Draft:Dries Verhoeven

{{AFC comment|1=He is probably notable, but please rewrite it in a neutral and concise tone (see WP:NPOV). Gheus (talk) 23:20, 18 April 2025 (UTC)}}

----

{{Infobox person

| name = Dries Verhoeven

| image = Dries verhoeven-1530106678.jpg

| caption = Dries Verhoeven

| website = https://driesverhoeven.com/en/

| birth_date = February 26, 1976

| birth_place = Oosterhout

| education = Maastricht Institute of Arts

| years_active = 2003 - current

}}

Dries Verhoeven (born February 26, 1976, Oosterhout) is a Dutch visual artist and theater maker working with installation art, performance art and public interventions. His work often addresses social and political themes and is frequently situated in public spaces.{{Cite web |title=Dries Verhoeven - Onassis Foundation |url=https://www.onassis.org/people/dries-verhoeven |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Onassis Foundation}} Since 2020, he has been a member of the Akademie van Kunsten (Dutch Society of Arts).{{Cite web |title=Dries Verhoeven - Akademie van Kunsten |url=https://www.akademievankunsten.nl/en/members/verhoeven |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=www.akademievankunsten.nl |language=nl}} Verhoeven resides in Berlin and Amsterdam.

Verhoeven is representing the Netherlands at the 61st Venice Biennale, collaborating with curator Rieke Vos.{{Cite web |date=2025-08-04 |title=Dries Verhoeven selected as Dutch entry for the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia |url=https://www.mondriaanfonds.nl/en/current/news/dries-verhoeven-selected-as-dutch-entry-for-the-61st-international-art-exhibition-la-biennale-di-venezia/ |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=Mondriaan Fund |language=en-GB}}

Biography

Dries Verhoeven studied scenography at the Maastricht Institute of Arts. Initially working as a scenographer, he collaborated with artists including Marcus Azzini, Cornelis de Bondt, Ira Judkovskaja, Michel van der Aa, and Lotte van den Berg.{{Cite web |title=Scenography - Dries Verhoeven |url=https://driesverhoeven.com/en/type/scenography/ |type=A complete overview of the early scenography work of Dries Verhoeven}}

Since 2003, Verhoeven has created his own projects combining theatre, performance and installation art. From 2012, his focus shifted more towards time-based visual art, presented in galleries, theaters, and public spaces.{{Cite web |title=Projects {{!}} Dries Verhoeven |url=https://driesverhoeven.com/en/project/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240915132122/https://driesverhoeven.com/en/project/ |archive-date=2024-09-15 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=driesverhoeven.com |language=en-US}}

Artistic approach

Verhoeven combines performance and installation art, often incorporating audience participation and continuous formats. His work addresses ethical questions within contemporary Western society, examining themes such as the impact of digital media, psychoactive substances, robotics, power dynamics between the Global North and South, and changing global hierarchies.{{Cite web |title=Dries Verhoeven |url=https://www.stateofthearts.de/en/artists-overview/dries-verhoeven/ |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=Bundeskunsthalle Bonn |language=en-US}} A cited description characterizes his work as aiming to "[unbalance] the visitor in order to evoke a shared vulnerability between the viewer and the viewed work".{{Cite web |title=SYNERGY |url=https://www.stichtingsynergy.com/artists/dries-verhoeven |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=www.stichtingsynergy.com}} Collaboration is central to his practice, frequently involving groups whose experiences relate to the ethical and social themes explored. Past collaborators have included shoplifters{{Cite web |title=Everything must go – Holland Festival |url=https://www.hollandfestival.nl/en/everything-must-go |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=www.hollandfestival.nl |language=en}}, individuals with refugee backgrounds{{Cite journal |last=Chatziprokopiou |first=Marios |date=2017-10-01 |title=Hosting the lament(s) of Others? Tensions and antinomies in Dries Verhoeven's No Man's Land |url=https://www.academia.edu/42973969 |journal=Journal of Greek Media & Culture |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=161–176 |doi=10.1386/jgmc.3.2.161_1 |via=Intellect}}, migrant workers{{Cite web |title='Brothers, exalt thee to freedom!' – Dries Verhoeven and ten Bulgarian collaborators |url=https://metropolism.com/nl/recensie/43852_brothers_exalt_thee_to_freedom_dries_verhoeven_and_ten_bulgarian_collaborators/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Metropolis M |language=nl-NL}}, recreational drug users{{Cite web |last=Mey |date=2023-06-07 |title=The NarcoSexuals |url=https://kanal.brussels/en/events/performance/narcosexuals-4 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=KANAL — Centre Pompidou — Brussels |language=en}}, and people experiencing homelessness.

