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

#62 Reading Group Goddess Change
Manifestation #62
Studio Space
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Reading Group with Pırıltı Onukar, hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz in Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space.

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

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#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

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On an average day, we breathe approximately 23,000 times. This vital act is enabled by plants, which produce, among so many other things, oxygen. If, with each inhalation, we fuse ourselves with the world around us, with each exhalation, we can shape sound that reflects this connectivity. In experiments with the Les Moucherons chamber choir, we will explore sound and resonance to make the connection between our internal selves and the external universe vital.

This performance is an integral part of an ongoing research initiative led by Inge Meijer, focusing on the role of plants in museum spaces. This research led to the publication of The Plant Collection (2019, Roma publications). Currently, Meijer is completing the follow-up work, The MoMA Plant Collection, scheduled for release in 2024 (Roma publications). The overarching theme explores relationships in art, nature, and the interplay of humanity and the botanical world.

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Op een gemiddelde dag halen we ongeveer 23.000 keer adem. Deze essentiële handeling wordt mogelijk gemaakt door planten, die onder andere zuurstof produceren. Als we ons bij elke inademing verbinden met de wereld om ons heen, kunnen we bij elke uitademing geluid maken dat deze verbondenheid weerspiegelt. In experimenten met het kamerkoor Les Moucherons zullen we klank en resonantie onderzoeken om de verbinding tussen ons innerlijk en het externe universum vitaal te maken.

Deze performance is een integraal onderdeel van een lopend onderzoeksinitiatief onder leiding van Inge Meijer, gericht op de rol van planten in museale ruimtes. Dit onderzoek leidde tot de publicatie van The Plant Collection (2019, Roma publications). Momenteel legt Meijer de laatste hand aan het vervolgwerk The MoMA Plant Collection, dat in 2024 zal verschijnen (Roma publications). Het overkoepelende thema onderzoekt relaties in kunst, de natuur en de wisselwerking tussen de mensheid en de botanische wereld.

INFO

Free entrance with ticket / Gratis toegang met ticket
January 18, 18:30 – 20:30
For this manifestation doors will close at 18:50
/ Bij deze manifestatie sluiten de deuren om 18:50

Location: Central Space
Entrance: Paulus Potterstraat 13, Amsterdam

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Collaborator

Marly Pierre-Louis

Collaborator

Atelier Code Noir

Collaborator

Hana Nina Hussein

Collaborator

Waèl Allouche

Collaborator

Kunsttraject

Collaborator

Irina Djojoatmodjo

#35

Manifestation

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

#35 Zonder Gelijkheid, Geen Vrede

#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

#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.

#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

Anna-Rosa van Wees

Collaborator

Marcel van den Berg

Collaborator

Les Moucherons

Dia di lucha pa libertat

Design process behind #5 by Lydienne Albertoe

Collaborator

Ngozi Onwurah

Collaborator

Ammodo

Collaborator

Quinsy Gario

Collaborator

Ernst van Deursen

Collaborator

Ranie Ribeiro

Collaborator

Özgür Atlagan

#26

Manifestation

May 23, 2024
Until July 18, 2024
Central Space

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

Artist and architect Ola Hassanain intertwines family history with the materiality and temporality of water and clay. For this manifestation, Hassanain shares her ongoing visual research into the spatial implications of catastrophes. In this provocation the artist zooms in on an intimate ‘site of catastrophe’: her grandmother’s house.

Collaborator

Oded Rimon

Collaborator

Nazif Lopulissa

Collaborator

Lakisha Apostel

location

Studio Space

Paulus Potterstraat 13, 1071 CX, Amsterdam

#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

61 FRAGMENTS OF DECAY FOR NEW DESIRES (2023)

by Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

Floor van Leeuwen

Collaborator

Christelle Oyiri

Collaborator

Müge Yılmaz

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

by Naema Abdi Ali & Anna-Rosa van Wees.

Collaborator

Martin Toloku

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

Viviane Tabach

#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

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

by Geo Wyex

Collaborator

pIAR

Collaborator

Wes Mapes

Collaborator

Bubble Shooters Network

Collaborator

Fanta Sylla

#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.

#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.

#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

Joenoes Polnaija

Collaborator

Don Yaw Kwaning

Collaborator

Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

Narges Mohammadi

Collaborator

kanaal40

#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

Berber Meindertsma

#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.

Collaborator

Mirelle van Tulder

Collaborator

Julianknxx

Collaborator

Niels Staats

Collaborator

Vinger.nl

Collaborator

Sedrig Verwoert

Collaborator

Drums of the Earth

Collaborator

Anna Arov

#18

Manifestation

November 1, 2023
Central Space

#18 Kunstenaar op zaal

#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.

