Bringing New Media Art to New Audiences Across the Netherlands

After the success of previous editions in The Hague and Amsterdam, LI-MA continues its mission to expand the reach and visibility of media art outside LI-MA’s homebase across the country. From January to March 2025, LI-MA Presents: New Art on Screen will travel to several locations, offering curated screenings, artist Q&A sessions, and engaging workshops. The programme highlights emerging artists and sparks important conversations on topics such as media and technology criticism, identity, and sustainability. The first stop will be Media Art Friesland in Leeuwarden from 25 January till 9 February, with upcoming dates including Arnhem, Tilburg, and Amsterdam.

Upcoming Dates:

• Media Art Friesland, Leeuwenwarden: 25 January – 9 February, 2025
• PopUp Cinema, Tilburg: 22 – 23 February, 2025
• 171project.space, Arnhem: 26 – 27 March, 2025
• CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam: TBA March

Participating Artists LI-MA Presents: New Art on Screen at Media Art Friesland

LI-MA is excited to reveal the complete programme for LI-MA Presents: New Art on Screen at Media Art Friesland. The evening will showcase a diverse range of works by emerging and established artists, exploring themes of identity, technology, memory, and human connection in the digital age.

The programme includes:

• Janilda Bartolomeu – when_scrolling_becomes_scrying (NL, 2023, 12min): A poignant exploration of grief and digital identity through found footage and personal archives.

• Samira Elagoz & Z Walsh – You can’t get what you want but you can get me (NL/FI, 2024, 13min): A tender celebration of transmasculine love told through a photo slideshow.

• Daniel Jacoby – 315 (NL/PE, 2023, 14min): A personal reflection on Peruvian history, masculinity, and memory.

• Daisy Evers – I woke up, again. In this blue world with a flowerless sea (NL, 2023, 10min): A speculative dystopian narrative on consciousness and digital existence.

• Luna Maurer & Roel Wouters – Emoji is all we have, part 1 (NL, 2023, 14min): A critique of digital communication’s emotional simplicity in a post-pandemic world.

Scouting New Talent

Alongside this, LI-MA Presents: New Art on Screen – Bring Your Own File offers an exciting opportunity for young and emerging media artists to present their works. A call for submissions is currently open, inviting experimental video art that embraces software-based creativity. This open platform follows the inclusive ethos of Bring Your Own Beamer (BYOB) to encourage innovative artistic expressions and foster experimentation.

The first LI-MA Presents: New Art on Screen — Bring Your Own File showcase of 2025 will take place from 25 January until 9 February, alongside the LUNA Young Masters exhibition at Media Art Friesland. The following emerging artists will present their work:

• Guo Tongxin — My Body Is A Haunted Space /It (2024, 7min): A hauntological exploration of skin disease as both presence and echo

• Jon Metz — Concernant les différentes manières pour s'élever (2024, 12min): Two videos and a sculpture, presented alongside the artist’s field research, ​​capturing natural sounds and materials 

• Chao (Chun) Huang and Beth (Ka Yi) Wong — Are you Home? (2024, 7min): Themes of loss, belonging, and rebuilding explored through the practices of nomadic East Asian farmers 

• Agata Sznurkowska — No Predators Were Present (2023, 13min): A voiceover for a video where CGI mice inhabit an analogue environment, reflecting on topics of identity, expectations of the future or agency in social change

The next upcoming deadline for the open call is 31 January.

Partners

This programme is made possible by the generous support of Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst (AFK), Fonds21, and Cultuurfonds, in partnership with cultural organisations including CBK Zuidoost, Pop Up Cinema, Media Art Friesland, 171project.space, and The Grey Space in the Middle.