As the exhibition ‘i fell in love with Nirono mountains.’ draws to a close, we invite you to a special event that offers space for dialogue and shared experiences.

DEBATE
The evening begins with an introduction by Takako Hamono, followed by presentations by Lada Hrsak of Bureau LADA and multidisciplinary researcher and curator Marjolijn van der Loo. This will be followed by a conversation between the three speakers and the audience, exploring the question:

How can multidisciplinary creative approaches and collaborations enrich the ongoing regeneration of the Satoyama landscape in Nirono?

PERFORMANCE
The debate will be followed by a performance by Jija Sohn, a Japanese-Korean artist and choreographer whose recent work explores water as a metaphor for connection, fluidity and transformation. Jija has developed blind walking as a somatic practice that mirrors the way water moves through landscapes and constantly reshapes them. She will guide participants through a collective journey that resonates with the themes of the exhibition and the rhythms of Nirono.

Programme

17.00 – 17.10
Welcome by Alice Smits, director zone2source

17.10 – 17.25
Introduction to the exhibition by Takako Hamano

17.25 – 17.45
Presentation by Marjolijn van der Loo + Q&A
Marjolijn’s contribution draws on the Katsura tree as a guide in rehearsing what she calls Vegetal Curating—an exercise in listening to plants as witnesses and teachers, to imagine relational ecologies and unlearn colonial narratives.

17.45 – 18:05
Presentation by Lada Hršak + Q&A
Lada Hršak’s talk will follow a climb on Velika Kapela mountain (HR) reflecting on the notion of embodied and situated knowledge.

18.05 – 18.30
Dialogue between Takako, Marjolijn and Lada with audience participation around art science practices to regenerative field work

18.30 – 19.00
Performance Dance water / invitation for collective blind walk by Jija Sohn

19.00
Drinks

Biography

Marjolein van der Loo is a Dutch curator, researcher, and artist whose practice explores ecological relationships, collective learning, and embodied knowledge. Through long-term collaborations with plants, landscapes, and communities, she develops exhibitions, workshops, and publications that weave storytelling and sensory experience.
As Curator of Contemporary Art and Heritage at Museum Het Nieuwe Domein and Associate Curator at Onomatopee, she fosters alternative ways of relating to one another, to place, and to the more-than-human world. Her work centers on care, reciprocity, and resistance to extractive systems, seeking relational rather than rational approaches to ecology and culture.

Lada Hršak is an architect, researcher, and founder of Bureau LADA (Landscape, Architecture, Design, Action), a cross-disciplinary studio working between Amsterdam, Zagreb, Cairo, and Tangier. Framing itself as a feminine spatial practice, the studio engages with spatial justice, social ecology, and inclusive design through projects in architecture, research, and education. Hršak’s work explores shallow-water territories, Mediterranean spatial practices, and urban glossaries, published in the award-winning Shallow Waters and Tangier Glossary. She co-founded the Spatial Justice for Palestine Network NL, advises on cultural and spatial initiatives, and teaches at the Design Academy Eindhoven, the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (KABK), and the Academy of Architecture Amsterdam. Bureau LADA’s projects have been presented internationally at the Venice Architecture Biennale, African Crossroads, and IABR.

Jija Sohn is a Japanese- Korean artist based in Amsterdam. Since 2019, she has dedicated her work and practice to exploring human connections and relations. These projects have become her way to look inside into our human nature, recognising and embracing all our flaws and strengths, making them into an intimate portrait of how we are as people alone and together. To know more: www.jijasohn.com.

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