As we continue our monster mondays saga , a side quest has emerged ! From Hertjan’s passion to make black&white , collage posters of the movies that we are showing , A pre-film painting / drawing club has sprung to live ! Come by every monday from 19.30 to 20.00 to draw, drink & talk. 

Monday Monster Painting club

Sickhouse is presenting: Movie Monster Monday Mash

At Sickhouse we invent new programs every other day. Spontaneous talks at the bar can lead to a new initiatives that sometimes last for years. The Overkill Festival itself was invented when two members of our team got together, wanting to play retro videogames for a full weekend.

That’s how, after a few drinks, HertJan & Haaike came with the idea of the MonsterMovieMondays. And from now on, we watch a classic monster movie every Monday from 20.00 to 22.00.

We believe it’s important to look back at the classics and rediscover why these films have inspired many generations of filmmakers and, ultimately, let them to become cultural phenomena.

For our first edition, we showed the 1954 Gojira ( Godzilla ). The first one of about 30 films we’ll watch (many of them kind of crazy) dedicated to wild monsters.

Gozzilla is however, much less a monster movie and much more a depiction of the horrors following the atomic bomb. We fucked with nature, now nature is coming back to fucked with us. This is clear to everyone in the film. It's humanity’s fault: the constant testing of underwater bombs must have awoken the beast.

We don’t actually see the monster that often, and when it does show up, it looks kind of silly, but of course, we are scared of this gigantic fire-breathing dinosaur, who wouldn’t be? BUT perhaps people’s crazy idea to invent even more terrifying new means of mass destruction to deal with nature is far more scary than any monster and, as usual, it won’t solve the problem. Godzilla is still alive and kicking today, with an insane number of nuclear mutants to fight against… 

MonsterMashMondayMayhem

Cinema Obscura is our once a month filmprogram, curated in relation to our festival theme “Dream No Return”. With 10 + screenings over the year, we are looking how various filmmakers approached the notion of dreaming and its multiple possibilities to translate it to the screen.

Cinema Obscura is our once a month filmprogram, curated in relation to our festival theme “

. With 10 + screenings over the year, we are looking how various filmmakers approached the notion of dreaming and its multiple possibilities to translate it to the screen.

Cinema Obscura nights are meant to be moment where we watch movies together in an immersive set-up supported by a side program. Our intention is to stimulate reactions, discussions, ideas to reflect together on “

”. Participation is encouraged and new references or ideas for following screenings are also welcome. Don’t hesitate to share your dreams, your strangest film taste or your creative skills!

With our first Screening we showed the movie 

 from Jean-Pierre Jeunet et Marc Caro from 1995. In a dystopian future Dr. Krank, unable to dream himself, is kidnapping young children to steal their dreams. Angelo Badalamenti (also known for Twin Peaks) made the music of the film.  The film was released 4 years before The Matrix and we all felt there was strong  connections between the two world through the cyberpunk vibe, in the brain connectors designs and in the digital vision grafted onto the blind characters. 
More than the story, the strange atmosphere and the blurriness of the spaces, very close and very far at the same time, is what interested us most in relation to dream worlds.

Before the screening we hosted a crafting activity, asking the visitors to create their own “brain connectors”. These devices that we could wear during the projection, would connect our consciousness with one another. While in the cinema we joined our brain connectors and Marie hosted a small collective nightmare seance. The intention was to come together in an imagined world and let prompts guide us in the dark… If most of the time we dream alone, a point of attention this year for Sickhouse is looking into collective ways to navigate liminal world in dreaming states. After the 

 hosted by Jana Romanova, the exhibition “

” from Sondi in the corridor of the Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Cinema Obscura nights want to open the chapters of our nightmares…

Cinema Obscura wants to be a collective experience. It is not only about the screen, it is about the specific people with us in the room watching, reacting, feeling for the character of these world. After the film a part of the visitors shared their feeling connected with their device! 

We look forward to welcoming you to the next experience!

