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#59 Keti Koti Westerpark x Kunsttraject
Manifestation #59
Off-site Local

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

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Central Space

Manifestation #26: Script 1: Whispers (Tell The Waters What The Clay Kept Secret II), by Ola Hassanain – Museumplein 10, Amsterdam
Studio Space

Manifestation #50: Keti Koti x Roots to Fruits by Mirelle van Tulder – on the windows at Paulus Potterstraat 13, Amsterdam
Studio Space

Monthly 'Reading Group Goddess Change' hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz – Paulus Potterstraat 13, Amsterdam
Off-site Local

Manifestation #59: Keti Koti Westerpark x Kunsttraject by Gilleam Trapenberg – on 19 windows in Staatsliedenbuurt, Amsterdam
Off-site Local

Manifestation #37: Keti Koti Westerpark by Kevin Osepa – Meterhuisje, Pazzanistraat 6, Amsterdam

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Dormancy Trail
(2023)

by Milena Anna Bouma

EN

split air conditioning system, holographic fan, Maikäfer and Marienkäfer Schokolade

My recent work Dormancy Trail (2023) consists of a trail of chocolate bugs circulating in and around airconditioning units. Instead of accepting the fluctuating seasonal temperatures, the work displays bugs hibernating in our homes as a result of the need to create artificial climates in order to make spaces liveable. Instead of accepting the fluctuating seasonal temperatures. While the relation between the cute and the unsettling is investigated this body of work takes an observational approach rather than a critical one as I Inspect current global issues.

NL

split air conditioning systeem, hologram ventilator, Maikäfer en Marienkäfer Schokolade

Mijn recente werk Dormancy Trail (2023) bestaat uit een spoor van chocoladekevers die in en rond airconditioning units circuleren. In plaats van onze natuurlijke seizoensgebonden temperatuurschommelingen te accepteren, toont het werk insecten die een winterslaap houden in onze huizen als gevolg van het creëren van een kunstmatig klimaat om ruimtes leefbaar te maken. Terwijl de grens tussen het schattige en het verontrustende wordt verkend, biedt dit werk een meer observerende dan een kritische benadering om de huidige mondiale problematiek onder de loep te nemen.

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Dormancy Trail
(2023)

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

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Klof, village of spirits (2020 – ongoing)

by Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

Atelier Code Noir

#26

Manifestation

May 30, 2024
18:30 - 20:30
Until July 18, 2024
Central Space

#26: Script 1: Whispers (Tell the Water What The Clay Kept Secret II), Thursday evenings

a solo manifestation by Ola Hassanain, open for free on Thursday evenings from 18:30 – 20:30

Collaborator

Gilleam Trapenberg

#26: Audio introduction by Artist

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

Collaborator

Timothy Aarons

#31

Manifestation

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

#31 Hosting Darkness

hosted by Berber Meindertsma and Stephanie Schuitemaker

Collaborator

Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen

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.

Collaborator

Marjet Zwaans

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Studio Space

Paulus Potterstraat 13, 1071 CX, Amsterdam

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Collaborator

Marjolijn van Heemstra

Collaborator

Sedrig Verwoert

Collaborator

Charl Landvreugd

Collaborator

Quinsy Gario

Seeping Waters (2023 – 2024)

by Ola Hassanain

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

Hidde van Greuningen

#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.

#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.

A Whispering Dam (2024)

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Adriana Knouf

Collaborator

Donghwan Kam

61 FRAGMENTS OF DECAY FOR NEW DESIRES (2023)

by Joël Andrianomearisoa

#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

Travis A. G. Geertruida

Collaborator

Berber Meindertsma

Collaborator

Fonds 21 – Henk Christophersen

Memories of becoming (2022/2023)

by Narges Mohammadi

Collaborator

Naema Abdi

Collaborator

1.06 Music Library

Collaborator

Kanitha Tith

Collaborator

Guenn Ramon Gustina

#7

Manifestation

June 18, 2023
14:00
Off-site Local

#7 Breaking Bread

Cassave bread with Lelani Lewis

Collaborator

Azu Nwagbogu

Collaborator

Alanna Archibald

Collaborator

Waèl Allouche

Collaborator

Ernst van Deursen

Collaborator

Miles Greenberg

#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

Inge Meijer

Collaborator

Hana Nina Hussein

Collaborator

Geo Wyex

#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.

