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#43 (Where and for Whom?) Listening to the Absences
Manifestation #43
Central Space
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The fifth group show in Buro Stedelijk's Central Space with Simomo Bouj, Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi and Martin Toloku

#62 Reading Group Goddess Change
Manifestation #62
Studio Space
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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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Monthly 'Reading Group Goddess Change' hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz – Paulus Potterstraat 13, Amsterdam

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Buro Stedelijk is a hybrid art space that celebrates community and encourages experiment and boundary-pushing art. As a decentralized observatory, it is attentive to community needs and promotes artistic expression.
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Klof, village of spirits (2020 – ongoing)

by Kevin Osepa

EN

In Curaçao, there exists a place called the ‘Klof’, meaning ‘chasm’ or ‘gorge’. It is formed by two roads that run parallel for about three hundred meters. Both roads are lined with trees whose tops grow together, creating a kind of tunnel – giving this spot its name. This place is known on the island as a haunted street filled with stories of spirit sightings.

This same place has witnessed (in colonial times) the persecution and displacement of the indigenous Caquetios, as well as the enslaved Africans who fought for their freedom in 1795 on the island.

Through field research and oral history, Osepa returned to this place and used the stories as a starting point to create images. The textile works have also been brought back to the ‘Klof’ as a means of asking for permission or a way of collaborating with what still lingers from this past.

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Op Curaçao bestaat een plek die de ‘Klof’ wordt genoemd, wat ‘kloof’ betekent. Het zijn twee wegen die ongeveer driehonderd meter paralel lopen. Beide zijden zijn omzoomd met bomen waarvan de toppen in elkaar groeien en zo een soort tunnel vormen – waaraan deze plek haar naam dankt. Deze plek staat op het eiland bekend als een straat vol verhalen over waarnemingen van geesten.

Deze zelfde plek is (in de koloniale tijd) getuige geweest van de vervolging en verdrijving van de inheemse Caquetios en de tot slaaf gemaakte Afrikanen die in 1795 op het eiland vochten voor hun vrijheid.

Door veldonderzoek en orale geschiedenis keerde Osepa terug naar deze plek en gebruikte de verhalen als uitgangspunt om beelden te creëren. De textiele werken zijn ook teruggebracht naar de ‘Klof’ als een manier om toestemming te vragen of om samen te werken met wat er nog steeds rondwaart uit dit verleden.

Klof, village of spirits (2020 – ongoing)

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

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#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

Ruyzdael Publishing

Collaborator

Ernst van Deursen

#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

Nuria Bofarull

Collaborator

Nat Muller

Collaborator

Pırıltı Onukar

Collaborator

Timothy Aarons

Collaborator

Ranie Ribeiro

Collaborator

Drums of the Earth

Collaborator

Anna Hoetjes

Collaborator

Mirelle van Tulder

#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

bk owusu

#21

Manifestation

November 30, 2023
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#21 Opening – Manifestation #16 Descent into Fungal

with an inaugural performance by Queer Choir Amsterdam

#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

#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

Don Yaw Kwaning

#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

Ahmad Mallah

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Collaborator

Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi

Collaborator

loopey

Collaborator

Alina Lupu

Dia di lucha pa libertat

Design process behind #5 by Lydienne Albertoe

Collaborator

Phantom Wizard

Collaborator

Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

Marjet Zwaans

Collaborator

Lakisha Apostel

Collaborator

Niels Staats

Collaborator

UNSEEN

Collaborator

Jan Hoek

#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

Yvette Mutumba

#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

KC

Collaborator

Queer Choir

Collaborator

Emily Pethick

Descent into the Fungal (2017)

by Andrey Shental

Memories of becoming (2022/2023)

by Narges Mohammadi

61 FRAGMENTS OF DECAY FOR NEW DESIRES (2023)

by Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

Charl Landvreugd

Collaborator

Andrea Voets

#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

Collaborator

Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Same Taste

by Basir Mahmood

Collaborator

Narges Mohammadi

Collaborator

Floor van Leeuwen

Collaborator

Waèl Allouche

#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

Ceder Rorije

Collaborator

Özgür Atlagan

#30

Manifestation

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

#30 Mixtape

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

Collaborator

Berber Meindertsma

Collaborator

Joenoes Polnaija

Collaborator

Terror161 a.k.a. Json

#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.

