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

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

#56 Repainting Subway Art
Manifestation #58
Central Space
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A book launch of 'Repainting Subway Art' by Tripl a.k.a. Furious, with a talk by Martha Cooper, Terror161 a.k.a. Json, moderated by Dr. Edward Birzin

#76 Cosmic Entanglements
Manifestation #76
Central Space

Join us for a film evening linked to 'Goddess Change', the monthly speculative fiction reading group initiated by artists Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz, with works by Patricia Dominguez and by Black Quantum Futurism.

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Monthly 'Reading Group Goddess Change' hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz – Paulus Potterstraat 13, Amsterdam
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Manifestation #43: (Where and for Whom?) Listening to the Absences Manifestation #43, a groupshow with Simomo Bouj, Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi and Martin Toloku
Central Space

Manifestation #49: SISTAAZ OF THE CASTLE, a screening of 'Sistaaz of the Castle' hosted by Duran Lantink and Jan Hoek.
Central Space

Manifestation #56: Repainting Subway Art, a book launch of 'Repainting Subway Art' by Tripl a.k.a. Furious, with a talk by Martha Cooper, Terror161 a.k.a. Json, and moderated by Dr. Edward Birzin

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

by Geo Wyex

EN

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.

NL

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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Collaborator

Mirre Yayla Séur

Collaborator

Keti Koti Westerpark

Collaborator

Chandler Smith – HXSSY

Collaborator

Atelier Code Noir

#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

Nat Muller

#50

Manifestation

June 2, 2024
24/7
Until July 2, 2024
Studio Space

#50: KETI KOTI X ROOTS TO FRUITS

Every year on the 1st of July, we commemorate slavery and celebrate the abolition of slavery: Keti Koti. In the month prior to this day, we show new work by artist and graphic designer Mirelle van Tulder on the windows of Buro Stedelijk’s Studio Space facing the Paulus Potterstraat.

Collaborator

Bnnyhunna

#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).

Collaborator

Waèl Allouche

The Slope (2023)

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Andrey Shental

#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.

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

Queer Choir

Collaborator

Ksenia Perek

Collaborator

Berber Meindertsma

#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

Oded Rimon

Collaborator

Kunsttraject

location

Central Space

Daily via Museumplein 10, 10:00 - 18:00 / Evening manifestations via Paulus Potterstraat 13, 18:30 - 20:30

Mina Rwina DIR (2024)

by Simomo Bouj

Collaborator

Stephanie Schuitemaker

Dia di lucha pa libertat

Design process behind #5 by Lydienne Albertoe

#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.

Collaborator

Özgür Atlagan

#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.

Collaborator

Touchy Studios

Klof, village of spirits (2020 – ongoing)

by Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

SistaazHood

Collaborator

Viviane Tabach

Collaborator

Andrea Voets

#36

Manifestation

May 23, 2024
19:30 – 21:30
Central Space

#36 Opening – #26: Script 1: Whispers (Tell the Waters What the Clay Kept Secret II)

with opening words by the artist and and a reflection by Quinsy Gario on Ola Hassanain's solo manifestation

Collaborator

Sarah Schulten

Collaborator

Anna Hoetjes

Collaborator

Nazif Lopulissa

#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.

#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

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

Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Collaborator

UNSEEN

Collaborator

Christelle Oyiri

Collaborator

Gilleam Trapenberg

#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

kanaal40

#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

Artist Collective Totomboti

Collaborator

Anna-Rosa van Wees

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.

A Whispering Dam (2024)

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Travis A. G. Geertruida

Sacred Wounds (2024)

by Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

Collaborator

Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen

#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

Mirelle van Tulder

#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.

#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

Joram Kraaijveld

#18

Manifestation

November 1, 2023
Central Space

#18 Kunstenaar op zaal

Collaborator

Frank Creton

Collaborator

Renzo Martens

#32

Manifestation

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

#32 Film screening by Kevin Osepa

Join us to watch LA ÚLTIMA ASCENSIÓN and Watamula

#2

Manifestation

May 25, 2023
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#2 Opening – Decay: An Ode to the Impermanent

with an inaugural performance by Sedrig Verwoert, Alanna Archibald, Phantom Wizard and Ranie Riberio

Dormancy Trail
(2023)

by Milena Anna Bouma

Collaborator

Miles Greenberg

#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

Collaborator

Joenoes Polnaija

#31

Manifestation

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

#31 Hosting Darkness

hosted by Berber Meindertsma and Stephanie Schuitemaker

Collaborator

Les Moucherons

#26: Video introduction by Artist

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

Collaborator

Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi

Collaborator

Rice, Peas, Roots and Culture

Collaborator

Niels Staats

Collaborator

Drankerij

Same Taste

by Basir Mahmood

Collaborator

Narges Mohammadi

Collaborator

Kevin Osepa

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Buro Stedelijk is a place to discover Amsterdam’s dynamic and forward-thinking art scene. 