#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

#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

Robbie Schweiger

#17

Manifestation

July 2, 2024
Online

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

by Setareh Noorani

#26: Video introduction by Artist

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

Collaborator

Queer Choir

#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

Collaborator

Keti Koti Westerpark

Collaborator

YUME YUME

Collaborator

Sarah Schulten

Collaborator

Irina Djojoatmodjo

Collaborator

Alina Lupu

Collaborator

Emily Shin-Jie Lee

Collaborator

Uno Fujisawa

Collaborator

Nuria Bofarull

Collaborator

Özgür Atlagan

Collaborator

Setareh Noorani

Collaborator

senakirfa A.

Collaborator

Michael Ekow & May

#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

The Memoria Collective

#30

Manifestation

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

#30 Mixtape

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

#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

Joël Andrianomearisoa

#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

Valerie Oluwatoyin Abeji

Collaborator

Rice, Peas, Roots and Culture

#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

Rita Ouédraogo

Collaborator

Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi

Collaborator

Stephanie Schuitemaker

Collaborator

Simnikiwe Buhlungu

Collaborator

Drankerij

Collaborator

Ana Bravo Pérez

Collaborator

Vinger.nl

Collaborator

Kevin Osepa

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Vision

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

Collaborator

Saodat Ismailova

Collaborator

Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou

#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

Anna-Rosa van Wees

Collaborator

Stephen Tayo

#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

Yvette Mutumba

Collaborator

Andrea Amponsah

Collaborator

Oded Rimon

#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.

The Slope (2023)

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Touchy Studios

#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

Jelmer Wijnstroom

Collaborator

Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Collaborator

Lakisha Apostel

#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.

#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

Collaborator

Andrey Shental

Collaborator

Basir Mahmood

#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

#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

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.

Hybrid Listening

an architectural intervention by Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

#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).

Dormancy Trail
(2023)

by Milena Anna Bouma

Collaborator

Wes Mapes

Collaborator

Niels Staats

Collaborator

Mirre Yayla Séur

#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

S*an D. Henry-Smith

Collaborator

Antje de Wit

Collaborator

LazerGazer

Collaborator

Phantom Wizard

Collaborator

Renzo Martens

#35

Manifestation

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

#35 Zonder Gelijkheid, Geen Vrede

Collaborator

Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Simone Zeefuik

#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

Join us on May 23, for the opening of Ola Hassanain's first solo manifestation at Buro Stedelijk's Central Space.

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location

Off-site Int’l

Collaborator

Anne Lakeman

Collaborator

Joram Kraaijveld

Collaborator

Julianknxx

Collaborator

Viviane Tabach

#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

#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

Simomo Bouj

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

Before Distortion (2023 – ongoing)

by Don Yaw Kwaning

Collaborator

Fiep van Bodegom

Collaborator

Milena Anna Bouma

Collaborator

Lydienne Albertoe

Collaborator

Anna Hoetjes

Collaborator

Bubble Shooters Network

#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

Geert Vlieger

Collaborator

Ammodo

Collaborator

Frank Creton

Collaborator

KC

Descent into the Fungal (2017)

by Andrey Shental

Collaborator

Nat Muller

Collaborator

Leontine Coelewij

Collaborator

Kunsttraject

Collaborator

Marcel van den Berg

Collaborator

Ksenia Perek

#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.

#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

Marly Pierre-Louis

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

by Naema Abdi Ali & Anna-Rosa van Wees.

Same Taste

by Basir Mahmood

#59

Manifestation

June 1, 2024
24/7
Until August 31, 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

bk owusu

Collaborator

Floor van Leeuwen

Collaborator

Les Moucherons

Collaborator

Bnnyhunna

Collaborator

Gwen Parry

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.

#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

Don Yaw Kwaning

Collaborator

Pauline Curnier Jardin

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

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

kanaal40

#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.

#18

Manifestation

November 1, 2023
Central Space

#18 Kunstenaar op zaal

location

Central Space

Museumplein 10, 10:00 - 18:00 / Paulus Potterstraat 13, Thursdays 18:30 - 20:30

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

by Geo Wyex

Collaborator

Narges Mohammadi

#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

#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

Müge Yılmaz

Collaborator

Artist Collective Totomboti

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Ceder Rorije

Dia di lucha pa libertat

Design process behind #5 by Lydienne Albertoe

Collaborator

loopey

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Online

Collaborator

Ranie Ribeiro

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Off-site Local

Living Mycelium Dunes (2023)

by YUME YUME

Collaborator

SEXYLAND World

#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

#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

Shigeo Arikawa

Collaborator

Rubiah Balsem

Collaborator

Ahmad Mallah