‘ENERGY II’
Group exhibition by members and guests of b.a.d.
25 – 29 March 2026
Opening 25 March
17 – 22 pm
Opening hours 26 – 29 March: 12 – 18 pm
Group exhibition ‘energy II‘
This year, artists’ initiative B.a.d (ten minutes from Ahoy) is once again organising an unusual group exhibition during Art Rotterdam: ENERGY II. This exhibition features works by both members of the B.a.d Foundation and guest artists. The members all work in the B.a.d artists’ building in Rotterdam Zuid.
The exhibition showcases the versatility of the B.a.d artists. Visitors will encounter the artworks throughout the building, some of which have been created especially for this exhibition.
‘Energy’ is not so much a theme as a “mindset”. The exhibition shows the energy of the artists: the individual but certainly also the collective energy and the energy that comes from the building, the group of people and their activities.
Participating artists: Aisha Hetzel, André Schreuders, Ania Yilmaz, Aletta de Jong, Ariela Bergman, Bambí Benkö van Balen, Bold & Schaft, Carolin Lange, Dico Kruijsse, Frank Bruggeman, Helmut Smits, Inèz Veldman, Janine Schrijver, Jeroen Jongeleen, Joke Olthaar, Kamiel Verschuren, Karin Trenkel, Karin Arink, Laurien Dumbar, Lío Spinnewijn, Maurice Meewisse, Marie Pop (Anique Weve & Inge Aanstoot), Marco Douma & Roel Meelkop, Martin Wijk, Menno Verhoef, Sanna Hirvonen, Sarmistha Bose, Sophia Bardoutsou, Steven Jouwersma, Xandra Nibbeling
With kind support by
Stichting B.a.d
Talingstraat 5
3082MG Rotterdam
www.stichtingbad.nl
Obscura is a place I once knew
Marco Douma & Roel Meelkop will be showing their latest audiovisual work: Obscura is a place I once knew. A 15-minute audiovisual meditation, darkness advances not from within the bur from behind the viewer-quietly overtaking the image like a slow, organic growth. Beginning in a pale grey stillness, the visual field steadily dims as a restrained, ambient soundscape gradually rises in volume and density. At a certain treshold, the visual motion becomes nearly imperceptible, ceding attention to the evolving sonic presence. What follows is a quiet dissolution: image and sound coalesce into a final blackness, leaving behind not emptiness, but a lingering after-image of perception itself. Designed for cinematic projection, the piece becomes less a film and more a temporal environment—one where light recedes, sound swells, and the audience is asked not to follow a story, but to inhabit a slow vanishing.