Work

= ''Guilty Landscapes'' (2016) =

Guilty Landscapes presents what initially appears to be a pre-recorded video of a location associated with suffering or conflict, but is revealed as a live internet connection.{{Cite web |last=Tay |first=Rachel |date=2017-09-01 |title=Review: SIFA 2017's Guilty Landscapes III Is A Pointed Examination of the Politics of Seeing |url=https://citynomads.com/review-sifa-2017-guilty-landscapes-iii-is-a-pointed-examination-into-the-politics-of-seeing/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=City Nomads |language=en-US}} A person at the remote location interacts with gallery visitors via the video feed, mirroring their movements. An accompanying essay by Dirk Vis interprets the installation as questioning the act of viewing suffering from a distance and examining the power dynamics in such observation, directing attention to the viewer's gaze.{{Cite web |last=Vis |first=Dirk |title=Guilty Landscapes - Episode 3: Homs |url=https://driesverhoeven.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/handout-s-Hertogenbosch_Dirk-Vis_EN.pdf |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240607205452/http://driesverhoeven.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/handout-s-Hertogenbosch_Dirk-Vis_EN.pdf |archive-date=2024-06-07 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=driesverhoeven.com}} The work received the Best International Performance award at the Fadjr International Theater Festival in 2018.{{cite web |date=2018-01-29 |title=36th Fajr Theater Festival names winners |url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/131733/36th-Fajr-Theater-Festival-names-winners |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Mehr News Agency |language=en}}

= ''Brothers exalt thee to Freedom'' (2021) =

This continuous performance featured ten Bulgarian performers, previously employed as labor migrants, singing a historical labor song for eight hours daily in a setting resembling a robotized distribution center.{{Cite web |title=West Den Haag: Thuistezien |url=https://www.westdenhaag.nl/thuistezien/314 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=www.westdenhaag.nl |language=en}} Work breaks followed schedules similar to those used in Amazon warehouses. The installation included an exhibition of the performers' living quarters, objects from various workplaces, along with video documentation showing the performers' perspectives on labor politics. The work was nominated for the VSCD Mime Performance Prize 2020/2021.{{Cite web |title=Nominaties Mimeprijs 2020/2021 |url=https://vscd.nl/nieuws/nominaties-mimeprijzen-2020-en-2021 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=VSCD |language=nl}}

= ''The NarcoSexuals'' (2022) =

The NarcoSexuals depicts a group of men participating in a chemsex party inside a replica single-family home. Visitors observe the scene from the outside through windows.{{Cite web |last=Van der Putt |first=Francien |title=Recensie The NarcoSexuals door Dries Verhoeven |url=https://www.theaterkrant.nl/recensie/the-narcosexuals/dries-verhoeven/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Theaterkrant |language=nl-NL}} In an accompanying essay, Verhoeven suggests the installation examines tensions between sexual expression and regulation in the public sphere, portraying participants seeking vulnerability and connection. He poses questions in the essay about whether the participants signify a new liberation movement or a departure from earlier sexual ideals.{{cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Dries |title=Such a longing for intimacy |url=https://driesverhoeven.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Essay-Such-a-longing-for-intimacy.pdf |website=Studio Dries Verhoeven}}

