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Reading Group with Pırıltı Onukar, hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz in Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space.

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Muck Studies Department Presents: Transmission from No Point of Return Bleep Blop Bloop (2021)

by Geo Wyex

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6 channel audio, speakers, handheld radios, FM transmitters, media player, wires, holes, walls, fan, gold ribbon, green light, green glitter, zip ties, ‘Positive Women’ scarf stuffed in speaker, shea butter, potting soil, used sunglasses, office chair from museum storage

In his ongoing radio play, Geo Wyex places his character Muck Studies Dept, a municipal agent who “studies” mud at the bottom of waterways by gently wading through it, at an undisclosed location somewhere at an imagined Bottom of Everything – perhaps at the beginning of a perceivable universe.  Piping in through holes in the walls, various sounds create a roaming constellation of references – metallic rattling, feedback, shards of a musical score – that point to a history of implosion, obliteration, and scatter, a blackness that precedes, as “matter beyond the equation of value.” (Denise Ferreira da Silva)

Over an FM transmission, the character speaks of stars, gas, ass, water, holes, and running as a means of destabilizing the present ground.

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6-kanaals audio, luidsprekers, portofoons, FM-zenders, mediaspeler, draden, gaten, muren, ventilator, gouden lint, groen licht, groene glitter, kabelbinders, ‘Positive Women’ sjaal in luidspreker gepropt, sheaboter, potgrond, gebruikte zonnebril, bureaustoel uit museumopslag

In zijn lopende radiospel plaatst Geo Wyex zijn personage Muck Studies Dept, een gemeenteagent die de modder op de bodem van waterwegen “bestudeert” door er voorzichtig doorheen te waden, op een geheime locatie ergens op een denkbeeldige Bodem van Alles – misschien aan het begin van een waarneembaar universum. Verschillende geluiden die door gaten in de muren naar binnen komen, creëren een dolende constellatie van referenties – metalen geratel, feedback, flarden van een muzikale partituur – die wijzen op een geschiedenis van implosie, uitwissen en verstrooiing, een blackness die voorafgaat, als “materie voorbij de vergelijking van waarde”. (Denise Ferreira da Silva)

Via een FM-transmissie spreekt het personage over sterren, gas, kont, water, gaten en rennen als middel om de huidige grond te destabiliseren.

Creative and technical support by Kamron Hazel

Muck Studies Department Presents: Transmission from No Point of Return Bleep Blop Bloop (2021)

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Paulus Potterstraat 13, 1071 CX, Amsterdam

#28

Manifestation

December 21, 2023
18:30 - 19:30
Central Space

#28 tremor (thunder)

On December 21 at the Central space, S*an D. Henry-Smith performs live as part of Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal.

Collaborator

Drums of the Earth

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Phantom Wizard

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pIAR

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Nuria Bofarull

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Fanta Sylla

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Marjet Zwaans

Manifestation

July 18, 2024

#68: Reflections on Script 1: Whispers (Tell the Waters What the Clay Kept Secret II)

Reflections on Ola Hassanain’s solo Manifestation #26: Script 1: Whispers (Tell the Waters What the Clay Kept Secret II), with Ola Hassanain, Quinsy Gario, and Rita Ouédraogo.

Collaborator

Timothy Aarons

#19

Manifestation

October 12, 2023
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#19 Raw Heat, Black Sweat

Join us for a co-curated evening by Marcel van den Berg, a block party at the Central Space celebrating 50 Years of Hip Hop Culture with KC, Loopey, Farida Sedoc, Jeff Croese and Shigeo Arikawa.

Collaborator

Narges Mohammadi

#10

Manifestation

August 3, 2023
14:00 – 16:00
Studio Space

#10 Beauty Basics for Queer People

Trans-inclusive makeup workshop by Timothy Paul. Join Caribbean Queer Salon for this live make-up tutorial.

Collaborator

Hidde van Greuningen

Collaborator

Irina Djojoatmodjo

#11

Manifestation

September 28, 2023
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#11 Mal Ora

Join us for an evening co-curated by Kevin Osepa with performances by Travis A. G. Geertruida, Lakisha Apostel, Guenn Ramon Gustina and Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi.

