Opening Make Some Noise: Desire. Stage. Change.

The exhibition Make Some Noise: Desire. Stage. Change. on Saturday 31 January 2026. ‘Let yourself be heard’ is the core invitation of Make Some Noise: Desire. Stage. Change., the ninth and final edition of Positions, a series that for over a decade has created space for experimentation and singular artistic perspectives. Twelve international artists and collectives convene in a dynamic constellation of solo presentations, performances and encounters.

Programme

• 10.00 - 12.00, Children’s Art Club: Create and play like a bat! - Kids only, tickets here.
• 12.00 - 12.45, Procession: Dreamer/Goner 2026 by Felisha Carénage & Jhawhan Thomas.
• 13.00 - 13.30, Opening speech by Zippora Elders.
• 13.30 - 14.30, Performance: Release the Hounds by Adam Russell-Jones.
• 14.00 - 16.00, Children’s Art Club: Create and play like a bat! - Kids only, tickets here.
• 14.00 - 16.00, Ongoing: Sounds, stories and movements come together in the Sound Chamber.
• 15.15 - 16.45, Performance: Spillage by Göksu Kunak.
• 16.15 - 17.30, Listening session: Kantarion Sound.
• From 18.00, Afterparty at the Van Abbe Café.

More about the performances

Felisha Carénage brings the traditions and spirit of Caribbean carnival to Eindhoven with her lyrical opening performance Dreamer/Goner 2026. Join us for a procession through Stratumseind to the museum, led by a masked stilt walker with black wings. Together we mark the opening of the exhibition.

Göksu Kunak introduces their new performance Spillage, exploring the feeling of confrontation where personal and political tensions collide. They reference pioneering performance artists such as Judy Chicago, Rebecca Horn, Carolee Schneemann and Nil Yalter— the first three of whom are also represented in the collection of the Van Abbemuseum.

Adam Russell-Jones presents the Dutch premiere of his performance Release the Hounds, examining the tension between pleasure and necessity. The work is inspired by dance marathons of the 1920s and 1930s in the United States and the birth of rave culture in Great Britain. This ballad of the working class explores dance as both escape and survival strategy—a sensual and poetic experience of the last person on the dance floor. In the entrance hall stands one dancer. As he sways the space, a question arises; is he dancing for pleasure or payoff?