Presentation:

Beftival

Museumnacht Amsterdam 2021

6 Nov 2021
13 Nov 2021

The act of licking pussy is still surrounded by shame and red ears, but not everywhere! Partly influenced by social media, society seems to become more predatory, but at the same time, female sexuality is increasingly embraced. Beftival is the place to view, discuss, experience and celebrate (female) sexual pleasure.

Crawl into the Orgasmatron; discover porn for the illiterate; make shameless jewellery; give your gender to the Goddess of the Sea; draw your wildest fantasies; listen to a cultural reflection on female pleasure; discover all about l'Origine du monde, enjoy a licking dinner and... come!

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Still shot from Nelke's performance - During Beftival  at Museumnacht 2021 Nelke Mast   performs as a 'housewife' to create a visual commentary on gender roles by deconstructing and re-establishing prominent gendered sexual archetypes. Caroline Aravicius, Nelke Mast

With: Nelke Mast
With:
Ine Poppe, Olga Middendorp, Jin Lee, Pleun van Dijk, Nelke Mast, Eva Schippers , Sam Nemeth , Bebe Melkor-Kadior, Sally Fenaux Barleycorn, Annika Hagen, Lizette van Hecke, Vicky de Visser, Spill Gold, Thijske Akerboom, Irma Joanne, Lana Prins, Daphne Gakes , Amber Rahantoknam, Bert Sliggers, Victor Engbers, Clarissa Smith, Julia Schmitz , Yacinth Pos, Laura van Zuylen , Hester Scheurwater, Anna Gimbrere, Jinnie Ahn, Julia Leis Lap, Noah Commandeur, Eline Salden, Susanne Broer, Melanie Bonajo, Shari Klein, PISSWIFE, Mavi Veloso , Noemi Calzavara, Jordi Ariza Gallego, Barbara van Ittersum

Museumnacht and Beyond 

Most of the Beftival events are taking place on November 6 as part of Museumnacht 2021. The festival does not stop there though, but continues with a lecture evening and a film dinner at Mediamatic and a party at Sexyland World. 

Program

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Information

Beftival Museumnacht and beyond. 
November 6 - 13
Mediamatic Biotoop, Dijksgracht 6, Amsterdam
Sexyland World, 
Art Bar Kippy,

This program is curated by Ine Poppe and Olga Middendorp in collaboration with Mediamatic.

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Beftival participant riding on Jin Lee's sex toy-shaped seesaw - At Beftival  during Museumnacht 2021 artist Jin Lee  asks: "Can a sex toy be a toy?" and transforms sex toys into slides, seesaws and swings that participants can ride and play with. Caroline Aravicius, Jin Lee

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Beftival Logo - Olga Middendorp, Ine Poppe

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Sitting around the fire - A cosy hangout spot during Beftival  for people to gather, warm up, drink and talk.  Caroline Aravicius

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Olga and Ine having pre-drinks at the opening of Beftival - Artists and guests gathered at Mediamatic's restaurant for opening drinks at Beftival Caroline Aravicius

With: Olga Middendorp, Ine Poppe
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Audience during LIKKEN, a performance by Victor Engbers - Audience during the performance  LIKKEN  by Victor Engbers  at  Beftival  during Museumnacht 2021 Caroline Aravicius

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Genotszoötroop - Olga Middendorp's Genotszoötroop presented at Beftival  during Museumnacht 2021.  By turning the carousel, drawing become moving images that bring sexual fantasies to life.  Caroline Aravicius, Olga Middendorp

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Eating oysters during Beftival - As part of   Beftival  during Museumnacht 2021 participants could use their licking skills to devour delicious bites that chef and designer Yacinth Pos had prepared Anisa Xhomaqi, Yacinth Pos

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Touching the giant hanging clit - Objects of Desire by Pleun van Dijk  is a series of selected images representing human genitals as well as sex toys that were translated into a dataset of a machine learning model and displayed at Beftival during Museumnacht 2021. The series investigates the increasingly intimate relationship between human and technology. Anisa Xhomaqi, Pleun van Dijk

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Female Textures by Irma Joanne - Female Textures , a series of intimate video projections of fleshy textures and liquid movements from the work of Irma Joanne projected on Mediamatic's little greenhouses. The work is part of   Beftival during Museumnacht 2021.   Caroline Aravicius, Irma Joanne

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Still shot from Nelke's performance - During Beftival  at Museumnacht 2021 Nelke Mast   performs as a 'housewife' to create a visual commentary on gender roles by deconstructing and re-establishing prominent gendered sexual archetypes. Caroline Aravicius, Nelke Mast

With: Nelke Mast
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Having drinks during Beftival - Participants enjoying a drink by the fire during Beftival  at Museumnacht 2021.  Caroline Aravicius

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A liquid ostentatious act by Barbarizsm - Photo credits:  Olga Middendorp, Barbara van Ittersum and Vincent Boschma. Olga Middendorp, vincent boschma, Barbara van Ittersum

With: Barbara van Ittersum
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Cruising by Melanie Bojano & AKINCI with friends DRAGA DINA & OLIEBOL - Presented at ART BAR KIPPY, a cuddle coven pussy with singing clitorises vincent boschma, Melanie Bonajo

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Guests during the BEF Film Dinner - Guests at the Mediamatic restaurant during the BEF film dinner, a six-course dinner experience that is a collaboration between chef and designer Yacinth Pos  and film critic  Laura van Zuylen  as part of  Beftival. Yacinth Pos, Anne Lakeman