Artist Talk: This will always be our Battlefield of Dreams

Name: Work in progress THE SCREAM - Floor Houwink ten Cate
Start: 2026-04-15T19:15:00+02:00
Location: Frascati, Amsterdam

Floor Houwink ten Cate i.s.m. Amsterdam Museum / Theater Utrecht

Wed 15 Apr ’26 19:15

An object study from the womb of Battlefield of Dreams.

Wed 15 Apr ’26

19:15

Wed 15 Apr ’26

19:15

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 2

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What ownership does a woman have over her body? In her work, Floor Houwink ten Cate explores the inequality between people with and without a uterus. For decades, medical research was primarily conducted on male bodies, leaving knowledge about bodies with a uterus still lagging behind. The result: pain is taken less seriously, diagnoses take longer, and autonomy is under pressure.

At the same time, we see how reproductive rights and bodily autonomy are increasingly being called into question worldwide.

The Womb of Battlefield of Dreams forms the starting point for a public conversation. The artwork is part of a three-year trajectory to be included in the permanent collection of the Amsterdam Museum, marking a symbolic transition: from a traveling object to a lasting place in the collective memory. During this program, we follow the journey of the object alongside the parallel journey of the rights of people with a uterus.

The womb is a central figure in the oeuvre of Floor Houwink ten Cate. In her upcoming performance THE SCREAM, she explores how women and genderqueer people relate to their pain, their pleasure, and their bodily autonomy.

Part of (Searching for) Radical Care

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About Floor Houwink ten Cate

Floor Houwink ten Cate (1987) is a multidisciplinary theatre maker, director, and writer. Her work moves between performance, music theatre, and cinema, revealing intimate and often unspoken aspects of life. With a hybrid style that blends fiction and documentary, she creates politically engaged and emotionally layered performances.

In 2022, her third Frascati production Sea of Silence premiered: a cinematic and kaleidoscopic performance, written by Floor together with Esther Duysker, exploring mental and physical violence in (intimate) relationships. The experimental event battlefield of dreams (2023) is her most recent project with Frascati Producties and a co-production with Theater Utrecht.

Since 2023, she has been affiliated with Theater Utrecht: Centre for the Performing Arts, where she created Atropa (2023), Panic Room (2024), and battlefield of dreams (2025). This season, she directs Brabo Leone by Sarah Janneh (a co-production by NITE, Theater Utrecht, and MusicalMakers) and The Actor by Florian Myjer. From 2025 to 2027, she is a recipient of the Fast Forward grant from the Performing Arts Fund NL, supporting the international development of her work.