Subbacultcha x We Are Public present: Loom Fest
Subbacultcha and We Are Public are thrilled to announce Loom Fest – a new interdisciplinary one-day festival.
On Saturday 15 February 2025, Loom Fest takes over the stages of de Sloot and de Sering in Amsterdam with an enthralling program bringing together forward thinking music and contemporary dance performances.
The lineup features world-revered experimental composer Klein, ever-exploratory electronic musician bela, subversive performer Courtney May Robertson, boundary pushing composer Ji Youn Kang, emotive electroacoustic musician Aimée Theriot, praised contemporary choreographerArno Schuitemaker and multitalented performer YAV.
Join for an evening diving head first into the most unique and intriguing acts from around the world, followed by an official afterparty hosted by Dusty Cabinets on Krackfree Soundsystem at De Sering. Tickets for the afterparty are available separately.
Doors: 18.00
Talks: 18.15-19.00
Performances: 19.00 – 21.45
Afterparty at de Sering: 22:00 – late
Full Lineup
Small (DJ set)
Klein has been a darling of experimental music since emerging with ONLY and Lagata, which immediately bowled over an audience transfixed by her beguiling collages of R&B, grime and voice. There is an allusiveness to her audio work that clearly transcends such generic descriptions, betraying the connective thinking of an artist equally at home in film, theater and gallery contexts.
To list the variety of roles she plays would be to miss the point of her broad-ranging practice, a mode of playful experimentation that sees her adopting, rearranging and discarding the conventions of discipline, genre and form so rapidly that it can be hard to keep up. At once prolific and obfuscating, she is just as likely to upload a project to YouTube without telling anyone as she is to collaborate with some of the greatest artists, musicians and writers of our time, including Mark Leckey, Mica Levi and Fred Moten.
At Loom Fest, she is gracing us with a special hybrid DJ/live set presenting her latest record.
bela
bela is a musician and a performance artist creating propulsive mind-bending club music that sounds refreshingly alien while remaining steeped in tradition.
On stage, bela growls through a diary of poems and slogans over a composition of electronic pungmul music. bela reclaims the depths of queerness and miscommunication through the process of a ceremony. Transposing Korean folk music into riveting club music, their shows break through conventional rhythmic patterns and tempo limitations.
bela has performed at internationally esteemef festivals such as CTM Festival, Unsound Festival Kraków, and Rewire Festival, and has supported electronic music heavyweights Pharmakon and Eli Keszler. Their tour with okkyung lee and Yeong Die included shows in London’s iconic Cafe OTO, the white hotel, A4 festival in Bratislava and more.
Courntey May Robertson presents HUNTER – OFF RECORD!!!
Courtney May Robertson is a subversive performer and interdisciplinary maker with a fierce and captivating energy.
In her movement-based work, she aims to create emotionally charged sensory universes that deal with complex themes in a rounded way; that evoke feeling first and thought thereafter. There is a raw, rough, well initiated energy present throughout her work, perhaps influenced by her long engagement in underground punk and metal scenes. In contrast, that wild unfiltered expression is mixed with a certain affiliation with discipline and structure, likely mood from her background in competitive cheerleading and upbringing in a military environment. This paradox results in an eclectic blend of chaos and order sure to be enthralling.
Read the review of her performance HUNTER to get a glimpse of her world in Theaterkrant.
At Loom Fest, she presents HUNTER OFF RECORD!!! – A special, raw version of her lauded performance that catapulted her to the status of a rising star of new dance makers.
Ji Youn Kang
In her work, composer and performer Ji Youn Kang explores the relationship between musical and physical spaces. She composes live electronic pieces for both traditional and non-traditional instruments, ranging from a solo instrument to a large orchestra, exploring mostly the primitive, empowering rhythmic elements and the noisy sound sources involved in Korean ritual music.
Her pieces have been played in many different places and festivals including La Biennale di Venezia in Italy, the Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Rewire Festival, Sonic Acts, STRP, TodaysArt, ModernBody, International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt in Germany, Sonar in Spain, Festival Archipel in Switzerland, sonADA in United Kingdom, SICMF in South Korea, Time of Music in Finland and Royaumont, Synthesis in France.
Aimée Theriot
Aimée Theriot is a sound artist, researcher, organizer and musician interested in understanding the world through its sounds and vibrations. She has a shapeshifting practice that manifests as text, music, curatorial work, installation, research, and performance. With a background in free improvisation and experimental music, she draws from ambient, ASMR, deep listening, and soundscape recordings, with a heavy dose of experimentation using live electronics, e-cello, guitar, voice and other sounding objects. Her work has been presented at festivals and galleries internationally, and her music can be found in labels such as Sofa Music, Editions Verde, Unheard Records, Relative Pitch Records among others.
Arno Schuitemaker presents: O S C A R
Hyperphysical and mesmerising, Arno Schuitemaker’s performances are praised for the depth he brings to themes where the intimate meets the universal. He is one of the most intriguing performing artists of the moment, having showcased his work on leading stages and festivals in more than 25 countries recently. With O S C A R, Arno Schuitemaker offers a unique perspective on the idea of a portrait. Every body carries a story as we move through different worlds: the worlds we are born in, the worlds we find ourselves in and share with others, and the worlds we remember and imagine. These dimensions shape our identity.
O S C A R embodies freedom and empowerment. In this special edition, we can see the solo of performer and dancer Ivan Ugrin.
YAV
YAV is a unique, interdisciplinary storyteller. He surfs between punk, soul, R&B and spiritual frequencies to create a mesmerizing universe. Yav was born in Belgium, but is originally from Congo. He worked as a choreographer and dancer on Beyoncé’s film Black is King and worked as a movement director. As an artist, YAV has been featured in influential magazines such as VOGUE, NL, I-D, GLAMCULT and NUMERO NETHERLANDS. At Loom Fest, he’s presenting a unique performance.
Official Afterparty
What better way to end Loom Fest than continuing straight on the official afterparty hosted by trusty Dusty Cabinets.
Dusting off the Krackfree Soundsystem cabinets for a high-pressure end of the festival! SOW partners with Subbacultcha to bring you Loom Fest’s official afterparty at De Sering, in true Dusty Cabinets fashion. Picking up where Loom Fest leaves off, Dusty Cabinets carries the torch deeper into the night. Ragamuffin soldier and Version Galore poppa General K, will open the dances, setting the tone for the night. Closing things out is Brussels-based CDJ virtuoso, bass music torchbearer, and Kiosk Radio resident, Soumaya Phéline.
Tickets for the afterparty are available separately from the Loom Fest tickets.