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Extratonal Infrastructure #28: Ali Robertson, Kate Bjork and Maoro Bultheel
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Summer is almost over; time to go back to school, or better yet... to Extratonal! We kick off our second semester of extratonality this year with three thought-provoking performances.
Extratonal Special #9: Multispecies Festival 2.2
Saturday, July 18, 2026
More Multispecies! How do brown rats, silverfish and city birds relate to board games, puppet theater and generative music algorithms? Come join us at the second event of our Multispecies Festival this year to find out!
Extratonal Special #8: Multispecies Festival 2.1
Friday, June 12, 2026
How do city rats, Japanese knotweed and aquatic animals relate to board games, shadow theater, and deep space? The Multispecies Festival returns to find the answer to this question by showcasing new collaborations and connections between different species in the field of performance.
Extratonal Infrastructure #27: Cat Woywod, Djfroggy69, Diyar and Mitsitron
Friday, April 3, 2026
It's time for another Extratonal Infrastructure on a Good Friday! It will involve soundscapes made by field recordings, voices, electronics, DJing, glitch, malfunction, atonality, guitars and coding. Sounds will be voiced from queernees, black culture, autoimmunity and grief.
Extratonal Special #7 @ Eiland van Brienenoord
Saturday, March 14, 2026
This year, the Platform for Extratonality is organizing a series of programs in collaboration with some of its favorite artists. Our next guests are the interdisciplinary duo The Postpeople, with whom we'll be creating a very hot festival on the Brienenoord Island.
Extratonal Infrastructure #26: Bernat Boronat, rAIN and Pau Jordà
Friday, February 20, 2026
This year, the Platform for Extratonality is putting together a series of programs in collaboration with some of its favorite artists. Our next guest is interdisciplinary musician Bernat Boronat, with whom we will explore several extended techniques.
Extratonal Infrastructure #25: Eric Kinny, Bibiri and Caeso.
Saturday, January 17, 2026
A new year full of extratonality is knocking at the door. We start things off with our 25th infrastructure event
Extratonal Extravaganza #3 - Another round around the sun
Saturday, December 13, 2025
The end of the year is near! As per tradition we will celebrate in style by organizing an extratonal extravaganza. A selection of special friends and guests will perform a variety of 10 minute acts. There will be snacks, drinks and good times all around, while we look forward to the future of extratonality!
Extratonal Infrastructure #99699: NDNMK Solutions, himera, Dodentocht and KULSHEDRA
Saturday, November 29, 2025
The Platform For Extratonality invites a number of their favourite artists to curate their own extratonal takeover. First up: NDNMK Solutions, the softest power!
Extratonal Infrastructure #22: Ardore, Bat Lúlla, Kaðlín Sara Ólafsdóttir, Mitsitron and Snug Bug
Friday, November 21, 2025
Following in the footsteps of Riccardo Santalucia's pillowmaking workshop we will test its results during a second offering of cozy drones. A wide range of extratonal drone artists will help you get comfortable and sink into a wonderful world of cushions and padding.
Extratonal Infrastructure #21: Woody Veneman and Truus de Groot
Friday, October 10, 2025
As part of Halte Charlois, the Platform Voor Extratonaliteit is organizing its first pub crawl through the many cafés of Charlois. Along with the iconic duo Veneman and De Groot, we'll explore the quintessential Dutch phenomenon of 'smartlappen' (sweet songs).
Extratonal Infrastructure #20: Dagg3r, Kovač FM, Valerio Conti and Omarleen
Saturday, September 6, 2025
The Platform for Extratonality comes back from its summer rest with an evening full of poetry, noise, magic, vacuum cleaners, vocals, older media, field recordings and arabic maqams.
Money Talks
Friday, September 5, 2025
‘Money Talks’ is a form of tools sharing that plays with the format of a talk show to converse about the tricky topic of money.
