Clubcult - Video Installation
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Clubcult - Video Installation
In loving memory of Jelmar van Belle, who filmed these videos during the closing of De School and sadly passed away on 20 February 2026.
In January 2024, the renowned Amsterdam nightclub De School closed its doors. For more than eight years, it offered the city a unique space where everyone could truly be themselves. Behind these doors, a world of expression, love, fashion, and identity emerged. Clubs like this are more than nightlife venues, they are breeding grounds for culture.
The culture that forms around Amsterdam’s underground nightlife is shaped by people who cannot easily be defined. They often remain invisible to the outside world, partly due to the strict no-picture policy. Yet they are the ones who embody the color, creativity, and authenticity of the city.
From this invisibility, CLUBCULT emerged as a creative collective who share the same passion for fashion, art & nightlife.
During the final 66 hours of De School, Clubcult captured more than two hundred club visitors in temporary studios built within the walls of this iconic venue. The portrayed were scouted directly from the club; spontaneous, unfiltered, and completely themselves. The result is raw, intimate, poetic, and real.
Alongside these videos, photographs were also taken in four photography studios. These images have been brought together in a 400-page photography book, available to order at johnnyblood.nl.
The installation premiered with an exhibition at Door Open Space during ADE 2025, and will be screend across Westerpark throughout ADE 2026.
Credits:
Creative direction: Maaike Bouwman JOHNNY BLOOD,
Casting & Creative direction: Lizzy Bouwman, JOHNNY BLOOD
Art Direction: Daan Kneppers
Videographers: Jelmar van Belle, Dorith Mous
Photographers: Barrie Hullegie, Lonneke van der Palen, Jorre Janssens, Tim Verhallen.
Graphic Design & Art Direction book: Anne van Bokhoven
Casting & Scout: Michiel van Maaren
With special thanks to:
Jochem Wertheimer, Leendert Sonnevelt, Nathan Kofi, Anne van der Weijden
Westerpark Amsterdam
It takes a village to grow the next generation of artists, producers, and industry pros. So, ADE Lab is making one! This October, it's all coming together in one place: the new ADE Lab Village in Westergas. Think of it as the ultimate home base for your future in music, built for one thing: helping you grow into the artist, producer, or music professional you want to be.
Westerpark Amsterdam
It takes a village to grow the next generation of artists, producers, and industry pros. So, ADE Lab is making one! This October, it's all coming together in one place: the new ADE Lab Village in Westergas. Think of it as the ultimate home base for your future in music, built for one thing: helping you grow into the artist, producer, or music professional you want to be.
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