We are back from winter break! COLLIDERS first edition of the year will take place in the new Sickhouse location and will be dedicated to something very close to our hearts 

In tune with the opening of our new space, this edition explores games about houses, moving, and building spaces that feel like home.

COLLIDERS is our monthly meet-up for playful makers, programmers, enthusiasts, producers, artists, designers, curators, and all people interested in game making. At Colliders, we brainstorm, present our progress, give feedback, enjoy creations and, of course, we play!

around indie/art house game makers and playful artists. With Colliders, we want to support each other and create more opportunities for collaborations and exchange. 

Colliders has a different theme and game selection each month. 

Register here if you want to present your work, test your game, or give a short presentation

 by Adam Pype, Viktor Kraus (Korea & Germany)

 JugarJueguitos_That bike ride in Enschede was very important to me

: Sickhouse! Oldenzaalsestraat 128, Enschede.
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COLLIDERS Playful Makers Meet-up

What struck us at first when discovering the work of Janne Schimmel was his way of highlighting the beauty and sculptural aspect of hardware. When opening the box that is our computer, Janne re-curate its display without necessarily changing its function. By manipulating its aesthetic, Janne allows the hardware to become an interface between the physical world and the digital realm.

This interest for modding is at the heart of Janne’s Schimmel practice and a crucial movement within digital culture. His work is about hardware, obsolescence, memories, alternative storytelling. “

His work aligns with the right-to-repair movement, the modding community, and the broader discourse against digital enclosures. It reclaims creative and technological agency from an industry that is made on built-in expiry

 is an exhibition, curated with the artist, that showcases the modded consoles as sculptural vessels for games and videos created by guest artists. The invited artists come from a range of backgrounds, including media art and the homebrew community. Homebrew creators develop games outside of the game industry, outside of the norm, reinventing rules and mechanics for consoles considered obsolete. Together they are retroactively diversifying the library of these consoles and activating existing hardware instead of creating needs for new ones. Janne and Sickhouse collaborated with the invited artists to present their videos and games on the obsolete hardware embedded within his sculptures.

The exhibition welcomes the work of Janne together with projects from 

Paula Garcia Sans, B-Complex, FLUIDSPACE, Vinzenz Sombray, Philip Ullman, astoryinpieces, Grenhunterr.



The exhibition will open on Friday 20-03 at 19:00 and run until Sunday 10-05. You can visit the exhibition on Friday’s and Saturday’s or on appointment with groups.

Janne will also host two workshops in April to share his practice and support makers in their quest for alternative processes.

Participants are invited on a hike with the artist and create pixel-art interpretations of the view, compressing real-world vastness into the Game Boy’s 160×144-pixel screen. All the artworks will be bundled onto a Game Boy cartridge at the end of the workshop. Each participant will receive their own cartridge containing the collection.

Nintendo Wii-mote Permacomputing workshop, hosted with Rein van der Woerd



Participants are invited to imagine ways of re-activating Nintendo Wii-motes with contemporary software.

The exhibition will close together with a residency of Chloé Desmoiseaux, french artist and initiator of Fluid Space in Marseille. (more info coming soon)

Friendly Secrecy System - Janne Schimmel

On March 8th, we take to the streets of Enschede.
Because women rights aren’t radical, they are fundamental.

Join us in standing up for human rights, equality, safety, justice, and solidarity. Students, activists and cultural collectives across the city unite under the name Enschede Feminists to make our voices stronger together.

📍 Start: Stationsplein, Enschede
🕓 Time: 16:00
📅 Date: March 8, 2026

After the march (18:00–23:00), join us at Sickhouse for an aftercare event with music, open mic, discussions and community gathering.

Let’s show up. Let’s be loud. Let’s stand together.

You can find the program of the week leading to the march, with protest sign making sessions, talks, film screenings, feminist & queer market and more : 

International Women Day March

On the initiative of Sam Valenzuela, The Queer Feminist Market is an

 event build around intersectional resistance,

feminist and queer creators in a space that fosters community.



The market is a space for anyone fighting gender-based oppression, whether you identify as a woman, a trans person, non binary or any other gender-nonconforming / dissidence. Feminist struggles intersect with queer struggles, and many participants embody both. We explicitly welcome trans, non‑binary, and LGBTQ+ voices that also advocate feminism.

With illustrations, jewelry, collages, workshops, music, films, food and more… The market is open from 15:00 to 21:00 and is part of the International Women Day’s program spread over Enschede. (see the rest of the programs here : 


💫 DATE: Saturday 7th March
⌚ TIME: from 15:00 to 21:00
🎞️ LOCATION : Sickhouse 
🎟️ FREE ENTRANCE

Feminist Queer Market

To celebrate and in preparation of the women march of 

, we are hosting a film night as part of Sickhouse new program around 

. 
For this special week we are showing the short 

 (1995) from Nathalie Magnan, french media theorist. The movie is a collages of many film extracts exploring the idea of a lesbian culture. 
To follow up we will screen 