Extratonal Special #6: Open Mic #1 - Voicing Complexities
Sunday, July 6, 2025
We are thrilled to invite you to our first Voicing Complexities Open Mic! Come to share a small performance, sound piece, poem, insight connected to unheard knowledges, under represented mediums, internalized voices. Come with something you are working on and would like to share with a welcoming audience.
Night of confusion
Monday, June 9, 2025
Inviting you for a gathering of improvisations, philosophies and uncertain manifestations designed to charge the varia space with layers upon layers of fun. Between these layers we might find both practical and theoretical questionings concerning technology, art and especially sound making, challenging experiences of time, representation and love.
Extratonal Infrastructure #19 - The Cozy Drone
Saturday, May 24, 2025
The Platform For Extratonality invites you to an evening full of cozy drones to sink into. We provide the ideal setting
Extratonal Special #5: Multispecies Festival
Friday, April 25, 2025
How do flowers, plants and animals think about karaoke, ceramics and newspapers? During this two-day multispecies festival, the platform for extratonality explores different ways to give other species a place within the creative field.
Extratonal Special #4.2: Illustrations
Saturday, March 15, 2025
The Platform Of Extratonality invites you to a two-day celebration of graphic music. On Saturday, March 15, we explore the interaction between illustration and music at Roodkapje.
Extratonal Special #4.1: Graphic Scores
Friday, March 14, 2025
The Platform Of Extratonality invites you to a two-day celebration of illustrative music. On Friday, March 14, we organize an evening with three lectures/performances on graphic notation at Varia.
performative script reading USHERING IN SOME ALTERNATE EGOS
Friday, February 14, 2025
A performative script reading by Antye Guenther and Philippine Hoegen. What started as a flirtatious and whimsical exercise in collective script writing, developed into a collaborative exploration of our loves, fears and desires regarding work and research…
Extratonal Infrastructure #17: Dianaband, Vegetable Wife with Jae-hyung Park and Lucija Gregov
Saturday, November 30, 2024
Join us for a new episode in the extratonal infrastructure series - the extra in Rotterdam's cultural life. Be on time and it is fine!
Extratonal Infrastructure #16: QOA and Primeiro
Friday, November 15, 2024
November is home to multiple interventions by The Platform For Extratonality. During this intermediate music event we welcome QOA and Primeiro, two artists with a tendency to enthrall through elemental improvisations.
Extratonal Special #3: Sound Is Political
Friday, November 1, 2024
We are moved to invite you to our 3rd Extratonal Special
Extratonal Infrastructure #15: Nightshift, (S)LOW FREQUENCIES and Become Hees Black Cod
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Every month, The Platform for Extratonality gives the latest musical tendencies a stage at Varia. For October we have invited three groups that will challenge your dreary mindset. With the help of sunny improvisations, they are bound to disperse the autumn clouds for a while!
Extratonal Infrastructure #14: Nina Ryser, taupe, Jason Kolàr and Rio Vaupes/Uapes
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Extratonal Infrastructure is back for a second batch of irregular musical performances in the heart of the south of Rotterdam. Join us on the 4th of September for a dizzying array of notes, pauses and passes as we once again welcome the latest extratonal tendencies to varia.
Extratonal Residency: Trains Always Bring You To The Future
Friday, August 9, 2024
Join us for a celebration moment of our extratonal resident Ål Nik’ end of art residency! She will share her sonic experiments and creations from the last 3 weeks.
Extratonal Infrastructure #13: Nene Moné, VJ Varvara, Manu Louis, Yannis Patoukas, Nicolás Kliwadenko and Brandnetel
Friday, May 24, 2024
The 13th edition of Extratonal Infrastructure will focus on the concept of exaltation. In our understanding music can be a means to elevate spirits to a higher level. In May, the platform for extratonality invites a number of artists to varia who have dedicated themself to this cause through dynamic rhythms, decontextualized juxtapositions, spontaious improvisation and unified chaos.
Extratonal Special #2: Puzzling Printers Camp
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Printers are one of the biggest frustrations that modern technology has brought us. During the second Extratonal Special event, the platform for extratonality turns these frustrations upside down. Together we explore the hedonic performative aspect of exceptional printers.
