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Title: 1,200 Participants to Create Large-Scale Participatory Art Performance at Amsterdam’s NDSM Wharf

Netherlands, 15th Sep 2026 — Approximately 1,200 participants are expected to gather at NDSM Wharf in Amsterdam on September 19 for A Percussion Piece, a large-scale participatory artwork by media artist and curator Maxim Tyminko. The performance will bring together collective sound, visual art, and audience participation in a shared creative experience exploring human connection and the role of art in public life.Organized and produced by Stichting antiwarcoalition.art, the event invites members of the public to become active participants in an artwork rather than simply observe it. Through improvised percussion, symbolic masks, and coordinated collective action, the performance will transform the NDSM Wharf into a temporary space for artistic expression and interactionThe performance is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. and will last approximately 20 to 30 minutes. Participant check-in will take place from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.Turning Everyday Objects into Collective ArtAt the centre of A Percussion Piece is a simple creative concept: everyday objects can become instruments, and individual contributions can form a larger artistic experience.Participants are invited to bring household items such as pots, pans, cans, buckets, and lids to use as improvised percussion instruments. Together, these objects will produce a collective soundscape shaped by the people taking part.Participants will also wear cardboard masks based on real individuals whose stories inform the artwork. The masks, sounds, and movements will form part of a shared visual and auditory composition, bringing individual experiences into a collective public setting.The project draws on participatory art practices and relational aesthetics, approaches that place emphasis on human interaction, shared experie...

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