lea novi

Five workshops and perfromances, one after another, soemtines at one. We start in the garden and move down to the basement.
Observation drawing, a dream workshop, geophagia workshop, sound improvisation, and a small domestic operetta.

One week of landscape inspiration, field trips to local residencies, giving workshops, and learning about the city, while continuing to develop the artistic plan for the TERRRA Network together.

The Golden Garden presents photographs printed on fabric and encased in clay frames. The images draw inspiration from the layered structure of permaculture systems, an approach that imitates natural ecosystems to create sustainable and self-sufficient environments. The project has been exhibited during Art Week Rotterdam / Prospects and is supported by the Mondriaan Fund.

I — Cycles is a small series within Lea Novi’s long-term project, initiated in 2024. The series consists
of six pictures depicting different plant species at distinct stages of the recurring annual cycle. Together,
they trace processes of growth, transformation, fading, and renewal.
The project emerged from an ongoing engagement with Food Forest Rotterdam, understood as a living
landscape and a continuous space of learning. This engagement has led to broader questions about the
roles plants have

Through an open call, a learning community was formed: Marjolijn Boterenbrood, Junying Wu, Christine Hvidt, Natascha Hagenbeek, Lea Novi, and Mariken Overdijk. Meeting weekly in the park, they have explored artistic research and art education as relational practices — seeking learning principles that enable transformative shifts toward belonging within a multispecies city.

The exhibition "So habe ich es noch nie gesehen" presents our artistic engagement with ecological networks. It explores how these entanglements can open up new perspectives and challenge linear thinking.

Fiction(al) Writing Playground is a collaborative space created by Rosa and Lea, which is rooted in a shared belief in writing as a creative method to reflect on and deepen our artistic practices.
During South Explorer Rotterdam we transformed Some Other Space into a cozy and welcoming environment that invited visitors to imagine, write, and share stories. Participants were encouraged to bring an object, real or abstract, that holds a memory they wished to preserve or reinterpret. The space off

IN YOUR FACE 2.0 was a group exhibition featuring 120 works by various female visual artists from Rotterdam, with the aim of drawing attention to the position and visibility of women in the arts.

For Fem Fest, Radio Echo invites Rotterdam based feminist initiatives & radiomakers to create radio content for the WORM Radio station. Radio Echo decided to make this an open curatorial experiment by collective co-creation in stead of making their own selection.

The artist-led exhibition 𝘐𝘯 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘞𝘦 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘌𝘺𝘦𝘴 presents our artworks and processes. In times of trouble, when many people are living precariously, disillusioned by political life, the notion of dreaming can be a provocative one. It can be argued that dreaming is associated with the increasing spread of unfounded conspiracy theories. Rather more subtly, dreaming can suggest an escapism from reality. But far from abandoning the imaginative.

The ongoing, collaborative project Somewhere Else is Closer Than You Think explores the fragile Alpine ecosystem of the mountain Zugspitze through the lens of five different characters using photography and creative writing as media.

Next to showing parts of the project, we are inviting you to join us for an informal drop-in workshop on recrafting tools. Climbing tools play an important role in the project, as an extension of the human body that allows one to make it upwards towards the peak,

FOTODOK’s talent program Lighthouse offers emerging photographers the chance to get support and inspiration, develop a new project plan, and valuable connections in the work field.

"Unstill," is the graduation show of the Master Program Photography and Society 2023.