About Cinema Obscura "The City Of the Lost Children"

In 2025 Sickhouse will have a new location and we are commissioning our first alternative arcade! Dutch artists Vincent Schoutsen and Wouter van Veldhoven are joining forces with the French artists Leon Denise and Emilie Breslavetz from in.controlab, to develop and build a playful arcade machine.

In 2025 Sickhouse will have a new location and we are commissioning our first alternative arcade! 

Dutch artists Vincent Schoutsen and Wouter van Veldhoven are joining forces with French artists Leon Denise and Emilie Breslavetz from 

, to develop and build a playful arcade machine. Reflecting on the theme "Alternative control and Resistance" they are working together to create an arcade that will be playable at the new location of Sickhouse .

January and February are the months for creative brainstorms, starting with many ideas and getting inspired by their favorite objects. From buttons to plane cockpits, from sci-fi adventure to A.I relationships, the artists question the found objects they are working with, the role of the future player and the state of new technology in our society. 

In March, the 4 artists will be in Enschede for one week to bring everything together and build the arcade. They will present their process and progress during our monthly meet-up 

at BlackBrick.

The Arcade will be officially inaugurated in SFebruary, during the re-opening of Sickhouse in its new location! This project is a pilot edition and hopefully we will be able to commission several alternative arcades in the years to come.

Arcade Mayhem

The Global Game Jam took place from January 24 to 26. This year's theme was “Bubbles”. Sickhouse hosted a hub, and the result were six incredible bubbly games!

From January 24th to 26th, the Global Game Jam took place. The theme of this year was ‘Bubble’. So, all over the world, almost half a million game makers, programmers, designers, creatives and curious people came together to create, share and inspire each other in a very bubbly edition.

Sickhouse set up a venue for the jam to take place in Enschede in GrensFrequentie - a working place for musicians and entrepreneurs with spaces available for rent.  People from different cities and various backgrounds came together and created six staggering games!

Don't pop and don't stop! Bublo is a roguelite game about creating as many bubble gum bubbles as you can without popping them. The goal is to collect as many points as you can; the bigger the bubble, the more points you get. You can also get coins to buy upgrades, like extra strength for your bubble gum or blowing speed. This game was created in HTML.

This addictive brain-rot game is created to satisfy the urge to destroy freshly created (evil) bubbles with different shapes inside them. Inspired by the satisfaction of popping bubbles, whether plastic or soap. The sound is great! This game was made in HTML with the assistance of ChatGPT.

BUBBLE RAGE - by PAKO, YUXUAN, LUUKAS & PABLO

The biggest booming bubble battle! An arcade game for two players, one creates bubbles from a canister and the other chews and blows gum. Match the size of the bubble with the target, and win! This game is made in Godot Engine.

This augmented drinking game investigates why grocery prices have inflated into unaffordable price-bubbles. With a barcode scanner as your controller, this game is perfect for getting drunk while lamenting capitalism with your friends. Made in HTML.

A game of willpower; you play in bubbly world where you can try to resist popping the bubbles! This game was created in Bitsy Engine.

Space Bug is a platformer where you need to jump over various bubbles and reach the sun! It’s made in Game Builder Garage for Nintendo Switch.


You can play some of these games in the upcoming edition of COLLIDERS next Thursday, 

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Global Game Jam 2025 (RECAP)

Each year, the Sickhouse program is guided by a research theme. This year, we want to take a risk and accept the challenge of staying in bed, under the covers, with our heads buried in the pillows.

Return to Dreamland, From #CalmTok to Rest as Resistance

In 2025 following the progress of our reflection on play and activism, in the context of a hyper productive society, long conflicts, climate catastrophes, engulfing A.I, we want to take the risk, the counter intuitive move, the challenge to stay in bed, under the blanket, heads in the pillow. If new technologies infiltrate our beds to transform it into data to be mined, XR technologies, video games and virtual environments are also relevant media when delving into dreamworlds. This new edition wants to be another chapter of resistance where we self-organise to wander, dream, let our subconscious meet, invite our nightmares in...

