Website and documentary: Trial in the park

Trial in the park – the trees speak out on 16 October 2022 was the final of the Shadow Floriade that Zone2Source organised last year, as well as the closing …Read more

Update from Kate Foster’s project

An update about documentation from Kate Foster‘s project that was part of the exhibition Our Living Soil : – a link to a blogpost picking up on the Peat Free …Read more

Report Field Academy assembled by Cocky Eeck – September 24 & 25 2022

Exploring the sensorial heritage of the Amstelpark – by Anne-Florence Neveu What we inherit can be taken for granted and made invisible as much as it can be cherished and …Read more

Open Call: participants for speculative lawsuit

On Sunday, October 16, 2022, a special court case will take place in the Amstelpark. The trees of the Amstelpark argue for their own rights and will hold a number …Read more

Swamp Walk with Jacqueline Heerema

Sunday, 14th August 14:00 – 16:00 Start: Land van wording (near the pond) On Sunday afternoon August 14, you are warmly invited you to join the Swamp Walk about perceptions …Read more

Lecture Machine Wilderness at Central Saint Martins in London

Watch the lecture by Alice Smits of Zone2Source and Theun Karelse of FoAM about Machine Wilderness during an online debate organised and moderated by Heather Barnettt of Central Saint Martins …Read more

Newspaper Shadow Floriade / Amstelpark 50 years

In honor of the Shadow Floriade and the 50th anniversary of the Amstelpark (Floriade 1972), Zone2Source has published a newspaper in collaboration with the friends of the Amstelpark (24 pages, …Read more

Open Call: School for MultiSpecies Knowledges 2022

May 14 – July 3, 2022 We are pleased to announce this call for several funded positions as participants within the School for MultiSpecies Knowledges – a programme consisting of …Read more

Odoshi Cloud Sequence no longer in the Amstelpark pond

Unfortunately, as of this week, Ronald van der Meijs’ work Odoshi Cloud Sequence is no longer in the Amstelpark pond. The work was installed by Ronald in collaboration with Zone2Source …Read more

Art work Of Soil and Water nominated for International Award after recommendation by Alice Smits

The work Of Soil and Water: King’s Cross Pond Club by Ooze (Eva Pfannes & Sylvain Hartenberg) and Marjetica Potrc was recommended by Alice Smits for the 2021 International Award for Public Art. Today, January 14, 2022 this work was announced as one of the seven outstanding examples of public art during an online meeting hosted from Qingdao in China.

Launch Shallow Waters at Onomatopee Eindhoven

On Sunday 21st November a performative booklaunch of Shallow Waters by Lada Hršak will take place at Onomatopee in Eindhoven. Alice Smits of Zone2Source was a contributor to the project and is one of the speakers at this event.

Sambal tasting great succes

On Sunday, October 31, 2021 we thoroughly enjoyed the 30 types of sambals that could be tasted at the Glazen Huis van Zone2Source. More than 200 visitors visited the tasting …Read more

Launch Shallow Waters in Venice, with contribution Zone2Source

Friday 24th September 2021 will be in Venice the launch of Bureau LADA’s magazine Shallow Waters as part of its speculative research project which is also part of the Dutch …Read more

Isolario [open rehearsal]

Isolario, by Dario Calderone, is a collection of texts, images and musical scores, which can be performed, or justimagined, by any duet of instruments or voices. On September 19th, 2021 Dario Calderone – double bass and Gareth Davis – bass clarinet will do an open rehearsal at het Glazen Huis of Zone2Source. A full performance will be scheduled for later in 2021-2022

Book presentation Levensvormen with Lex ter Braak

9th September, 2021 17:00 Zone2Source, Orangerie Amstelpark Thursday 9 September, 2021 Lex ter Braak will present his book Levensvormen, published by Van Oorschot, in the Orangerie in the Amstelpark. The …Read more

Handmade paper from the Amstelpark, finissage and presentation

For two months (from June 17 – 18th August, 2021) Annelinde de Jong worked as an artist-in-residence in the Orangerie. Among other things, she made a new paper based on …Read more

