Natasja Alers is the co-director of Grauzone Festival, a multidisciplinary event in the Netherlands that brings together post-punk, experimental music, visual art, and film.
She’s also a sculptor, DJ, and painter with a background in ceramics, installation, and collage. Grauzone alumni include Echo & the Bunnymen, Lebanon Hanover, Anja Huwe (Xmal Deutschland), A Place to Bury Strangers, DAF, and many more, which speaks to the range of Natasja’s vision as a curator and artist.
Born in The Hague, she studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and later in Berlin. Her work has previously been on display at Design Museum Den Bosch, Collectible Art Fair, Art Zuid, PAN Amsterdam, Big Art, Rademakers Gallery, and foreign exhibitions in cities such as Berlin, Brussels, Antwerp, and Copenhagen. Natasja’s work is included in private and museum collections worldwide.
We spoke about all these things, plus her upcoming public installations, which encompass her environmentalist efforts, her deep dedication to Grauzone, and all it stands for.
Radar features discussions with artists and industry leaders who are creators and devotees of music and is produced by Dylan Hundley and The Vinyl District. Dylan Hundley is an artist and performer, and the co-creator and lead singer of Lulu Lewis and all things at Darling Black. She co-curates and hosts Salon Lulu which is a New York based multidisciplinary performance series. She is also a cast member of the iconic New York film Metropolitan.
