| Duration | 60 min |
| Part of | White Flag Fest |
Hackathon Presentation!
What happens when you lock six artists in a room for four days with one radical question: for which world do we raise the flag of peace, equality, and connection?
On Sunday, you are welcome in our studio to see and experience the result. Raw, unexpected, and created in the moment.
We will close with a drink.
16:00–17:00 | Hackathon Presentation
17:00–18:00 | Drinks
For this physical Hackathon, Korzo brings together six interdisciplinary artists. Under the guidance of Marc Maris, they are challenged to develop a physical manifestation within four days and present it to an audience.
The question they are hacking: For which world do we raise the flag of peace, equality, and connection?
Each artist receives, among other things, the manifesto De Witte Vlag (The White Flag), the book Prefigurative Politics (Building Tomorrow Today) by Paul Raekstad, a piece of white fabric, as well as dream images and audio recordings from the audience. They are also creatively inspired by, among others, artist and Black Futurist Richard Kofi and sound artists Strijbos & Van Rijswijk.
Do not expect ready-made solutions, but rather a temporary world that lets you experience, through multiple senses, what peace could feel like.
The artists below are taking on the challenge!
James Parnell is a curator, teacher, dancer, and zine-maker based in Rotterdam. His work explores how people relate to one another within communities — what connects them, and what causes them to leave.
Through performances, workshops, publications, and curated events, he investigates themes such as conflict, forgiveness, values, work culture, and collaboration. Always with attention to the dynamics between people and the question of how communities sustain themselves.
Yoko Haveman (1994, Brazilian/Japanese) is an interdisciplinary maker, director, and performer working across theatre and film. Her work combines performance, visual poetry, and experimentation, exploring themes such as eroticism, ancestral trauma, and idealism.
After graduating from the Amsterdam University of the Arts, she has collaborated with, among others, Rauwkost Film, Dansateliers, Ann Van den Broek, and De Dansers. Her work examines human behavior, identity, and impermanence, where philosophy, cinematography, and physicality come together. In her practice, the tension between reality and illusion takes center stage. Through physical action, imagery, and ritual, she creates layered experiences in which vulnerability and rawness can coexist.
In 2022, Yoko was nominated for the Swan Award (VSCD) for Most Impressive Dance Performance.
João Brito is a percussionist, performer, maker, and curator based in the Netherlands. His work explores sound, movement, and space as interconnected forms of storytelling.
Working at the intersection of music, dance, and performance art, he creates interdisciplinary works in which percussion extends beyond music alone, as a physical and spatial experience. The performer as storyteller is central to his practice. Sound emerges through the body, gesture, and interaction, making presence itself part of the narrative. His performances often integrate movement and focus on the relationship between performer, space, and audience.
Collaboration is a key principle. His work develops through exchange, listening, and live encounters, where the experience continuously takes shape.
Raymond Landegent (1986) is a programmer, event organizer, and initiator with a strong focus on sustainability. His work operates at the intersection of nature, creativity, and connection.
In recent years, he has initiated various projects, including the 1000 Geveltuinen (1000 Facade Gardens) campaign, which has been featured multiple times in Trouw’s Sustainable 100. He is also co-initiator of OASE Rotterdam, a social and sustainable space. Since 2024, he has focused fully on projects related to urban greening and biodiversity. His interest in permaculture led to the first edition of the Green Dream Permaculture Festival, which is growing into a community of green makers, thinkers, and doers.
Raymond is also involved in initiatives such as Nationaal Park Rotterdam and is an ambassador for the NK Tegelwippen.
“Life on Earth is magical, and it is my mission to help people reconnect with that magic.”
Claire Hermans is a performer and maker who graduated from the Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London in 2016. With a background in dance, theatre, singing, and acrobatics, she moves fluidly across disciplines.
As a performer, she has worked with makers such as Meyer-Chaffaud, Wim Vandekeybus, Het Houten Huis, and Rogier Roeters. She also forms a creative duo with Tijmen Teunissen.
Together, they have created works such as Plastic Life (2024) and Even the Edges (2026), where dance, physical theatre, and visual art come together. Their work translates social themes into immersive physical and emotional experiences, with a direct and vulnerable movement language.
NÉNÉ is a visual artist and maker based in Rotterdam. Her paintings, installations, and spatial works are inspired by Afrofuturism.
This framework offers her an alternative perspective on history, identity, and the future, where African histories and contemporary realities are intertwined. In her work, she explores how people move within systems that are often invisible and normalized. She raises questions about freedom, limitation, and connection within these structures.
Central to her practice is the question of how we relate to such systems: can we step outside of them, and if not, how do we continue to communicate, connect, and coexist within what already exists?
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