On Saturday the 28th of March, Syb proudly invites you to the opening of the first solo exhibition of Winnie Herbstein in the Netherlands.

Programme
15:00 - walk-in and celebratory drinks
16:00 - opening speeches
17:00 - De Bult bar activated by Deniz Buga
18:00 - end

We Need to Speak about Living Room is the result of Winnie Herbstein’s research into new and old forms of communal living: a timely theme in today’s world. In the Netherlands and elsewhere, recent years have seen a rise in non heteronormative housing units, sometimes by choice, sometimes out of financial necessity. In her works, Herbstein brings these contemporary housing questions together with participatory methods drawn from family constellation therapy. She explores how shared ideals shape collective living, but also how tensions and conflicts emerge and how they are addressed over time.

Artist Deniz Buga will host the bar at Syb. They will prepare a special drink and mocktail to convivially celebrate and close off the opening day. The bar is an artwork by Publik Universal Frxnd (fka Richard John Jones).

Winnie Herbstein is an artist and filmmaker whose work focuses on historical and contemporary forms of organising in relation to housing, architecture, and the production of space. These themes are explored through practice-based research, materialising primarily in video and sculpture. She recently published the book Slamming Doors: on falling out and fighting back in a housing crisis, co-edited with Mason Leaver-Yap.

Herbstein studied Environmental art at the Glasgow School of Art, building-site construction at the City of Glasgow College, and is a founding member of Slaghammers, an educational metal workshop for women, trans- and non-binary people, based in Glasgow. In 2024–25, she was a Research Fellow at the University of Amsterdam and Framer Framed, and was a resident at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (2021–2023).

Deniz Buga (Istanbul, 1982) currently lives in Amsterdam. Their film, video, and photography works primarily focus on urbanism, minority politics, and queer stances. Their work was presented at various film festivals and museums, including the San Sebastian Film Festival, Oxford Modern Art Museum, Centre Pompidou, and C/O Berlin. Buga was a resident artist at Rijksakademie, Amsterdam.