Positions: Unearthing

On February 6, 2026, Stroom Den Haag will open the exhibition Positions: Unearthing, an anniversary edition in which four artists from The Hague - Roger Anis, Marie Civikov, Priyageetha Dia, Ben Yau - bring to light hidden stories, memories, and perspectives that have long remained invisible.

With a human and investigative approach, the artists delve into personal archives and forgotten history that is in danger of disappearing. What the artists uncover connects individual experiences with broader social narratives that still resonate today.

Priyageetha Dia uses AI-generated images and sounds to give a voice back to plantation workers who have disappeared from collective memory. Ben Yau reconstructs the events surrounding the Batang Kali massacre (1948) based on declassified documents and testimonies. Roger Anis focuses on local, ritualistic approaches surrounding the Nile to reveal new perspectives on resistance, solidarity, and ecological care, while Marie Civikov transforms her grandmother's legacy into a source from which new family stories emerge.

Positions: Unearthing brings forgotten or suppressed stories to light, thereby not only enriching our view of the past, but also helping us to find new forms of connection.

About Positions:
Positions, which will celebrate its fifth anniversary in 2026, has grown into an essential platform for experimentation, research, and social engagement in The Hague. With each edition, Positions emphasizes that art is an active part of society: a place where artists raise new questions, where social discussions are deepened, and where other ways of living together are explored. The platform offers creators the space to develop long-term projects, explore urgent themes, and forge new connections between art and the city. Previous exhibitions were Positions: Gut Feeling (2025), Positions: Soft Intimacies (2024) Positions: Afterlives (event) (2023/4), Positions: Elsewheres (2023), and Positions: Time-Based (2022).

The exhibition Positions: Unearthing is made possible thanks to the support of the City of The Hague.