#5

Manifestation

June 30, 2023
Until July 2, 2023
Studio Space

#5 Dia di Lucha pa Libertat

Every year on the 1st of July we commemorate slavery and celebrate the abolition of slavery: Keti Koti. Since we believe that Keti Koti should be a national holiday, we are closed on the 1st of July. We asked Lydiënne Albertoe to design a graphic work for this particular occasion. The work is placed on the door of our Central Space and the windows of the Studio Space.

Collaborator

Fonds 21 – Henk Christophersen

Collaborator

Ngozi Onwurah

#23

Manifestation

February 15, 2024
Until March 31, 2024
Central Space

#23 TRUTH

a video installation by Miles Greenberg, open daily from 10:00 – 18:00 with a Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ticket

Living Mycelium Dunes (2023)

by YUME YUME

Collaborator

Renzo Martens

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#30

Manifestation

January 4, 2024
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#30 Mixtape

Experience Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal with sound by LazerGazer

Collaborator

Anna Hoetjes

Collaborator

Julianknxx

Collaborator

Fiep van Bodegom

Collaborator

Les Moucherons

Mirre Yayla Séur: Process during Manifestation #8 To Be Determined

This summer, Marcel van den Berg, Kevin Osepa and Mirre Yayla Séur relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

#26

Manifestation

May 23, 2024
Until July 18, 2024
Central Space

#26: Script 1: Whispers (Tell The Waters What The Clay Kept Secret II), by Ola Hassanain

Artist and architect Ola Hassanain intertwines family history with the materiality and temporality of water and clay. For this manifestation, Hassanain shares her ongoing visual research into the spatial implications of catastrophes. In this provocation the artist zooms in on an intimate ‘site of catastrophe’: her grandmother’s house.

KETI KOTI X ROOTS TO FRUITS

Read and see more about the design process behind Manifestation #50: ROOTS TO FRUITS X KETI KOTI by Mirelle van Tulder

Collaborator

Leontine Coelewij

Collaborator

Rice, Peas, Roots and Culture

#16

Manifestation

November 30, 2023
Until January 25, 2024
Central Space

#16 Descent into Fungal

The third group show in the Central Space with Milena Anna Bouma, Don Yaw Kwaning, Andrey Shental and YUME YUME

Collaborator

Basir Mahmood

#43

Manifestation

November 28, 2024
Until January 23, 2025
Central Space

#43 (Where and for Whom?) Listening to the Absences

The fifth group show in Buro Stedelijk's Central Space with Simomo Bouj, Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi and Martin Toloku

Collaborator

Michael Ekow & May

Collaborator

Andrey Shental

#17

Manifestation

September 14, 2023
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#12 Rehearsing (the Care for) Decay

Mirre Yayla Séur performs 'Rehearsing (the Care for) Decay' on September 14 at our Central space. A live performance as part of her ongoing process during Manifestation #8: To Be Determined.

Collaborator

Viviane Tabach

Grown head to toe outfit (2023)

by YUME YUME

Collaborator

Waèl Allouche

Collaborator

Adriana Knouf

Collaborator

Ilga Minjon

Collaborator

Wes Mapes

#4

Manifestation

June 4, 2023
16:00
Until July 2, 2023
Off-site Local

#4 Keti Koti Westerpark X Buro Stedelijk

with Atelier Code Noir and Frank Creton

Collaborator

Travis A. G. Geertruida

Collaborator

Yvette Mutumba

Collaborator

Touchy Studios

Collaborator

Antje de Wit

Collaborator

Queer Choir

Collaborator

Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

##60

Manifestation

September 28, 2024
14:30 – 17:30
Studio Space

#60 Reading Group: Goddess Change

Reading Group with Ilga Minjon, hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz in Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space

Collaborator

The Memoria Collective

Collaborator

YUME YUME

Collaborator

Rita Ouédraogo

Collaborator

Shigeo Arikawa

Collaborator

S*an D. Henry-Smith

Collaborator

Don Yaw Kwaning

Collaborator

Alina Lupu

Collaborator

Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Nina666

#29

Manifestation

December 28, 2023
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#29 Mixtape

Experience Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal with sound by bk owusu

Collaborator

Emily Shin-Jie Lee

From listening to reflecting: thoughts on the Manifestation #1 Listening Sessions

by Naema Abdi Ali & Anna-Rosa van Wees.

