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#53 I Must Still Grow in the Dark
Manifestation #53
Central Space

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

#72 KETI KOTI X ABOUT LOVE
Manifestation #72
Studio Space

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.

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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, opening on 01/06/2025, 24/7 on show at 6 addresses in Staatsliedenbuurt, Amsterdam
Studio Space

Manifestation #72: KETI KOTI X ABOUT LOVE, opening on 01/06/2025, 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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#16 Descent into Fungal

The third group show in the Central Space with Milena Anna Bouma, Don Yaw Kwaning, Andrey Shental and YUME YUME

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Amid a world in decay, we are in need of other futures. Descending into the fungal, an infinite network knitted by an interplay of both human and non-human actors reveals itself. Mycelium is a fungus with a root-like structure, consisting of a mass of branching threads. It provides a transportation network to pass nutrients and electric currents along the fungal body, but mycelium’s networks are equally used to communicate with and between other life forms. It is sensitive, adaptive, can memorize and learn.

Design brand YUME YUME developed the mycelium installation especially for Buro Stedelijk’s Central Space. Every Thursday for the duration of the manifestation, artists, designers, poets, and other thinkers and makers will present and perform here, with both museum visitors and the mycelium as their audience. A change in the mycelium’s surroundings, such as a gathering of people, will affect its receptive networks, much like the mycelium’s presence here may be carried forth in some way by those who met it. By acknowledging both the human and the fungal audience, a decentering of human beings becomes imaginable. Begging the question: who is the host, and who is the parasite?

In collaboration with mycelium networks and technology, biotechnology company MycoWorks developed Reishi™, a biomaterial with leather-like properties and aesthetics. Here it is developed into the first head-to-toe outfit designed by YUME YUME. Artist and designer Don Yaw Kwaning re-evaluates the properties of various vegetables and carefully transforms them into new materials. He explores alternative realities through deep material research and experiments. Visual artist Milena Anna Bouma creates a hyper-digitalized, artificial world in which the natural is reimagined as hyper-constructable. The two-channel video installation by artist Andrey Shental shows the perspective of the mushroom combined with a scientific method of thinking. Shental questions the natural becoming the digital, and vice versa.

This manifestation wishes to offer a platform for the exchange of speculative futures. We invite you to sit with the fungal, to listen, to take the time and envision collectivity from its perspective. Which possible futures emerge?

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Omringd door een wereld in verval, zoeken we naar andere toekomstperspectieven. Afdalend in de grond, openbaart zich een oneindig netwerk gebreid door een samenspel van zowel menselijke als niet-menselijke actoren. Mycelium is een netwerk van schimmel met een wortelachtige structuur, bestaande uit een massa vertakte draden. Het biedt een transportnetwerk om voedingsstoffen en elektrische stromen door het schimmellichaam te laten stromen. Ook worden de netwerken van mycelium gebruikt om met en tussen andere levensvormen te communiceren. Het is gevoelig, adaptief, kan memoriseren en leren.

Designmerk YUME YUME ontwikkelde deze myceliuminstallatie speciaal voor Buro Stedelijks Central Space. Gedurende de manifestatie treden hier elke donderdag kunstenaars, ontwerpers, dichters en andere denkers en makers op, met zowel museumbezoekers als het mycelium als publiek. Een verandering in de omgeving van het mycelium, zoals een samenkomst van mensen, zal diens ontvankelijke netwerken beïnvloeden – net zoals de ontmoeting met het mycelium door zal leven, al is het in de herinnering van de museumbezoekers. Door zowel het menselijke als het schimmelpubliek te erkennen, wordt de mens gedecentraliseerd. Maar wie is de host en wie is de parasiet?

Biotechnologiebedrijf MycoWorks ontwikkelde in samenwerking met zowel myceliumnetwerken als technologie Reishi™, een biomateriaal met leerachtige eigenschappen. Hier is de eerste top-tot-teen Reishi™ outfit te zien, ontworpen door YUME YUME. Kunstenaar en ontwerper Don Yaw Kwaning evalueert de eigenschappen van verschillende groenten en transformeert deze zorgvuldig tot nieuwe materialen. Hij toont alternatieve realiteiten door middel van diepgaand materiaalonderzoek en experimenten. Beeldend kunstenaar Milena Anna Bouma creëert een hypergedigitaliseerde, kunstmatige wereld waarin het natuurlijke als hyper-maakbaar wordt gepresenteerd. De video-installatie van kunstenaar Andrey Shental toont zowel het perspectief van de paddenstoel als een wetenschappelijk denkkader. Shental zet daarmee vraagtekens bij het natuurlijke dat digitaal wordt, en omgekeerd.

Deze manifestatie wil een platform bieden voor de uitwisseling van speculatieve toekomstbeelden. We nodigen je uit om de tijd te nemen om te zitten, te luisteren en het perspectief van het mycelium voor te stellen: wat zegt het over collectiviteit? En welke mogelijke toekomsten komen daaruit voort?

