Het Veenmoeras
The Irish Peatlands through the Female Gaze
On Friday, March 12, 2026, Noorderlicht opened the exhibition Het Veenmoeras – The Irish Peatlands through the Female Gaze on Vlieland, at Brouwerij Fortuna. Following a successful earlier collaboration during the Machine Entanglements biennial in the summer of 2025, this marks the next step for Noorderlicht: establishing a structural presence on the island, with an ongoing program of exhibitions ahead.
With this expansion to Vlieland, the collaboration with Brouwerij Fortuna takes on a sustainable, long-term character. What began as a temporary initiative is evolving into a recurring venue for photography and lens-based media. Het Veenmoeras is the first exhibition and will be on view until September 1, 2026. The exhibition, curated in collaboration with the Embassy of Ireland in the Netherlands, was previously presented at the Noorderlicht Gallery in Groningen.
Landscape as Technology
Peatlands are shaped by human intervention. Turf cutting is a refined technology in which knowledge, tools, and timing come together, attuned to soil, water, and seasons. The peatlands reveals how technology manifests not only in data and machines, but also impacts the microscopic life beneath our feet.
Tina Claffey & Bo Scheeringa
Irish photographer Tina Claffey and Groningen-based photographer Bo Scheeringa approach Irish peatlands from different perspectives, yet share a focus on how technology mediates our relationship with the landscape. Claffey uses macro photography to reveal fragile microscopic life. Scheeringa, in contrast, focuses on the human scale, documenting contemporary peat extraction. A tradition under pressure from environmental legislation and climate policy.