Extratonal Infrastructure #12: Lottie Sebes, Davide Luciani, NDNMK Solutions and Birds WG
Friday, March 15, 2024
According to the meteorological calendar, March is the first month of the year. However, for extratonality there is no beginning or end. Like an Ouroboros, our efforts consume themselves, only to breathe new life into our expressions. This infinite alchemical cycle is present everywhere in the work of the artists we have invited for the 12th edition of Extratonal Infrastructure. Join them on their travels on the cosmic roundabout!
Extratonal Special #1: Someone's Trash Is Someone's Treasure: The (Dis-)Harmonics Of Waste
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Every 2 months, under the name 'extratonal special' the platform for extratonality will invite artists and thinkers to investigate particular extratonal themes and subjects in and around Varia. Our first special programme is dedicated to the (dis-)harmonics of waste. Discover your inner trash!
Extratonal Infrastructure #11: Vida Vojić, Laura Agnusdei, Bernat Sanjuan and Hollowmist
Friday, January 26, 2024
With renewed vigor, Extratonal Infrastructure returns with a fresh program for 2024 that continues to stretch musical paradigms. During our first event of 2024 we won't reveal all of our plans just yet, but rest assured
Extratonal Infrastructure #10: Extratonal Extravaganza - Celebrating 1 Year of Extratonality
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Extratonality comes with many milestones. To celebrate one full year of extratonality at Varia, we're organizing a celibratory cabaret on the 14th of December. During this event we're going to look back at the many highlights of our programme this year and lay out our plans for 2024. There will be food, extratonal cake and short performances by several members of the extratonal community.
Extratonal Infrastructure #9: Rebetiko Against The Machine, athinx, Illusory Essay of Noise, The Salty Sebastians and dj broodje
Saturday, November 18, 2023
'Extravagant', 'extragalactic', 'extralogical' or 'extratonal'; by adding the prefix 'extra' we indicate something 'non-ordinary'. Get ready for another exceptional evening in Rotterdam Charlois with performances that go beyond our common understanding!
Extratonal Infrastructure #8: Christof Migone, Matthias Hurtl (MTHS) and the Postpeople
Friday, October 13, 2023
The question of extronality concerns not only 'how', but also 'where'. With both eyes open, this extratonal event will focus on acoustic tools to locate sonic oddities and performative gestures, from endoscope cameras to satellite receivers.
Extratonal Infrastructure #7: So-Fi, Joris Anne, Lyckle de Jong and DJ Thor Kissing
Saturday, September 23, 2023
Extratonal Infrastructure is back from the holidays. With a freshly charged battery, we continue the second half of our extratonal program of 2023. This time our event is dedicated to the New Dutch Naïvity, which means Dutch-language pop music for a new era!
Performance Night
Saturday, August 26, 2023
PERFORMANCE NIGHT organised by Alaa Abu Asad, Merve Kılıçer and Ulufer Çelik.
Extratonal Infrastructure #6: Janneke van der Putten, Mitsitron and Toine Horvers: richtingen/kwartet
Friday, June 16, 2023
Extratonality is a vocation. As such, it requires a voice. This is why Extratonal Infrastructure invited several experimental vocalists to look into the many afforandances of the vocal cords. Join us for our final event before the summer break!
Extratonal Infrastructure #5: Conjunto Media Luna, Kauê Werner, Mitze Apocalipze & Chucho Vinilo and AnikaTheAbsurd x Vitrinekast Soundsystem
Saturday, May 27, 2023
Extratonality not only transcends disciplines, but also understanding. The May edition of Extratonal Infrastructure is dedicated to the unknown and the elusive. With a program consisting of Colombian Cumbia and cutting edge experimentation this edition will prove to be another step towards extratonal synergy.