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November 30 – January 25
Open daily during Stedelijk Museum opening times

Stedelijk Museum entrance
Museumplein 10
1071 DJ Amsterdam

Free entrance on Thursday evenings with ticket / Gratis toegang op donderdagavond met ticket
18:30 – 20:30
Location: Central Space
Entrance: Paulus Potterstraat 13, Amsterdam

#16 Descent into Fungal
Collaborator

Hidde van Greuningen

Living Mycelium Dunes, 2023

by YUME YUME

Collaborator

Peter Tijhuis

location

Central Space

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

#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

#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.

#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.

#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

Rita Ouédraogo

#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

Andrey Shental

#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

Milena Anna Bouma

#31

Manifestation

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

#31 Hosting Darkness

hosted by Berber Meindertsma and Stephanie Schuitemaker

Collaborator

Don Yaw Kwaning

#30

Manifestation

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

#30 Mixtape

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

Collaborator

YUME YUME

#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

Queer Choir

Descent into the Fungal, 2017

by Andrey Shental

Collaborator

S*an D. Henry-Smith

Dormancy Trail, 2023

by Milena Anna Bouma

Collaborator

bk owusu

Before Distortion, 2023 – ongoing

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

Collaborator

LazerGazer

Grown head to toe outfit, 2023

by YUME YUME

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#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

Nuria Bofarull

Collaborator

Niels Staats

Dia di lucha pa libertat

Design process behind #5 by Lydienne Albertoe

Collaborator

Don Yaw Kwaning

#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

Atelier Code Noir

Collaborator

Patricia Domínguez

The Crack That Is Named, 2024

by Antonio Vega Macotela

#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

Rice, Peas, Roots and Culture

Collaborator

UNSEEN

The Slope, 2023

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

Collaborator

Gwen Parry

Collaborator

Martha Cooper

Collaborator

Kenneth Aidoo

#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

Julianknxx

Home is Resistance, 2024

by Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

Collaborator

Narges Mohammadi

Same Taste

by Basir Mahmood

#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

Uno Fujisawa

#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.

#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.

#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

Anne Lakeman

#35

Manifestation

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

#35 Zonder Gelijkheid, Geen Vrede

Collaborator

Q

Collaborator

Chandler Smith – HXSSY

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

by Naema Abdi Ali & Anna-Rosa van Wees.

Collaborator

kanaal40

#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

Christelle Oyiri

Collaborator

Pauline Curnier Jardin

Collaborator

Timothy Aarons

#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

W139

Collaborator

Ceder Rorije

Shifting | Spirit | Time, 2025

by Julianknxx

Collaborator

Martijn Maiwald

Collaborator

S*an D. Henry-Smith

#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.

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

by Geo Wyex

A Whispering Dam, 2024

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Joenoes Polnaija

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Collaborator

Kunsttraject

Collaborator

Mirelle van Tulder

Collaborator

Artist Collective Totomboti

#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

Collaborator

Marcel van den Berg

Collaborator

Terror161 a.k.a. Json

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.

location

Central Space

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

#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.

#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

Geo Wyex

#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

Jeanine van Berkel

Collaborator

Travis A. G. Geertruida

Collaborator

Stephanie Schuitemaker

Collaborator

Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi

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

Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou

Untitled (study on spirit) (2025)

by Julianknxx

Collaborator

Camille Sapara Barton

Collaborator

Basir Mahmood

Collaborator

Frédérique Gagnon

Collaborator

Geert Vlieger

#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.

##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

Jan Hoek

Collaborator

Marly Pierre-Louis

and if a tree sees it all, 2024 – 2025

by Julianknxx

Nlloro (Weeping), 1991

by Belkis Ayón

Collaborator

Andrey Shental

Seeping Waters, 2023 – 2024

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Viviane Tabach

#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

Ranie Ribeiro

Collaborator

Saodat Ismailova

#67

Manifestation

November 2, 2024
Online

#67 FLIGHT

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

Collaborator

Lydienne Albertoe

Collaborator

Emily Shin-Jie Lee

Collaborator

Ana Bravo Pérez

#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.

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

LazerGazer

Collaborator

Emily Pethick

Collaborator

MINA RWINA

Collaborator

Andrea Amponsah

#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

Waèl Allouche

Collaborator

Antje de Wit

Collaborator

Stephen Tayo

Collaborator

Martin Toloku

Collaborator

Keti Koti Westerpark

Collaborator

Fanta Sylla

#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

Pırıltı Onukar

Collaborator

Mati Diop

#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

The Memoria Collective

SYSTEMA [EXO] NATURÆ (Regnum Lapideum), 2025

by Ana María Gómez López

Collaborator

Black Quantum Futurism

#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

Leontine Coelewij

#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'.

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

Ammodo

61 FRAGMENTS OF DECAY FOR NEW DESIRES, 2023

by Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

Touchy Studios

Collaborator

Bnnyhunna

Man Made Materials series, 1998

by René Peña

Collaborator

Kaiden Ford

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

Hidde van Greuningen

Collaborator

Setareh Noorani

Dormancy Trail, 2023

by Milena Anna Bouma

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

by Andrés Pereira Paz

Collaborator

Naema Abdi

Collaborator

Frank Creton

#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

Nazif Lopulissa

Collaborator

Ernst van Deursen

Collaborator

Marjet Zwaans

Sacred Wounds, 2024

by Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

Memories of becoming, 2022/2023

by Narges Mohammadi

The Invisible Double (2025)

by Jessica Mitrani

Collaborator

Dr. Edward Birzin

#7

Manifestation

June 18, 2023
14:00
Off-site

#7 Breaking Bread

Cassave bread with Lelani Lewis

Collaborator

Larissa Sansour

#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.

