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#53 I Must Still Grow in the Dark
Manifestation #53
Central Space
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A group show in Buro Stedelijk's Central Space with works by Belkis Ayón, Ana María Gómez López, Jessica Mitrani, Paulo Nazareth, Andrés Pereira Paz, René Peña and Antonio Vega Macotela, curated by Stephanie Noach and Rita Ouédraogo

#65 Keti Koti Westerpark x Kunsttraject
Manifestation #65
Off-site

Come and read the words by Babs Gons designed by Jeanine van Berkel on the windows of Kunsttraject in the Staatsliedenbuurt

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Central Space

Manifestation #53: I Must Still Grow in the Dark, 22/05/2025 – 17/07/2025
Off-site

Manifestation #65: Keti Koti Westerpark x Kunsttraject, on show until 15/07/2025, 24/7 on show at 6 addresses in Staatsliedenbuurt, Amsterdam
Studio Space

Manifestation #72: KETI KOTI X ABOUT LOVE, on show until 02/07/2025, visible 24/7 on the windows of Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space from Paulus Potterstraat

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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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Leontine Coelewij

Leontine Coelewij is curator of contemporary art at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Coelewij studied Art History at the University of Amsterdam (M.A. with honours in 1988) and started her career as curator of the Fodor Museum (1990-1992). She was the founder and curator of Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (1993-1999). Since 2000 she is curator of contemporary art at the Stedelijk Museum. Her most recent exhibitions at the Stedelijk Museum include Yto Barrada (2022-23), Bruce Nauman (2021 in collaboration with Tate Modern, London), Nam June Paik-The Future is Now (2020 with Tate Modern and SF MoMA), Marlene Dumas – The Image as Burden (2014, Stedelijk Museum, and touring Tate Modern and Fondation Beyler), Seth Siegelaub: Beyond Conceptual Art (2016), Edward Krasiński (2017), Magali Reus (2017) and Lily van der Stokker – Friendly Good (2018/2019). Next to this, Leontine Coelewij is responsible for the display of the Stedelijk Museum collection 1950-1980 Everyday, Someday and Other Stories. She has published articles in catalogues and magazines about Marlene Dumas, Remy Jungerman, Nam June Paik, Seth Siegelaub, Magali Reus and many others. Leontine Coelewij is currently working on a large retrospective and catalogue of the work of Romanian artist Ana Lupas, which is scheduled to open in May 2024.

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#65

Manifestation

June 1, 2025
24/7
Until July 15, 2025
Off-site

#65 Keti Koti Westerpark x Kunsttraject

Come and read the words by Babs Gons designed by Jeanine van Berkel on the windows of Kunsttraject in the Staatsliedenbuurt

#53

Manifestation

May 22, 2025
19:30 – 21:30
Until July 17, 2025
Central Space

#53 I Must Still Grow in the Dark

A group show in Buro Stedelijk's Central Space with works by Belkis Ayón, Ana María Gómez López, Jessica Mitrani, Paulo Nazareth, Andrés Pereira Paz, René Peña and Antonio Vega Macotela, curated by Stephanie Noach and Rita Ouédraogo

Collaborator

Fonds 21 – Henk Christophersen

Collaborator

Andrea Amponsah

Collaborator

Lorraine Hellwig

Collaborator

Milena Anna Bouma

Collaborator

Babs Gons

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Central Space

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

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#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.

#71

Manifestation

May 22, 2025
19:30 – 21:30
Central Space

#71 opening – I Must Still Grow in the Dark

Collaborator

Marjolijn van Heemstra

Collaborator

Emily Shin-Jie Lee

Collaborator

Julianknxx

Untitled (study on spirit) (2025)

by Julianknxx

Collaborator

Setareh Noorani

Collaborator

Hana Nina Hussein

Collaborator

50MM.

Collaborator

Joenoes Polnaija

Collaborator

Travis A. G. Geertruida

Collaborator

Pauline Curnier Jardin

#18

Manifestation

November 1, 2023
Central Space

#18 Kunstenaar op zaal

Collaborator

Queer Choir

Collaborator

Jelmer Wijnstroom

Home is Resistance, 2024

by 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.