The year program of Sickhouse and its main guest artists will be the leading process to develop the research and the selection for the festival.

* JANA ROMANOVA (https://janaromanova.com/)
“Shall these remain only dreams? we said. Shall we not bring these things into wakeful beings?” Ursula K. Le Guin in Changing planes : Social dreaming of the Frin.

Jana Romanova, LARP designer, is invited to design new playful experiences based on collective dreams, role-playing and dream-building experience that explores the boundaries between reality and imagination. At its core, the "DreamWalks" is about creating and inhabiting collective imaginary spaces—something akin to sharing a dream or a hallucination with others.

DreamWalk #1 : KristalBath - Sunday 9-03
DreamWalk #2 : Flying Field - Saturday 29-03
DreamWalk #3 : Walk in the ParQ - Thursday 24-04
DreamWalk #4 : to be announces

*SONDI (Link.tree)
“Wherever they stood it came, suddenly and simultaneously: refusal, refusal, refusal. And in a gust they collapsed into sleep.”
Sondi in Mbombo-Dream Echo.

In the second part of the year we are inviting Sondi to create an immersive set-up for her games “Mbombo-Dream Echo” and “Sleep On It”. The set-up/playground is meant to become a collective space for daydreaming, reinventing hybrid places of rest. Mbombo builds on years of research into the nature of rest and dreaming as radical forms of resistance against capital, colonial violence on the Black body. (concept formalised and put into embodied practice by Tricia Hersey in her Nap Ministry and her book Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto. New York: Little, Brown Spark, 2022.)

*JANNE SCHIMMEL (https://janneschimmel.com/)
“Our very idea of productivity is premised on the idea of producing something new, whereas we do not tend to see maintenance and care as productive in the same way.” Jenny Odell in How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

In the third part of the year Sickhouse is inviting Janne Schimmel to dive into nightmare references and hack a game device to navigate them, in hybrid ways mixing sensorial experience and digital storytelling. Curious about the ambiguous space, nightmares create for fantasy and pleasure.

Exhausted, Burned out, anxious, overwhelmed are now recurrent adjectives we associate with our daily life and our work environments. Technology coming to save us is now selling us “digital rest points’, ‘CalmTok’,’ Raw-dogging a flight’ ‘Pokemon Sleep app’ to track our sleep and for the best ‘Sleep Tourism’ hotels with VR lucid dreams experiences...

Rest is resistance but it is under attack, our escape is already trapped. Beyond the idea of healthiness, The Overkill wants to look at rest as an act of refusal, a protest against efficiency, productivity, or even this monetised idea of a better version of ourselves.

Theme 2025 : Return to Dreamland

Long-distance LARPing is an ERASMUS+ funded artistic research project developed by Nerdlab and Sickhouse. Our primary question is how we can build physical and digital spaces that foster connection and self-expression and where agency remains in the hands of the participants.

We draw inspiration from live-action role-playing games (LARPs). Our goal is to synthesise LARP design practices into a methodology for youth workers, social workers, artists and experience designers to enrich their practices and provide more creative spaces for the groups they work with.

Long Distant Larp

” presents a collection of films operating through dream logic and nightmare structures, populated by her characteristic figures shaped not by fantasy alone, but by institutional power, social conditioning, and the violence of normalization.

The works explore how institutions construct the “good girl,” the “good citizen,” the ideal subject: bodies trained to comply, identities shaped through discipline, submission, and endless self-correction. Perfection becomes a form of obedience. Improvement becomes control. The desire to belong, to fit in, to be accepted, to be legible, demands a continuous reshaping of the self, a constant performance of becoming better.

The exhibition extends this logic spatially through the use of construction mesh, a material usually employed to create façades, barriers, and temporary structures. Wrapped around the outside while maintenance work is being done on the inside, it becomes a surface of control, a skin, a membrane, a structure through which the body is disciplined and remade.