Extratonal Infrastructure #4: Marlene Fally & Mehrnaz Khorrami, Ragnar Árni Ólafsson & Luke Deane, M_oo and Post-talk
Saturday, April 29, 2023
In our imagination everything appears different than it really is! This premise is a fundamental part of an extratonal understanding. In april extratonal infrastructure will once again invite exceptional artists to Varia in order to approach the concept of extratonality from even more unexpected angles than before. Put on your work and dancing shoes for an evening beyond your wildest imagination!
Extratonal Infrastructure #3: Mik Quantius, Parasnol & Ruisvogel
Friday, March 17, 2023
Extratonality comes in many consistencies; some clear and fresh as a bottle of spring water, others hazy and thick as mud. The third edition of Extratonal Infrastructure is dedicated to these parameters, with performances by Mik Quantius, Parasnol and Ruisvogel. Everyone is welcome!
Extratonal Infrastructure #2: Eric Kinny, Tisa Neža Herlec & Friso van Wijck
Saturday, February 4, 2023
The search for extra tonalities continues! Join us for the first event of the year including performances by Eric Kinny, Tisa Neža Herlec & Friso van Wijck. A trip around the world, for which you only have to travel to the Gouwstraat!
Extratonal Infrastructure #1: Zad Kokar, Vanita & Johanna Monk, TBA (joak)
Thursday, December 1, 2022
On Thursday, December 1, three musical performances will introduce all extratonal tendencies. Experience them together with Zad Kokar, Vanita & Johanna Monk and TBA (joak).
Concert: Burger Service & Thor Kissing
Friday, October 7, 2022
Friday, October 7 promises to be a beautiful day. Two Dutch-singing pop talents (Burger Service and Thor Kissing) are going perform in Varia and that is certainly something!
Concert: KRAMP + Bloedneus & de Snuitkever
Friday, July 22, 2022
On Friday, the 22th of July, Varia will once again host an evening of music. This time with KRAMP (who will present his new release on Bergpolder Records) and Bloedneus & De Snuitkever. It's been a while!
Radio Activity - a Wireless Orchestra
Friday, December 17, 2021
Second year students from the Willem de Kooning Academy's Define Art major, together with Yoana Buzova and Angeliki Diakrousi explore the deviant potential of creating their own broadcasting infrastructures and utilizing it as a space for sharing and making work, but also to make things public.
Ch◉re◉graph◦ng C◉d◦ng ↭ ↝ tales from real-time collaborative audio-visual coding ↜
Sunday, December 5, 2021
An event dedicated to sharing experiences and on-going projects that explore different modes of collaborative live coding with a focus on audio-visual composition.
The first expedition Into the Shepard Zone
Sunday, October 4, 2020
This will be a strange evening, during which the wet, dark and yet undiscovered basement of Varia comes to life and transforms every audible sound into a shepard tone.
Varia in het Otje – Ipanema, Unruly Strings and Tino
Sunday, October 4, 2020
Summer has passed and autumn has arrived. To keep in touch with the times Varia has invited several musicians to the garden of the Otje to contemplate on the passing of the seasons. To what extent does the tilt of the Earth's rotational axis, away or toward the sun, influence their music? Let’s find out on the 4th of October!
We hope this email finds you well* - a radio drama series
Saturday, April 18, 2020
Writing an email is not dissimilar to writing a script. On Saturday, Varia hosts a livestream of scripts and scores written and performed based on a series of emails.
Radio on the radio - Online Stream
Saturday, March 14, 2020
**Due to the current situation and public health concerns the event will not be public in the physical space of Varia but will be STREAMED online**. Radio on the radio is a live, intermittent radio program with performances that in one way or another discuss radio. It will feature descriptions of radio tools, unboxing and unpacking of radio hardware, radio silences, interviews about radio, radical radio noise, radio-active female monstrosities...
Alles Flex? Call me Intern, City Dragon
Saturday, February 8, 2020
A screening of the documentaries 'Everything Flex?' and 'Call me Intern', both of which look at the consequences of the ongoing flexibilization of both housing and work. In addition, Sam Kreuk will present his musical solo project City Dragon. An evening full of documentaries, debate and a music!
