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On Sunday 27 September we close the exhibition seen-/unscene by D(EE)GARI D(EE)GARI (Babak Modarresi & Sohrab Kashani) at SIGN with an evening of conversation and music. Come and spend a last few hours with the hybrid objects and speculative environments before they are digitally wrapped and sent back to wherever they came from, or somewhere else entirely.
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17:00–22:00 Finissage
18:00–19:00 Artist talk with Babak Modarresi (Babak Modarresi) & Sohrab Kashani (Sohrab Kashani), moderated by Roosje Klap (Roosje Klap)
19:30–22:00 DJ sets by DJ Soh, Adrenalina (alina) & Udda (Olha | Udda])
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SIGN project space, Winschoterkade 10, 9711 EA Groningen

seen-/unscene
D(EE)GARI
Babak Modarresi & Sohrab Kashani

Setting up for the first opening, SIGN as studio, this Friday September 11 at 17:00!

See you there!

Decolonial Practices
From In-Between Spaces
August 30th,
12:30–21:00

The upcoming event “From In-Between Spaces” brings together plural and multidisciplinary artistic practices. Through an exhibition, conversations, workshops and a performance, the event invites exchange and explores the border as an in-between space, where different histories, experiences and ways of knowing meet. The participating practices foreground embodied experiences and challenge narratives by making space for plurality, encounter and collective exploration.

Artists & collaborators:
Asha Victoria .moon · Rizqita Naherta Rizqita · The Vacuum Landscape The Vacuum Landscape · Lilian Anneloes · Rio Salazar · Ibrahim Kurt ibrahim kurt · Siavash Naghshbandi Siavash Naghshbandi · Tatjana Macić Tatjana Macic

Program
12:30–13:15 — Workshop: Intergenerational Archives: A Weaving Ritual
Max. 10 participants · Sign up via SIGN’s Instagram

13:00–13:30 — Informal Gathering
13:30–14:00 — Introduction
14:00–15:30 — Installation Activation: Merawat Api dari Penyihir-Penyihir Militan Kami (Nurturing the Fire of our Militant Witches) · Rizqita Naherta

15:45–17:15 — Workshop: Footnotes to Land in the Air; Twisted from the Middle
Lo Yuen Ming in Walking — collective: The Vacuum Landscape

17:30–17:50 — Talk: ‘Bloedmeel’
On the transgenerational legacy of the Drenthe and Groningen peat colonies · Lilian Anneloes

18:00–19:15 — Soup & Food
19:15–19:45 — Performance: A Moment of Respite: Soundscapes Contemplating Rest
Rio Salazar
20:00–21:00 — Panel Conversation:
Ibrahim Kurt · Lilian Anneloes · Rizqita Naherta · Siavash Naghshbandi

A collaboration between SIGN Project Space, the Research Group Image in Context, and artist facilitators Yara, Khashayar Najafizadeh and Neele Schlette.

Come join us for a day of exchange and collective practices!

Nasma Al Shutfa: I am Grateful (?!)

Window Exhibition

from 11 July- 23 August

The installation “I am Grateful (?!) ” can be seen from 11 July to 23 August in the window of SIGN at Winschoterkade 10, Groningen. Day & Night visible.

SIGN regularly organizes window exhibitions that have a direct impact on the surroundings; they are frequently seen by passers-by, traffic, and the neighborhood.

In the Window Exhibition, the works are constantly visible from the street side, and the presentations must take the display window function into account so that there is always an interesting view from the street. Both during the day and in the evening, at night.

During the Window exhibition SIGN is closed because of the Summer recess.

From July 2 through 5, the city centre of Groningen will be transformed into a large exhibition space during the Graduation Show featuring the work of the bachelors students at Minerva Art Academy.

More than 200 graduates are presenting their work to the public, ranging from visual arts and design to art education.
For four years, these students have been working on their development as creators, researchers, and designers. During the Graduation Show, you’ll see the results: unique projects, installations, performances, and visual narratives that demonstrate how they engage with today’s world.

SIGN will host Fine Art graduates Chloe Ginty , Lia Spasova , Rink Rekker , Gerben Oolbekkink , Fardau Visser and Martina Rovatti .

The Minerva Graduation Show is on view at SIGN from July 2nd until 5th, from 12:00 to 20:00.

Wim Warrink
ZUNNEKLAORTE
Sunday, June 21
Experience the summer solstice in Wim Warrink's open-air laboratory!

“Zunneklaorte” is a sequel to Wim Warrink’s ‘Tweeduuster’, which took place on December 21, 2025.

Which physical phenomena influence the landscape experience and contribute to an emotional experience?

To get a grip on the summer solstice of the Grasland Ezinge landscape, Wim Warrink has conducted many experiments with light, time, space, and distance. With his self-made (measuring) instruments, sunlight is captured and bent, and time is intercepted on this longest day.

Join in to create the phenomena together and experience their mystery. There are special time catchers such as the DIY sundial (for this day only). There is a Noon Cannon to capture every hour with a bang and a mini rainbow. Clay runners from Groningen join in the action. A large solar telescope projects the sun onto paper and reveals the nuances of its surface. There is a glass object and water lenses of all kinds to demonstrate ‘far-sightedness’ yourself.

Zunneklaorte is a contemporary inspiration based on Galileo (“and yet it rotates”).
Accessible to everyone; choose your own moment between 10 am and 5 pm.
There are snacks, refreshments and shade.

Location Grasland: Torenstraat 40, Ezinge.
Parking: at Museum Wierdenland, Swinderenweg 10; Village Hall, Nieuwestreek 33; tennis court Notweg 2.

Grasland Ezinge is an idea by the Groningen artist Koos Buist. Art space SIGN collaborates with him on these projects.

FINAL INTERVENTIONS

May 21st, 14:00 - 17:00
Marouschka Brian (MOES)
"Loslopend Zebrapad"
Locations TBA

May 21st, 22:30
Enzy Jhang
"Passing the Eye of a Typhoon"
AI Factory Theodorus Niemeyer
Paterswoldseweg

May 21st 00:00 - 2:20
(Midnight thursday to friday)
Anna Musikhina
"23.198 GHz"
Martinikerkhof (behind the Martinitoren)

May 23rd, 06:00 - 08:00
Marouschka Brian (MOES)
"Kijk, hier is een: Lantaarnpaal"
Location TBA

FINAL INTERVENTIONS !
Thursday 21th of May
Performance Marouschka Brian Moes/
Loslopend Zebrapad:
21 May (14:00-17:00 hrs)
several spots to be find out will be spread on socials

Enzy Jhang 
‘Passing the Eye of a Typhoon’
21 May at 22.30 hrs:
Intervention AI factory, Theodorus Niemeyer Paterswoldseweg, Groningen.

Anna Musikhina: 
23.198 GHz

21 May / Start: 00.00-002.20 hrs
Martinikerkhof / behind the Martinitower

Saturday 23th of May
Marouschka Brian (MOES)
"Kijk, hier is een: Lantaarnpaal”
Installation 06.00-08.00 hrs. Location will be spread on socials.

Rover Indigo Bertels
[Wat] er rest van de Gen. Jammerkoren.

From today (May 18th) and thereafter.
Jipsinghuizen

Anna Musikhina
23.198 GHz

May 18th until 19th, 24:00 - 05:00
Grote Markt, Groningen