= ''WORK WORK WORK'' (2024) =

In 2024, Verhoeven curated WORK WORK WORK at Frascati Theater, Amsterdam, transforming the building into a temporary museum for performance art. The event juxtaposed Verhoeven's Brothers, exalt thee to Freedom, with works by Tehching Hsieh, Ahmet Öğüt, Pierre Bal-Blanc, Anna-Marija Adomaitytė, Julian Hetzel, and Gosia Wdowik.{{Cite web |title=Frascati and Dries Verhoeven open museum for performance art |url=https://www.frascatitheater.nl/en/pQ5KBHw/frascati-en-dries-verhoeven-open-museum-voor-performance-art |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=www.frascatitheater.nl |language=en}}

= Chronological overview =

class="wikitable sortable" ! Year !! Title !! Co-commissioners and venues
2003	Thy Kingdome Come{{Cite web \|last=Loon \|first=Linda van \|date=2005-08-13 \|title=Verslag van Boulevard 2005 - Cultureel dwalen en vermaakt worden \|url=https://8weekly.nl/special/theater-specials/verslag-van-boulevard-2005-cultureel-dwalen-en-vermaakt-worden/ \|access-date=2025-04-22 \|website=8weekly.nl \|language=nl-NL}}
2005	Trail Tracking{{Cite news \|last=Takken \|first=Wilfred \|date=2005-05-24 \|title=Weldadige treinreis door droomwereld \|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2005/05/24/weldadige-treinreis-door-droomwereld-10516315-a1345630 \|access-date=2025-04-22 \|work=NRC \|language=nl-NL}}
2006	The Big Movement{{Cite web \|last=Weegh \|first=Ellen op de \|date=2006-08-13 \|title=Verslag van theaterfestival Boulevard 2006 - Multidisciplinair zwerven op Bossche Boulevard \|url=https://8weekly.nl/special/theater-specials/verslag-van-theaterfestival-boulevard-2006-multidisciplinair-zwerven-op-bossche-boulevard/ \|access-date=2025-04-22 \|website=8weekly.nl \|language=nl-NL}}	Theaterfestival Boulevard (2006) and Huis & Festival a/d Werf (2009)
2007	You are here	Huis & Festival a/d Werf (2007), Salzburger Festspiele (2009){{Cite web \|title=You Are Here - Salzburg Festival \|url=https://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/en/p/you-are-here-2009 \|website=Salzburg Festival}}, Zomer van Antwerpen (2009), Hebbel am Ufer (2011), SPRING Performing Arts Festival (2020){{Cite web \|last= \|date=2020-06-08 \|title=U bevindt zich hier (You are here) \|url=https://springutrecht.nl/en/programme/u-bevindt-zich-hier-2/ \|access-date=2025-03-20 \|website=Spring Festival \|language=en-US}} and Theaterfestival Boulevard (2020){{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|title=Dries Verhoeven keert terug met 'U bevindt zich hier', Archief, Theaterfestival Boulevard \|url=https://www.festivalboulevard.nl/nl/archief/nieuwsberichten/id-9058/dries-verhoeven-keert-terug-met-u-bevindt-zich-hier/ \|access-date=2025-03-20 \|website=Theaterfestival Boulevard \|language=nl}}
2008	No man's land	Huis & Festival a/d Werf (2008), Theaterformen (2009), Hebbel am Ufer (2009), Festival Valencia Escena Oberta (2010), Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam & Frascati (2012), Call of the Mall (2013), Münchner Kammerspiele (2014) and Onassis Cultural Center (2014){{Cite web \|title=FFF1 {{!}} No Man's Land \|url=https://www.onassis.org/whats-on/fast-forward-festival-1/fff-dries-verhoeven-no-mans-land \|access-date=2025-03-20 \|website=Onassis}}