Collaborator

Marly Pierre-Louis

#39

Manifestation

August 15, 2024
Until October 17, 2024
Central Space

#39 To Be Determined

This summer, Kenneth Aidoo, Lorraine Hellwig and Nazif Lopulissa relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

Collaborator

Alanna Archibald

#59

Manifestation

June 1, 2024
24/7
Until September 22, 2024
Off-site Local

#59 Keti Koti Westerpark x Kunsttraject

Come see the series New Suns by Gilleam Trapenberg on the windows of Kunsttraject in the Staatsliedenbuurt.

#58

Manifestation

November 2, 2024
19:00 – 0:00
Central Space

#58 The Black Film Critic Syllabus

A curated film evening during Museumnacht by writer and thinker Fanta Sylla, the founder of 'The Black Film Critic Syllabus'.

Collaborator

Setareh Noorani

Before Distortion (2023 – ongoing)

by Don Yaw Kwaning / material experiments with plant-based raw materials and semi-finished products

Collaborator

Dr. Edward Birzin

Collaborator

Bubble Shooters Network

#40

Manifestation

September 19, 2024
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#40 NEO NEO DADA – Act I, II and III

Lorraine Hellwig performs 'NEO NEO DADA – Act I, II and III' on September 19 at Buro Stedelijk's Central space. A multi-media performance as part of her ongoing process during 'Manifestation #39: To Be Determined'.

#47

Manifestation

May 25, 2024
15:30 – 17:30
Studio Space

#47 Reading Group: Goddess Change

Reading Group with Fiep van Bodegom, hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz in Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space

#41

Manifestation

October 3, 2024
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#41 Strange Soil

Nazif Lopulissa presents 'Strange Soil' on October 3 at Buro Stedelijk's Central Space. A curated programme as part of his ongoing process during 'Manifestation #39: To Be Determined'.

#9

Manifestation

June 30, 2023
17:00 – 18:00
Off-site Local

#9 In conversation with Frank Creton

Join us Friday for a Q&A with artist Frank Creton at Meterhuisje

Collaborator

Ahmad Mallah

Collaborator

Pauline Curnier Jardin

Collaborator

Drankerij

Collaborator

Anna Arov

#2

Manifestation

May 25, 2023
Until July 25, 2023
Central Space

#2 Decay: An Ode to the Impermanent

with Joël Andrianomearisoa, Narges Mohammadi and Geo Wyex

Klof, village of spirits (2020 – ongoing)

by Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

Milena Anna Bouma

Collaborator

Nazif Lopulissa

#45

Manifestation

March 23, 2024
15:30 – 17:30
Studio Space

#45 Reading Group: Goddess Change

Reading group with Marly Pierre-Louis, hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz in Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space

Collaborator

Pırıltı Onukar

Collaborator

Artist Collective Totomboti

Collaborator

Floor van Leeuwen

Kevin Osepa: Process during Manifestation #8 To Be Determined

This summer, Marcel van den Berg, Kevin Osepa and Mirre Yayla Séur relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

#14

Manifestation

July 24, 2023
16:00
Studio Space

#14 Exiting the Photographic Universe

Prof. Fred Ritchin discusses the impact of artificial intelligence on photography in the digital age.

#6

Manifestation

July 6, 2023
12:30 – 13:15 / 14:30 – 15:15
Central Space

#6 Live performance: Visitation, with NO Stars (2030)

Geo Wyex will perform 'Visitation, with NO Stars' twice on July 6 at the Central space. A live performance as part of his ongoing work 'Muck Studies Department Presents: Transmission from No Point of Return Bleep Blop Blop Bloop' (2021).

Dia di lucha pa libertat

Design process behind #5 by Lydienne Albertoe

Collaborator

Robbie Schweiger

Collaborator

Kenneth Aidoo

Memories of becoming (2022/2023)

by Narges Mohammadi

Kenneth Aidoo: Process during Manifestation #39 To Be Determined

This summer, Kenneth Aidoo, Lorraine Hellwig and Nazif Lopulissa relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

Collaborator

Ammodo

#37

Manifestation

June 2, 2024
Until July 2, 2024
Off-site Local

#37 Keti Koti Westerpark

For the second edition of Keti Koti Westerpark, we welcome you in the installation by Kevin Osepa at 'het Meterhuisje' in Westerpark, Amsterdam.

