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SYMBIOSIS /// 200 years into the future, human, animal and hybrid machine have become one. 🐙🍄🦋

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Alle dagen van TURF neemt POLYMORF je met Microbiome Restaurant mee op een bijzondere ontdekkingstocht door je eigen lichaam. Geen traditioneel restaurant, maar een experimentele mix van kunst, wetenschap, technologie en gastronomie.

🧫 Ontmoet bij Plural Tastings via VR de micro-organismen die op en in je lichaam leven. Te beleven met een ticket.

🍽️ Voed jouw darmflora tijdens de surrealistische eetervaring Haute Cuisine for the Rectum. Ontdek de gratis installatie of koop een ticket voor de performance.

Benieuwd wat er op het menu staat? Ontdek het programma en haal je tickets voor de Plural Tastings en Haute Cuisine performance via de link in bio! Meer info over dit project vind je op onze website.

#turf2026 #breda #microbiomerestaurant #polymorf

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💥 MICROBIOME RESTAURANT will premiere at IDFA DocLab 2026 and is included in the competition for Immersive Non-Fiction 💥

We are extremely proud to present our project at the prestigious International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.
@idfafestival @idfadoclab  
𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩 is a multisensory XR dining experience that makes this invisible world visceral, inviting you to eat, feel, and fundamentally rethink what it means to be human.
 The performance experiences are speculative, but scientifically validated. They give a visceral sense of just how much established (Western, liberal, colonial) ideas about human autonomy and reason conflict with our biological reality.

Initial concept developed by POLYMORF in collaboration with Hazal Ertürkan. Special thanks to: Anja Lok (Amsterdam UMC), Justin Sonnenburg (Sonnenburg Lab), Elisa Caffrey and De Karpendonkse Hoeve. This project has been supported through funding from the Creative Industries Fund NL, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, and Shared Realities program IDFA (CIIIC)  @stimuleringsfonds
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A Polymorf and Studio Biarritz production in collaboration with Dr. Anja Lok, Amsterdam UMC.

@polymorf.nl @amsterdamumc

#microbiomerestaurant #microbiome #polymorf #idfa #doclab

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Shared Realities is both IDFA DocLab’s 20th-anniversary theme and a two-year research consortium. Our research consortium gathers around the question: how can immersive art bring us together?

We are thrilled to announce the five projects that are supported through that research and join the wider festival program. In vastly different and creative ways, these artists have been thinking about making immersive art more accessible and more about togetherness. You are warmly invited to come experience them at IDFA DocLab this November.

Full program lineup October 13.

From a VR opera that takes to the live stage to a restaurant where your microbes are the guests and a new preservation system that restores older classics.

These projects are made possible with support from the Creative Industries Fund NL, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, and CIIIC.

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Great news: 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮 will be showcased at GIFF UNLIMITED ⎮ CROSS-BORDER IMMERSIVE GARDEN 🌿🌐

From 16 to 20 September 2026, explore 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮 during GIFF’s XR Roadshow caravan as part of the European Heritage Days.
@giff.ch @villedethonon @la_chapelle_thonon @jepofficiel

Winner of the 2026–2027 Grand Genève Cultural Fund, the Cross-Border Immersive Garden project, co-organised by the GIFF and La Chapelle – Centre d’art contemporain Thonon-les-Bains, will be engaging with school groups and the public at its first event in Thonon-les-Bains (City of Thonon-les-Bains).
@grand_geneve

👉 More information in the bio.
#GrandGenèveCulture #FondsCulturelGrandGenève   𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖 is a Polymorf and Studio Biarritz production. It combines immersive art, botany and science fiction.
 Designed by @polymorf.nl, Marcel Van Brakel and Hazal Erturkan Commissioned by: MU Hybrid Art Space @mu_hybrid_art_house  Supported by: The Creative Industries Fund Digital Culture and Fentener van Vlissingen Fund and the Film Fund DocLab Interactive Grant.
@stimuleringsfonds @idfadoclab

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We’re in the final days of selecting work for the anniversary edition of IDFA DocLab 2026! 🎉

Over the past few months, our team has been working tirelessly to assess over 250 entries from across the globe, submitted through our annual open call and DocLab’s R&D consortium, Shared Realities.

