Encounter Portal_Eindhoven (HALL16)
Get to know and work with the Dommel
The project Encounter Portal_Eindhoven is a long term collaboration with the river Dommel, aimed at growing an Encounter Portal in Eindhoven. An Encounter Portal is a bio-based structure created through a regenerative design process. Through simple instructions for participants, the Encounter Portal stages encounters between humans and more-than-humans.
The project Encounter Portal_Eindhoven started on September 24th 2022 with a first “Dommelvaart”. A group of 15 ‘diverse’ artists and designers went on a one day journey down the river Dommel. The aim was to get to know and to work with the river Dommel.
While canoeing through the green heart of Eindhoven, the participants collected natural and human-made materials along the way. At the Van Abbe Museum, an impromptu “Encounter Portal” was created with the collected materials. These fragile structures and the process around it, form the foundation of the further development of the Encounter Portal in Eindhoven.
About TAAT
TAAT is an arts collective that develops environmentally engaged installations for embodied encounters between humans and more-than-humans. TAAT is a transdiciplinary practice that shifts between artistic research, social practice and collaborative learning. TAAT is currently growing Encounter Portals in Athens, Eindhoven, Ghent, Kampala, Riga and Vilnius.
Encounter Portal_Eindhoven (HALL16) is a collaboration with the Embassy for Inclusive Society and the Van Abbe Museum. With financial support from De Buren and SoAP.