Collaborator

Müge Yılmaz

Collaborator

Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi

Collaborator

Christelle Oyiri

Collaborator

Berber Meindertsma

Collaborator

Saodat Ismailova

Collaborator

Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

Collaborator

Niels Staats

#15

Manifestation

November 4, 2023
19:00 – 02:00
Central Space

#15 Cosmism

During Museumnacht, we present a selection of films by John Akomfrah, Saodat Ismailova, and Viktor Vasylenko in the Buro Stedelijk Central Space. The program explores cosmic musical forms and the (philosophical) potential of space, science fiction, immortality and infinity.

Collaborator

Lakisha Apostel

Collaborator

Martha Cooper

#25

Manifestation

February 15, 2024
18:30 – 20:30
Central Space

#25 Opening – TRUTH

with a musical performance by Bnnyhunna and tunes by 1.06 Music Library

#51

Manifestation

May 2, 2024
19:30 – 21:30
Central Space

#51 Chorus in Flight

Metro54 and Buro Stedelijk are proud to present Julianknxx' one-night immersive performance, developed in collaboration with The Memoria Collective choir from Amsterdam and Rotterdam conducted by Elique Curiel.

Collaborator

Jan Hoek

61 FRAGMENTS OF DECAY FOR NEW DESIRES (2023)

by Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

Ceder Rorije

Collaborator

bk owusu

Collaborator

Andrea Amponsah

Collaborator

BijlmAIR

Collaborator

loopey

Collaborator

Ranie Ribeiro

Same Taste

by Basir Mahmood

Collaborator

Frédérique Gagnon

Collaborator

1.06 Music Library

Collaborator

Marcel van den Berg

Collaborator

Oded Rimon

Collaborator

Simone Zeefuik

Collaborator

Kaiden Ford

#33

Manifestation

January 25, 2024
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#33 Are You Still Resonating?

Finnisage of Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal – An evening with Inge Meijer and chamber choir Les Moucherons led by Antje de Wit

Collaborator

Atelier Code Noir

Collaborator

Ruyzdael Publishing

Collaborator

Hana Nina Hussein

Collaborator

Marjolijn van Heemstra

#17

Manifestation

July 2, 2024
Online

#17 Rehearsing institutional de-scripting: A machine for manifestations

by Setareh Noorani

#31

Manifestation

January 11, 2024
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#31 Hosting Darkness

hosted by Berber Meindertsma and Stephanie Schuitemaker

#18

Manifestation

November 1, 2023
Central Space

#18 Kunstenaar op zaal

location

Off-site Local

Collaborator

Mirelle van Tulder

Collaborator

UNSEEN

Collaborator

Andrea Voets

Collaborator

Bnnyhunna

Collaborator

SEXYLAND World

Collaborator

Terror161 a.k.a. Json

Collaborator

Geert Vlieger

#57

Manifestation

August 22, 2024
17:00
Off-site Local

#57 New Suns – in conversation with Gilleam Trapenberg

After more than two months, Gilleam Trapenberg’s manifestation: ‘New Suns’ on the windows of Kunsttraject for Keti Koti Westerpark, is coming to an end. On Thursday 22 August at 17:00, we host a conversation with the artist at the Buurtwerkplaats, Cliffordstraat 36 in Amsterdam. Afterwards, you can walk the route through the neighbourhood and have a drink.

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Keti Koti Westerpark

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Online

#42

Manifestation

October 17, 2024
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#42 Tell It Like It Is

Join us for the finissage of 'Manifestation #39: To Be Determined', where we will say goodbye to not just three artists but also one immense mural by Kenneth Aidoo.

Collaborator

Geo Wyex

#55

Manifestation

September 15, 2024
24/7
Until October 31, 2024
Studio Space

#55 In Motion, Tracing the Familiar

See the work of Stephen Tayo, BijlmAIR's artist in residence, on the windows of Buro Stedelijk’s Studio Space facing the Paulus Potterstraat. While inhabiting different places and spaces such as Paris, New York, Lagos and Amsterdam, Tayo continues his research into the essence of a city and the quest for the familiar.

#34

Manifestation

November 14, 2023
7:00 – 19:00
Until January 14, 2024
Studio Space

#34 What Can’t It Do?

See the work by Waèl Allouche in our Studio Space. He asked an early version of the current ChatGPT: “What is it a flag can’t do?” This question unexpectedly got answered in a very political way.