We’re especially happy to announce Beata Calińska @futureofnonfiction as co-curator of this year’s edition, working alongside Head of New Media Caspar Sonnen with support from Nina van Doren and the wider DocLab team.

A very big thank you to our brilliant program advisors, whose invaluable contributions helped shape this year’s selection.

Nienke Huitenga-Broeren @wzzzt
Ali Eslami @alless0
Avinash Changa @wemakevr
Toby Coffey @_sausagebutty_
Callum Cooper @callum_._cooper
Julián Cordero
Sasha Dees
Callum Griffiths and Milo Grootjen from ARTIS-Planetarium
Faye Kabali-Kagwa @katiiti_k
Corine Meijers @studiobiarritznl
Tamara Shogaolu @tamarashogaolu
Mac Liu @ailuwaiwai
Alaa Minawi @alaaminawi
Marcel van Brakel, Mark Meeuwenoord and Peter Boonstra from Polymorf @polymorf.nl
Amy Rose
Harm van de Ven @harm_vandeven
Rafaella Wang @rafaellawang
Maisha Wester
Babette Wijntjes @wijntjesbabette

Want to learn more about our selection process and meet our program advisors? Follow the link in bio.

Photo: installation of the work Artificial Sex by Anan Fries (2025)

#IDFA2026 #IDFADocLab #DocLab #SharedRealities

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🦠Enjoy a sneak peek from our project Microbiome Restaurant, currently in production 🦠

You are not a single self; you are an ecosystem. The human body is home to trillions of microorganisms, shaping your emotions, decisions, and health in ways that challenge every assumption about individual autonomy and free will.

Microbiome Restaurant is a multisensory XR dining experience that makes this invisible world visceral, inviting you to eat, feel, and fundamentally rethink what it means to be human.

A Polymorf and Studio Biarritz production in collaboration with Dr. Anja Lok, Amsterdam UMC.

@polymorf.nl @amsterdamumc

#microbiomerestaurant #microbiome #polymorf

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🎙️ NEW INTERVIEW: What’s up Next, 𝗢𝗸𝗸𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻 (part II)?   ✨On 26 March 2026 we said goodbye to our 2025-2026 generation of XR Talents. Each of them made a presentation about their work during their Playgrounds Next program and we got to listen to feedback and encouragements from their mentors.
 In addition, we asked each of the talents to reflect on their trajectories. Swipe to see some highlights from animation and video artist Okke van Breemen’s presentation. @okkev.breemen  During his trajectory, Okke was guided by Marcel van Brakel, founder and lead designer at Polymorf
@polymorf.nl @vbrakel  Here is what Marcel had to say about him: 
“When I first met Okke he was showing these beautiful serene worlds and amazing aesthetic and photography in film, so I knew straight away he had an artistic eye. I think his focus on the details and on the unvoiced emotions that are part of reality and often not seen, really define and are Okke’s strengths. At the end of our first encounter I remember thinking “this is a very absorptive but silent guy”. He did an awesome job in going on a journey to discover himself and make his personality fit his work. In the same time, he has a very recreative and exploratory view of the world. I am confident he will find his way in an organic manner.”

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𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵? is a series of articles and interviews meant to better showcase the trajectories of our Next XR Makers.  We have met the Next Talents 2025-2026 generation in two key moments: at the start of their trajectory – focussing on finding out more about the artists and what they expect from the program - and at the end of their course, discussing the things they picked up on the way.   Read both interviews with Okke via link in @next.playgrounds bio.

#talenthubbrabant #nexttalents

📸 by @willekemachiels

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Maar liefst 13 cultuurprojecten toegekend voor TURF 2026! Check ze allemaal! 📢

Op 26, 27 en 28 november vind je verschillende makers en ondernemers met een multidisciplinair project in Breda. Swipe voor alle projecten! 💜

#turf2026 #brabantc #cultuurproject

Nieuw dit jaar: De TURF Makers Vouchers!

De Rabo Makers Tickets maken 3 projecten mogelijk!

Projectfinancieringen deel 1!

Projectfinancieringen deel 2!

