About the maker

A recurring characteristic of Nikolaj Fondt Salzwedell's work is the deconstruction of the artwork experience: the audience is made actively aware of what they are experiencing, how they are being manipulated, and invited into participation. It is a call for transparency at a time when consumption culture seems to pull us apart from each other and ourselves. Stemming from an interdisciplinary background, Salzwedell stretches the nature of mediums and makes them bleed into each other, rethinking the possible frame of each work. Their practice is grounded in slow-burning, mythological and psychological complexity — speaking not to intellectual understanding, but to a subconscious, emotional or spiritual one, like experiencing a vague memory or a dream.

Salzwedell creates spaces to observe and move through discomfort as a form of collective repatterning. Durational mediums are central, as they hold the greatest potential for transformation: an encouragement to surrender oneself to a shift, expanding conscious engagement with life beyond the surface of human comprehension. This is further emphasised when the immersion of the work gets distorted, unveiling the layers beneath.

About ENTER Festival

ENTER is the national graduation festival (and, to some extent, also for Belgium) of Ensemble Nieuwe Theaterwerkers. It is a graduation festival by and for emerging theatre makers. Every year, we facilitate encounters between graduating theatre makers, one another, audiences, and the professional field. Each edition takes place in a different location across the country, because the cultural sector has no single centre. We started in Amsterdam in 2023, moved to The Hague in 2024, headed to Groningen in 2025, and in 2026 we will land in Utrecht!

ENTER is a place to discover who your graduating cohort is and what defines you as a generation. It is a place to encounter each other’s work, inspirations, and artistic visions. It is a place to build a new network with people you may end up working with for years to come. It is a place for a (first) meeting with professionals from the field. It is a place to remind you that there is a professional world waiting for you. It is a place to celebrate the end of your time in school together with your fellow graduates in unforgettable fashion.

ENTER is both a farewell party and a housewarming.