The Nieuwstraat is an average street in the city center of Dordrecht, the Netherlands.
The Nieuwstraat Festival took place on an undisclosed day in 2020 (June 20), between sunrise and midnight. The performances were carried out by volunteers, unannounced and with no explanation.
Taking place in everyday settings, the performances involve hiding the unusual within the usual. Passersby perceived the actions, but might not have recognised them as performance art.
The program consisted of works by:
Annie Abrahams
Karina Beumer
Jessica van Deursen
Guillaume Dufour Morin
Ienke Kastelein
Jonathon Keats
Laura Hyunjhee Kim
Stefan Klein
Frans van Lent
Deirdre MacLeod
Javier Mansilla
Maria Martens Serrano
Andrew McNiven
Janet Meaney
Nico Parlevliet
Mikio Saito
Elia Torrecilla
Albert van der Weide
Kamila Wolszczak
Zip was created to open and to close the Nieuwstraat Festival in Dordrecht on June 20, 2020.
A slow walk at dawn, 5:22, up from the South to the North of the Nieuwstraat to open the festival and a walk at 23:45, down from the North to the South of the Nieuwstraat to end the day.
All concepts and documentation text are available at
The Nieuwstraat festival is organised by
UnnoticedArt.com / TheConceptBank.org.