Revival Roadshow is a virtual reality experience that critiques colonial legacies through the speculative resurrection of the 17th-century explorer Abel Tasman. Set in a future museum, viewers are confronted with a mysterious artwork: Tasman, triumphantly holding a Dutch flag in one arm, in a dystopian landscape of plastic waste. Each viewer experiences a unique story through interactive audio, guided by eye movements, where multiple intertwined narratives unfold in richly detailed 360° scenes.

The work combines surrealism, dark humor, and absurdity to explore themes such as myth-making, power structures, and historiography. Built from digital collages of archival material, AI content, and imagery from popular culture, it presents a contested representation of historical narratives – and the role of the viewer 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. The experience invites dialogue about the stories we inherit and the power they reflect, with visual opulence and speculative fiction.

This work is presented in collaboration with Het Lage Noorden (Marrum). The work It’s All Right by Anne Fehres and Luke Conroy is also on display during Into The Great Wide Open.

About Anne Fehres and Luke Conroy
Anne Fehres (1988, Netherlands) and Luke Conroy (1990, Australia) form an interdisciplinary artistic duo that explores 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, using collage as a conceptual and aesthetic strategy to playfully disrupt, mix, and reframe images, sounds, and stories from diverse sources – a reflection of the fragmented nature of digital culture. They work with photography, video, sound, textiles, virtual reality, and performance, creating layered projects that combine documentary research with speculative storytelling. Their practice embraces contradiction and complexity, using humor and critical insights to invite the audience to reflect on how we perceive, remember, and shape our world within rapidly changing digital and social landscapes.

Anne Fehres and Luke Conroy participated this year as the first artists in the residency project Standplaats Vlieland.

The art program is made possible with support from Mondriaan Fonds and De Versterking.