Collaborator

Jelmer Wijnstroom

Collaborator

Hidde van Greuningen

Collaborator

Sarah Schulten

Collaborator

Marjolijn van Heemstra

Collaborator

Mirre Yayla Séur

Collaborator

Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou

Collaborator

Touchy Studios

Collaborator

Simomo Bouj

#67

Manifestation

November 2, 2024
Online

#67 FLIGHT

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

#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

Irina Djojoatmodjo

#31

Manifestation

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

#31 Hosting Darkness

hosted by Berber Meindertsma and Stephanie Schuitemaker

#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

Collaborator

Rubiah Balsem

Collaborator

Shigeo Arikawa

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Collaborator

Julianknxx

Collaborator

Simnikiwe Buhlungu

#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

SEXYLAND World

Collaborator

Viviane Tabach

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.

location

Off-site Int’l

Collaborator

Donghwan Kam

Collaborator

Setareh Noorani

Collaborator

Simone Zeefuik

Collaborator

Marly Pierre-Louis

#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

Stephen Tayo

#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).

##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

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.

#18

Manifestation

November 1, 2023
Central Space

#18 Kunstenaar op zaal

Collaborator

Pauline Curnier Jardin

Collaborator

Vinger.nl

Collaborator

Marcel van den Berg

Collaborator

Martha Cooper

Collaborator

Miles Greenberg

Collaborator

Duran Lantink

Collaborator

Milena Anna Bouma

Collaborator

Ola Hassanain

#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

Lydienne Albertoe

Collaborator

Rice, Peas, Roots and Culture

Collaborator

Geo Wyex

Collaborator

Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

Naema Abdi

Collaborator

Kaiden Ford

Collaborator

Kenneth Aidoo

Collaborator

Emily Shin-Jie Lee

Collaborator

Basir Mahmood

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

#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

Azu Nwagbogu

#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.

Collaborator

pIAR

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.

#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'.

#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.

location

Central Space

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

Collaborator

Joram Kraaijveld

Collaborator

Q

Collaborator

Mati Diop

Collaborator

Saodat Ismailova

Collaborator

Fanta Sylla

#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.

Collaborator

Les Moucherons

Collaborator

Fonds 21 – Henk Christophersen

Collaborator

Anna Arov

#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

Christelle Oyiri

Collaborator

Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

Collaborator

Drankerij

#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

Dr. Edward Birzin

Collaborator

Sedrig Verwoert

#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.

Klof, village of spirits (2020 – ongoing)

by Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

Fiep van Bodegom

Collaborator

Travis A. G. Geertruida

#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

Ngozi Onwurah

Collaborator

Kunsttraject

Collaborator

Ammodo

Collaborator

Frank Creton

Living Mycelium Dunes (2023)

by YUME YUME

#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

Lorraine Hellwig

Collaborator

Quinsy Gario

#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

Adriana Knouf

A Whispering Dam (2024)

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Valerie Oluwatoyin Abeji

Collaborator

Artist Collective Totomboti

Collaborator

Martin Toloku

Collaborator

Bubble Shooters Network

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.

Collaborator

Guenn Ramon Gustina

Collaborator

Stephanie Schuitemaker

Collaborator

Inge Meijer

Collaborator

Ana Bravo Pérez

Collaborator

Manon Lutanie

#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

Keti Koti Westerpark

#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

Before Distortion (2023 – ongoing)

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

#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

Gilleam Trapenberg

Collaborator

Ilga Minjon

Collaborator

Nina666

Collaborator

BijlmAIR

Collaborator

Hana Nina Hussein

#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

Rita Ouédraogo

#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'.

Collaborator

senakirfa A.

Collaborator

Anna-Rosa van Wees

#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.

#26: Video introduction by Artist

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

#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

Seeping Waters (2023 – 2024)

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Antje de Wit

location

Online

#29

Manifestation

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

#29 Mixtape

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

Grown head to toe outfit (2023)

by YUME YUME

Collaborator

Oded Rimon

Collaborator

Alanna Archibald

Collaborator

Frédérique Gagnon

#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.

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.

#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'.

location

Off-site Local

The Slope (2023)

by Ola Hassanain – 360 cm x 70 cm / dark clay ceramic

Collaborator

Tripl

Collaborator

kanaal40

Collaborator

S*an D. Henry-Smith

#26: Audio introduction by Artist

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

Collaborator

Geert Vlieger

Collaborator

Gwen Parry

Collaborator

YUME YUME

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

Robbie Schweiger

Collaborator

Michael Ekow & May