2009	Empty Hands{{Cite web \|last=Kouters \|first=Vincent \|date=29 November 2010 \|title=Zonder blozen de fragiliteit van leeftijd tentoonspreiden \|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/zonder-blozen-de-fragiliteit-van-leeftijd-tentoonspreiden~ba9b0334/}}
2010	Life Streaming	Uz Arts, Huis & Festival a/d Werf, LIFT Festival London{{Cite web \|title=2010 \|url=https://www.liftfestival.com/archive/2010-2/ \|access-date=2025-03-20 \|website=LIFT \|language=en-GB}} and Schauspielhaus Bochum
2011	Dark Room{{Cite web \|last=Stadler \|first=Michael \|title=Dunkelkammer (UA) – In München lässt Dries Verhoeven das Publikum mit Blinden sehen \|url=https://nachtkritik.de/nachtkritiken/deutschland/bayern/muenchen/muenchner-kammerspiele/dunkelkammer-in-muenchen-laesst-dries-verhoeven-das-publikum-mit-blinden-sehen \|access-date=2025-04-22 \|website=nachtkritik.de \|language=de-de}}	Münchner Kammerspiele (2011), SPRING Performing Arts Festival (2012), Festival a/d Werf (2012) and Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam (2012)
2011	God zegene de greep{{Cite web \|title=Recensie God zegene de greep door Dries Verhoeven \|url=https://www.theaterkrant.nl/recensie/god-zegene-de-greep/dries-verhoeven/ \|access-date=2025-04-22 \|website=Theaterkrant \|language=nl-NL}}
2012	Fare Thee Well!	Hebbel am Ufer (2012){{Cite web \|title=Hebbel am Ufer and raumlaborberlin present The World is Not Fair - Announcements \|url=https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/34217/hebbel-am-ufer-and-raumlaborberlin-present-the-world-is-not-fair/ \|access-date=2025-03-20 \|website=e-flux \|language=en}}
2013	Ceci n'est pas…	SPRING Performing Arts Festival{{Cite web \|last= \|date=2014-01-23 \|title=Ceci n'est pas… \|url=https://springutrecht.nl/en/programme/178-3/ \|access-date=2025-03-20 \|website=Spring Festival \|language=en-US}}.
2014	Homo Desperatus{{Cite news \|last=Westerlaken \|first=Nell \|title=Hoop op de mieren \|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/hoop-op-de-mieren~bef64347/ \|work=De Volkskrant}}	Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch and Theaterfestival Boulevard
2014	The Funeral	SPRING Performing Arts Festival (2014){{Cite web \|last= \|date=2015-11-16 \|title=De uitvaart \|url=https://springutrecht.nl/en/programme/de-uitvaart-1761-2/ \|access-date=2025-03-20 \|website=Spring Festival \|language=en-US}} and the Wiesbaden Biennale (2016){{Cite web \|title=Asylum of the Tired European \|url=https://www.kulturstiftung-des-bundes.de/en/programmes_projects/theatre_and_movement/detail/asylum_of_the_tired_european.html \|website=Kulturstiftung des Bundes}}
2014	Wanna Play?	Hebbel am Ufer (2014){{Cite web \|title=Wanna Play? \|url=https://www.hebbel-am-ufer.de/en/programme/pdetail/verhoeven-wanna-play \|access-date=2025-03-20 \|website=Hebbel am Ufer \|language=en}} and SPRING Festival (2015){{Cite web \|last= \|date=2016-03-13 \|title=Wanna Play? (love in times of Grindr) \|url=https://springutrecht.nl/en/programme/wanna-play-liefde-in-tijden-van-grindr-5564-2/ \|access-date=2025-03-21 \|website=Spring Festival \|language=en-US}}
2016	Songs for Thomas Piketty	International Art Manifestation Hacking Habitat{{Cite web \|title=Dries Verhoeven {{!}} Hacking Habitat {{!}} Exhibition {{!}} Utrecht \|url=https://hackinghabitat.nl/en/persoon/dries-verhoeven-2/ \|access-date=2025-03-20 \|website=Hacking Habitat \|language=en-GB}} and Festival de Keuze.
