Wandelende Duinen

Biography

Wandelende Duinen is a socio-artistic organisation committed to deepening the interrelation between human beings, landscapes, and society. 

Our practice is inherently relational: the projects we undertake, and the artistic outcomes they generate, emerge from the encounters we cultivate with people, places, animals, and other more-than-human entities. 

Consequently, the resulting work is contingent upon the specific relationships that have been established.

Wandelende Duinen originates from the artistic practice of Eva Koopmans. She studied scenography at the Academy of Arts in Groningen and subsequently completed a Master’s degree in Interrelational Artistic Practices at Frank Mohr Institute. Between 2021 and 2024, she participated in the talent development program Station Noord, creating work for, among others, Oerol, Over het IJ, and Explore the North.

Artistic project

Entangled Shorelines – a conversation piece is a social art practice that brings together local communities living along different shorelines: places where land and water meet. 

Through personal stories and the visual language of the landscape, the project calls on us to embrace complexity and resist simplified narratives of climate adaptation. It advocates for a more caring, non-hierarchical way of imagining the future. Grounded in local knowledge, lived experience, and collective action.

With Entangled Shorelines - a conversation piece we gather and share stories, images, migrating materials and different perspectives through a series of workshops and conversations. Each new edition begins with a one-week residency, developed in close collaboration with local residents, artists, and researchers. This is followed by a public program, ideally as part of a larger platform or festival.

The practice unfolds in a three-part cycle, which is shared during both the residency and the public program. Each in a different scale and context. 

Format: art installation, performance and workshop

Size of audience: unlimited number of visitors

Specific location: seaside

Timing / duration: the installation is accessible during the day and people can stay as long as they want