Collaborator

Bubble Shooters Network

#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

Collaborator

Vinger.nl

#44

Manifestation

November 28, 2024
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#44 Opening – #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, with a live performance by Simomo Bouj.

#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.

Collaborator

Müge Yılmaz

Collaborator

Mati Diop

Collaborator

bk owusu

Collaborator

Simnikiwe Buhlungu

Collaborator

Emily Shin-Jie Lee

Collaborator

Terror161 a.k.a. Json

Collaborator

KC

Collaborator

SEXYLAND World

Seeping Waters (2023 – 2024)

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

senakirfa A.

Collaborator

Marjolijn van Heemstra

Collaborator

Kenneth Aidoo

Collaborator

The Memoria Collective

Collaborator

Gwen Parry

Collaborator

Emily Pethick

Collaborator

BijlmAIR

Collaborator

Anna Arov

Collaborator

1.06 Music Library

Collaborator

pIAR

Collaborator

Shigeo Arikawa

Before Distortion (2023 – ongoing)

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

Collaborator

Naema Abdi

Collaborator

Martha Cooper

#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

Marcel van den Berg

Grown head to toe outfit (2023)

by YUME YUME

Collaborator

Tripl

Collaborator

Andrea Amponsah

Collaborator

Fanta Sylla

location

Off-site Int’l

#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

#35

Manifestation

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

#35 Zonder Gelijkheid, Geen Vrede

Collaborator

Ruyzdael Publishing

Collaborator

Marjet Zwaans

Collaborator

Simone Zeefuik

#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

Anne Lakeman

Collaborator

Setareh Noorani

Collaborator

Floor van Leeuwen

location

Online

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

by Naema Abdi Ali & Anna-Rosa van Wees.

Collaborator

Don Yaw Kwaning

Collaborator

Manon Lutanie

Collaborator

Milena Anna Bouma

location

Studio Space

Paulus Potterstraat 13, 1071 CX, Amsterdam

Collaborator

Geert Vlieger

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

Lydienne Albertoe

Collaborator

Marly Pierre-Louis

Collaborator

Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou

Collaborator

Geo Wyex

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

Phantom Wizard

Collaborator

Adriana Knouf

Collaborator

Ana Bravo Pérez

#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

Charl Landvreugd

Collaborator

Ceder Rorije

#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.

Collaborator

Inge Meijer

#17

Manifestation

July 2, 2024
Online

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

by Setareh Noorani

Collaborator

Azu Nwagbogu

Collaborator

loopey

Collaborator

Kaiden Ford

Collaborator

Ammodo

Collaborator

Stephen Tayo

Collaborator

Duran Lantink

Collaborator

Guenn Ramon Gustina

Hybrid Listening

an architectural intervention by Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Collaborator

Sedrig Verwoert

Descent into the Fungal (2017)

by Andrey Shental

Collaborator

W139

Collaborator

Patricia Domínguez

61 FRAGMENTS OF DECAY FOR NEW DESIRES (2023)

by Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

Saodat Ismailova

Collaborator

Valerie Oluwatoyin Abeji

#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.

Collaborator

Nuria Bofarull

Collaborator

Q

#49

Manifestation

December 5, 2024
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#49 SISTAAZ OF THE CASTLE

Join us for a screening of the film 'Sistaaz of the Castle', hosted by Duran Lantink and Jan Hoek.

#58

Manifestation

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

#56 Repainting Subway Art

A book launch of 'Repainting Subway Art' by Tripl a.k.a. Furious, with a talk by Martha Cooper, Terror161 a.k.a. Json, moderated by Dr. Edward Birzin

Collaborator

Basir Mahmood

Collaborator

Jelmer Wijnstroom

Collaborator

Rubiah Balsem

Collaborator

Pauline Curnier Jardin

Collaborator

Jan Hoek

Collaborator

Pırıltı Onukar

#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

Timothy Aarons

Collaborator

S*an D. Henry-Smith

Collaborator

Black Quantum Futurism

Collaborator

Ernst van Deursen

Collaborator

YUME YUME

Collaborator

Fonds 21 – Henk Christophersen

Collaborator

Michael Ekow & May

#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.

Collaborator

Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

#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.

#76

Manifestation

January 9, 2025
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#76 Cosmic Entanglements

Join us for a film evening linked to 'Goddess Change', the monthly speculative fiction reading group initiated by artists Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz, with works by Patricia Dominguez and by Black Quantum Futurism.

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

Ranie Ribeiro

Collaborator

Leontine Coelewij

#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.

Collaborator

Ahmad Mallah

#3

Manifestation

May 25, 2023
21:00 – 1:00
Until March 25, 2023
Off-site Local

#3 Afterparty – Decay: An Ode to the Impermanent at kanaal40

with 1.06 Music Library and Michael Ekow & May

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.

#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

Lakisha Apostel

Collaborator

Quinsy Gario

Collaborator

Fiep van Bodegom

#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

Kanitha Tith

#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.

Collaborator

Ngozi Onwurah

Collaborator

Lorraine Hellwig

Collaborator

Drums of the Earth

location

Off-site Local