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Until January 23, 2025 AT Central Space
#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 [aka crazinisT artisT] and Martin Toloku

14:30 – 17:30 AT Studio Space
#63 Reading Group Goddess Change
Manifestation #63
Studio Space
Free Tickets

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

#54: Shifting / Spirit / Time
Manifestation #54
Central Space
Free Tickets

An ambitious new multi-screen film installation by acclaimed poet, artist, and filmmaker Julianknxx. Known for his extensive research and commitment to (re)visiting places and people for collaboration, this latest work builds on the artist’s performance Chorus in Flight presented in May 2024 on the steps of the Stedelijk Museum with the Memoria Collective, conducted by Elique Curiel, in collaboration with Metro54.

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Central Space

Manifestation #43: (Where and for Whom?) Listening to the Absences, a groupshow with Simomo Bouj, Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi and Martin Toloku
Studio Space

Manifestation #63: Monthly 'Reading Group Goddess Change' hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz – Paulus Potterstraat 13, Amsterdam
Studio Space

Manifestation #77: Repainting Subway Art on the windows of Buro Stedelijk’s Studio Space facing the Paulus Potterstraat
Central Space

Manifestation #54: Shifting / Spirit / Time, by Julianknxx opening on 27/02/2025

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Living Mycelium Dunes (2023)

by YUME YUME

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up-cycled sawdust, growing mycelium

A multi-sensory growing mycelium installation. Towards the closing date of Manifestation #16 Descent into Fungal, a transformation of two months’ time would show an entirely different artwork with the real time mycelium’s reaction towards human emotions, vibration, sound and light via immersive and thought-provoking performances by artists coming from different disciplines.

Each performance highlights one of the five senses that shows the spectacular sensitivity of mycelium, evidence of which might be expressed in the organism’s responsiveness to its surroundings – representing the dedicated care required in treating nature, but also each other and the world around us.

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up-cycled zaagsel, groeiend mycelium

Een multisensoriële groeiende myceliuminstallatie. Richting de einddatum van Manifestation #16 Descent into Fungal, zal de transformatie van twee maanden een heel ander kunstwerk laten zien met de real-time reactie van mycelium op menselijke emoties, aanraking, geluid en licht via meeslepende en tot nadenken aanzettende performances door kunstenaars uit verschillende disciplines.

Elke performance belicht één van de vijf zintuigen die de spectaculaire gevoeligheid van mycelium laat zien, waarvan het bewijs zou kunnen worden uitgedrukt in het reactievermogen van het organisme op diens omgeving – wat staat voor de toegewijde zorg die nodig is in de omgang met de natuur, maar ook met elkaar en de wereld om ons heen.

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Living Mycelium Dunes (2023)

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

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Collaborator

Naema Abdi

Dia di lucha pa libertat

Design process behind #5 by Lydienne Albertoe

#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.

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

SEXYLAND World

#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.

#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

Martha Cooper

location

Studio Space

Paulus Potterstraat 13, 1071 CX, Amsterdam

#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.

#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.

#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

Berber Meindertsma

A Whispering Dam (2024)

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Pauline Curnier Jardin

Collaborator

Miles Greenberg

#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

Larissa Sansour

Collaborator

Fonds 21 – Henk Christophersen

Grown head to toe outfit (2023)

by YUME YUME

Collaborator

Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou

Collaborator

Marly Pierre-Louis

#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

Manon Lutanie

Collaborator

W139

#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.

Collaborator

S*an D. Henry-Smith

location

Central Space

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

#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 Buro Stedelijk's Central Space. The program explores cosmic musical forms and the (philosophical) potential of space, science fiction, immortality and infinity.

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

Emily Shin-Jie Lee

#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.

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

#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.

Collaborator

Uno Fujisawa

Collaborator

Michael Ekow & May

Collaborator

Patricia Domínguez

#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'.

#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.

#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

Lydienne Albertoe

Collaborator

Mirre Yayla Séur

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

Leontine Coelewij

Collaborator

Camille Sapara Barton

Collaborator

Joram Kraaijveld

#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

Mati Diop

Collaborator

Ksenia Perek

Collaborator

Inge Meijer

Living Mycelium Dunes (2023)

by YUME YUME

Collaborator

Drankerij

#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

Collaborator

LazerGazer

Collaborator

Basir Mahmood

#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.

#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

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

by Naema Abdi Ali & Anna-Rosa van Wees.

