The Visualization of Care

Workshop

Friday, May 23 | 4:00 - 7:00 PM | CBK Zuidoost, Open Space, Heesterveld 35A

CBK Zuidoost and Beyond the Nuclear Family invites you to an inspiring afternoon exploring the unseen forces of care, dreams, and birth.s

Artist and writer Mirthe Berentsen will open the event with a poem and will moderate the rest of the day. In his performance-lecture artist Daniel Godínez Nivón reflects on the profound connection between dreams and midwifery. To midwife the births of the world is to listen attentively — to what is emerging, latent, and possible. This talk reimagines care and conservation as forms of midwifery, guiding the ongoing birth of life and the world itself.

Following this, artist Marieke Zwart welcomes you to an open drawing table. In the workshop, we'll use everyday objects and memories to engage our imagination and try to find forms for important moments of care. The focus isn't so much on learning to draw, but on discovering together whether care can take shape in a drawing. What does care look like when we think about birth, professional caregiving, or caring for others? That often invisible force that makes all life possible. Everyone is welcome and please bring an object that is meaningful to you in relation to care, from childbirth to family caregiving and death.

Midwives will be present during the afternoon to share their perspectives and experiences. Come by, participate, and help us visualize these crucial but often unseen moments of care.