2016	Guilty Landscapes	SPRING Performing Arts Festival{{Cite web \|last= \|date=2017-03-01 \|title=Guilty Landscapes, episode I \|url=https://springutrecht.nl/en/programme/guilty-landscapes-episode-i-6720-2/ \|access-date=2025-03-20 \|website=Spring Festival \|language=en-US}}, Foreign Affairs (Berliner Festspiele){{Cite web \|date=2016-07-05 \|title=Dries Verhoeven \|url=https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/programm/archiv/foreign-affairs/2016/dries-verhoeven \|access-date=2025-03-19 \|website=www.berlinerfestspiele.de \|language=en}}, Theaterfestival Boulevard and MU Eindhoven{{Cite web \|title=Guilty Landscapes (episode IV) - Dries Verhoeven \|url=https://hive.mu.nl/item/guilty-landscapes-episode-4-dries-verhoeven/ \|access-date=2025-03-20 \|website=MU hive}}.
2017	Phobiarama	Onassis Cultural Centre{{Cite web \|title=FFF4 {{!}} Phobiarama \|url=https://www.onassis.org/whats-on/fast-forward-festival-4/fff4-phobiarama \|access-date=2025-03-21 \|website=Onassis}} and Holland Festival{{Cite web \|title=Phobiarama – Holland Festival \|url=https://hollandfestival.nl/en/phobiarama \|access-date=2025-03-21 \|website=hollandfestival.nl \|language=en}}
2018	Sic transit gloria mundi	SPRING Performing Arts Festival{{Cite web \|last= \|date=2018-05-23 \|title=Sic Transit Gloria Mundi \|url=https://springutrecht.nl/en/programme/sic-transit-gloria-mundi-10391-2/ \|access-date=2025-03-21 \|website=Spring Festival \|language=en-US}}
2019	Happiness	SPRING Performing Arts Festival{{Cite web \|last= \|date=2019-05-26 \|title=Happiness \|url=https://springutrecht.nl/en/programme/happiness-spring-in-autumn-2/ \|access-date=2025-03-21 \|website=Spring Festival \|language=en-US}} and NDSM-werf foundation{{Cite web \|title=Happiness {{!}} NDSM \|url=https://www.ndsm.nl/en/culture/happiness \|access-date=2025-03-21 \|website=www.ndsm.nl \|language=en}}
2019	The Silent Body	In association with Vooruit under the title Animale/Rationale
2021	Brothers exalt thee to freedom	SPRING Performing Arts Festival{{Cite web \|last= \|date=2021-04-01 \|title=Broeders verheft u ter vrijheid \|url=https://springutrecht.nl/en/programme/broeders-verheft-u-ter-vrijheid-2/ \|access-date=2025-03-21 \|website=Spring Festival \|language=en-US}} and art institute West Den Haag{{Cite web \|title=West Den Haag > projects > Dries Verhoeven \|url=https://www.westdenhaag.nl/exhibitions/21_04_Dries_Verhoeven \|access-date=2025-03-21 \|website=www.westdenhaag.nl}}
2022	The NarcoSexuals	SPRING Performing Arts Festival{{Cite web \|last= \|date=2022-04-07 \|title=The NarcoSexuals \|url=https://springutrecht.nl/en/programme/the-narcosexuals-2/ \|access-date=2025-03-21 \|website=Spring Festival \|language=en-US}}
2023	Dear beloved friend,	International Theater Amsterdam{{Cite web \|title=Dear beloved friend \|url=https://ita.nl/en/shows/dear-beloved-friend/2802824/ \|access-date=2025-03-25 \|website=Internationaal Theater Amsterdam \|language=en}} and Metropolis (Københavns Internationale Teater){{Cite web \|last=Metropolis \|date=2023-06-06 \|title=Dear Beloved Friend by Dries Verhoeven & Kininso Koncepts \|url=https://www.metropolis.dk/en/dear-beloved-friend/ \|access-date=2025-03-25 \|website=Metropolis \|language=en-US}}
2024	Everything must go	Holland Festival and Nieuw Dakota{{Cite web \|title=Nieuw Dakota \|url=https://www.nieuwdakota.com/en/exhibitions/everything-must-go/ \|access-date=2025-03-21 \|website=www.nieuwdakota.com \|language=en}}

