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

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

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Manifestation #26: Script 1: Whispers (Tell The Waters What The Clay Kept Secret II), by Ola Hassanain – Museumplein 10, Amsterdam
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Manifestation #50: Keti Koti x Roots to Fruits by Mirelle van Tulder – on the windows at Paulus Potterstraat 13, Amsterdam
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Monthly 'Reading Group Goddess Change' hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz – Paulus Potterstraat 13, Amsterdam
Off-site Local

Manifestation #59: Keti Koti Westerpark x Kunsttraject by Gilleam Trapenberg – on 19 windows in Staatsliedenbuurt, Amsterdam
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Manifestation #37: Keti Koti Westerpark by Kevin Osepa – Meterhuisje, Pazzanistraat 6, Amsterdam

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#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.

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“Out of the blue comes the whitest wash,” reads the slogan of Reckitt’s Crown Blue Squares, or blous as it’s known locally on Curaçao. Initially created to whiten laundry optically, the piercing blue pigment has taken on new meanings in Afro-Caribbean cultures. In everyday use, blous offers protection against the harms of the ‘evil eye’, which is believed to cause misfortunes such as jealousy, sickness, and bad luck. Those who grew up on the island can likely recall how mothers and grandmothers – women in particular – would use blous to bathe infants, cover their loved ones on a big day, or clean surfaces around the home. As such, it has become an indispensable part of the Caribbean household. These subtle – sometimes hidden – acts are connected to brua, the spiritual customs and superstitions practiced by inhabitants of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao.  

Seemingly mundane practices of ritualistic cleansing (kore ku fuku) with blous have, in a sense, almost rendered the vibrant blue squares paradoxically invisible; to disappear into the domestic sphere. Yet, this mundaneness belies the deep historical entanglements between the Caribbean and Europe stemming from centuries of colonialism. In many ways, the familiar little tablet confronts us with resonances of the colonial history that surrounds its origins. Additionally, it shows how our lives and identities have become intricately bound up in a common destiny. 

With his Afro-Curaçaoan identity as his entry point, Kevin Osepa visualizes how the reality of daily life and the magical world of the Caribbean co-exist in everyday practices of domesticity, love, and survival. 

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“Out of the blue comes the whitest wash,” “Uit het blauw komt de witste was”, luidt de slogan van Reckitt’s Crown Blue Squares, of blous zoals het op Curaçao wordt genoemd. In eerste instantie ontwikkeld om wasgoed optisch witter te maken maar dit doordringende blauwe pigment heeft nieuwe betekenissen gekregen binnen Afro-Caribische culturen. In dagelijks gebruik biedt blous bescherming tegen het kwaad van het ‘boze oog’, waarvan men gelooft dat het ongeluk veroorzaakt, zoals jaloezie, ziekte en tegenspoed. Zij die op het eiland zijn opgegroeid, kunnen zich waarschijnlijk herinneren hoe moeders en grootmoeders – vooral vrouwen – blous gebruikten om baby’s te wassen, hun geliefden te beschermen op een grote dag of om oppervlakken in huis schoon te maken. Als zodanig is het een onmisbaar onderdeel geworden van het Caribische huishouden. Deze subtiele – soms verborgen – handelingen zijn verbonden met brua, de spirituele gebruiken en het bijgeloof van de inwoners van Aruba, Bonaire en Curaçao.

Op het eerste gezicht alledaagse praktijken van rituele reiniging (kore ku fuku) met blous hebben de felblauwe vierkantjes paradoxaal genoeg, bijna onzichtbaar gemaakt; ze verdwijnen in de huiselijke omgeving. Toch weerspiegelt deze alledaagsheid de diepe historische verwevenheid tussen het Caribisch gebied en Europa als gevolg van eeuwen kolonialisme. In veel opzichten confronteert het bekende tabletje ons met resonanties van de koloniale geschiedenis die zijn oorsprong omringt. Bovendien laat het zien hoe onze levens en identiteiten nauw verbonden zijn geraakt met een gezamenlijke toekomst.

