• The fair grounds at the base: New workplace and experience

  • 800 m2 of innovation and "creative disruption"

  • an inspiring environment for your (online) event

  • Specialists in interactive and immersive design

  • pioneers in popular culture, heritage, arts and technology

Currently

The Water Arch at SXSW Festival March 12-15

DROPSTUFF MEDIA has developed a new installation, ‘The Water Arch’; an interactive installation that playfully brings the ever-increasing use of water to the attention of a wider audience.

It is an abstraction of a classic Dutch barrel organ. By turning a big wheel, the water comes to life. While playing songs from long forgotten days, water is pumped up through a system of tubes and transparent bubbles. Eventually the water collects in a large container above your head. At 134 liters the water is released. Protected by a large transparent dome you experience the power of daily water usage at an instance. 134 liters* is the amount that every person in The Netherlands uses every day on average. In the USA this goes up to 310 liters.* The music is an adaptation of a recording of a famous barrel organ from the 1950s and 1960s from the archive of the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision.

From March 12-15, 2023, The Water Arch will be on display at the SXSW Festival Creative Industries Expo in Austin, Texas, USA. *drinkwaterplatform.nl / epa.gov

DROPSTUFF MEDIA presents The Fair Grounds: popular culture meets high tech and high art!

The Fair Grounds is a truly new fairground where ‘folk culture’ meets ‘high tech and high art’.The Fair Grounds consists of multiple independent installations where traditional amusement rides have been updated with new artistic or social narratives.

About DROPSTUFF MEDIA

DROPSTUFF MEDIA is a pioneer in media design and creates immersive and interactive public experiences. DROPSTUFF conceives, realizes and presents both autonomously and on commission.

Immersive Media Installations
DROPSTUFF MEDIA is a specialist in the development of media installations and exhibitions in public spaces, in inner cities, at festivals, for museums, cultural organizations and during various events.

We depict messages and stories for broad audiences by connecting new techniques to substantive stories and exciting experience concepts. Active participation and audience reach are the keywords in many of our productions. We have experience with the use of artificial intelligence, motion detection and virtual and augmented reality techniques in public experiences.

The Fair Grounds
The Fair Grounds is the playground of the new media art collective DROPSTUFF MEDIA. The project builds a collection of artworks where amusement rides are presented as art installations. New narratives have been added to fairground attractions as well as to old forms of folk culture. Each ride has been updated with rich stories of cultural heritage, the imagination of the arts and the wonderment of new technologies. The result is a truly new fairground where every ride has been modified, enhanced and now tells a surprising story to a mix of generations: folk culture meets high tech and high art!

Educational program
The DROPSTUFF Educational Program consists of various types of media literacy workshops, subdivided into various topics & themes that (young) people are confronted with in daily life. All workshops have both a theoretical and a practical element, so that students can immediately practice the transferred knowledge in practice. The workshops are given by a team of young and driven professionals with knowledge.

LED-Schermen rental
DROPSTUFF MEDIA rents out mobile LED screens for festivals and events. You can use the LED units with 4 mm or 8 mm pixel pitch as a mobile stage, DJ booth, exhibition stand or presentation room. Custom installations are our specialty.

Previously

De Koude Kermis is te zien in Roeselare, België© DROPSTUFF.nl

De Koude Kermis in de wijk: De Andere Steenweg, Roeselare – België

We waren afgelopen weekend te gast in Roeselare (België), een stad met twee delen gescheiden door het spoor én culturele breuklijnen.

DROPSTUFF.nl & TeYosh win the Cinekid Golden Lion Audience Award!

During the Cinekid Media Award Show on 25th of october 2017,…

‘Grab the Pussy’ launched at Lowlands festival!

During Lowlands 2017, the latest DROPSTUFF's addition to the…

The Fair Grounds aanwezig op THE ARTS+ – Frankfurter Buchmesse

We zijn deze week met 'The Fair Grounds' aanwezig op de THE ARTS+ - Frankfurter Buchmesse

Na Venetië en Amsterdam komt The Fair Grounds van DROPSTUFF.nl naar het Media Park!

Hoe leuk! Na Venetië en Amsterdam komt The Fair Grounds van DROPSTUFF.nl naar het Media Park! Waan je met de VR Reality van DROPSTUFF.nl door de stad Hilversum

Second screening of ‘The 5 Seconds’ starts in Amersfoort & Hilversum

Starting this summer at the public media-screens in Hilversum…

MediaBites nam een kijkje bij DROPSTUFF.nl op The Fair Grounds

MediaBites nam een kijkje bij DROPSTUFF.nl op The Fair Grounds. Hij interviewde de makers en bezoekers die de VR ervaring hebben meegemaakt.

Dutch Minister of Culture Bussemaker opens The Fair Grounds

Outgoing Minister of Culture Jet Bussemaker was present in…