Flesh and architecture collapse into one another. The visitor moves through something both protective and oppressive, both shelter and trap. What begins as discipline becomes appetite. And inside the beast, we feast.



’s work explores how violence and social hierarchies shape everyday life. Using dark humor, she stages fragile, absurd situations in which characters struggle to navigate contemporary systems and their impossible demands. Storytelling is central to her practice, which often unfolds through participatory processes and collaborative encounters.



For the opening, we invite you to join a special DIY hobby horse-making workshop, starting at 14:00, followed by a barrier parcours “competition” from 15:30 onwards. The program is hosted together with artist Toni Brenner. 
There will be a rosette for the winner, cake for the birthday girl and eggs for everyone interested. 

is an Aki student who has always been obsessed with horses. Taking this obsession into her practice she researches the parallels between horses and women as symbols and the relationship between the two.



from Saturday 13-06 to Saturday 25-07
on Friday & Saturday from 12:00 to 00:00
or on request for groups and tours (mail : marie@sickhouse.nl)

Belly of the Beast from Josefin Arnell 

The Sickhouse Summer Film Camp is a two-week program dedicated to experimenting with film, DIY culture, and collective storytelling. The camp aims to be a playground where participants can play with the idea of what a film can be, trying out techniques and exploring possibilities.

In the months leading up to the camp, we opened a call for participants between the ages of 16 and 28 to join (

). The selected group will make the film from start to finish: they’ll be writers, producers, actors, directors, lighting technicians, set designers, and much more.

This year’s camp is being held in conjunction with an exhibition by 

, who will join the camp for several days. The theme, Collective Dream Mare, serves as a space to vent rage. Together, we’ll explore how it can be used creatively as a force to build and imagine other realities.

The film will be premiered on September 24 during the 

There will be some activities open to the public during the two weeks of the filmcamp, stay tuned!

Sickhouse Summer Filmcamp Side Program

Something has been awaken in the cinema.
From the depths of dusty film cans, late-night television broadcast, forgotten drive-ins and questionable basements… the monsters are returning, one by one.

 is a cinematic ritual devoted to the glorious age of monsters, mostly from before 1970, and occasionally after, if the creature insists.

Every Monday night we summon all vampires, mutants, swamp creatures, radioactive nightmares, gothic specters, and all the beautiful horrors that crawled out of the golden age of monster movies.

Before the screening begins, we enter a one-minute meditation guided by the sacred mantra of 

 to properly align mind, body and monster spirit. Then the lights go down.

Grab a drink. Take a seat. Eyes wide open.

Come dressed as a monster and enter the movie for free!


During a zombie apocalypse, four survivors take refuge on the roof of a supermarket where they get food and shelter. However, this will not last long.

 (1961), dir. Ishirō Honda & Eiji Tsuburaya


A giant, ancient monster unleashes terror across Japan after a nightclub owner kidnaps two princesses from their native island.

 (marathon of 5 episodes between 60's and 80's!) by Rod Serling


The greatest show ever. A comprehensive collection of mystical tales where people try to solve their problems using their own unique ideas.

Larry returns to his Welsh ancestral home from the US upon learning that his brother has died. When he tries to save Jenny, a rural girl who is being attacked by a werewolf, he gets bitten by it…


A scientist's experiment to cure hunger creates a giant spider that escapes from an isolated desert laboratory and wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.

The crew of a spacecraft, Nostromo, intercept a distress signal from a planet and set out to investigate it. However, to their horror, they are attacked by an alien which later invades their ship.

Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra team up to save mankind from the deadliest threat of all… a fire-breathing space monster.

Sam, a young boy, is convinced of a monster's presence in his home, due to certain disturbing visions. His erratic behaviour concerns his single mother, Amelia, who spirals into a state of paranoia.

Dr Miles Bennell, a doctor in a California town, is horrified to discover that a covert alien invasion is replacing his fellow citizens with emotionless duplicates.

