Editorials
Juna Horstmans
Hidden Agenda Monthly: Edition #6 - July 2026By Patou J. FoetischJuna Horstmans' work often feels suspended between two recurring forms: the window and the flower. One frames perception, offering a partial view into something beyond itself; the other unfolds…
Meet your new favourite small-town punk
I chatted with Evan Minsker, ex-Pitchfork writer who now runs see/saw, about local punk scenes, algorithmic music listening, and the importance of communityBy Julia de Oliveira MoritzHere’s what it’s like chatting with Evan: he is almost perpetually excited, and the main way to tell if he’s smiling is through the slight movement of his moustache, unless he lets out his hearty…
Marieke Druiven
Hidden Agenda Monthly: Edition #5 - June 2026By Patou J. FoetischMarieke Druiven's work feels suspended somewhere between the familiar and the unreal. Her figures and environments carry the strange familiarity of something half-recognised, as though ordinary…
The cultural hangover following the Spotify boycotts
Can anti-capitalism defeat convenience?By Julia de Oliveira MoritzSpotify has faced criticism before. Taylor Swift, Joni Mitchell, and Thom Yorke have all removed their music from the platform in the past, only to sneak back in. It’s happening again now, seemingly…
Una Jongenelis
Hidden Agenda Monthly: Edition #4 - May 2026By Patou J. FoetischNot everything moves in a straight line. Some processes unfold through hesitation and repetition that are never quite the same. What first may appear as a digression begins to fall into its own…
Strip Fest 2026
Hidden Agenda Monthly: Edition #4 - May 2026By Patou J. FoetischIn a city that rarely lacks for festivals, Strip Fest offers a distinct perspective on how one can be experienced. Rather than presenting a single, fixed programme, it proposes a way of encountering…
Hope Lives Next Door
Hidden Agenda Monthly: Edition #2 - March 2026By Bandgurl666Hope is never far away. She’s lurking around corners, hiding under bedsheets, tucked away in closets. We just missed her, she just left. But that’s okay, because we know she’s there. Do you know…
Layla Gijsen
Hidden Agenda Monthly: Edition #3 - April 2026By Patou J. FoetischOur conversation prior to this interview begins with something trivial: undercooked rice, before drifting into questions of making and momentum. Although unrelated, the anecdote hints at something…
NEW WAVE OF MOKUM HARDCORE/PUNK
Hidden Agenda Monthly: Edition #3 - April 2026By Worlds Appreciated KitschI moved to A’dam a bit less than 4 years ago and first thing I did, since this is my eternal passion, was to dive deep into the city’s DIY hardcore/punk scene. I knew that, historically, North…
Anna Fleuri Wolters
Hidden Agenda Monthly: Edition #2 - March 2026By Patou J. FoetischSome may know Anna Fleuri Wolters through sound, as the drummer of Housepainters or from Beatrix, others through images, posters and printed matter signed under her own name or the Scania moniker.…
DIY as USP: Community as marketing speech
Hidden Agenda Monthly: Edition #1 - February 2026By Pretty//UglyThe 21th century sounds all too familiar. No challenge or discordance. A sonic landscape littered with rockstar dreams dressed in rebellious language. Unorthodox thinking, stopped after their first…
Andrew Tseng
Hidden Agenda Monthly: Edition #1 - February 2026By Patou J. FoetischAndrew Tseng’s practice is often approached through interpretation, emotional, symbolic, even psychological, yet the way his images come into being is far more practical than those readings might…