Met zijn Afro-Curaçaose identiteit als uitgangspunt, visualiseert Kevin Osepa hoe de realiteit van het dagelijks leven en de magische wereld van de Cariben naast elkaar bestaan in alledaagse gebruiken van huishoudelijkheid, liefde en overleven.

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June 2
14:00 – Opening Ceremony by Stichting Keti Koti Westerpark at Dragers van Verre

16:00 – 18:00
Official opening Manifestation #37: Keti Koti Westerpark x Buro Stedelijk
Oostelijk Meterhuisje
Pazzanistraat 6, 1014 DB

The manifestation is freely accessible on a daily basis, from 13:00 – 18:00 in Meterhuisje.

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KC

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Inge Meijer

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Keti Koti Westerpark

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Floor van Leeuwen

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Niels Staats

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

Oded Rimon

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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.

#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

Ernst van Deursen

Dia di lucha pa libertat

Design process behind #5 by Lydienne Albertoe

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Robbie Schweiger

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Lakisha Apostel

Same Taste

by Basir Mahmood

#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.

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

#15

Manifestation

November 4, 2023
19:00 – 02:00
Central Space

#15 Cosmism

During Museumnacht, we present a selection of films by John Akomfrah, Saodat Ismailova, and Viktor Vasylenko in the Buro Stedelijk Central Space. The program explores cosmic musical forms and the (philosophical) potential of space, science fiction, immortality and infinity.

Collaborator

Azu Nwagbogu

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Setareh Noorani

Descent into the Fungal (2017)

by Andrey Shental

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loopey

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Saodat Ismailova

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bk owusu

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kanaal40

Collaborator

Stephen Tayo

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Drankerij

Collaborator

Mirelle van Tulder

Collaborator

Marjet Zwaans

#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

Q

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Simomo Bouj

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Nuria Bofarull

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Vinger.nl

Living Mycelium Dunes (2023)

by YUME YUME

#26: Video introduction by Artist

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

Collaborator

Gilleam Trapenberg

#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

#7

Manifestation

June 18, 2023
14:00
Off-site Local

#7 Breaking Bread

Cassave bread with Lelani Lewis

Collaborator

Joram Kraaijveld

#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

Irina Djojoatmodjo

Dormancy Trail
(2023)

by Milena Anna Bouma

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

Nat Muller

Collaborator

Sarah Schulten

Collaborator

Andrey Shental

Collaborator

Alina Lupu

#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.

#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

Timothy Aarons

#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

Alanna Archibald

#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

#18

Manifestation

November 1, 2023
Central Space

#18 Kunstenaar op zaal

Collaborator

Basir Mahmood

#59

Manifestation

June 1, 2024
24/7
Until August 31, 2024
Off-site Local

#59 Keti Koti Westerpark x Kunsttraject

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

Collaborator

Marly Pierre-Louis

#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).

Collaborator

Sedrig Verwoert

Collaborator

Ana Bravo Pérez

Collaborator

Stephanie Schuitemaker

Collaborator

Miles Greenberg

61 FRAGMENTS OF DECAY FOR NEW DESIRES (2023)

by Joël Andrianomearisoa

#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

Simone Zeefuik

Hybrid Listening

an architectural intervention by Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

location

Online

Collaborator

Michael Ekow & May

#26: Audio introduction by Artist

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

#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

#11

Manifestation

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

#11 Mal Ora

Join us for an evening co-curated by Kevin Osepa with performances by Travis A. G. Geertruida, Lakisha Apostel, Guenn Ramon Gustina and Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi.