KETI KOTI X Dia di lucha pa libertat

Design process behind #5 by Lydienne Albertoe

Collaborator

Kenneth Aidoo

Collaborator

Robbie Schweiger

Collaborator

KC

Sacred Wounds, 2024

by Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

#37

Manifestation

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

#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.

#57

Manifestation

August 22, 2024
17:00
Off-site

#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

Simnikiwe Buhlungu

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

Collaborator

Naema Abdi

Collaborator

Pırıltı Onukar

#49

Manifestation

December 5, 2024
18:30 - 20:30
Studio 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

Antje de Wit

Collaborator

Christelle Oyiri

Collaborator

Martijn Maiwald

Collaborator

S*an D. Henry-Smith

Collaborator

Michael Ekow & May

#68

Manifestation

July 18, 2024
Central Space

#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.

#20

Manifestation

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

#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.

#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'.

Collaborator

Andrés Pereira Paz

Collaborator

Martha Cooper

Collaborator

Nazif Lopulissa

Collaborator

Keti Koti Westerpark

#31

Manifestation

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

#31 Hosting Darkness

hosted by Berber Meindertsma and Stephanie Schuitemaker

The Slope, 2023

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Ruyzdael Publishing

Collaborator

Lydienne Albertoe

Collaborator

Kaiden Ford

Collaborator

Nuria Bofarull

Collaborator

Museumnacht

Collaborator

Anna-Rosa van Wees

Collaborator

Berber Meindertsma

#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.

#64

Manifestation

February 6, 2025
Online

#64 Ton yeke, ton yelele!

Sembe sa lobi sembe sa buuse! (some will love, some will hate!) – With visual essay 'Ton yeke, ton yelele!', Totomboti looks back and forward within their ongoing research 'Kanda Hanka/Liederen Verankeren'.

Collaborator

Unfair

Collaborator

Stephen Tayo

Collaborator

Stephanie Schuitemaker

Collaborator

Wes Mapes

61 FRAGMENTS OF DECAY FOR NEW DESIRES, 2023

by Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

Müge Yılmaz

#72

Manifestation

June 1, 2025
24/7
Until July 1, 2025
Studio Space

#72 KETI KOTI X ABOUT LOVE

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. Each year we ask a graphic designer to create a work for Buro Stedelijk's windows facing the Paulus Potterstraat. This year Jeanine van Berkel created the work ABOUT LOVE.

Collaborator

Rita Ouédraogo

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

bk owusu

#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

Konstantin Sonnenkind

#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

Chandler Smith – HXSSY

Collaborator

Phantom Wizard

EGO FVLCIO COLLVMNAS EIVS (I Fortify Your Columns), 2020 – 2025

by Andrés Pereira Paz

#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

Timothy Aarons

Collaborator

Leontine Coelewij

Collaborator

Manon Lutanie

Collaborator

Maxine Kopsa

Collaborator

Uno Fujisawa

Collaborator

Ammodo

#58

Manifestation

December 19, 2024
18:30 - 20:30
Studio 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

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.

#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 performs 'Visitation, with NO Stars' twice on July 6 at Buro Stedelijk's 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

SEXYLAND World

A Whispering Dam, 2024

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Adriana Knouf

Collaborator

Artist Collective Totomboti

Collaborator

Geert Vlieger

Collaborator

Dion Rosina

#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

Collaborator

Terror161 a.k.a. Json

Collaborator

Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen

#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

Ahmad Mallah

Collaborator

senakirfa A.

#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.

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.

#26

Manifestation

May 23, 2024
Until July 18, 2024
Central Space

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

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

UNSEEN

#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.

#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

Nat Muller

Collaborator

Simone Zeefuik

#3

Manifestation

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

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

with 1.06 Music Library and Michael Ekow & May

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

#36

Manifestation

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

#36 Opening – 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 #26

#29

Manifestation

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

#29 Mixtape

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

#13

Manifestation

July 17, 2023
Central Space

#13 A Conversation about Decay

A conversation in Buro Stedelijk's first group show 'Manifestation #2 Decay: An Ode to the Impermanent' with curator Rita Ouédraogo, Joël Andrianomearisoa, Narges Mohammadi and Geo Wyex about Decay..