: Sickhouse! Oldenzaalsestraat 128, Enschede.
🕡 

Monday Movie Monster Mash - Summer

 is our monthly meet-up for playful makers, programmers, enthusiasts, producers, artists, designers, curators, and all people interested in game making. At Colliders, we brainstorm, present our progress, give feedback, enjoy creations and, of course, we play!

around indie/art house game makers and playful artists. With Colliders, we want to support each other and create more opportunities for collaborations and exchange. 

Colliders has a different theme and game selection each month, in 

the intersection between games and films! 

We picked up some games that inspired filmmakers to make movies about them, games made by filmmakers and games that play with the language of film making.

We will also have two projects showcased at the open screens, one of them featuring alternative controller and the other one a huge collection of web based games built with a home made engine. The makers will be here if you want to know more about those projects. And as usual two short presentations from local makers featuring the process of creating and publishing your own tabletop roleplaying adventure and the process behind conceptualizing and building an immersive installation.

Register here if you want to test your game or give a short presentation

How to write and publish a horror roleplaying adventure in 

by Thomas van den Brink
A talk about how you can go from just liking being a dungeon master, to publishing your own tabletop roleplaying adventure online! Thomas will talk a bit about things that helped him write, programs you can join for publishing, the editing process and how he designed the book itself.

An amusement park attraction that asks what happens when spirituality is manufactured and performed for an audience. Built with Arturs, Vlad, Diana, Ming-Hua, and Julia, this installation uses Touch Designer, Kinect, and MediaPipe to turn devotion into a designed act of social discomfort. You'll be watched, and you'll know it.

GET YOUR FREE TICKET

COLLIDERS: Playful Makers Meet-up

, an accessory designed to be used in moments of 

, that activates sound through their own designed movement, using electronics, e-textiles, and recycled materials. Through discussions on microaggressions and other activities, participants also develop their own character and story, which they then bring to life in a LARP (Live Action Role Play) session.



The workshop is split into two parts:
Part I -- 

Making, Discussion & Character Building (July 11 & 12)


Over two full days, participants will design and build their wearable sound device from scratch. Alongside the making process, we will explore the theme of microaggressions; what they are, how they affect us, and how we can respond, through discussion, reflection, and creative activities. Participants will also develop their own character and story to bring into the LARP session.

Saturday 11-07 from 13:00 to 17:00
& Sunday 12-07 from 13:00 to 16:00


In a 2-hour session, participants bring their devices and characters into play. Using their "weapons", they navigate scenarios together in a guided, playful, and safe environment.

 : As an interdisciplinary media artist, musician, game maker, educator, and learner, Ahreum Lee navigates the complexities of technology, data, and socio-political narratives. Fascinated by the ritualistic use of everyday technologies, she explores their impact on socio-political dynamics and their interactions with both human and more-than-human entities.
This summer Ahreum Lee is the artist-in-residence for the 

. During the residency, Ahreum will reimagine digital infrastructures through gestures of deliberate slowness and ritual acts of data feeding.



: Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 of July starting at 13:00
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Saturday 25 of July starting at 13:00
📍 

: Sickhouse, Oldenzaalsestraat 128, 7514DS Enschede
💎🎟️ 

In the Name of the Moon - Workshop

☽ In the Name of the Moon ☽ Part 1

Alicia en el paìs de las maravillas

SICKHOUSE is a PLAYFUL ART SPACE presenting games, interactive art and participatory projects to look critically into the (digital) transformation of our society! 

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Sickhouse is een speelse kunstruimte die populaire media gebruikt om na te denken over de transformerende impact van de digitale cultuur. Games, playful en hybride media, films, XR en DIY-craft zijn de belangrijkste media die bij Sickhouse worden gepresenteerd binnen tentoonstellingen, filmvertoningen, ontmoetingen en festivals. De fysieke ruimte van Sickhouse is een tentoonstellingsruimte, bioscoop, bar en werk/ontmoetingsruimte.

