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

Cinema Obscura is a curated film screening program focused on cult, experimental, and unconventional cinema, created by Aike Lutkemoller and Frank Schonewille many years ago.

In the early days, the films were never announced in advance and the spectators discover them either through the introduction by the organizers or even during the screening itself.

The program is challenging, controversial and unique. Each screening is meant to be a special experience, beginning at the moment you sit down in our vintage cinema chairs from 1936. You are invited to react, interact, discuss, scream, laugh and embrace the shared discovery of strange films.

Cinema Obscura will run throughout the year with a monthly screening. Some films will be announced, some will remain a mystery…

: Sickhouse! Oldenzaalsestraat 128, Enschede.
🕡 

Cinema Obscura: Film Night 

COLLIDERS is back from winter break, now taking place the second Wednesday of the month at the new Sickhouse location, featuring the best selection of games and talks.

The second meet-up of the year will be dedicated to games made by or with an inclusive feminist approach, curated by invited playful makers. More info tba.

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

: Wednesday, April 8 (second Wednesday of the month)
📍 

COLLIDERS Playful Makers Meet-up

Our TableTop Game Nights are transforming, entering in a collaboration with EnscheD&D, 

 arrive.

What remains unchanged is the purpose: come and play everything you can play at a table - RPGs, board games, one shots, folk games, DnD and so on.

We'll have 

+ We’ll try to always have a couple of RPG tables, hosted by a member of our community or by a special guest, as well as board games tables.
+ Come alone or in group. Playing is a great way to make new friends ;)
+ Bring your favorite games to share them with us or discover new games from our collection.
+ We are in the process of moving from Discord to Stoat. We’ll announce more soon, so our community can stay connected.


PLAY! TableTop Nights

On April 18, Sickhouse becomes one of the stages of 

, the showcase festival that turns the city into a playground for new music.

Every year, Booster brings together dozens of emerging artists performing across multiple venues, presenting the most exciting new sounds from the east of the Netherlands to audiences and music professionals alike. Expect a night full raw energy, and fresh talent pushing music forward.

At Sickhouse, we will host some sonic explorers delivering everything from noisy guitars and restless electronics to strange pop experiments and unexpected hybrids.

So wander through the city, follow the sound, and step inside Sickhouse for a night of new music.

More details about the lineup and times will be announced soon.

BOOSTER Festival at Sickhouse

From the depths of dusty film cans, late-night television broadcast, forgotten drive-ins and questionable basements… the monsters are returning, one by one.

 is a new cinematic ritual devoted to the glorious age of monsters, mostly from before 1970, and occasionally after, if the creature insists.

Every Monday night we summon all vampires, mutants, swamp creatures, radioactive nightmares, gothic specters, and all the beautiful horrors that crawled out of the golden age of monster movies.

The films will remain a surprise. We will discover it together in the dark…

Before the screening begins, we enter a one-minute meditation guided by the sacred mantra of 

 to properly align mind, body and monster spirit. Then the lights go down.

Grab a drink. Take a seat. Eyes wide open.

Movie Monster Mash 03.20

Movie Monster Mash

Cinema Obscura 24.04

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.

 by Adam Pype, Viktor Kraus (Korea & Germany)

 JugarJueguitos_That bike ride in Enschede was very important to me

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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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Agenda

Current and Upcoming

Friendly Secrecy System - Janne Schimmel

Cinema Obscura: Film Night

COLLIDERS Playful Makers Meet-up

PLAY! TableTop Nights

BOOSTER Festival at Sickhouse

Movie Monster Mash

Cinema Obscura: Film Night

Past

COLLIDERS Playful Makers Meet-up

International Women Day March

Feminist Queer Market

Fem Films - Lesborama - Sally! - Dancers Only

International Women's Weekend

Sickhouse Reopening Two-Days Celebration