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𝔇𝔬𝔬𝔪 𝔖𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔩𝔩 ︎︎
Mark
Mark




𝔐𝔄𝔇 (𝔒𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔩 𝔖𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔢)
2025

For the past 8 years, I’ve had the privilege of producing and composing music for over 20 performances and theatre shows. Next to Know V.A., I’ve quietly been crafting my own sound—one that’s evolved and transformed into something entirely new. A new sound, a new alias, a new persona.

The original score of Me, a Depiction by Lisa Schamlé, out now on all streaming platforms. The piece earned the DocLab Immersive Non-Fiction Award at IDFA.
Commissioned score for performance/installation piece Me, a Depiction by Lisa Schamlé, shown at IDFA.

Music by Universal Ryan/Marijn Brussaard.
 



5G Live
2025

Experimental multimedia performance group 5̷̧̡̛̭̞͙͓̰͔̞̠̗̫͊̇̐͆̋̀̑͗̇̚͘͝͠͠G̶̺̥̎̄͌͑͂̔̏̓̂́̈́͜͝͝͝͝ͅ L̷͖͈̓͌̎̉͒͗͂̓̌̚͝i̶̡̹͈͎̳̞͙͖̾̂̀͑̀͆̑̓̽̉͐͘͘ͅṽ̵͇̟̺̣͓̰̭̲̼̻̪̩̰͒̓̿̄̾̔̊͝ͅë̸͓̮͉͈͇͍̖͎̩̞͈́́́̋̇̾͋̈́̾͆͑͘͘͜͠͝ embody the feelings of being submerged in disinformation and media exhaustion. Tapping into electromagnetic fields and subsonic frequencies, they fuse maximalist noise, synthetic rituals, and live video into a hypnotic experience. Raw paranoia processed through body, wire, and screen.
Concept, performance by Javier Mars, Ruperto Herrador, Marving Heberger, Marijn Brussaard.

Thanks to Gross Encounters, Noam Toran, Reem Saleh, Dirty Art Department, Sandberg Institute.

[OT301] — 27/03/25
Documented by stray receivers


𝔇𝔬𝔬𝔪 𝔅𝔬𝔞𝔯𝔡
2025

Steel diptych frame, old hardcore & metal t-shirts sewn together into two panels, collage of i̶̡̹͈͎̳̞͙͖̾̂̀͑̀͆̑̓̽̉͐͘͘ͅǹ̷̨͍̮̥̹̘͙̗̻̬̬̜̥̮̃̒̈́̽͗̿̍̄̂̏͆͠͝t̸̫̫̤͕̳̻̰̣̭́̌̉͝ͅë̸͓̮͉͈͇͍̖͎̩̞͈́́́̋̇̾͋̈́̾͆͑͘͘͜͠͝r̵̡͕͈͚͍͍̼͕̍̀̈́̽̎̍͗̍́̏̚͜͠ǹ̷̨͍̮̥̹̘͙̗̻̬̬̜̥̮̃̒̈́̽͗̿̍̄̂̏͆͠͝ë̸͓̮͉͈͇͍̖͎̩̞͈́́́̋̇̾͋̈́̾͆͑͘͘͜͠͝t̸̫̫̤͕̳̻̰̣̭́̌̉͝ͅ sourced material.
Made and shown at Dirty Art Department,
Sandberg Institute



𝔅𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔱 𝔐𝔬𝔡𝔢
2024

Silk screened posters. 3D printed stegosaurus figures.

Made and shown at Dirty Art Department,
Sandberg Institute.

Photo’s by Camille Dumay.


𝔉𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔎𝔶 𝔇𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔵 𝔗𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔎𝔦𝔎𝔎𝔢𝔯
2024

Freaky Dancing x Theater Kikker. Made possible by Culturele Zondag.


Performance, art-direction Marijn Brussaard
Light-design Scott Jun
Sound co-production Ytem
Photo’s Cees Martens, Vincent Amboy


𝔇𝔬𝔬𝔪 𝔖𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔩𝔩
Ongoing feed; BTS, WIP, ideas, loose ends
-Universal Ryan








cvmarijnbrussaard2024.pdf

Selected showings
2025 5G Live, Gross Encounters, Dirty Art Department, OT301, NL (maker/performer)
2024 Freaky Dancing x Theater Kikker, NL (performer/curator)
2024 Styx and Stones group show, Dirty Art Department, Sandberg Instituut, NL (maker/participant)
2023 Life Potential group show, Arti et Amicitiae, NL (maker/participant)
2022 The Zone, The Grey Space in the Middle, Lente Kabinet, Zaal 3, workspacebrussels, NL/BE (maker)
2017 Why, why ohh why, Nikki Hock, De School, Theater aan het Spui, Eye Filmmuseum, Scopitone Festival Nantes, NL/FR (performer/composer)
2017 Blue, Frascati Producties, Lowlands, MoMo Theater Rotterdam, NL (maker/performer)
2016 Forever Young, Frascati Producties, Het TheaterFestival Vlaanderen, DeSingel, TF, NL/BE (maker/performer)
2015 Variety Show, Theater aan het Spui, Zaal 4, de Parade, NL (maker/performer)
2014 Rhythm of the Night, Het Bijbels Museum, Museumnacht, ITs festival, Via Rudolphi, Het Debuut, NL (maker/performer)