Sickhouse is het afgelopen jaar uitgegroeid van een evenementenorganisatie tot een structureel georganiseerde ruimte met vaste openingstijden, een jaarprogramma, meerdere samenwerkingsverbanden en nationale en internationale erkenning. Sickhouse werkt met een klein, toegewijd team en wil zich verder ontwikkelen op financieel en bedrijfsmatig gebied. Sickhouse is in februari van dit jaar heropend op haar nieuwe locatie.

De missie van Sickhouse wordt gerealiseerd door een jaarprogramma en een internationaal festival voor playful media, The Overkill. Sickhouse wordt ondersteund door het Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie en de gemeente Enschede. De stichting onderschrijft de Governance Code Cultuur, Fair Practice Code en Code Diversiteit & Inclusie.


Sickhouse zoekt 2 leden voor zijn Raad van Toezicht.

Na het afronden van onze eerste fase, waarin we de organisatie structureel hebben ingericht, een vaste locatie hebben betrokken en meerjarige financiering veilig wisten te stellen, gaat de volgende fase voor Sickhouse in. Deze nieuwe fase gaat over duurzaamheid, inkomens diversificatie en ontwikkeling van partnerschappen.


Sickhouse zoekt, nieuwsgierige, ondersteunende en kritische leden voor haar Raad van Toezicht.

De organisatie bestaat uit een jaarrond kernteam van zes medewerkers en een stagiaire, waarvan de meesten parttime werken. In de maanden rondom het festival wordt het team uitgebreid met een flexibele schil van freelancers. Sickhouse heeft twee directeur-bestuurders die verantwoordelijk zijn voor de strategie en het beleid van de stichting.

De directeur-bestuurders weten zich gesteund door de Raad van Toezicht. De RvT houdt toezicht op het beleid en op de algemene gang van zaken van Stichting Sickhouse. De RvT heeft bovendien een adviserende rol. 

Bevoegdheden van de RvT zijn statutair vastgelegd en omvatten onder meer de goedkeuring van het meerjarenbeleidsplan, jaarbegroting en jaarrekening. De raad komt vier keer per jaar bijeen en bestaat momenteel uit drie leden. De werkzaamheden zijn onbezoldigd. Onkosten gemaakt tijdens werkzaamheden als lid van de Raad van Toezicht van Sickhouse worden vergoed. De leden worden benoemd voor een termijn van vier jaar met de mogelijkheid tot verlenging van nog eens vier jaar.

De raad bestaat uit leden met complementaire deskundigheid en achtergronden. Diversiteit in expertise, leeftijd, gender en culturele achtergrond wordt actief nagestreefd. De samenstelling is zodanig dat de RvT als geheel beschikt over de benodigde kennis en competenties om adequaat toezicht te houden en strategisch te adviseren.

Ieder lid heeft affiniteit met de culturele sector, en culturele festivals in het algemeen, en digitale cultuur in het bijzonder

Ieder lid heeft affiniteit met de missie van Sickhouse.

Ieder lid beschikt over voldoende algemene financiële kennis om op hoofdlijnen de jaarverantwoording, de begroting, de financiële rapportages inclusief de jaarrekening te kunnen beoordelen.

Kennis van de bedrijfsvoering van culturele instellingen en / of culturele festivals en / of Horeca

Tijd en betrokkenheid om de functie (circa 1 dag per kwartaal) adequaat in te vullen, inclusief het fysiek bijwonen van vergaderingen en evenementen.

Sickhouse is op zoek naar leden met ervaring en expertise op deze gebieden.

Lokale lobby (Enschede en regio Overijssel)

Een lid van de Raad kan overal in Nederland gevestigd zijn; we nodigen mensen met diverse achtergronden uit om te solliciteren naar deze vacature.

 een korte motivatie en cv naar marie@sickhouse.nl 
Voor vragen kun je contact opnemen met:

, voorzitter Raad van Toezicht, siuliko@gmail.com

Sickhouse is a playful art space that uses popular media to reflect on the transformative impact of digital culture. Games, playful and hybrid media, films, XR, and DIY crafts are the main medium presented at Sickhouse through exhibitions, film screenings, gatherings, and festivals. Sickhouse’s physical space serves as an exhibition hall, movie theater, bar, and workspace/meeting area.

