Artist Talk: This will always be our Battlefield of Dreams

Floor Houwink ten Cate / Theater Utrecht

Wed 15 Apr ’26 19:15

A talk with Floor Houwink ten Cate about her research on inequality between people with and without a uterus.

Wed 15 Apr ’26

19:15

Wed 15 Apr ’26

19:15

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 2

Past event

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. During this talk, she will be joined in conversation by midwife and researcher Bahareh Goodarzi and Dutch historian specialising in gender history Ariadne Schmidt. The discussion will be moderated by Dymphie Braun.

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. 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.