(2024) from Deborah Craig, a bio docu about Sally Gearhart, important figure of the lesbian feminist movement in the 70’&80’s in the US. 
To close the program we are happy to present the new short film of Siiri Selin 

(2026); a portrait of strip club dancers waiting between acts, intertwining documentary and re-enactment.


 from Nathalie Magnan, 1995, 30min, archive-collage

Made and presented as part of the “Gay Night” for Canal+, this 30 minutes movie is an intent to answer the question “is there a lesbian culture?”. The historical and international dimension seems therefore obvious to answer this question that sounds like an uppercut against the white heteropatriarchal mainstream culture. Series of short movies and news stories extracts (1912 to 1995), punctuated by interviews of lesbian figures over the whole world. Nathalie Magnan has created a visual shock presenting the lesbian culture in all its forms throughout the 20th century: merry appropriation and fierce repackaging of images produced by the mainstream culture.


from Deborah Craig, 2024, 1h36 - Biography-Documentary


She spearheaded the 1970s and 80s lesbian feminist movement - making an indelible impact on LGBTQ equality and women's rights. A brilliant and sexy superstar who inspired thousands. So how come you've never heard of Sally Gearhart?

from Siiri Selin, 2026, 20min - docu & re-enactment

What happens in the area of strip clubs reserved for onstage talent? Of course: normal life, with the women talking, playing cards, working on their final thesis for university, discussing the men they have to deal with. A fine essay in portraiture that intertwines documentary and re-enactment.


💫 DATE: Friday 6 March 
⌚ TIME: First film starts at 20:00
🎞️ LOCATION :  Sickhouse cinema
🎟️ 

Fem Films

Fem Films - Lesborama - Sally! - Dancers Only

This year, different feminist organizations from Enschede gathered to share their anger, experiences, joyful resistance and organize an 

, including multiple approaches and disciplines, intended to be together, educate, and agitate!

The past couple of months we had several meetings, open to anyone interested, and develop a program together. We want to dismantle patriarchal systems in the everyday, demand accountability to authorities, and take direct action. If you are curious, join us!

Check out the website umbrella that collects the different initiatives at 


Three of these moments will happen at Sickhouse:

International Women's Weekend 

After two years of nomadic existence and what sometimes felt like endless struggle, Sickhouse is opening the doors to its new home and we are thrilled to invite you to our 

housewarming celebration on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 of February.

, so for this double celebration, we invite you to discover the potential of this new space over two days with an eclectic program featuring everything Sickhouse has to offer.

Start the celebration on Friday morning with three interactive panels about feminist practices, creative uses of alt tech, and the need for cultural spaces in the Netherlands. Expect game sessions, and the new Sickhouse arcade! A short films block curated by

, a midnight screening, and a documentary project by photographer 

a playful intervention by artist-in-residence 

, and a music program co-created with Grensfrequentie to inaugurate the dance floor.

and help us manage the attendance. Tickets are available 

. Make sure to secure yours and join the party! 🎉



Friday is sold out, we expect a lot of people around 17:30, but if you come to the door after 19:30 we might be able to welcome you then. (one out, one in;)

13:00 to 14:00 
(with Christie Morgan, Vanity Roxane, Juliette Lizotte.)


 14:20 to 15:20 
(with Roos Grothuizen, Pablo San Gregorio, Rein van de Woerd, Sunjoo Lee.)


 15:40 to 16:40 
(with Tessa Wiegerinck, Alicia Breton Ferrer from Roodkapje Rotterdam, Marie Janin from Sickhouse, Wouter Overman from ACU Utrecht, and Jasper Schütz from Studio Complex Enschede.)

17:30 Official words & Playful performance 

(with Marie Janin, Aike Lutkemoller, Zuraida Buter)

 
(with BoterBoter, Snoerwoud and Onja+Movikca+OrganiizedChaos)


(short films curated by Sirin Bahar Demirel)


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Sickhouse Reopening Two-Days Celebration

 is back in Enschede, and we are excited to host the 2026 edition at GrensFrequentie. Three days of creating, experimenting, learning, and meeting fellow game makers: the perfect way to kick off the year.

On Friday 30th, we’ll start together with the official GGJ kickoff: the global video keynote, the reveal of the secret theme, and a few 

 to spark unconventional ideas and playful approaches.

Friday
17:00 – 00:00 · Kickoff, theme reveal & team forming

Sunday
12:00 – 19:30 · Final jam + uploads
17:00 – Public Show & Tell (everyone is welcome!)

The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is a worldwide event where people come together to create games in a short time, based on a shared theme revealed at the start of the jam. In just a few days, teams all over the world work in parallel to turn ideas into playable games.

You don’t need to be a programmer to join, 

storytellers, designers, artists, musicians, writers, tinkerers, and curious minds are all welcome

. Come with a team or solo; we actively encourage collaboration and team-building on site. You can 

 to meet other jammers, form teams, and connect before the jam starts.

The most important rules: experiment, collaborate, and have fun.

, artist and game maker, who will be present during the jam.
🔗 More about Janne on his 

Willemwilminkplein 1, 7511 PG Enschede, 3de verdieping

Agenda

Current and Upcoming