Collaborator

Iván Martínez

Collaborator

Valerie Oluwatoyin Abeji

#17

Manifestation

July 2, 2024
Online

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

by Setareh Noorani

Collaborator

KC

Klof, village of spirits, 2020 – ongoing

by Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

Berber Meindertsma

#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

Manon Lutanie

Collaborator

Gilleam Trapenberg

Hybrid Listening

an architectural intervention by Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Collaborator

Anna Arov

#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

#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.

Collaborator

Sarah Schulten

Collaborator

Vinger.nl

Collaborator

Shigeo Arikawa

Collaborator

Sedrig Verwoert

Collaborator

Quinsy Gario

#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.

Before Distortion, 2023 – ongoing

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

#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

Collaborator

Floor van Leeuwen

#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

Yvette Mutumba

Collaborator

Alanna Archibald

Collaborator

Les Moucherons

Collaborator

Joël Andrianomearisoa

#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'.

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

Anna Hoetjes

#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).

#31

Manifestation

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

#31 Hosting Darkness

hosted by Berber Meindertsma and Stephanie Schuitemaker

Collaborator

SistaazHood

Living Mycelium Dunes, 2023

by YUME YUME

#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

BijlmAIR

Collaborator

Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen

Collaborator

Museumnacht

Collaborator

Lorraine Hellwig

Collaborator

Fonds 21 – Henk Christophersen

Collaborator

Konstantin Sonnenkind

Collaborator

Ilga Minjon

Collaborator

Kanitha Tith

#30

Manifestation

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

#30 Mixtape

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

#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.

Collaborator

Ola Hassanain

#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

Renzo Martens

Collaborator

Mirre Yayla Séur

Collaborator

Drankerij

Collaborator

Ksenia Perek

Collaborator

Queer Choir

Collaborator

Guenn Ramon Gustina

Collaborator

Charl Landvreugd

#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

#21

Manifestation

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

#21 Opening – Descent into Fungal

with an inaugural performance by Queer Choir Amsterdam

#26: Audio introduction by Artist

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

#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

#26: Video introduction by Artist

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

Collaborator

Lakisha Apostel

Collaborator

SEXYLAND World

Collaborator

Michael Ekow & May

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pIAR

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YUME YUME

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50MM.

Collaborator

Rubiah Balsem

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senakirfa A.

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Grown head to toe outfit, 2023

by 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.

Mina Rwina DIR, 2024

by Simomo Bouj

Collaborator

Drums of the Earth

#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

#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

Collaborator

Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

Anna-Rosa van Wees

Collaborator

Nina666

Collaborator

Tripl

#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

Phantom Wizard

#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

Alina Lupu

Collaborator

Donghwan Kam

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Collaborator

Ahmad Mallah

Collaborator

Ruyzdael Publishing

Collaborator

Maxine Kopsa

Collaborator

Hana Nina Hussein

Collaborator

Jelmer Wijnstroom

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Unfair

Collaborator

Wes Mapes

Collaborator

Bubble Shooters Network

#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.

#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.

Collaborator

Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

#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.

#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

Collaborator

Özgür Atlagan

Collaborator

Andrés Pereira Paz

Collaborator

loopey

Collaborator

Adriana Knouf

Collaborator

Andrea Voets

Collaborator

Joram Kraaijveld

Collaborator

Babs Gons

Descent into the Fungal, 2017

by Andrey Shental

Collaborator

Duran Lantink

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#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.

#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

René Peña

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Era of TDC, 2024

by Martin Toloku

Collaborator

Paulo Nazareth

#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

Jessica Mitrani

Collaborator

Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

Collaborator

Marjolijn van Heemstra

Collaborator

Irina Djojoatmodjo

#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

Ngozi Onwurah

#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

#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.

#65

Manifestation

June 1, 2025
24/7
Until July 2, 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

Collaborator

Nat Muller

Collaborator

Rita Ouédraogo

Collaborator

bk owusu

#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

Inge Meijer

Collaborator

Simomo Bouj

Collaborator

Oded Rimon

Collaborator

Robbie Schweiger

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

#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

#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

Azu Nwagbogu

location

Off-site

Collaborator

Müge Yılmaz

Collaborator

Simnikiwe Buhlungu

#18

Manifestation

November 1, 2023
Central Space

#18 Kunstenaar op zaal

Collaborator

Simone Zeefuik

Collaborator

Fiep van Bodegom

#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.

#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 María Gómez López

Collaborator

Stephanie Noach

Collaborator

Miles Greenberg

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.

#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.

Darkness as Full Potential: Beyond Negation

by Rita Ouédraogo

Collaborator

1.06 Music Library

location

Studio Space

Paulus Potterstraat 13, 1071 CX, Amsterdam

Collaborator

Milena Anna Bouma