Collaborator

SEXYLAND World

Collaborator

Phantom Wizard

#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

Queer Choir

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The Memoria Collective

Collaborator

Donghwan Kam

Collaborator

Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi

Collaborator

Marjolijn van Heemstra

Seeping Waters (2023 – 2024)

by Ola Hassanain

#29

Manifestation

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

#29 Mixtape

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

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#31

Manifestation

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

#31 Hosting Darkness

hosted by Berber Meindertsma and Stephanie Schuitemaker

#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

The Slope (2023)

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Shigeo Arikawa

Collaborator

Simnikiwe Buhlungu

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Vision

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

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

Marcel van den Berg

Collaborator

Touchy Studios

Collaborator

Valerie Oluwatoyin Abeji

Collaborator

Kanitha Tith

Collaborator

Bnnyhunna

location

Off-site Int’l

#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.

#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

#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

#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

Anna-Rosa van Wees

Collaborator

Fonds 21 – Henk Christophersen

Grown head to toe outfit (2023)

by YUME YUME

Collaborator

Viviane Tabach

Collaborator

Anne Lakeman

Collaborator

Antje de Wit

#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

Quinsy Gario

Collaborator

Ammodo

Collaborator

Kunsttraject

Collaborator

Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

senakirfa A.

Collaborator

Adriana Knouf

#35

Manifestation

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

#35 Zonder Gelijkheid, Geen Vrede

Collaborator

Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen

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

Rice, Peas, Roots and Culture

#10

Manifestation

August 3, 2023
14:00 – 16:00
Studio Space

#10 Beauty Basics for Queer People

Trans-inclusive makeup workshop by Timothy Paul. Join Caribbean Queer Salon for this live make-up tutorial.

Collaborator

Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

Waèl Allouche

Collaborator

Ceder Rorije

#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

YUME YUME

location

Central Space

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

Collaborator

Renzo Martens

#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

Wes Mapes

Collaborator

Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou

Collaborator

Les Moucherons

Collaborator

1.06 Music Library

Collaborator

LazerGazer

Collaborator

Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Travis A. G. Geertruida

Collaborator

Özgür Atlagan

Collaborator

Charl Landvreugd

location

Off-site Local

Collaborator

Yvette Mutumba

Memories of becoming (2022/2023)

by Narges Mohammadi

Collaborator

Hidde van Greuningen

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

by Naema Abdi Ali & Anna-Rosa van Wees.

Collaborator

Ranie Ribeiro

#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

Bubble Shooters Network

Collaborator

Artist Collective Totomboti

Collaborator

Fiep van Bodegom

Collaborator

Anna Hoetjes

#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

Rita Ouédraogo

Collaborator

Geert Vlieger

Before Distortion (2023 – ongoing)

by Don Yaw Kwaning

Collaborator

Ksenia Perek

Collaborator

Ahmad Mallah

#26

Manifestation

May 23, 2024
Until July 18, 2024
Central Space

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

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

Collaborator

Guenn Ramon Gustina

#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

#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

S*an D. Henry-Smith

#26

Manifestation

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

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

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

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Collaborator

Gwen Parry

Collaborator

Hana Nina Hussein

#30

Manifestation

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

#30 Mixtape

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

Collaborator

Don Yaw Kwaning

Collaborator

Narges Mohammadi

Collaborator

Rubiah Balsem

Collaborator

Emily Pethick

location

Studio Space

Paulus Potterstraat 13, 1071 CX, Amsterdam

Collaborator

Leontine Coelewij

Collaborator

Emily Shin-Jie Lee

#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

#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.

A Whispering Dam (2024)

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Collaborator

Milena Anna Bouma

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

by Geo Wyex

Collaborator

Berber Meindertsma

Collaborator

Müge Yılmaz

Collaborator

Atelier Code Noir

Collaborator

Jelmer Wijnstroom

Collaborator

Mirre Yayla Séur

Collaborator

Uno Fujisawa

#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

#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.

Klof, village of spirits (2020 – ongoing)

by Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

Frank Creton

Collaborator

Andrea Voets

Collaborator

Julianknxx

Collaborator

Lydienne Albertoe

#17

Manifestation

July 2, 2024
Online

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

by Setareh Noorani

Collaborator

Andrea Amponsah

#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

Naema Abdi