U? festival

20/03/2025

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03/03/2025

📣 We’re looking for a program intern for U?, COSMOS and Le Guess Who? 2025.

As an intern, you will have a valuable role within the program team and will gain insight into the program department of LGW. We encourage you to put forward your own ideas: creativity and taking initiative are highly valued.

Preference is given to an internship of 24 hours per week, from 1 May till 1 December 2025. Interested? Please respond no later than 31 March.

Full info ⟶ leguesswho.com/vacancies/program-intern-2025

🎵 W.I.T.C.H. – 'Introduction' live at LGW

19/02/2025

Following the success of last year’s pilot, we’re excited to continue co-creating U?’s festival program with communities across the Netherlands.

We're once again inviting aspiring curators whose practice centers their community to shape the program. At the same time we also want to explore how we can best support their growth and that of their community or collective.

Are you interested? We’d love to hear from you! More info: leguesswho.com/news/open-call-u-2025.

🎵 Illnoledge

13/12/2024

Raziyah Heath presented ‘Questions of Home’ at NAR during U? 2024. A program consisting of film screenings, collective conversations and live performances that delves into the notion of ‘Home’ for those who are often disenfranchised in society.

📸 by Noah Schielen

11/12/2024

During U? 2024, Hof van Cartesius presented a diverse program created together with the artists that are located in this unique circular workspace for creative entrepreneurs.

Hof-member Vincent Schoutsen, part of Het Uitvindersgilde, presented several live performances together with Antenne in his workshop. And he created a light sculpture which is permanently installed in front of WarmoesUtrecht at Hof van Cartesius.

These photos are part of a series photographed by Rogier Boogaard Photography.

📸 Full series: leguesswho.com/news/vincentschoutsen-hofvancartesius-u24

03/12/2024

For Luna van der Laan (AKA Looney Lunatic) and Carlos Kok (Boot 122), their passion for noisy, fast music stems from a broad artistic (self-)schooling, high levels of passion for music and, above all, an open mind. At U? 2024, they presented, in Luna's words: “a bunch of noise!”.

In collaboration with CFX Soundsystems they organised a rave at the terrace of Boot 122.

29/11/2024

During U? 2024, Hof van Cartesius presented a diverse program created together with the artists that are located in this unique circular workspace for creative entrepreneurs.

Hof-member Sophie Wantia, founder of Studio Wantia, a creative design studio, presented her installation ‘Beautiful waste’. This installation is part of her ongoing research project ‘Moving Patterns’, in which she explores the relationship between prints and Extended Reality.

These photos are part of a series photographed by Rogier Boogaard Photography.

📸 Full series: leguesswho.com/news/studiowantia-hofvancartesius-u24

26/11/2024

During U? 2024, Raouf Alaia, member of the BizaarWebWide collective, curated and hosted a collection of happenings with music, performance art, screen prints and more at Kapitaal.

📸 Lisanne Lentink

22/11/2024

‘PUNK CONNECTIONS’ is a program curated by our community curator Bibi Bannink in collaboration with dB's.

Because of the eagerness in broadening the intersectionality of the punk scene and a more interdisciplinary approach, they invited artists from various social/cultural backgrounds, who showed their art and their voice during U? 2024.

15/11/2024

Listen: Independent curator, DJ, artist, and programmer at U? Chinnamasta (aka Raziyah Heath) was invited to Refuge Worldwide x COSMOS, a radio collaboration at Le Guess Who? 2024.

Julian Brimmers of COSMOS goes in conversation with Raziyah about ‘Questions of Home’ (her program at U?), her work at Metro54, the migration of sounds, the meaning of community, and the influences of her family and friends on her work.

With music from artists such as Dumama, Sam Cooke, Manna Day, and more.

This show was recorded live during the Refuge Worldwide x COSMOS radio collaboration at Le Guess Who? festival in November 2024.

11/11/2024

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