How the machine will set us free The second part of FIBER Festival’s Reassemble Lab took place from 25 -30 October 2021. Under the title Sound Ecologies, we collectively explored how sound can make audible the invisible affects of the Anthropocene. The lab invited artistic creators, researchers and scientists to…

Rhian Morris The second part of FIBER Festival’s Reassemble Lab took place from 25 -30 October 2021. Under the title Sound Ecologies, we collectively explored how sound can make audible the invisible affects of the Anthropocene. The lab invited artistic creators, researchers and scientists to collaborate in a peer-to-peer setting…

Diana Petcov From 28–30 October FIBER Festival 2021 presented a three-day programme combining audiovisual performances, films, talks, workshops and installations. Fuelled by the now critical quest for human adaptation to a radically changing world — both technologically, ecologically, and culturally — the festival compiled a wide selection of immersive experiences…

Diana Petcov From 28–30 October FIBER Festival 2021 presented a three-day programme combining audiovisual performances, films, talks, workshops and installations. Fuelled by the now critical quest for human adaptation to a radically changing world — both technologically, ecologically, and culturally — the festival compiled a wide selection of immersive experiences…

Rhian Morris During FIBER 2021 Robin Koek and Zeno van den Broek presented the premiere of Raumklang; an aural architecture responding to the soundscape of the Muziekgebouw. This experience invited audiences to engage with a different mode of sensing our shared environment, allowing visitors to step away from an ocular…

Diana Petcov How do we define nature? Is there a tangible boundary between human’s influence on nature and natural environments? Can technology be part of ecological systems not only in a detrimental manner but also in a beneficial way? Such questions were brought up during Session 5 of FIBER 2021’s…

Gizem Senturk The second part of FIBER Festival’s Reassemble Lab took place from 25 -30 October 2021. Under the title Sound Ecologies, we collectively explored how sound can make audible the invisible affects of the Anthropocene. The lab invited artistic creators, researchers and scientists to collaborate in a peer-to-peer setting…

Freek van Til — This article was written during FIBER’s Reassemble Lab Part 1: Weaving With Worlds, which took place (online) from 14 June to 27 July 2021. Under the title Weaving With Worlds, we collectively investigated the possibilities and potential of worldbuilding to give imagination to much needed planetary transformations. Our sessions ranged…

Mahdi Nasser is a researcher and currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Contemporary Theatre, Dance and Dramaturgy at Utrecht University. His interests lie at the intersection of art, ecology and technology within the broader field of performance. This article was written during FIBER’s Reassemble Lab Part 1: Weaving With Worlds…