Music: Niek Hilkmann, Vulva, Rowan Van As, G. de Singer Songwriter and DJ Wanneer
Saturday, November 16, 2019
Another musical night at Varia! Join us for an evening full of singers, songwriters, noise and cardboard!
Floppy Totaal
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Floppy Totaal visits Varia for another round of dual-layered action. At 'Floppy Totaal: Double Density' you can join members of the Floppy Kick music label during a live recording and publishing workshop in the afternoon. The subsequent evening program is filled to the brim with performances by Kisszántó and Eoforwine, presentations and conversations with Joak and Jason Scott and a long distance contribution by Michael Ridge.
Music: Able Noise, Goldblum and Piyojo
Saturday, September 14, 2019
A new season has arrived; time for some fresh concerts at Varia! Kicking of the second half of 2019, we organize an event where three stirring acts will show their craft.
Activating an archive
Friday, May 31, 2019
At the end of last year, **De Player** approached **Varia** to develop a web-publication for their Pushing Scores project archive. The project investigated the state of the arts of composing scores in a contemporary environment and spanned over 2-3 years.
The Call Of The Kettle
Friday, March 15, 2019
There is more between heaven and earth than humankind! Therefore, we would like to direct your attention to your fellow 'inanimate' object on the 15th of March. On this day five special acts will showcase their intimate relationship with their sewing machines, toasters, fans and working gloves. All this under the guise of 'The Call Of The Kettle'; the first object oriented music evening at Varia!
Christmas at Varia - With adammmmmmmmmmmm and Logosamphia
Saturday, December 22, 2018
A cold wind is blowing through Charlois; leaves are falling from of trees, birds fly to the south and people start waxing their ice skates.
Maximum Velocity
Friday, December 7, 2018
Pitch, timbre, texture, volume, duration and form; These are the secret ingredients to most compositions. The question remains however; Is there also room for something extra? And what could that extra element be? Today we will focus on the concept of velocity by showcasing concerts by musicians working with both speed and movement in their compositions and performances!
Pushing Scores with De Player
Thursday, November 29, 2018
During this evening we focus on the archiving of the Pushing Scores project by DE PLAYERl; A project on the contemporary meaning of the 'graphic score', which has been running for the last 2-3 years. What are the possibilities of graphic scores, in a day and age in which graphic notation is still usually seen as a ‘drawing’, serving as some kind of sheet music?
Druk: An Evening With Cantos Deus & Bohman Family
Saturday, November 24, 2018
Because we can't always keep the pressure on, we've added a musical intermezzo during Woodstone Kugelblitz
The Key to Casio (and Yamaha too)
Friday, October 12, 2018
In celebration of all casio’s, yamaha’s and other home keyboards worldwide Varia will host an exclusive event called ‘The Key To Casio (And Yamaha Too)’.
Concert: Crimson Butterfly, Evamuss and St. Fractalium
Friday, September 14, 2018
Crimson Butterfly (Russia) is a cosmoenergetic alliance of two cats with synths and laptop. Evamuss (Peru/The Netherlands) was a project of the Peruvian Chrs Galarreta (aka: Sajjra, DiosMeHaViolado, Tica, among others alias). St. Fractalium (Russia) St.Fractalium is an audio-visual duo from Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia, residents of local cult place Black Ho.
Concert: Matheus Silva and Theo Krantz Album Release
Friday, August 17, 2018
Theo Krantz is an American artist currently based in New Mexico. Matheus Silva is an electronic artist originating from Brazil.
Infinite Outwardness
Friday, May 18, 2018
Since the beginning of time, space has captured the imagination of artists around the world. On the 18th of May varia is proud to present ‘Infinite Outwardness’; a music event based on the bounties of space, where several artists will present their idiosyncratic view on space exploration. Ranging from playable space junk to cosmic toilets, this will be an evening to remember!
Concert: CLM and Maria Violenza
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Varia presents two concerts by three incredible musicians from Italy.