Nijmegen, The Netherlands — Lindenberg Culture House
September 26–27, 2026
Reclaiming Our Futures is a two-day artistic–scientific festival bringing together scientists, artists, activists, and citizens to collectively reflect on and reimagine the worlds we want to inhabit. Taking place at the Lindenberg Culture House in Nijmegen on September 26–27, 2026, the festival will offer a safe and creative space for conversation, experimentation, and connection.
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SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2026
09.30 – 10.00
INTRODUCTION
{Main Foyer – Lindenberg}
10.00 – 11.30
“AI utopia –
the board game for resisting AI“
Ajuna SOERJADI
_Game workshop_
10.00 – 11.30
“Why is AI so damn bad?
How do we resist?“
Craig RYDER
_Game workshop_
10.00 – 11.30
“Space, Time, and Connection in Improvised Music“
Ornella NOULET & Egon WOLFSON
_Music workshop_
11.30 – 13.00
“This Is Not the Netherlands. Reimagining the Map of the Netherlands in a Participatory Maplab“
Henk VAN HOUTUM
_Maplab workshop_
11.30 – 13.00
“Imagining Futures,
Challenging Imaginaries“
Odile VALLÉE
_Fiction workshop_
11.30 – 13.00
“Soundpainting“
Bjørk SEMEY
_Music workshop_
13.00-14:30 LUNCH BREAK
14.30 – 16.00
“R is for refusal:
a knowledge repair workshop“
Evelyn WAN & George FLETCHER
_Interactional workshop_
14.30 – 16.00
“Warm Data Lab: Thinking Transcontextually in a Rhizomatic World“
Cinthe LEMMENS & the METALOOG
_Interactional workshop_
14.30 – 16.00
“Special moments at school“
Joséphine REMON & Sophie NECKER
_Game workshop_
16.00 – 17.30
“Building a common future: co-playing, community, and dialogue“
Yanis RATBI
_Game workshop_
16.00 – 17.30
“Decolonise your practice — in practice“
Iris PAJUNEN
_Craft workshop_
16.00 – 17.30
“Zines as punk Expression“
Constanza LOBOS CAMPUSANO
& Talin DE JEU
_Craft workshop_
17.30-18:00 BREAK
18.00-19:30
JAZZ CONCERT
RIZOM Xprmntl 4tet
{KAROLINGENZAAL}
SUNDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2026
09.30 – 09.45
INTRODUCTION
{Karolingenzaal – Lindenberg}
09.45 – 10.00
“Post-Apocalyptic Dreams” POETRY by Taiye OJO
{Karolingenzaal – Lindenberg}
10.00 – 10.30
RAGE PERFORMANCE
Inge STOK & Rage Performers
{Karolingenzaal – Lindenberg}
10.30 – 12.30
“Cadavre Exquis: Rhizomatic music-making“
Benjamin FACONNIER
_Music workshop_
10.30 – 12.30
“Reclaiming public
representations of AI“
Joost VOSSERS & Marcela SUAREZ
_Craft workshop_
10.30 – 12.30
“Giving voice to rage“
Inge STOK
_Performance workshop_
10.30 – 12.30
“Rhythms of Resistance“
Marieke WOENSDREGT & RoR members
_Music workshop_
12.30-14:00 LUNCH BREAK
14.00 – 16.00
Free movement between the rooms | OR | Screening session in Karolingenzaal
14.00 – 16.00
“Riot Residue“
Soma BASU
_VR Experience_
14.00 – 16.00
“Hum Dekhenge: Counter-Archives as Empathy Infrastructure“
Suman GHOSH
_VR Experience_
14.00 – 16.00
“Prototype Replica: Recycling Past Futures of Information Technology“
Philippe SORMANI
_Demo_
14.00 – 16.00
Screenings
_A selection of Artistic & Scientific Short Films_
{KAROLINGENZAAL}
16.00-16:30 BREAK
16.30 – 17.30
COLLECTIVE GATHERING
Towards a collective Manifesto for Reclaiming Our Futures
{KAROLINGENZAAL}
Lindenberg Cultuurhuis
Ridderstraat 23
6511 TM Nijmegen
The Netherlands
An event coordinated by Samira Ibnelkaïd,
Futures of Language Project, Radboud University.
Funded by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences KNAW Trailblazers Fund.