Composition, sound-design
2025 Hen, Roos Bottinga, Ada Ozdogan, Theater Bellevue, Het Nationale Theater, NL - with Boudewijn Scholten
2024 Me – a depiction, Lisa Schamlé, IDFA, NL
2024 Beste Mensen, Bureau Vergezicht, Theater Rotterdam, NL
2024 *click*, Niek Vanoosterweyck, Theater aan de Rijn, NL
2024 Roof, Ada Ozdogan, Theater Bellevue, Likeminds, NL - w/ Boudewijn Scholten
2024 The Returned, Ada Ozdogan, Theater RAST, NL
2023 Freaky Friday Face Off, De Warme Winkel, ITA, NL
2022 Casting, De Warme Winkel/toneelgroep Amsterdam, Holland Festival, NL
2021 Een oprechte ode aan de Ironie, De Warme Winkel, ITA, NL
2021 Yogi Anni, Annica Muller, Boulevard, NL
2021 Odette, Kater de en Lul, La Isla Bonita, Frascati, NL
2019 De Witte Kamer, Ada Ozdogan, Theater Sonnevanck, NL
2019 Thunderdome Never Dies, Know V.A., NL
2019 Calvin Klein, CK One x Glamcult, Know V.A., NL
2019 Party Dialogues, performance, Theater Artemis, Oerol, NL
2019 Dubbelgangers, Ada Ozdogan, Theater Rast, NL
2017 Why, why ohh why, Nikki Hock, De School, Theater aan het Spui, Eye Filmmuseum, Scopitone Festival Nantes, NL/FR
2017 everything must be interpreted as intensity, Francesca Lazzeri, Frascati, NL
2017 The Family, Casper van der Putte, Theater Utrecht, NL

Selected DJ/Live
2022 Strange Days ADE w/ Lorenzo Senni, ADE, Melkweg, NL (curator/dj)
2021 Station Electronique, La Station, Know V.A., Paris FR (performer/dj)
2020 Lunchmeat festival, Know V.A., Prague CZ (performer/dj)
2019 Strange Days ADE w/ DJ Promo, Melkweg, NL (curator/dj)
2019 Strange Days x Hard Dance w/ DJ Ruffneck, OT301, NL (curator/dj)
2019 China tour, Know V.A., Shanghai, Beijing, Xi’an, Hangzhou, CHN (performer/dj)
2019 Strange Days: Know V.A. release party w/ Casual Gabberz, Garage Noord, NL (curator/dj)
2019 Strange Days w/ Genome 6.66 Mbp, Know V.A., Sexyland, NL (curator/dj)
2018 India tour, dj/live-set Know V.A., New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, IND (performer/dj)
2018 Strange Days x Modern Day Rogues w/ Gabber Eleganza, OT301/4bid gallery, Boris Postma & Know V.A., NL (curator/dj)
2018 RE:VIVE, Know V.A., Eye Filmmuseum, NL (performer/live score)
2016 NTS, Know V.A., UK (performer/dj)
2013-15 HOAX club nights, Melkweg, NL (curator/dj)
2013 Lowlands, Know V.A., NL (performer/dj)
2013 Mysteryland, Om Unit b2b Know V.A., NL (performer/dj)

Performer
2025 Camiel Fortgens vid, Jeroen Dankers, NL
2023  The Invisible Man, Theater Artemis, Unicorn Theatre London, UK
2018 De Onzichtbare Man, Theater Artemis, NL/BE/AT/UK
2017 Quality Time, Daan Bakker, NL
2016 Made in here, Davy Pieters, Frascati Producties, NL
2014 De dag dat de papegaai zelf iets wilde zeggen, Theater Artemis, NL
2014 Victoria, Sanne Nouws, Frascati Producties, NL
2013 Spectaculaire voorstelling, Boogaerdt/Van der Schoot, Oerol, NL
2007 Double Points-Rudi, Emio Greco, Nederlandse Dansdagen, NL

