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WORM is an independent and forward-thinking arts venue that has a unique, contrary and inspiring presence in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and the world. We occupy a distinctive position in the cultural world thanks to our hybrid and decentralised approach, and the space we give to transdisciplinary artists. WORM has a strong reputation as an experimental culture house for music, film, club, art, tal
BAGASI – WHAT WE CARRY
27 May 2026
WORM Rotterdam
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Bagasi – Wat We Meedragen (Bagasi – What We Carry)
by Emma Maria Lesuis, co-produced by Docmakers and HUMAN
2019, Netherlands, 55 minutes, Dutch w/ English subtitles
Including an introduction and talk with filmmaker Emma Maria Lesuis.
When director Emma Lesuis’s father-in-law hands her a suitcase that belonged to his late grandfather, Maarten de Niet, an unsettling family history is about to unfold. The suitcase contains an archive of photographs, political documents, newspaper articles and a double-faced doll: white on one side, black on the other. From 1926 to 1953, De Niet was Attorney General and Acting Governor of Suriname. As such, he was involved in the arrest of resistance fighter Anton de Kom, and the imprisonment
*Cineville valid at the door and online on the day of the screening!
13/05/2026
After a decade of conceptually-minded bands, trumpeter Nate Wooley put together the trio Folk Music to reconnect with pure improvisation.
Wooley asked two of his favourite collaborators, the percussionists Chris Corsano and Ches Smith, to join him, with the only rules being flexibility and spontaneity. The result has become an improvising trio capable of whispering sensitivity and huge monoliths of sound.
Nate Wooley () – trumpet/amplifier/field recordings
Chris Corsano () – percussion/half-clarinet/electronics
Ches Smith () – percussion/sampler/electronics
Monday 25th of May
20:00
WGW, Zomerhofstraat 71, Rotterdam
MAINTENANCE IS A DRAG
Social Reproduction Feminism Film Series
20 May 2026
WORM Rotterdam
worm.org
The final screening focuses on domestic labour and housework, forms of maintenance work that are repetitive, gendered, and systematically undervalued. Cooking, cleaning, and caring are essential to everyday life, yet often naturalized into invisibility. This program highlights both the necessity and the frustration of domestic labour, exposing the social systems that rely on its continual erasure.
Presented by Amal Miri (Ghent University, who holds a PhD in Gender & Diversity. Her research explores the intersections of migration, critical feminist theory, and participatory methodologies.
// Deux ou trois choses que je sais d’elle by Jean-Luc Godard, 1967, France, 90 min, French with English subtitles
// Saute ma ville by Chantal Akerman, 1968, Belgium, 13 min
Cineville is valid at the door and online on the day itself.
04/05/2026
কাল্পনিক রেখা (Kalponik Rekha) is back with its 8th season!
Expect an evening of avant-garde and electroacoustic improvisation with artists Siddharta Talukdar (Bangladesh) and Neo Geodesia (Cambodia).
কাল্পনিক রেখা (.rekha) is a sound and performance art platform created to cultivate community and collaborative engagement between South Asian artists and across (cultural) borders.
🎵 Reflection by Sidhartta Talukdar () from Murmuration EP
🎵 Oknha Stamina by NEO GEODESIA () from Oknha Stamina
Saturday 16th of May
20:30
WORM
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