Casita Maria, 2026 & Drunken Ballet, 2026
Casita Maria is a model of the vanished CASA MARIA, an inclusive Amsterdam family café that also welcomed a mixed Caribbean and Mediterranean queer clientele. Agata Zwierzyńska reconstructs in miniature a space of freedom and desire, drawing on archives and stories.
Drunken Ballet emerged from observations at Hot or Not Bar. Without direction, the camera records the movements of visitors and staff, which merge in the editing into an unplanned choreography of vulnerability and nightlife.
Hot or Not Bar has been a vibrant meeting place on Warmoesstraat since 2000. Zwierzyńska works with collected image archives, transforming them into personal, poetic installations and videos.