Marcel van den Berg: Process during Manifestation #8 To Be Determined

This summer, Marcel van den Berg, Kevin Osepa and Mirre Yayla Séur relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

Collaborator

LazerGazer

Collaborator

Tripl

#67

Manifestation

November 2, 2024
Online

#67 FLIGHT

An accompanying essay to 'Manifestation #58: The Black Film Critic Syllabus', by Fanta Sylla

Collaborator

Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou

Collaborator

Chandler Smith – HXSSY

#48

Manifestation

June 22, 2024
15:30 – 17:30
Studio Space

#48 Reading Group: Goddess Change

Reading Group with Adriana Knouf, hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz in Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space

Collaborator

Kunsttraject

Collaborator

Donghwan Kam

#8

Manifestation

August 14, 2023
Until October 15, 2023
Central Space

#8 To Be Determined

This summer, Marcel van den Berg, Kevin Osepa and Mirre Yayla Séur relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

#35

Manifestation

November 15, 2023
19:00 – 21:30
Off-site Local

#35 Zonder Gelijkheid, Geen Vrede

#1

Manifestation

April 14, 2023
11:00 – 17:00
Until April 15, 2023
Off-site Local

#1 Listening Sessions

Buro Stedelijk’s manifestation #1 Listening Sessions, is an engaging and thought-provoking two-day event on April 14 and 15.

#46

Manifestation

April 20, 2024
15:30 – 17:30
Studio Space

#46 Reading Group: Goddess Change

Reading Group with Nat Muller, hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz in Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space

Collaborator

Emily Pethick

#61

Manifestation

October 26, 2024
14:30 – 17:30
Studio Space

#61 Reading Group: Goddess Change

Reading Group with Anna Arov, hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz in Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space.

#22

Manifestation

December 7, 2023
18:30 - 19:30
Central Space

#22

Ranie Ribeiro performs on harp on December 7 at the Central Space. A live performance as part of Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal.

Collaborator

Nat Muller

#20

Manifestation

November 16, 2023
Until November 19, 2023
Off-site Local

#20 Taking Root Among the Stars

In collaboration with Buro Stedelijk, Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yilmaz will create an intimate space at UNFAIR23. The booth will offer a moment of rest, pause, to go through the books and reflect on the patchwork sky.

Collaborator

Mirre Yayla Séur

Collaborator

Frank Creton

Collaborator

Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

Martin Toloku

Muck Studies Department Presents: Transmission from No Point of Return Bleep Blop Bloop (2021)

by Geo Wyex

Collaborator

Quinsy Gario

Dormancy Trail
(2023)

by Milena Anna Bouma

#62

Manifestation

November 30, 2024
14:30 – 17:30
Studio Space

#62 Reading Group Goddess Change

Reading Group with Pırıltı Onukar, hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz in Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space.

Collaborator

Mati Diop

Collaborator

Kevin Osepa

#27

Manifestation

December 14, 2023
18:30 - 19:30
Central Space

#27 Circle Dance the Fungal

Join Özgür Atlagan, Donghwan Kam, and Kanitha Tith in making a collective Super 8 mm film around YUME YUME's Living Mycelium Dunes.

Hybrid Listening

an architectural intervention by Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Collaborator

Ana Bravo Pérez

Collaborator

Manon Lutanie

Collaborator

Lorraine Hellwig

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Lorraine Hellwig: Process during Manifestation #39 To Be Determined

This summer, Kenneth Aidoo, Lorraine Hellwig and Nazif Lopulissa relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

Collaborator

Stephanie Schuitemaker

Nazif Lopulissa: Process during Manifestation #39: To Be Determined

This summer, Kenneth Aidoo, Lorraine Hellwig and Nazif Lopulissa relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

Collaborator

Ernst van Deursen

Collaborator

Sarah Schulten

Collaborator

SistaazHood

Seeping Waters (2023 – 2024)

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen

Collaborator

Ksenia Perek

Collaborator

Azu Nwagbogu

Respect for the forest

Fragments of conversations in Saamaka tongo Recordings: January - March 2023 in Pikin Slee (SR) Marjet Zwaans, Edje Doekoe, at Buro Stedelijk Amsterdam (NL) Transcribed and translated with Vinije Haabo

Collaborator

Q

Descent into the Fungal (2017)

by Andrey Shental

Collaborator

Joenoes Polnaija