Brainwave #4 Worlding beyond Wording II
by Julia Stoll
- Date
- 24 February 2026
- Time
- 16:00 -18:00
- Location
- BG 3
- Room
- VOX-POP
Join us for 'Languaging Errantly', a workshop by artist collective shy*play, composed by Aion Arribas and antje nestel. We’re moving beyond typical communication norms that often prioritise sitting still, being face-to-face, and relying solely on words. Through hands-on exercises with fabrics and the body, we’ll explore how the senses and the voice collaborate to express ourselves. We still use words, but in a different context, creating a welcoming space for neurodiverse communication and experiences that go beyond the neurotypical.
All body-minds are welcome to this session. Attendance is free but due to limited capacity we kindly ask you to sign up via the sign up form.
Speakers
shy*play is a collective co-initiated by Aion Arribas and antje nestel, operating at the intersection of art-as process, education, curatorship, neurodiversity, and disability. The collective has developed participatory events and environments — ranging from the performative series at puntWG in Amsterdam (2023) to participatory installations at 0-eA in Yokosuka, Japan (2024), and UNIARTS in Helsinki (2024), as well as long-form explorations like workshop series at If I Can’t Dance (2025–26). Across these engagements, shy*play cultivates and curates spaces where alternative forms of participation, sociality, and collective creation can emerge outside neurotypical norms. antje and Aion are fellows of the 3rd cycle research program THIRD.
Curator
Julia Stoll is an artistic researcher and cultural worker, currently studying in the UvA’s Art and Performance Research master, where she combines artistic practice with theoretical inquiry. Her research interests span across a variety of subjects: from environmental philosophy and experimental field research, to neurodiversity studies and embodied forms of knowledge — all connected by a commitment to exploring how art can shift the ways we sense and know the world. Beyond hr studies, she moves between many roles: drawing artist, sculptor, performer, organiser, tailor, walking companion, bookbinder, and most importantly, collaborator — an extra pair of hands feeling out new grounds alongside those who inspire and support me. In the near future, she hopes to become further interwoven into the tapestry of artistic research in Amsterdam, contributing to spaces of care, collaboration, and experimentation.
