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Anika Schwarzlose & Katja Verheul

Open Studio Residency

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21/11/2025 –
– 30/11

On the 21st of November, our residents Anika Schwarzlose and Katja Verheul will be presenting elements from her current research project Clearing — War as Maintenance. 

The Netherlands has 30,000 hectares of military training grounds, two-thirds of which are designated as protected nature reserves. This paradoxical fact forms the core of the experimental documentary Clearing — War as Maintenance by Anika Schwarzlose and Katja Verheul, in which they explore how two seemingly contradictory worlds intersect and influence each other. Through sensitive and observational imagery, the artists aim to give a voice to precarious landscapes and expose both the visible and invisible tensions between military activity and living environments.

With this new work the artists investigate the tension between protection and contamination in the context of practicing simulated war in the Netherlands.

During their residency, they interviewed two of their protagonists; a veteran who used to train on military exercise grounds and a soil scientist who they invited to research the pollution on the terrains. 

In preparation for the conversations they developed new strategies to interview their main characters and with the help of a performance coach, Marloeke van der Vlugt, they developed a tactile approach which highlights the tenderness and special connectivity that is carried in the body and expressed through touch.

During the Open Studio on the 21st of November, Schwarzlose and Verheul will give a glimpse into their research and receive visitors for a presentation and conversations about their process.

You are very welcome between 19:00 and 22:00!

The residency of Anika Schwarzlose and Katja Verheul is part of the residency collaboration between ReCNTR and 1646.

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About Anika Schwarzlose is an artist, researcher, and lecturer who works in collaborative production cycles. Her practice focuses on archives, experimental image (re)production, and the ways in which lens-based media shape public discourse. She explores how images can be dispersed, adapted, and composed, and the impact of these processes on hegemonic narratives. Her current research examines the coevolution of humans, machines, and minerals, the metabolic connection between life and non-life, and the links between environmental crisis and the military-industrial complex. Katja Verheul is a filmmaker and artistic archeologist based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Her practice centers on long-term research that excavates complex social, political, and economic issues from recent history, examining what remains after conflict and its impact on people and nature. Through film, she transforms mediated and nearly-forgotten realities into personal narratives, working to make invisible systems visible before they become nostalgic distant history.

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