Collaborator

Paulo Nazareth

Collaborator

Narges Mohammadi

Collaborator

Kevin Osepa

#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

loopey

Collaborator

Black Quantum Futurism

Before Distortion, 2023 – ongoing

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

The Crack That Is Named, 2024

by Antonio Vega Macotela

Collaborator

Ngozi Onwurah

Collaborator

Atelier Code Noir

Collaborator

Marcel van den Berg

Collaborator

Valerie Oluwatoyin Abeji

Collaborator

Geo Wyex

#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

Joram Kraaijveld

Man Made Materials series, 1998

by René Peña

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.

#66

Manifestation

April 14, 2025
Online

#66 All Eyes, All Ears: Listening Lessons

A reflection on Buro Stedelijk's Listening Sessions in April 2023 by Jelmer Wijnstroom

Collaborator

Peter Tijhuis

Grown head to toe outfit, 2023

by YUME YUME

SYSTEMA [EXO] NATURÆ (Regnum Lapideum), 2025

by Ana María Gómez López

Collaborator

Basir Mahmood

Dormancy Trail, 2023

by Milena Anna Bouma

Collaborator

Floor van Leeuwen

#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.

#9

Manifestation

June 30, 2023
17:00 – 18:00
Off-site

#9 In conversation with Frank Creton

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

#1

Manifestation

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

#1 Listening Sessions

An engaging and thought-provoking two-day manifestation on April 14 and 15, 2023.

Kunsttraject X Keti Koti Westerpark

research by Jeanine van Berkel

#26: Video introduction by Artist

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

Collaborator

Nina666

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

by Geo Wyex

Collaborator

Sedrig Verwoert

Collaborator

Ola Hassanain

#14

Manifestation

July 24, 2023
16:00 - 17:00
Central Space

#14 Exiting the Photographic Universe

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

Collaborator

Kanitha Tith

Collaborator

René Peña

Collaborator

Waèl Allouche

#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.

#35

Manifestation

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

#35 Zonder Gelijkheid, Geen Vrede

Collaborator

Emily Pethick

Collaborator

Gilleam Trapenberg

Collaborator

Ranie Ribeiro

Collaborator

The Memoria Collective

Collaborator

Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

The Invisible Double (2025)

by Jessica Mitrani

Collaborator

Ernst van Deursen

Hybrid Listening

an architectural intervention by Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

#69

Manifestation

June 12, 2025
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#69 The Way

A temporary spatial intervention by Stephanie Schuitemaker with Uno Fujisawa

#70

Manifestation

February 27, 2025
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#70 Opening – Shifting | Spirit | Time

with opening words by Buro Stedelijk's curator Rita Ouédraogo and by artist Julianknxx, and a live performance by Elique Curiel

Collaborator

MINA RWINA

Mina Rwina DIR, 2024

by Simomo Bouj

#54

Manifestation

February 27, 2025
10:00 - 18:00
Until April 24, 2025
Central Space

#54 Shifting | Spirit | Time

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 is Flight' presented in May 2024 on the steps of the Stedelijk Museum with the Memoria Collective, conducted by Elique Curiel, in collaboration with Metro54.