Over the past year, Sickhouse has evolved from an event organization into a structurally organized space with regular opening hours, an annual program, multiple partnerships, and national and international recognition. Sickhouse operates with a small, dedicated team and aims to further develop its financial and operational capabilities. Sickhouse reopened at its new location in February of this year.

Sickhouse’s mission is realized through an annual program and an international festival for playful media, The Overkill. Sickhouse is supported by the Creative Industries Fund NL and the municipality of Enschede. The foundation adheres to the Governance Code for Culture, the Fair Practice Code, and the Diversity & Inclusion Code.


Sickhouse is seeking two members for its Supervisory Board.

Now that we have completed our first phase—during which we established the organization’s structure, moved into a permanent location, and secured multi-year funding—Sickhouse is entering its next phase. This new phase focuses on sustainability, revenue diversification, and the development of partnerships. Sickhouse is seeking curious, supportive, and critical members for its Board of Supervisors.


Sickhouse is looking for curious, supportive, and critical members for its Supervisory Board.

The organization consists of a year-round core team of six staff members and one intern, most of whom work part-time. In the months surrounding the festival, the team is expanded with a flexible pool of freelancers. Sickhouse has two executive directors who are responsible for the foundation’s strategy and policy.


The executive directors are supported by the Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board oversees the policies and general affairs of the Sickhouse Foundation. The Supervisory Board also serves in an advisory capacity. The Supervisory Board’s powers are set forth in the bylaws and include, among other things, the approval of the multi-year policy plan, the annual budget, and the annual financial statements. The board meets four times a year and currently consists of three members.

The position is unpaid. Expenses incurred while serving as a member of the Sickhouse Supervisory Board are reimbursed. Members are appointed for a term of four years, with the possibility of renewal for an additional four years.

The board consists of members with complementary expertise and backgrounds. Diversity in expertise, age, gender, and cultural background is actively sought. The composition is such that the Supervisory Board as a whole possesses the necessary knowledge and competencies to provide adequate oversight and strategic advice.

Each member has an affinity for the cultural sector, cultural festivals in general, and digital culture in particular.

Each member has an affinity for Sickhouse’s mission.

Each member possesses sufficient general financial knowledge to assess, in broad terms, the annual report, the budget, and the financial reports, including the annual financial statements.

Knowledge of the operations of cultural institutions and/or cultural festivals and/or the hospitality industry

Time and commitment to adequately fulfill the role (approximately 1 day per quarter), including physically attending meetings and events.


Sickhouse is looking for members with experience and expertise in these areas.

Local Advocacy (Enschede and the Overijssel region)

A board member may be based anywhere in the Netherlands; we invite people from diverse backgrounds to apply for this position.

Please send a brief cover letter and resume to 

 at the latest. If you have any questions, please contact:

Nieuw leden Raad van Toezicht

Yesterday the last items of Janne Schimmel’s expo returned to Heist-op-den-berg . Jannes nieuw studio space near antwerpen ( which is amazing ! )

Next week we will start builduing up the exhibition of Josefin Arnell’s Solo show “ The belly of the beast “ .  The exhibiton space and Gamespace will transform into a maze like experience with a video & film works to be discovered. 

Before we dive into that we wanted to post the Interview with Janne Schimmel that took place during the opening of group show “ Friendly secrecy systems” . 

