Stroom Den Haag, in collaboration with KABK BA Fine Arts, presents the Networks of Embodiment lecture series. Over the course of the next two years, KABK and Stroom are inviting artists, writers, and thinkers to reflect on current discourse in contemporary arts. The lectures are thematically connected to Stroom’s programme Networks of Embodiment, which engages with artistic practices that contribute to social change. The programme presents narrative forms that do justice to the unpredictability with which we live and considers the body as an intelligent instrument to navigate social, ecological and technological systems. The Networks of Embodiment programme operates from three core values; translocality, which connects local and global issues; practice, which considers art as a situated intervention, and ethos, which focuses on social and ecological sustainability.
On October TKTK, Stroom and KABK Fine Arts are inviting Finnish artist Jenna Sutela, whose solo exhibition ave bossa, bow ole will open on October 4th at Stroom. Jenna Sutela is known for her extraordinary, collaborative practice in which biology and computation mutually question and reinforce one another. Her works incorporate elements of chance and evolving structures, and are both live and living. With ave bossa, bow ole Sutela has created an intuitive, almost alien-like environment in which everything is connected — from microscopic life to self-built technologies. The starting point for this exhibition is the concept of Tech Povera, an improvised genre coined by Sutela to describe her current approach to technology. Alongside this, Sutela is also preparing for her participation in the 2026 Venice Biennale, where she will represent Finland with a solo presentation in the Finnish Pavilion.