Finissage Radix with knotweed tea and excursion

Sunday, 27th June is the finissage of Radix, organised by Collectief Walden in front of the Rietveldhuis Over the past few month the installation RADIX was on show in the …Read more

Aardtijd invitation June 6th, 2021

Due to the lockdown our exhbition Re:Tune had to finish last week and the new exhbition Here and Elsewhere by Irene Kopelman can only start at 4th of July. In the …Read more

Zone2Source highlighted in Turkish report on Arts and Ecological Transformation

The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) presented their cultural policy report. Arts and Culture for Ecological Transformation draws attention to the current ecological crisis and invites the world of …Read more

Final chance, finissage Re:Tune

28th May, 2021 from 11AM to 6 PM, with an artist talk by Saša Spačal at 3.30PM Because of the Covid-19 lockdown only a small number of people have …Read more

Launch of School for MultiSpecies Knowledges 27 May 2021 #1

During a full day program on May 27 Zone2Source will launch its plans for a multi-annual practice-led exploration: School of MultiSpecies Knowledges, developed by Zone2Source curator Alice Smits in collaboration …Read more

Private visit to MycoMythological Patterning and Re:Tune

The Re: Tune exhibition can currently only be viewed through the windows of the Glass House. The work of Pei-Ying Lin and Yi-Fei Chen and that of Anton Kats is …Read more

NRC: review on audioplay Floriade Fluisteringen

In the newspaper NRC of Saturday 13th February, 2021 Kester Freriks wrote about Floriade Whisperings, the four audioplays the artists Krijn Christiaansen & Cathelelijne Montens (KCCM) have developed for the …Read more

Odoshi Cloud Sequence is off temporarily due to ice

In February 2021 Artist Ronald van der Meijs had to temporarily switch off the work Odoshi Cloud Sequence due to the severe frost and the ice formation on the pond. Mid March the work was re-installed in the pond.

Unloomed #1 extended until 21 Februari

Due to its great success (and the lockdown), the installation Unloomed # 1 by The Warp will be extended until February 21, 2021. The installation attracts a lot of attention …Read more

NRC: Unloomed #1 sensational symphony of laser light over 1001 strings

Lucette ter Borg of the national newspaper NRC visited Unloomed #1 at Zone2Source and talked to Lee Ellickson of The Warp [article in Dutch only)

Walking as Research

The audio documentation of ‘Walking as Research’, a performative talk with Marlies van Hak (researcher and writer) and artist Tao G. Vrhovec Sambolec (SI/NL) is now available. This walk-and-talk event was part of the finissage of the Mind Your Step exhibition on 29th November, 2020.

Open Call for outdoor installations and sculptures

With our ambition to develop the Amstelpark into a unique park for art and nature, Z2S is looking for inspiring outdoor installations and sculptures focusing on rethinking nature-culture relations and proposing new experiences and practices to the environment.

Zone2Source launches outdoor art map of Amstelpark

Since November a free printed map is available at Het Glazen Huis and other spots in the Amstelpark, showing the artworks that were realised with Zone2Source in the Amstelpark. Pick up …Read more

Mind Your Step and WalkAway at Nieuw Amsterdam #3

Friday November 27, 2020 Alice Smits from Zone2Source and artist Naomi Bueno de Mesquita will be guests at the Livecast Nieuw Amsterdam # 3 of Pakhuis de Zwijger at 9.30 …Read more

Salon Mister Motley featuring Marjolijn Boterenbrood

In the Salon series, Mister Motley invites artists to develop an exhibition entirely at their own discretion. Marjolijn Boterenbrood, an artist who has exhibited at Zone2Source before, now presents the …Read more

Welcome to the Parliament of Things

On November 22, we are organizing three art expeditions, including the opening of two new works (by KCCM and by De Onkruidenier) in the Amstelpark as part of ‘Welcome to the Parliament of Things’. Take a walk through the Amstelpark in three sessions that reflect on the relationship between humans and plants.