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Storytelling Night: Marres x PREMIUM Maastricht University
Storytelling Night: Lost in Translation
Marres x PREMIUM Maastricht University
Join us on June 2nd at the Marres city garden for an intimate evening of storytelling, reflection and collective listening centered around the theme “Lost in Translation”.
Through personal stories shared in a warm and welcoming atmosphere, this storytelling night invites guests to gather, slow down, and experience the power of shared narratives and community.
Date: Tuesday 2 June, 2026
Time: Doors open at 19:00
Event starts at 19:30 and ends at 21:30
Location: Marres city garden
(Check in at the reception, accessible through the front door of Marres)
The evening will include a series of live stories, moments of conversation, and small snacks and drinks.
The event is free to attend, but capacity is limited, so registration is required to reserve your spot. The event will be fully in English.
Open mic for storytelling will also be available. We’d love to welcome you there!
Storytellers:
Vladyslava Sylenok
Vladyslava (Vlada) Sylenok is a person who discovered one day through the feedback of other creatives that the notes she types in her iPhone are, apparently, quite poetic.
Since then, she has come to an agreement with her inner critic that she is, in fact, artistic, and has written around 15 to 20 poems, 5 to 7 texts, and 2 or 3 short stories.
The stories and texts, however, have been untouched for a while, waiting for their time to be edited and eventually post on Substack. Precise wording and short-form writing come most naturally to her — possibly because of some presence of neurodivergent traits.
Currently, she is searching for her style and voice whilst thinking, speaking, and writing in four languages. Her art comes from navigating life on the border between her post-Soviet upbringing, contemporary Ukrainian culture still in the making, and the Western world she once longed for, and the one that suddenly fell upon her four years ago.
Lavinia Gennari
Lavinia Gennari is a third year student at Maastricht University where she majored in sociology, literature, and gender studies. Apart from her studies, she is really passionate about writing, poems in particular.
Dorus Mokkink
Someone on a path which unfolds as I take the steps. Lover of life, the arts, silence, nature and fire.
Speaker
Hello, I am a twenty-three year old, Persian Iranian, Dutch born, woman, studying Psychology at the UM. And truthfully, I have felt lost in translation my whole life. In my short story I’ll touch on my current understanding of it, considering the state of our world :,)
Oumaima Belkhdar
Oumaima Belkhdar is a spoken word artist and writer who creates experimental, genre-defying work. Her absurdist writing often explores alternative realities and focuses on the gray area between social positions and identity. Recurring themes in her work include time travel, mental health, (post)colonialism, and internet culture.
Oumaima is a former resident at deBuren and the National Theatre of Greece, has performed on a variety of stages, and has published work in, among others, De Revisor. She is currently working on her first two theatre pieces and a novel.
Partners / Thanks to:
Opening Limburg Biënnale 2026
Photo: Rob van Hoorn
With great pleasure, Odapark and Marres invite you to the festive opening of the Limburg Biënnale 2026!
Every two years, the Limburg Biënnale connects the professional and amateur arts in a special group exhibition with works selected through an open call. It highlights anyone who feels like an artist, from starting hobbyists to established professionals. This year, our jury of 20 professional artists reviewed an impressive 2,500 submitted works and made their selections. The selection will be on show at Odapark and Marres from 27 June through 23 August, 2026.
This is the fourth edition of the Limburg Biënnale and the second that we are organizing in collaboration. We therefore welcome you at both our locations, in Venray and Maastricht.
Date
Saturday, 27 June 27, 2026
Location & time
Odapark
Merseloseweg 117, Venray
2PM (walk-in from 1:30PM, open till 5PM)
Marres
Capucijnenstraat 98, Maastricht
5PM (7:30 PM doors close, 8PM exhibition closes)
Free entrance, no need to reserve a ticket. Everybody is welcome!
Matteo Marangoni – Chorusing Symbionts
In the month of July, Chorusing Symbionts can be seen in the city garden of Marres. The work consists of a group of small sound creatures hidden in the greenery, creating spatial electronic music that invites listeners to pay close attention to their surroundings. They blend so seamlessly into the landscape that it feels as though they have always belonged there. As you listen, you experience how technology and nature merge into a new form of music.
Chorusing Symbionts is a project exploring whether music can bridge the worlds of humans, robots, and animals. It does so within the field of ecoacoustics, which studies how sound functions in nature. The project draws inspiration from emerging ideas in artificial intelligence and bioacoustics, particularly how animals communicate through sound. It envisions a future where new artificial beings coexist naturally with real animals, akin to a form of embodied, sensory science fiction.
At the heart of this project lies a key question: Can we use the current focus on artificial intelligence (which often centers only on human intelligence) to develop a broader understanding of intelligence? And can we learn from nature how different species coexist peacefully, thereby contributing to a more balanced relationship between humans and the biosphere?