Awards, nominations, stipends
2024 Offies - TYA Performance, The Invisible Man, Theater Artemis, Unicorn Theatre, LDN, UK
2023 Werkbijdrage muziekauteur FPK, ism Warme Winkel, ITA, NL
2018 Nominatie VSCD Mimeprijs, Nederlands Theater Festival, De Onzichtbare man, Theater Artemis, NL
2018 Zilveren Krekel, VSCD, Nederlands Theater Festival, VSCD, De Onzichtbare man, Theater Artemis, NL
2016-17 Circuit X, Forever Young, selection TF, Het TheaterFestival Vlaanderen, NL/BE
2014 Nominatie VSCD Mimeprijs, De dag dat de papegaai zelf iets wilde zeggen, Theater Artemis
2014 Het Debuut award, ITs festival, Via Rudolphi, NL

Residencies, workshops, lectures
2025 De Ontwerpersprijs, Nederlands Theater Festival, NL (initiator)
2024 Future Stages, Ulrike Quade Company, Theater Utrecht, NL (lecturer)
2023 Center Stage Robotics residency, Ulrike Quade Company, Creative Robotics, Universiteit Utrecht, NL - with Niek Vanoosterweyck (resident)
2023-now Echobox Radio residency, Strange Days, Know V.A., NL (resident)
2022 Gardening residency, a GREENHOUSE project, NL (resident)
2022 The Grey Space in the Middle residency, Lente Kabinet, The Zone, NL (resident)
2022 workspacebrussels residency, The Zone, Brussels, BE (resident)
2019 Het Huis Utrecht residency, The Zone, NL (resident)
2018 Dag van de Mime, De Meervaart, NL (lecturer)
2015-17 Frascati production house, Forever Young and Blue, NL (maker)
2016 Workshop performance, KABK, NL (tutor)
2015 Pecha Kucha #18, w/ Nikki Hock, Zaal 3, Het Nationale Theater, NL (lecturer)
2015 Zaal 3, Het Nationale Theater, NL (maker)
2013-2020 Red Light Radio residency, Know V.A./HOAX, NL (resident/dj)

Selected press
↪Freaky Dancing review, 3voor12
↪Feature CSR residency, Dansmagazine
↪The Invisible Man review, The Guardian
↪Open brief Actie Onbekend, Theaterkrant
↪De ellende onder de loep nemen, Know V.A. interview Noisey
↪Hardcore is springlevend (en net zo spannend als toen), DJBroadcast
↪Review Blue, Theaterkrant
 ↪Bühne Bisoux #02: Marijn Brussaard, Fringe Festival
↪NRC Handelsblad, review Rhythm of the Night
↪Volkskrant - review Rhythm of the Night