= Publications =

2019: [https://www.kerberverlag.com/en/1797/dries-verhoeven In Doubt: Studio Dries Verhoeven 2003–2019, Kerber Verlag]. The book includes essays by Maaike Bleeker, Evelyne Coussens, and Christiaan Weijts.{{Cite book |last1=Bleeker |first1=Maaike |title=In Doubt: Studio Dries Verhoeven |last2=Coussens |first2=Evelyne |last3=Weijts |first3=Christiaan |last4=Verhoeven |first4=Dries |date=2020 |publisher=Kerber Verlag |isbn=978-3-7356-0646-4 |location=Bielefeld |language=en}}
2016: [https://issuu.com/studiodriesverhoeven/docs/boek_dries_verhoeven_-_digi Scratching where it hurts.] The book includes essays by Rainer Hofmann, Robbert van Heuven and Igor Dobricic.{{Cite book |last1=Verhoeven |first1=Dries |title=Scratching where it hurts = krabben waar het pijn doet: Dries Verhoeven, works 2012-2015 |last2=Hoffmann |first2=Rainer |last3=van Heuven |first3=Robbert |last4=Dobričić |first4=Igor |last5=Popelier |first5=Willem |publisher=Studio Dries Verhoeven |year=2016 |isbn=978-90-824737-0-4 |editor-last=van Twillert |editor-first=Harmen |location=Utrecht |language=en |oclc=984696790}}
2009: [https://driesverhoeven.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/boekje.pdf '80 cm away from you', voorstellingen/performances 2002 – 2009].{{Cite book |last1=Takken |first1=Wilfred |title=80 cm away from you: voorstelingen 2002 - 2009 |last2=van der Jagt |first2=Marijn |last3=van Wieringen |first3=Han |last4=Idir |first4=Mehdi |publisher=Dries Verhoeven |year=2009 |isbn=978-90-90-24300-9 |editor-last=Robers |editor-first=Janneke |location=Utrecht |language=en, nl |translator-last=Pond |translator-first=Susan |translator-last2=Martens |translator-first2=Tom}}

Reception

Verhoeven's work has been reviewed in various publications. Critical responses often focus on his engagement with social themes. For example, Evelyne Coussens, writing in De Morgen about The NarcoSexuals, described Verhoeven's work as "always an exercise in plural thinking" and suggested it challenges categorization.{{cite news |last=Coussens |first=Evelyne |title='The NarcoSexuals' is een morele mindfuck |url=https://driesverhoeven.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/230401-%E2%80%98The-NarcoSexuals-is-een-morele-mindfuck-%E2%98%85%E2%98%85%E2%98%85%E2%98%85%E2%98%86-_-De-Morgen-1.pdf |work=De Morgen}} Anja Quikert reviewed Guilty Landscapes for Theater heute, describing the experience as "deeply moving and unsettling" and noting its focus on empathy boundaries.{{cite web |last=Quickert |first=Anja |title=Abschied mit «Uncertainty» |url=https://driesverhoeven.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20160930_Theater-heute.pdf |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240611064909/http://driesverhoeven.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20160930_Theater-heute.pdf |archive-date=2024-06-11 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=driesverhoeven.com}} Vincent Kouters, in De Volkskrant, observed that Brothers exalt thee to freedom used a "seemingly simple yet powerful image'" to distill "complex themes".{{cite news |last=Kouters |first=Vincent |title=Een raadselachtige installatie van Dries Verhoeven of de moderne werkende mens |url=https://driesverhoeven.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/210521_de-Volkskrant_Een-raadselachtige-installatie.jpg |work=De Volkskrant}} German theater scholar Theresa Schütz analyzed Guilty Landscapes within the framework of relational aesthetics.{{cite web |last=Schütz |first=Theresa |title=Immersive guilt factories |url=https://driesverhoeven.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Staging-spectators-in-immersive-performances.pdf |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240519201746/https://driesverhoeven.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Staging-spectators-in-immersive-performances.pdf |archive-date=2024-05-19 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=driesverhoeven.com}}