Collaborator

Drums of the Earth

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W139

and if a tree sees it all, 2024 – 2025

by Julianknxx

##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

Andrey Shental

Collaborator

Marjet Zwaans

Collaborator

Fanta Sylla

Collaborator

Patricia Domínguez

Era of TDC, 2024

by Martin Toloku

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

#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

Guenn Ramon Gustina

KETI KOTI X ABOUT LOVE

research by Jeanine van Berkel

#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

Gwen Parry

Collaborator

Bubble Shooters Network

Collaborator

Özgür Atlagan

Collaborator

Prof. Fred Ritchin

Collaborator

Jan Hoek

Collaborator

Donghwan Kam

Collaborator

Frank Creton

Collaborator

Anne Lakeman

Collaborator

Bnnyhunna

Collaborator

Larissa Sansour

Collaborator

LazerGazer

Collaborator

Marly Pierre-Louis

#59

Manifestation

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

#59 Keti Koti Westerpark x Kunsttraject

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

#7

Manifestation

June 18, 2023
14:00
Off-site

#7 Breaking Bread

Cassave bread with Lelani Lewis

#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

kanaal40

Collaborator

Drankerij

#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

#5

Manifestation

June 30, 2023
Until July 2, 2023
Studio Space

#5 KETI KOTI X 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

Anna Hoetjes

Collaborator

Jeanine van Berkel

Collaborator

Niels Staats

#67

Manifestation

November 2, 2024
Online

#67 FLIGHT

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

Darkness as Full Potential: Beyond Negation

by Rita Ouédraogo

Collaborator

Renzo Martens

Collaborator

Veerle Driessen

Collaborator

Don Yaw Kwaning

Collaborator

Saodat Ismailova

Collaborator

Ceder Rorije

Collaborator

Mirelle van Tulder

Klof, village of spirits, 2020 – ongoing

by Kevin Osepa

#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

Shigeo Arikawa

Collaborator

Anna Arov

Collaborator

Rice, Peas, Roots and Culture

#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

Iván Martínez

Collaborator

YUME YUME

Collaborator

Inge Meijer

Collaborator

Tripl

Collaborator

Stephanie Noach

#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

Frédérique Gagnon

Collaborator

pIAR

Collaborator

Miles Greenberg

#23

Manifestation

February 15, 2024
Until March 31, 2024
Central Space

#23 TRUTH

a video installation by Miles Greenberg

#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

Andrea Voets

Memories of becoming, 2022/2023

by Narges Mohammadi

#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

#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

Martin Toloku

Collaborator

Dr. Edward Birzin

#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

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

by Naema Abdi Ali & 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.

Collaborator

Jessica Mitrani

Descent into the Fungal, 2017

by Andrey Shental

#44

Manifestation

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

#44 Opening – (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.

location

Studio Space

Paulus Potterstraat 13, 1071 CX, Amsterdam

Collaborator

SistaazHood

Collaborator

Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

Collaborator

Mati Diop

#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.

Collaborator

Irina Djojoatmodjo

#30

Manifestation

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

#30 Mixtape

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

Collaborator

Camille Sapara Barton

#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

Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

Oded Rimon

#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

Kunsttraject

#21

Manifestation

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

#21 Opening – Descent into Fungal

with an inaugural performance by Queer Choir Amsterdam

Collaborator

Ilga Minjon

Collaborator

Ksenia Perek

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.

About

Press

Current press release

Collaborator

Simomo Bouj

Seeping Waters, 2023 – 2024

by Ola Hassanain

location

Online

I Must Still Grow in the Dark

Collaborator

Les Moucherons

Shifting | Spirit | Time, 2025

by Julianknxx

Collaborator

Rubiah Balsem

Same Taste

by Basir Mahmood

Collaborator

BijlmAIR

#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.

Aprender a rezar guarani e kaiowa para o mundo não acabar (Learning to Pray in Guarani and Kaiowá So the World Does Not End) (2013)

by Paulo Nazareth

Collaborator

Fiep van Bodegom

Collaborator

Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou

Collaborator

Viviane Tabach

Collaborator

1.06 Music Library

Collaborator

Touchy Studios

Collaborator

Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi

Collaborator

Hidde van Greuningen

Collaborator

Sarah Schulten

Collaborator

Quinsy Gario

Collaborator

Vinger.nl

Collaborator

Q

Collaborator

Lakisha Apostel

Living Mycelium Dunes, 2023

by YUME YUME

Collaborator

Ana María Gómez López

#4

Manifestation

June 4, 2023
12:00 - 18:00
Until July 2, 2023
Off-site

#4 Keti Koti Westerpark

with Atelier Code Noir and Frank Creton

Nlloro (Weeping), 1991

by Belkis Ayón

Collaborator

Charl Landvreugd

Collaborator

Alanna Archibald

#17

Manifestation

July 2, 2024
Online

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

by Setareh Noorani

#26: Audio introduction by Artist

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

#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

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

Azu Nwagbogu

Collaborator

Mirre Yayla Séur

Collaborator

Alina Lupu

location

Off-site

Collaborator

Duran Lantink

#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

Ana Bravo Pérez