Janne’s work is playing with Technical obsolescence, reusing old “machines” to transform them into sculptures. At the show and brandnew expospace of  sickhouse works have been shown by : 

1. Bee-Fore the Storm (18+) by astoryinpieces
https://astoryinpieces.itch.io/beeforethestormgb


2. Friendly Secrecy System by Vinzenz Sombray
https://gracelessgames.itch.io/


3. Rushed by Paula Garcia Sans
https://paulagarciasans.com/


4. Diary Room by Philip Ullman


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D-pKnJHkmk&feature=youtu.be



5. Smoothy Mixer by Grenhunterr
https://grenhunterrwastaken.itch.io/smoothmix

6. L’impasse by Permacab
https://fluid-space.itch.io/limpasse

7. Lift Broken by B-Complex
https://janneschimmel.itch.io/lift-broken


Janne Schimmel & Marie Janin Interview

 is a two-week program dedicated to experimenting with filmmaking, DIY culture, and collective storytelling. This camp is not a school, it's a playground, and here, you decide how the movie goes! We play with what a film can be, trying out techniques and exploring possibilities, with the group serving as our main resource: you’ll be actors, directors, lighting technicians, set designers, and more.


 Experimentation and Storytelling. You'll meet other young people, learn from professional artists and filmmakers, watch movies, play, improvise, and manipulate materials to find your collective story and create a script.

 Making the movie! We prepare the set, costumes, and roles. You'll train as actors, directors, and camerapersons before we hit record! On the final day, we collaborate with an editor to shape the footage.

This year's camp runs in parallel with the exhibition of 

, who will join the camp for several days. The theme, 

, becomes a space to unpack anger. Together, we explore how it can be used creatively, as a force for building and imagining otherwise.

Open to curious minds, the camp invites participants into a collective (night)mare dream: a place for strange futures, experimentation, and shared authorship. Guided by Josefin Arnell, Sickhouse, and collaborators, you will create a short film from start to finish through improvisation and play, engaging with character, story, image, and sound while developing your own approach to DIY filmmaking.

 The camp is primarily for young people aged 

. To participate, please fill out a short application form where we'd love to learn a bit about you, your interests in film, and your background.

No prior experience in filmmaking or a creative background is required.

 You only need to be available for these two weeks, be open to a collective adventure, and bring your imagination!



The camp is happening over day. We expect participants to join for the two weeks.
We provide lunches but we are not able to provide any accommodation. 
If you need to come from another city, takes this into account as we won’t have means to support you with travel or accommodation costs.

OPEN CALL: Film Camp 2026

Sickhouse will be closed on King’s Day. Enjoy the festivities, respect each other, and don’t forget to question the monarchy.

No Kings at Sickhouse

Saturday 18-04 Sickhouse will be closed in the afternoon and only open at 18:00 as we need to set up for Booster.

We look forward to welcoming you for a night of music and new talents

SATURDAY OPEN AT 18:00 FOR BOOSTER

Because of a private event Sickhouse will be closed on Monday 13-04.
We welcome you again from Tuesday on!

Sickhouse

Latest News

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Nieuw leden Raad van Toezicht

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Janne Schimmel & Marie Janin Interview

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OPEN CALL: Film Camp 2026

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No Kings at Sickhouse

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SATURDAY OPEN AT 18:00 FOR BOOSTER

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Monday 13-04 CLOSED

Upcoming Events

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☽ In the Name of the Moon ☽ Part 1

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COLLIDERS: Playful Makers Meet-up

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Belly of the Beast from Josefin Arnell

Event
Alicia en el paìs de las maravillas

Articles

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Monday Monster Painting club

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MonsterMashMondayMayhem

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About Cinema Obscura "The City Of the Lost Children"

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Arcade Mayhem

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Global Game Jam 2025 (RECAP)

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Theme 2025 : Return to Dreamland

Gallery

Sickhouse

Latest News

NewsNieuw leden Raad van Toezicht

NewsJanne Schimmel & Marie Janin Interview

NewsOPEN CALL: Film Camp 2026

NewsNo Kings at Sickhouse

NewsSATURDAY OPEN AT 18:00 FOR BOOSTER

NewsMonday 13-04 CLOSED

Upcoming Events

Event☽ In the Name of the Moon ☽ Part 1

EventCOLLIDERS: Playful Makers Meet-up

EventBelly of the Beast from Josefin Arnell

EventAlicia en el paìs de las maravillas