The exhibition “Streams of Waste” offers a departure point to explore the complex trajectories of waste streams, both physical and digital, and the material, social and environmental impacts that they create. Streams have different degrees of visibility and various positions in public awareness. While plastic trash on city streets catches our eyes, the equivalent of a credit card of microplastics entering our bodies every week is practically unseen. Other streams and sediments of waste are altogether invisible, discarded away from us to ensure continuous consumption. ‘Streams of Waste’ addresses the intended and unintended effects of pollution in the Netherlands and globally. Following the streams of the material and the digital across ecological, societal, and geographical borders, it shows how these streams impact local communities and ecosystems around the world.

WASTELAND Festival is organised by collective.wasteland, an interdisciplinary group committed to tackling the current waste crisis through collaborative efforts. The collective embodies an alternative system based on microsolidarity principles and rotating leadership. WASTELAND, initiated in 2022, reflects a non-hierarchical approach to addressing collective challenges within our society.

The group exhibition, "Streams of Waste", with contributions by: Nest Collective, Maarten Vanden Eynde, Bartolina Xixa, Carol Anne McChrystal, Selma Selman, Noud Sleumer, Sissel Marie Tonn and Ziyang Wu.

A public program consisting of contributions by: Marina Otero Verzier, Nikos, Loma Doom, RJM Van der Heyden, What You See is What You Get, Sophia Bulgakova, Hans-Hannah, Donatas Tretjakovas, TrashUre Hunt, Soyun Park, Jaeha Ban and Seunghee Ha, LUC, Cardboard Lamb, Pawel Wojtasik, Toby Kim Lee, Ernst Karel, Miloš Tomić, Francois Knoetze, Werner van der Zwan, Gökay Attabek, and more TBA.

A workshop program for all age groups with contributions by: TrashUre Hunt!, Dragadina, Jipcat, Jamie Nee, Leonardo Scarin and Maidie van den Bos.

And a two-day research LAB with contributions by: Erik van Sebille, Harpo ‘t Hart, Elena Burgos Martinez, Ayu Pawitri, Maria Sucia, Martina Muzi, Karin Fischnaller, Shahar Livne, Alice Twemlow, Sissel Marie Ton and Lucy Cordes Engelman.