The One Minutes x Uitkijk: Uncomfortable Encounters

A deeply distressing programme featuring The One Minutes series ‘Uncomfortable Encounters’ curated by Josefin Arnell and ‘Buurthuis 2’ directed by Josefin Arnell.

The One Minutes Series ‘Uncomfortable Encounters’, curated by Josefin Arnell (2025, 23 min.)

Uncomfortable Encounters brings together works that move between the banal and the brutal, from the absurdities of everyday life to the structural violences that shape it. These works expose situations of unease, moments that are laughable, painful, humiliating, confusing, or deeply distressing.

A girl is unstoppable, laughing out of fear or joy in a rollercoaster machine. A doll is attracted to a dog and its poop. A trans body reenacts Jesus’ crucifixion in remembrance of other LGBTQIA+ people who suffered violence and death. A group of cleaners is fighting over a pile of garbage. Four dancers perform Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, signalling that something is wrong. Two art students play police. A politician explains Somali politics. Someone drives a car through occupied land. A girl runs up a hill that never ends…

Buurthuis 2, Josefin Arnell (2024, Netherlands, 16 min.)

Buurthuis 2 is a fantasy film realized with the community center De Witte Boei in Amsterdam’s Wittenburg neighbourhood. Visitors and staff take on the roles of vampires, wizards, and zombies who are entangled in a real-estate development scheme to turn the residential neighborhood into a luxury spa resort. Anchored by a Dutch fairytale about the pitfalls of preposterous wealth, the plot and characters were developed in scriptwriting workshops together with the artist. In the process, Josefin
Arnell explores the social fabric of a place that is highly specific and at the same time faces the same problems as many other communities.

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The people at De Uitkijk and  The One Minuteshave kindly offered a limited amount of free tickets for Subbacultcha members. Please make a reservation by sending an email to mailinglist@subbacultcha.nl with ‘The Trial (1962)’ in the subject line + your name in the email.

Registrations are open until 12.00 PM on weekdays.