Date:
1—31 July 2026
closed on Mondays
Time:
12PM—10PM
Entrance:
The city garden is freely accessible through the gate of Marres Kitchen.
Location:
Marres city garden
Capucijnenstraat 98, Maastricht
Questions & Feedback
Do you want to share your experiences in the garden? Do you have any questions that you would like to ask Matteo Marangoni? Then fill out the brief form below and let us hear your thoughts on this project!
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Workshop
In connection with the Chorusing Symbionts project, which will be on display in July, Matteo Marangoni will lead a workshop. In Marres’ garden, he explored how people can share and interact with different life forms—plants, animals, and humans—through sound and music.
Free entrance
Date:
17 July 2026
Time:
Walk in from 5PM, start 5:30PM
Visit the exhibition Limburg Biënnale between12-8PM, free entrance from 5PM.
Location:
Marres city garden
Capucijnenstraat 98, Maastricht
Matteo Marangoni
Matteo Marangoni is an artist specializing in sonic rituals, DIY media, and applied utopianism. His artistic practice focuses on exploring the relationship between humans and things, nature, and technology. Together with Dieter Vandoren he created Komorebi: a swarm of artificial creatures that generate music in response to the shadows of trees moving in the wind. He is eager to explore how artificial intelligence can facilitate connections with other forms of intelligence on our planet. Marangoni is a co-founder of the instrument inventors initiative (iii) in The Hague.
Partners / thanks to
TEAM Chorusing Symbionts
- Mihalis Shammas (3D-design)
- Luuk Meints and Ionela Pop (3D design and digital fabrication)
- Matthijs Munnik en Daan Johan (electronics)
- Ahnjili ZhuParris (machine learning)
- Riccardo Marogna (DSP)
- Stephan Olde (IoT, code development)
- Erfan Abdi (videography)
Chorusing Symbionts builds upon previous work developed with Dieter Vandoren
PARTNERS
- TU Delft
- Crossing Parallels
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden
- Academy of Creative and Performing Arts
- Leiden University
- Days of Art & Science, Leiden
- iii, The Hague,
- Zuiderparktheatre, The Hague
- Zone2Source, Amsterdam
- Marres, Maastricht
- STUK, Leuven
- Serralves, Porto
FONDSEN
Municipality of The Hague
Creative Industries Fund NL
Performing Arts Fund NL
National Outdoor Play Day
National Outdoor Play Day at Marres!
On Wednesday, June 11, the whole country turns into one big playground, and Marres is joining in! Come play outside in our delightful city garden.
Make your own witch’s brew, smell fragrant flowers, taste fresh elderflower, and search for all the colors of the rainbow.
Let your senses be stimulated and your imagination run wild. Be sure to wear old clothes, because getting dirty is not just allowed, it’s a must!
Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Time: 12—4PM
Location: The city garden of Marres in Maastricht
Free entrance
Read more about the Marres city gardenParents can enjoy a book in the garden, or relax at Marres Kitchen.
Workshops @ease x Marres
Workshops
Marres and @ease are joining forces! Join an inspiring workshop at @ease, and visit the exhibition Porous Grounds, Sacred Codes at Marres.
@ease is a place for young people aged 12 to 25 where you can just drop in or chat online: anonymously, without an appointment, and completely free of charge.
Dates en locations:
- Tuesday, 31 March, 2026
@ease
Bogaardenstraat 35A, Maastricht
4—5PM - Tuesday, 7 April, 2026
Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur
Capucijnenstraat 98, Maastricht
4—5PM
Want to join? Register by sending an email to signupeasemaastricht@gmail.com. Please mention:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Workshops @ease & Marres
- Which date(s) you want to join
These workshops are free of charge and meant for everybody between 12—25 years old. Hope to see you there!
Read more about Porous Grounds, Sacred CodesWorkshops @ease x Marres
Workshops
Marres and @ease are joining forces! Join an inspiring workshop at @ease, and visit the exhibition Porous Grounds, Sacred Codes at Marres.
@ease is a place for young people aged 12 to 25 where you can just drop in or chat online: anonymously, without an appointment, and completely free of charge.
Dates en locations:
- Tuesday, 31 March, 2026
@ease
Bogaardenstraat 35A, Maastricht
4—5PM - Tuesday, 7 Aapril, 2026
Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur
Capucijnenstraat 98, Maastricht
4—5PM
Want to join? Register by sending an email to signupeasemaastricht@gmail.com. Please mention:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Workshops @ease & Marres
- Which date(s) you want to join
These workshops are free of charge and meant for everybody between 12—25 years old. Hope to see you there!
Read more about Porous Grounds, Sacred Codes