe, how can cultural practice contribute to the he alth of the living world? Through the Zoöp model, the programme pairs Euro pean creatives with six pioneering Dutch cultural organisations (Zoöps) fo r 4 weeks of exchange, observation, and shared learning.

About the A rtists

Vilma Vanhanen is a Finnish multidisciplin ary spatial artist, designer and a feminist whose work is driven by the qu estion “why?”. She is currently finishing her master‛s studies in Interior Architecture at Aalto University, focusing on performance art as a resear ch method—the politics of building demolition materials. Her work investig ates themes around injustice, trauma, empathy and freedom combining activi sm, site-specific spatial installations, material exploration, and neurodi vergent bodily experience.

Mia Milgrom is an arti st and curator based in Prague, Czech Republic. In her work she is fascina ted by the tension created by unstable and troubled environments, systems of support and the increasingly exhausted relations of the human and nonhu man world. Her sculptures and installations oscillate between the fragile moment of falling apart and an intuitive symbiosis of the elements. She co -runs an independent artist space and gallery in Prague, Garage Gallery.

Ella Prokkola is a landscape architect focusing on the climate and biodiversity crises, exploring the impacts of the posthuma n paradigm on landscape architecture and advocating for multispecies think ing within construction culture. As an educator, she has taught landscape architecture at Aalto University and conducted workshops for both students and professionals in the UK, Switzerland, Estonia, and Finland.

Maryna Levchenko lives and works in Lviv. Sh e works with visual media, including graphics, painting, photography, vide o art and installations. Her practice explores space, human fragility, mem ory and the feeling of home. Her work often combines architectural and nat ural heritage with traditional crafts, textiles, plastics and recycled mat erials in order to investigate the relationship between the individual exp erience and nature.

Information

The event opens with a c onversation between the four residents and their hosts — an informal refle ction on what they encountered, what surprised them, and how their time in the Zoöp has shaped their thinking and practice. This will be followed by an open exchange with the audience. More details on the programme and spe akers will be shared closer to the date.

1st of October

17:0 0 - 19:00

Location: Mediamatic's Barn

Click < strong>here (online soon) to reserve your fr ee entrance ticket!

For questions, please send an ema il to program@mediamatic.nl.

For any questions regarding accessibility please email: mail@mediamatic.nl.

About the Art ists

Vilma Vanhanen is a Finnish multidisciplinar y spatial artist, designer and a feminist whose work is driven by the ques tion “why?”. She is currently finishing her master‛s studies in Interior A rchitecture at Aalto University, focusing on performance art as a research method—the politics of building demolition materials. Her work investigat es themes around injustice, trauma, empathy and freedom combining activism , site-specific spatial installations, material exploration, and neurodive rgent bodily experience.

Mia Milgrom is an artist and curator based in Prague, Czech Republic. In her work she is fascinate d by the tension created by unstable and troubled environments, systems of support and the increasingly exhausted relations of the human and nonhuma n world. Her sculptures and installations oscillate between the fragile mo ment of falling apart and an intuitive symbiosis of the elements. She co-r uns an independent artist space and gallery in Prague, Garage Gallery.

Ella Prokkola is a landscape architect focusing on th e climate and biodiversity crises, exploring the impacts of the posthuman paradigm on landscape architecture and advocating for multispecies thinkin g within construction culture. As an educator, she has taught landscape ar chitecture at Aalto University and conducted workshops for both students a nd professionals in the UK, Switzerland, Estonia, and Finland.

Maryna Levchenko lives and works in Lviv. She works with visual media, including graphics, painting, photography, video art and installations. Her practice explores space, human fragility, memor y and the feeling of home. Her work often combines architectural and natur al heritage with traditional crafts, textiles, plastics and recycled mater ials in order to investigate the relationship between the individual exper ience and nature.

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