The Balcony

The Balcony is an artist-run multi-headed creature based in The Hague (NL) since 2018. The Balcony is currently self-funded.

The Balcony is curated by Arthur Cordier (BE) & Valentino Russo (IT), in dialogue with Harriet Rose Morley (UK) and Flaviu Cacoveanu (RO).

27/02/2026

Last chance ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Thanks to everyone who visited 'Slow Drift(s) Chapter 3: Alonso Cedillo'. The exhibition is on view today and tomorrow February 28th from 13.00 to 18.00.
cedillo (b.1988, Mexico) works across painting, sculpture, video, printmaking, and programming. His work explores how digital interactions—through social media, VR, screenshots, and leaked files—reflect the economic and social impact of the Internet.

Thanks Alonso for your trust, as well as and for making this exhibition possible.

Photos by .kolcheva

31/01/2026

The Balcony has invited Home Cinema to develop a screening program responding to the current exhibition "Slow Drift(s) Chapter 3: Alonso Cedillo".

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Taking as a point of departure Alonso Cedillo’s research on conspiracy theory in a collapsing world, Home Cinema has selected three works that resonate with the human dimension of belief embedded in his practice.

With works by Minne Kersten, Chema García Ibarra, and Nguyễn Lê Hoàng Phúc.

The screening is kindly hosted at Stiching Ruimtevaart, and supported by Stroom Den Haag.
Register via our link in bio!

07/01/2026

After a short winter break we are open again ❄️
"Slow Drift(s) Chapter 3: Alsonso Cedillo" is on view on Friday and Saturday from 13.00 to 18.00, until the end of February.
Come by for a warm cup of tea spiced with conspiracy theories 🫖 👾

01/12/2025

A workshop on digital security and our relationship to online systems with .cedillo 🤖

Register via link in bio! 🤓

This workshop offers a practical and reflective introduction to internet privacy and digital self-protection. At a time when everyday online actions are constantly tracked, analysed, and monetised, the session invites participants to pause and reflect on what it means to be online today - and how much control we actually have over our digital lives.

Participants engage directly with the tools and settings that shape their digital visibility - from password and permissions to everyday security practices. Participants are also encouraged to bring their own smartphones, as they can work directly with their personal devices. The session is designed as an interactive and supportive space, where questions, shared experiences, and discussion are welcome.

Rather than offering a complete solution, the workshop frames digital privacy as an ongoing practice - one that connects personal agency, care, and resistance within broader digital systems.

23/11/2025

Five more days until the opening of Slow Drift(s) Chapter Three: Alonso Cedillo!

Cedillo started mixing video and painting and making flash video games in 2009, creating installations and coding interactive experiences. Three years later he began an ongoing practice & research on alternate economies, community currencies, timebanks, and tokenization through the creation of Alternate Reality Games (ARG), creating digital and in-world happenings. Since 2012, he has promoted the use of tokenization to create networks that allow us to gain equity in the age of the digital revolution.

OPENING Friday NOV.28
During
19:00 - 23:00
cedillo

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The exhibition is kindly supported by

13/11/2025

OPENING SOON: Slow Drift(s) Chapter 3: Alonso Cedillo ✨

OPENING Friday NOV.28
During
19:00 - 23:00

WITH Alonso Cedillo
ON VIEW NOV.28.—FEB.28.2026

🚲The Balcony presents the third chapter of Slow Drift(s), featuring the work of Alonso Cedillo, who often does not differentiate between players and audiences. For his first presentation in the Netherlands, he develops an installation that riffs on the “computer room” as a space where the virtuality of online life and the physicality of network infrastructure overlap, along with the personas of its speculative user: a nondescript conspiracy theorist of the post-internet age. Visitors are invited to observe, in a voyeuristic fashion, the domestic environment of this absent subject, who is present only through the traces of their consumption — from YouTube vlogs to half-eaten sandwiches. The installation hosts a selection from Cedillo’s The Awkward Truth video series, which draws from artificially generated documentary aesthetics to blur the line between entertainment and reality-building.
cedillo

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The exhibition is kindly supported by

10/11/2025

🖍️🪡 🧩 Sharing about embroidery and textile crafts was at the heart of last Saturday’s workshop Pillowcase Stories ~ We thank the artist Léa Guillout, all the participants for their beautiful contributions and for making the workshop possible! Stay tuned on the public program of The Balcony! 🕺🎭

10/11/2025

Throwback to last January and to Slow Drift(s) Chapter 2: Larry Achiampong & David Blandy. Thank you again to and for the trust, to .tcut for curating a wonderful screening event, and to for the audio-visual equipment and expertise 🎦

The full video-documentation is on YouTube, let guide you through the exhibition, and Larry and David take you on a journey into Animal Crossing. 🦆

30/10/2025

Last week 💥 To celebrate the finissage of ‘I’m a storyteller’ don’t miss our embroidery & textile drawing workshop ‘Pillowcase Stories’ with the Paris-based artist Léa Guillout this weekend! 🖍️

I’M A STORYTELLER
ON VIEW Until NOV.08
Friday and Saturday
13:00-18:00

WORKSHOP
SAT.NOV.08
15:00-17:00
Free

👋 Tot Zaterdag!

28/10/2025

Sign up for our upcoming workshop 🪡 Pillowcase Stories – Embroidery & Textile Drawing Workshop!

🌝 Led by the artist Léa Guillout

SAT.NOV.08
15:00-17:00

⚪ A creative afternoon of embroidery and drawing on textile, using vintage pillowcases as canvases to tell stories through stitches and colours.

⚪ To celebrate the finissage of the exhibition 'I’m a storyteller' at The Balcony, the artist Léa Guillout invites participants to a soft and playful workshop to customize their own pillowcase, turning it into a personal object to keep close — like a lucky charm or a comforting talisman. A space to draw and embroider the things you love most, your dreams, or your secrets.

⚪ Perfect as an introduction to sewing and textile drawing, this workshop is beginner level and child-friendly.

🟡 All materials are provided
🟡 For children and adults
🟡 Language: French & English
🟡 10 participants
🟡 Register via Eventbrite link in bio
🟡 Free (on donation)

This workshop is supported by

23/10/2025

If you’ve missed the opening, visit us this weekend!
The show ‘I’m a storyteller’ is on view this Friday and Saturday, featuring works by Lina Chemlal, Azadeh Cohen-Mercury, Marine Feuillade, Léa Guillout, Julia Piccolo, and Mélanie Yvon.

👋 Tot zo!

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