Terzij de Horde is a band making a name for itself in the Netherlands and internationally within the Black Metal genre. The band actively seeks to connect with a wider audience for reflection and the search for meaning. For example, the band was a guest at Documenta, where it engaged in conversation with the audience about what this music does to people, with a view to the emotional (de)charge that people feel when listening to their albums and/or attending their shows. The ongoing search for ways to connect more deeply with life, says singer Joost Vervoort, is necessary and urgent. Terzij de Horde's music is intense and aims to enable us to feel sadness, grief, anger, resignation, and above all, to connect with life on an earthly, universal, cosmic scale. The new album is expected at the end of 2025 under the title ‘Our breath is not ours alone’ - referring to how feelings and ideas resonate between people, so that a sense of shared responsibility for the future can grow.

Madeline Saputra is a soprano from Indonesia, currently pursuing her master’s degree in Conservatorium van Amsterdam. She works with a diversity of repertoire from Opera, Oratorio, and Lieder from classical to contemporary music. She has experienced performing European canonical repertoire in a culturally diverse setting and interpretations. Madeline is the co-creator of the project 'Rumah' with Elizabeth, where they actively perform music from Indonesian and Singaporean composers throughout The Netherlands and in Singapore.

Apollon Kalamenios is a Cypriot pianist, violinist, and composer. He is currently finishing his classical piano studies at the conservatory of Amsterdam. Apollon has been a very active musician, collaborating with singers, instrumentalists, but also visual artists. His vision is rooted in bringing music to people as a medium of challenging the canonical works and beliefs of the present. His compositions have been performed in many festivals around the Netherlands, such as Gaudeamus and Wonderfeel, but also in Cyprus, Greece, Finland, the U.S and in Indonesia.

Elizabeth Goh is a classical pianist and writer from Singapore. She is currently a first year Master student at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with support from the Jacques Vonks Fonds. As a pianist, Elizabeth has an affinity for sharing contemporary and lesser-known repertoire to audiences. She has won prizes in competitions and performs actively both as a solo and collaborative pianist. Elizabeth finds it important to stay curious and search for depth in what she does, which has resulted in creative programming and the exploration of poetry as an extension of her musicality, creating a dialogue with the music she performs.

Marjolein Knottenbelt is a conceptual artist whose style cannot be summed up in a single word. She draws inspiration from existing objects and how they embody previous relationships, functions, and history, but also sees potential for other meanings. She highlights the tension between these two worlds in paintings, installations, and mixed media art. By presenting a familiar image in an unconventional setting, she creates a new space. Recognition combined with confusion about not being able to place it leaves room for reflection. During the residency, Marjolein will focus on the transience and materiality of (art) objects and the role that museums and heritage institutions play in the appreciation of material objects. Examples of this are her ‘reversed paintings’, in which she collects forgotten and abandoned paintings by other artists and accelerates the inevitable process of decay.

Annabelle Schatteman calls herself an image-making writer. She sees every project she undertakes as writing a book. She starts with the broad outlines of a story and works intuitively, project by project, towards the ‘sentences’. But then with images that usually result in an installation. Art treasures that have or have not stood the test of time touch her deeply. She finds transience to be the most frustrating and difficult concept of life to accept. There is a constant urge to counteract this by creating work. An example where these themes come together is her work ‘Paradise of surrender’, in which she placed nine sculptures of unfired clay in the sea to see what would happen when exposed to the forces of nature. Annabelle's work during the residency will consist of a video recording of her own archaeological repository where she stores all her unsold works.

Sara Blokland is a visual artist, researcher, and curator in the field of photography. In her work, she explores the complex (power) relationship between photography and (post)colonial cultural histories. Her work has been featured in various national and international exhibitions and is included in several corporate and museum collections. She is the author of several books, including Van waarde (2008) and De Politiekapel (2009), and has worked as a researcher and curator on projects such as “Srefidensi” (2015-2017) and “Contemporary Caribbean Perspectives” (2020). She teaches at various art education institutions. Since September 2024, she has been a research associate at the Research Center for Material Culture (RCMC) and a PhD candidate at Leiden University.

Janne Groen is an all-round performer who constantly experiments within various disciplines to express her personal experiences, discoveries, and struggles creatively and share them with others. She does this mainly through dance, spoken word, and music. In 2018, Janne completed the Urban Dance Artist program in Arnhem, and in 2022, she graduated from the Dance Teacher program at the Amsterdam University of the Arts’ Academy of Theatre and Dance. Janne is active as a freelance dancer, choreographer, and teacher and currently works at StichtingReDiscoverMe and Stichting de Vrolijkheid.

Theater company Gouden Haas creates space for reflection and deepening through theatrical experiences. With performances, theatrical interventions, and podcasts, they explore the emotional impact that the climate crisis has on us. GoudenHaas' work is at the intersection of art, ecology, and rituals. Together with the audience, they practice how to respond to the (ecological) challenges of our time. An example of this is the installation ‘De Groene Kliniek’ (The Green Clinic), which creates space for the emotions surrounding the climate crisis in a playful yet profound way. In the theatrical space, Gouden Haas tries out new skills and ideas, together with social partners. Gouden Haas has collaborated with SoortenNL, StichtingKlimaatpsychologie, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Studium Generale Utrecht, among others, and they are regular performers at Oerol and Karavaan.