Klof, village of spirits (2020 – ongoing)

by Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

Rice, Peas, Roots and Culture

Collaborator

Jelmer Wijnstroom

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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

A Whispering Dam (2024)

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Ksenia Perek

Collaborator

Setareh Noorani

Collaborator

KC

Collaborator

1.06 Music Library

Collaborator

Azu Nwagbogu

Collaborator

Naema Abdi

Collaborator

Lydienne Albertoe

#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'.

#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

Dormancy Trail
(2023)

by Milena Anna Bouma

Collaborator

Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou

Collaborator

Leontine Coelewij

Collaborator

Nat Muller

#31

Manifestation

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

#31 Hosting Darkness

hosted by Berber Meindertsma and Stephanie Schuitemaker

Collaborator

Stephanie Schuitemaker

#29

Manifestation

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

#29 Mixtape

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

#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

Martha Cooper

#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

Ola Hassanain

#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

Yvette Mutumba

#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

Geo Wyex

Collaborator

Jan Hoek

Collaborator

SistaazHood

#26: Audio introduction by Artist

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

Collaborator

Pırıltı Onukar

location

Central Space

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

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

Michael Ekow & May

Collaborator

Ilga Minjon

Same Taste

by Basir Mahmood

#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.

Seeping Waters (2023 – 2024)

by Ola Hassanain

#59

Manifestation

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

#59 Keti Koti Westerpark x Kunsttraject

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

#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

Hybrid Listening

an architectural intervention by Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Collaborator

Fonds 21 – Henk Christophersen

Collaborator

LazerGazer

Collaborator

Stephen Tayo

Collaborator

Phantom Wizard

Collaborator

Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Collaborator

Mati Diop

Living Mycelium Dunes (2023)

by YUME YUME

location

Off-site Int’l

Collaborator

Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

#26: Video introduction by Artist

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

Collaborator

Bnnyhunna

Collaborator

Sarah Schulten

#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

Ana Bravo Pérez

#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

#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

Collaborator

bk owusu

Collaborator

Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi

Collaborator

Kanitha Tith

Collaborator

Marjolijn van Heemstra

#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

Ahmad Mallah

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#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.

#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

Frédérique Gagnon

Collaborator

YUME YUME

Collaborator

Rubiah Balsem

Collaborator

Andrey Shental

location

Online

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

Nina666

Collaborator

The Memoria Collective

Collaborator

Marjet Zwaans

Collaborator

Dr. Edward Birzin

Collaborator

Pauline Curnier Jardin

Collaborator

Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen

Collaborator

Donghwan Kam

#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.

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

SEXYLAND World

Collaborator

Anne Lakeman

#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

Andrea Voets

Collaborator

Basir Mahmood

Collaborator

Simomo Bouj

Collaborator

Guenn Ramon Gustina

Collaborator

Geert Vlieger

#30

Manifestation

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

#30 Mixtape

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

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.

Collaborator

Duran Lantink

Collaborator

Ceder Rorije

Collaborator

Q

Collaborator

Keti Koti Westerpark

Collaborator

Joram Kraaijveld

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.

#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.

The Slope (2023)

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

#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

Antje de Wit

Collaborator

senakirfa A.

Collaborator

Manon Lutanie

Collaborator

Kaiden Ford

Collaborator

Chandler Smith – HXSSY

#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.

#17

Manifestation

July 2, 2024
Online

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

by Setareh Noorani

Collaborator

Simone Zeefuik

Collaborator

Timothy Aarons

#43

Manifestation

November 28, 2024
Until January 23, 2025
Central Space

#43 (Where and for Whom?) Listening to the Absences

The fifth group show in Buro Stedelijk's Central Space with Simomo Bouj, Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi and Martin Toloku

Collaborator

Rita Ouédraogo

Collaborator

Miles Greenberg

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.

Before Distortion (2023 – ongoing)

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

Collaborator

Anna Hoetjes

#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

Emily Shin-Jie Lee

Collaborator

Travis A. G. Geertruida

Collaborator

S*an D. Henry-Smith

Collaborator

Alanna Archibald

Collaborator

Artist Collective Totomboti

Collaborator

Touchy Studios

Collaborator

Drankerij

Collaborator

Ruyzdael Publishing

#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.

#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

Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

Charl Landvreugd

Collaborator

Alina Lupu

#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).

#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

Emily Pethick

Collaborator

Uno Fujisawa

#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

#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.