Mede dankzij de steun van Brabant C en onze partners, kunnen we deze projecten realiteit laten worden. Dank! 🤝🏼

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@rijppaertenpeetersadvocaten
@gemeente_breda
@rabobank
@drinkbozu
@detussentijd_breda
@dobhearingprotection
Somnium Real Estate
@wintersbouwontwikkeling

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🌿Visit 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖 at the Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw during Millennium Docs Against Gravity 🌿

📆 8 - 17 May 2026
4:00 PM–9:00 PM on weekdays
12:00 PM–7:00 PM on weekends
During Museum Night (May 16), open from 12:00 PM to 1:00 AM
@millenniumdocsagainstgravity

In this striking and multi-layered installation, you collaborate with AI to plant speculative ecosystems into future landscapes and watch new forms of nature bloom before your eyes. Blending visual poetry with ecological thought, Polymorf’s 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖 is a participatory AR experience that invites you to shape and rethink what nature could be – a collective reflection on how we live within the natural world.

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Future Botanica is a Polymorf and Studio Biarritz production Designed by @polymorf.nl, Marcel Van Brakel and Hazal Erturkan Commissioned by: MU Hybrid Art Space @mu_hybrid_art_house  Supported by: The Ceative Industries Fund Digital Culture and Fentener van Vlissingen Fund and the Film Fund DocLab Interactive Grant.

#NocMuzeów #warsaw #futurebotanica #museumnight #arexperience

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CLOT x Six Minutes Past Nine

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲?

Next in the series, @tuceerel examines the growing gap between the promise of VR immersive art and the reality of who actually gets to experience it. By relying more and more on technologically mediated artworks and installations, cultural institutions are unintentionally reproducing the very exclusions they have long struggled to address.

Drawing on two immersive VR projects, 𝙅𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙨 𝙑𝙪: 𝙏𝙪𝙧𝙗𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 (2023) by @benjosephandrews and Emma Roberts, and the multisensory theatrical installation 𝙎𝙮𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙨 by @polymorf.nl, the article shows how, while immersive technologies hold genuine potential — fostering empathy around invisible disabilities, ecological crisis, and embodied difference — their structural conditions simultaneously narrow participation through high ticket prices, limited capacity, technical fragility, and physically demanding interfaces.

The article poses a fundamental curatorial question: if questions of mediation, accessibility, and public engagement remain central to contemporary cultural practice, they cannot be addressed by adopting new technologies alone. It requires rethinking the infrastructures that govern who gets to enter the interface in the first place.

🔗 Read the full article on CLOT (link in bio)

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𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 🌺✨🦟🍄

Stinky Mirrors (by @venusjasper.earth), The Book of Flowers (by @agniepolska) and Future Botanica (by @polymorf.nl) can be visited and experienced daily until the end of the week!

The exhibition is free and can be visited during opening hours. No reservations required.

Doors are open from 12:00 to 22:00 (Sunday from 12:00 to 19:00!).

See ya!

📸 by @ani_jo

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I'm super excited to be a part of this for many obvious reasons, but also because of the interesting people involved, the amazing venue, the wonderful organizer @wotienke , and the sparkly video up above. Thanks to @polymorf.nl for connecting me!
Announcing SHAPING BONDS 2026
As we find ourselves in a time characterised by accelerated change and an unnerving sense of uncertainty, Shaping Bonds turns its attention to the ecosystems that surround us, asking what they might teach about coexistence.
The five-day program, developed in collaboration with artists across disciplines, draws inspiration from swamps, fungi, and plankton, centring their historical, political, and cultural significance.
With immersive works, installations and workshops by Venus Jasper, Agnieszka Polska, Anagram, Polymorf, Duncan Speakman and RE-PEAT; a reading by and artist talk with Madeline Schwartzman; audiovisual performance by Jan van IJken & Jaime Peña; and film screenings of The Mushroom Speaks (2021), Herbaria
(2022) and Holy Destructors (2025). @repeat.earth @agniepolska @polymorf.nl
@seeyourselfsensing @venusjasper.earth
Full program and schedule at idfa.nl/shapingbonds.
18 - 22 March, 2026
IDFA's Het Documentaire Paviljoen, Vondelpark 3,
Amsterdam
@hetdocumentairepaviljoen @idfafestival
Thank you @wotienke

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