Verhoeven's 2014 project Wanna Play?, commissioned by HAU Hebbel am Ufer, generated controversy and ended prematurely. The installation involved Verhoeven displaying his conversations from the dating app Grindr while inside a glass container in a public square.{{Cite web |last=Forbes |first=Alexander |date=2014-10-02 |title=Artist Uses Grindr to Make Pancakes |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artist-uses-grindr-to-make-pancakes-119841 |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}} Public criticism focused on concerns about privacy and consent related to the display of private messages. In response, the artist and venue suspended the installation after five days and held a public discussion on the ethical issues raised.{{cite web |title=Public discussion with Dries Verhoeven about "Wanna Play?" |url=https://www.hebbel-am-ufer.de/en/programme/pdetail/verhoeven-discussion |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=HAU Hebbel am Ufer}} A revised version, Wanna Play? (love in times of Grindr), was presented by SPRING Performing Arts Festival in 2015.

Recognition

2003: Charlotte Köhler Prize, awarded by Het Cultuurfonds.{{Cite web |title=Cultuurfonds Talentprijs Charlotte Köhler - het Cultuurfonds |url=https://www.cultuurfonds.nl/cultuurfonds-talentprijs-charlotte-k%C3%B6hler |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=www.cultuurfonds.nl |language=nl}}
2007: Mont Blanc Young Directors Award at the Salzburger Festspiele for You are here.{{Cite web |last=Peter |first=Anne |title=Salzburger Young Directors Award 2009 für Dries Verhoeven |url=https://nachtkritik.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3142:salzburger-young-directors-award-2009-fuer-dries-verhoeven&catid=126:meldungen&Itemid=100089 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=nachtkritik.de |language=de-de}}
2008: VSCD Mime/Performance Award for You are here and No man’s land.{{Cite web |title=Mime / Performance prijs |url=https://tf.nl/toneelprijzen/mime-prijs/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Nederlands Theater Festival |language=nl-NL}}
2018: Best International Performance at the Fadjr International Theater Festival for Guilty Landscapes.{{Cite web |date=2018-01-29 |title=36th Fajr Theater Festival names winners |url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/131733/36th-Fajr-Theater-Festival-names-winners |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Mehr News Agency |language=en}}
2022: Fentener van Vlissingen Cultuurprijs for contributions to the arts in Utrecht and beyond.{{Cite web |title=Cultuurprijs - Fentener van Vlissingen Fonds |url=https://fentenervanvlissingenfonds.nl/cultuurprijs |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=fentenervanvlissingenfonds.nl}}
2023: Golden Calf for Best Digital Culture Production at the Netherlands Film Festival for Dear beloved friend,.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-29 |title=Golden Calves awarded at Netherlands Film Festival 2023 |url=https://www.filmfestival.nl/en/news/golden-calves-awarded-at-netherlands-film-festival-2023 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Nederlands Film Festival |language=en}}

References

External links

Chatziprokopiou, Marios. “Hosting the Lament(s) of Others? Tensions and Antinomies in Dries Verhoeven’s No Man’s Land.” Journal of Greek Media & Culture 3, no. 2 (October 1, 2017): 161–76. https://doi.org/10.1386/jgmc.3.2.161_1.
“Dries Verhoeven.” In TheaterEncyclopedie, December 14, 2022. https://theaterencyclopedie.nl/wiki/Dries_Verhoeven.
Dries Verhoeven. “Projects.” Accessed April 17, 2025. https://driesverhoeven.com/en/project/.
DRIES VERHOEVEN Ceci n’est Pas... Interview English, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsqdeoSMQnA.
Keays, Colin. “Dries Verhoeven: Reclaiming Desire.” DAMN, Spring 2024. https://www.damnmagazine.net/dries-verhoeven-reclaiming-desire.
Tarawally, Babah. “Theatre | Dear Beloved Friend.” ZAM, April 19, 2023. https://www.zammagazine.com/arts/1609-theatre-dear-beloved-friend.
Verhoeven, Dries. “Such a Longing for Intimacy,” April 2022. https://driesverhoeven.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Essay-Such-a-longing-for-intimacy.pdf.
Vis, Dirk. “Sharing the Pain of Avatars.” Accessed April 17, 2025. https://dirkvis.work/29.