{"id":86734,"date":"2026-07-20T19:08:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T17:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=86734"},"modified":"2026-07-25T04:15:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T02:15:45","slug":"amaze-by-idt-audiovisual-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/uitgaan\/amaze-by-idt-audiovisuele-belevenis\/","title":{"rendered":"AMAZE, a sensory experience you know from Awakenings and Mysteryland"},"content":{"rendered":"

The building at Elementenstraat 25 once served as an underground club, one of the city\u2019s early rave venues. Now it\u2019s home to AMAZE, an immersive audiovisual experience spanning more than 3,000 square meters that you can explore at your own pace. No display cases, no explanatory signs. Instead, there are eight rooms, each creating its own world with lasers, lights, sound, and smoke.<\/p>\n

Behind the concept is ID&T, the company that has been shaping the Dutch dance scene for over thirty years. Awakenings, Sensation, Defqon.1, Mysteryland, DGTL: the names that have drawn millions of festivalgoers. With AMAZE, they\u2019re taking that same festival-grade technology and turning it into a permanent attraction. No lineup, no stage\u2014but the same laser and lighting installations you\u2019d normally find on a main stage.<\/p>\n

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What sets AMAZE apart from a light show or an art installation is the interaction. Sensors and cameras track where you walk and how you move, and the space reacts accordingly. Smoke rises, light shifts with you, and sound changes direction. Each space has its own atmosphere and theme, structured as a series of separate worlds that you pass through one by one. It feels less like a museum and more like a stage set where you yourself become part of the show.<\/p>\n

The tour lasts about an hour and consists of seven to eight themed zones, each with its own laser and light shows and interactive multimedia installations. No two areas are alike: while one overwhelms you with bright colors and loud beats, the next is quieter and darker. At the end of the route, the AMAZE Lounge awaits, where you can relax with a cocktail and recover from what you\u2019ve just experienced.<\/p>\n

The building, with its rave history, is thus given a new purpose, without completely losing its industrial roughness. Anyone who leaves the dance floor will emerge about an hour later with hands damp from the smoke and ears still ringing. It\u2019s exactly the feeling that ID&T, after thirty years of organizing festivals, knows how to evoke flawlessly\u2014only without a tent and without having to wait for a performance.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In een oud industrieel pand op Sloterdijk loop je door acht ruimtes vol laser, licht en rook. ID&T, dertig jaar actief in de festivalwereld, vertaalt hier hun podiumtechniek naar een permanente ervaring. Geen dansvloer, wel dezelfde zintuigprikkeling die je van Awakenings of Mysteryland kent.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":86740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"district":[21],"class_list":["post-86734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uitgaan","district-amsterdam-west"],"acf":{"slider":[86743],"fotograaf":"AMAZE Amsterdam \u00b7 Google \u00b7 www.amaze-amsterdam.com","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"ID&T bouwt festivaltechniek om tot een uur durende reis door 8 zintuigprikkelende ruimtes","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"start_datum":null,"eind_datum":null,"cord_A":"4.8514059","cord_B":"52.3939894","introductie_tekst":"In een oud industrieel pand op Sloterdijk loop je door acht ruimtes vol laser, licht en rook. ID&T, dertig jaar actief in de festivalwereld, vertaalt hier hun podiumtechniek naar een permanente ervaring. Geen dansvloer, wel dezelfde zintuigprikkeling die je van Awakenings of Mysteryland kent.","rubriek":"Locatie","locatie_event":null,"naam_locatie":"AMAZE","adres":"Elementenstraat 25, 1014 AR Amsterdam","stad":"Amsterdam","website":"https:\/\/www.amaze-amsterdam.com","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86734"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87136,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86734\/revisions\/87136"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86734"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=86734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}