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↪Feature De Ontwerpersprijs , NRC (Dutch) 27/08/2025
↪Interview De Ontwerpersprijs, Theaterkrant (Dutch) 18/08/2025
↪De Ontwerpersprijs, TF (Dutch) 17/12/2024
↪Een Uur Cultuur (min 50), Anoek Nuyens, VRPO, Radio 1 (Dutch) 22/12/2024
↪Review Freaky Dancing x Theater Kikker, 3voor12 (Dutch) 26/11/2024
↪Review Beste Mensen, Trouw (Dutch) 17/11/2024
↪Feature CSR residency, Dansmagazine (Dutch) 11/04/2024
↪Review The Invisible Man - The Guardian (English) 05/06/2023
↪Review The Invisible Man - The Stage (English) 02/06/2023
↪Kuba Paris - Life Potential groupshow 22/03/2023
↪Review De Onzichtbare Man - pzazz (Dutch) 31/12/2022
↪Feature Strange Days ADE - Subbacultcha (English) 22/10/2022
↪Gardening #2 - Greenhouse (Dutch) 03/06/2022
↪The Grey Space x Lente Kabinet - The Zone  (Dutch) 26/02/2022
↪Review Odette, Kater en de Lul - NRC (Dutch) 20/09/2021
↪Review Know V.A. - Lunchmeat 2020 - Inverted Audio (English) 09/11/2020
 ↪Feature Know V.A. - Lunchmeat 2020 - The Brutalist (English) 14/10/2020
↪Feature Know V.A. - Lunchmeat 2020 - Prague Morning (English) 25/09/2020
↪Interview Cousin - Metal Magazine (English) 2020
↪Interview Know V.A. - Noisey (Dutch) 04/11/2019
↪Feature Strange Days - Mixmag (English) 04/11/2019
↪Interview Know V.A. - Subbacultcha (English) 04/11/2019
↪Review Strange Days - 3voor12 (Dutch) 20/10/2019
↪Feature Strange Days - DJBroadcast - (Dutch) 09/05/2019
↪Review Dubbelgangers - Theaterkrant (Dutch) 15/04/2019
↪Feature Know V.A. - Dummy (English) 03/04/2019
↪Feature Strange Days x Modern Day Rogues - DJBroadcast 31/10/2018
↪Interview Strange Days x Modern Day Rogues - Noisey (Dutch) 11/10/2018
↪Feature Know V.A. - Glamcult - Pain Issue (English) 2018
↪Review De Onzichtbare Man - de Volkskrant (Dutch) 15/03/2018
↪Feature Know V.A. - The Astral Plane (English) 15/03/2018
↪Review De Onzichtbare Man - Theaterkrant (Dutch) 04/03/2018
↪Interview - Bühne Bisoux zine (Dutch) 2017
↪Interview YYOY - Vice (Dutch) 19/05/2017
↪Review Blue - Volkskrant (Dutch) 18/02/2017
↪Review Blue - Theaterkrant (Dutch) 18/02/2017
↪Review Blue - The Cultural Lifestyle (Dutch) 21/02/2017
↪Feature Know V.A. - XLR8R  (English) 19/10/2016
↪Interview Know V.A. - Zenith EP - Noisey (Dutch) 17/10/2016
↪Interview - het TheaterFestival Vlaanderen (Dutch) 01/09/2016
↪Review Forever Young - Concertnews.be (Dutch) 31/08/2016
↪Circuit X - Focus Knack (Dutch) 04/03/2016
↪Interview - Frascati Magazine (Dutch) 2015
↪Review Variety Show - Scenes.nu (Dutch) 2015
↪Review Forever Young - Theaterkrant (Dutch) 26/11/2015
↪Interview - Radio de Richel (Dutch) 06/11/2015
↪Review Variety Show - Trouw (Dutch) 14/07/2015
↪Feature Rhythm of the Night - Theaterkrant (Dutch) 23/06/2015 
↪Interview - Den Haag FM (Dutch) 05/05/2015
↪Review Fraslab - Theaterkrant (Dutch) 12/03/2015
↪Interview Know V.A. - DJBroadcast (Dutch) 11/02/2015
↪Feature Rhythm of the Night - Theaterkrant (Dutch) 20/11/2014 
↪Feature - Terugblik Mime 13-14 Theaterkrant (Dutch) 16/11/2014
↪Review Rhythm of the Night - NRC (Dutch) 29/09/2014
↪Review Rhythm of the Night - Haarlems Dagblad (Dutch) 29/09/2014
↪Review Rhythm of the Night - Toneelblog (Dutch) 23/09/2014
↪Review Rhythm of the Night - de Volkskrant (Dutch) 22/09/2014
↪Review Rhythm of the Night - Theaterkrant (Dutch) 21/09/2014
↪Review Rhythm of the Night - 8weekly.nl (Dutch) 20/09/2014
↪Interview - Check dit FF (Dutch) 16/09/2014
↪Feature - Fonds Podium Kunst (Dutch) 2014
↪Feature ITS Het Debuut Award - Theaterkrant (Dutch) 2014
↪Review Theater Artemis - Theaterkrant (Dutch) 06/04/2014
↪Interview Know V.A. - Thump/Noisey (Dutch) 12/02/2014
↪Interview Know V.A. - Noisey (Dutch) 27/08/2013
↪Feature Know V.A. - Lowlands - 3voor12/VPRO (Dutch) 17/08/2013
↪Interview Know V.A. - DJBroadcast (Dutch) 24/07/2013


Marijn Brussaard


Marijn Brussaard works as a artist, composer and performer. With a background in professional dance and performing arts, he graduated at the Academy of Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam in 2014 and is currently taking part in the Dirty Art Department MFA at Sandberg Institute.

He creates conceptually and musically driven performances and installations, in which he reflects on the theatrics of modern day phenomena. These include ︎hyper-masculine stardom, ︎commodification and ︎simulation of ︎the natural world, ︎demonic imagery in ︎music subcultures, and ︎sensory overload through mass media. He finds that the tension and drama often lie in the inconsistencies and contradictions of these subjects. Synonymous with contemporary states of ︎ecstasy and ︎transcendence, his work often has a dream-like and hyperreal quality.

With electronic music duo ︎Know V.A. he has performed shows internationally - including tours in China and India, Lunchmeat festival, ︎Boiler Room, Defqon.1, La Station, Fiber festival, NTS,
BBC 1Xtra. As a composer he has made commissioned soundtracks for the ︎Thunderdome Never Dies documentary, Calvin Klein, Theater Rotterdam, Theater Artemis, De Warme Winkel, Boiler Room and Eye Filmmuseum.

Under the alias ︎Universal Ryan, understated bedroom pop, synth wave and otherworldly sound-design are fused into hypnotising amalgamation, intent on reaching states of ecstasy, escapism and transcendence.