From March 13 to 16, AG hosts the exhibition of Kaboom Animation Festival 2026. This exhibition focuses on animated work that makes use of augmented and virtual reality.

Expanded Animation (Competition selection for the Kaboom Award ‘best VR’)
A Long Goodbye – Kate Voet, Victor Maes (Belgium/Luxembourg/The Netherlands)
The Great Escape – Joren Vandenbroucke (Belgium/Luxembourg)
We Are Dead Animals – Tote Tiere Maarten (Germany/The Netherlands)
If You See a Cat – Atsushi Wada (Japan)
Less Than 5Gr of Saffron – Négar Motevalymeidanshah (France)
Revival Roadshow – Luke Conroy, Anne Fehres (The Netherlands)
Sense of Nowhere – Hsin-Hsuan Yeh (Taiwan/Finland/Belgium/Portugal/France)
The Exploding Girl VR – Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel (France/Greece)

Expanded Animation (Out of competition)
Lesbian Simulator – Iris van der Meule (The Netherlands) ‘Experience the good, the bad and the beautiful of a queer life in this playful art game.’
Lichtung – Aria Wolf (Germany) ‘A soothing nocturnal exploration of an unfamiliar forest.’

Human Touch (AR poster exhibition)
Part of the exhibition is a series of posters that come to life through the use of AR. These posters are submissions by illustrators and artists from around the world, in response to an open call inspired by this year’s festival theme. The artisanal, emotionally expressive results are an intriguing reaction to a world that is becoming increasingly automated and standardised. (In collaboration with Animated Women/World and The Illustration Embassy.)

The AR poster exhibition and the VR installations by Iris van der Meule and Aria Wolf are freely accessible without reservation. For the VR projects nominated for the Kaboom Award please book a 45-minute time slot here.

For the complete program of Kaboom Animation Festival 2026 see kaboomfestival.nl

Opening hours
Friday 13 March: 10:30 –  19:30h.
Saturday 14 March: 10:30 –  20:30h.
Sunday 15 March: 10:30 –  20:30h.
Monday 16 March: 10:30 – 18:00h.