Klof, village of spirits (2020 – ongoing)

by Kevin Osepa

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

Sedrig Verwoert

location

Online

Collaborator

Les Moucherons

Collaborator

Marjolijn van Heemstra

Collaborator

Nina666

Collaborator

Frédérique Gagnon

Collaborator

Kenneth Aidoo

Collaborator

Frank Creton

Collaborator

Simone Zeefuik

Collaborator

Museumnacht

Collaborator

MINA RWINA

Collaborator

Renzo Martens

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#26: Video introduction by Artist

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

Home is Resistance (2024)

by Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

Collaborator

Stephen Tayo

Collaborator

Wes Mapes

#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

Yvette Mutumba

Era of TDC (2024)

by Martin Toloku

Collaborator

Narges Mohammadi

Collaborator

Rubiah Balsem

Collaborator

Charl Landvreugd

#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

Terror161 a.k.a. Json

Collaborator

Geert Vlieger

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.

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

#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

Azu Nwagbogu

Collaborator

Kevin Osepa

#35

Manifestation

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

#35 Zonder Gelijkheid, Geen Vrede

Collaborator

Guenn Ramon Gustina

Collaborator

Nuria Bofarull

Collaborator

Waèl Allouche

Collaborator

Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen

#63

Manifestation

January 18, 2025
14:30 – 17:30
Studio Space

#63 Reading Group Goddess Change

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

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

by Geo Wyex

#30

Manifestation

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

#30 Mixtape

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

Collaborator

1.06 Music Library

Collaborator

SistaazHood

Collaborator

loopey

#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

Geo Wyex

Collaborator

Simomo Bouj

Collaborator

Setareh Noorani

#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 Larissa Sansour, Patricia Dominguez and by Black Quantum Futurism.

Collaborator

Gilleam Trapenberg

Collaborator

YUME YUME

Collaborator

UNSEEN

Collaborator

KC

Collaborator

Kunsttraject

Collaborator

Marjet Zwaans

Collaborator

Özgür Atlagan

Collaborator

Valerie Oluwatoyin Abeji

#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

Timothy Aarons

Collaborator

Quinsy Gario

#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.

#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

Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

Bnnyhunna

#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

Simnikiwe Buhlungu

Collaborator

Saodat Ismailova

Collaborator

Atelier Code Noir

The Slope (2023)

by Ola Hassanain

#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

Hidde van Greuningen

Dormancy Trail
(2023)

by Milena Anna Bouma

Collaborator

Tripl

Collaborator

Irina Djojoatmodjo

Collaborator

Müge Yılmaz

Collaborator

The Memoria Collective

Collaborator

Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi

Collaborator

Robbie Schweiger

Collaborator

Viviane Tabach

#18

Manifestation

November 1, 2023
Central Space

#18 Kunstenaar op zaal

Collaborator

Nat Muller

Collaborator

Ranie Ribeiro

Collaborator

Julianknxx

Same Taste

by Basir Mahmood

Collaborator

Duran Lantink

Mina Rwina DIR (2024)

by Simomo Bouj

Collaborator

pIAR

Collaborator

Shigeo Arikawa

#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

#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 [aka crazinisT artisT] and Martin Toloku

Collaborator

Ernst van Deursen

Collaborator

Rita Ouédraogo

Collaborator

Anna Hoetjes

Collaborator

Chandler Smith – HXSSY

Collaborator

Andrey Shental

Descent into the Fungal (2017)

by Andrey Shental

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

Bubble Shooters Network

#7

Manifestation

June 18, 2023
14:00
Off-site Local

#7 Breaking Bread

Cassave bread with Lelani Lewis

#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

Anna Arov

#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
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

#31

Manifestation

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

#31 Hosting Darkness

hosted by Berber Meindertsma and Stephanie Schuitemaker

61 FRAGMENTS OF DECAY FOR NEW DESIRES (2023)

by Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

Touchy Studios

Collaborator

Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Collaborator

Black Quantum Futurism

Collaborator

Joenoes Polnaija

Collaborator

Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Christelle Oyiri

Collaborator

50MM.

Collaborator

kanaal40

Collaborator

Ceder Rorije

#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.

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#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

Andrea Voets

Collaborator

Queer Choir

#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'.

Before Distortion (2023 – ongoing)

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

Collaborator

Floor van Leeuwen

Collaborator

Ruyzdael Publishing

Collaborator

Jan Hoek

Collaborator

Fiep van Bodegom

#77

Manifestation

December 19, 2024
24/7
Until January 17, 2025
Studio Space

#77 Repainting Subway Art

See the homage by graffiti artist Tripl/Furious to the book by Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant, on the windows of Buro Stedelijk’s Studio Space facing the Paulus Potterstraat.

Collaborator

Alina Lupu

Collaborator

Travis A. G. Geertruida

Collaborator

Hana Nina Hussein

Collaborator

Anna-Rosa van Wees

Collaborator

Ammodo

#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

Jelmer Wijnstroom

Collaborator

Ahmad Mallah

Collaborator

Ngozi Onwurah

Collaborator

Ilga Minjon

Memories of becoming (2022/2023)

by Narges Mohammadi

Collaborator

Alanna Archibald

Collaborator

bk owusu

Collaborator

Lakisha Apostel

Collaborator

Antje de Wit