Revival Roadshow is a virtual reality experience that critiques colonial legacies through the speculative resurrection of 17th-century explorer Abel Tasman. Set in a museum of the future, viewers are confronted with a mysterious artwork: Tasman, triumphant with a Dutch flag in his arm, in a dystopian landscape of plastic waste. Through interactive eye-tracking audio, each viewer experiences a unique story in which multiple interwoven narratives unfold across richly detailed 360° scenes.

The work combines surrealism, dark humor, and absurdity to explore themes such as myth-making, power structures, and historiography. Constructed from digital collages of archival material, AI content, and pop-culture imagery, it presents a contested representation of historical narratives—and the viewer's role in shaping them.

Rooted in the respective Dutch and Tasmanian backgrounds of creators Anne Fehres and Luke Conroy, Revival Roadshow examines how colonial figures are mythologized, appropriated, and reframed across generations. Through visual excess and speculative fiction, the experience invites dialogue about the stories we inherit and the power they reflect.

This work is presented in collaboration with Het Lage Noorden (Marrum). During Into The Great Wide Open, the work It’s All Right by Anne Fehres and Luke Conroy can also be seen.

About Anne Fehres and Luke Conroy
Anne Fehres (1988, Netherlands) and Luke Conroy (1990, Australia) are an interdisciplinary artist duo exploring urgent socio-cultural narratives such as identity, nationalism, climate change, digital culture, and decolonization.

Their work unfolds at the intersection of physical and virtual realities, employing collage as a conceptual and aesthetic strategy to playfully disrupt, blend, and reframe images, sounds, and stories from diverse sources—a reflection of the fragmented nature of digital culture. Working across photography, video, sound, textiles, virtual reality, and performance, they create layered projects that combine documentary research with speculative storytelling. Their practice embraces contradiction and complexity, utilizing humor and critical insights to invite audiences to reflect on how we perceive, remember, and shape our world within rapidly shifting digital and social landscapes.

Anne Fehres and Luke Conroy were the first artists to participate this year in the residency project Standplaats Vlieland

The art program is made possible with the support of Mondriaan Fund and De Versterking.