The Art & Science Program at Festival Hongerige Wolf seeks to spark collaboration between researchers and artists of various disciplines (dance, theater, visual arts, music). During the festival, the results are shared and I facilitate panel discussions with space for all individual components, reflection on the process of bringing them together, and reactions by the audience.
At Festival Hongerige Wolf 2025, the following artists and researchers partook in the Arts & Science program:
- Dance performance “Every_body has a mother” by Arnhemse Meisjes (preparation with Inbal Abir; dance solo “Night Shift,” by Daniel Barkan) in collaboration with research group “Interface for Measuring the Experience and Meaning of Art” (iMEMA; led by Dr. Ralf Cox; Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)
- Project “Overal Iemand Altijd” by Guiot Duermeijer, Wouter van Veldhoven, and Marthe van Mosselveld, put in conversation with psychologist and autism expert Els Blijd-Hoogewys
- Trash-based art installations “Pakbeesten” by art collective Restvorm, discussed in the panel discussion “Trash Talk” with plastic expert Karin de Boer (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) and Greenpeace campaigner Maarten de Zeeuw
- Short lecture by NOS-weatherperson Roosmarijn Knol “Luchten in Hongerige Wolf”, along with an exhibition of photos submitted by members of the local community and a workshop for children “Hongerige Wolken”
- Interdisciplinary cross-over project “Als het water spreekt” (research, audio experience, and dance) – led by Anna van Houwelingen and Johan Niebert (Festival Hongerige Wolf) in collaboration with “River Commons” research project (Wageningen University & Research; Prof. Dr. Ig. Rutgerd Boelens, Jerry van den Berge, and Bas Meester); and dancer Anna Riley-Shepard (performance “What Doesn’t End In Water Ends In Light”).
Dr. Floor Fiers 