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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 José Antonio Vega Macotela

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

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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.

text by Glenpherd Martinus
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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.

INFO

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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#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

Camille Sapara Barton

Collaborator

pIAR

Collaborator

Rita Ouédraogo

Collaborator

Jessica Mitrani

Collaborator

Floor van Leeuwen

Collaborator

Milena Anna Bouma

Collaborator

Touchy Studios

Collaborator

Nat Muller

Collaborator

Ruyzdael Publishing

#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

Yvette Mutumba

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

by Geo Wyex

Collaborator

Nina666

#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.

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

LazerGazer

Collaborator

Anna-Rosa van Wees

Collaborator

Geert Vlieger

#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

Anne Lakeman

Collaborator

Q

Collaborator

Müge Yılmaz

#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.

#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

Martin Toloku

Collaborator

Naema Abdi

location

Central Space

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

#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

Fanta Sylla

Collaborator

Fonds 21 – Henk Christophersen

Klof, village of spirits (2020 – ongoing)

by Kevin Osepa

Untitled (study on spirit) (2025)

by Julianknxx

#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

Viviane Tabach

Living Mycelium Dunes (2023)

by YUME YUME

Collaborator

Keti Koti Westerpark

#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.

##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

#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.

#70

Manifestation

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

#70 opening – #54 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

Rice, Peas, Roots and Culture

Collaborator

Pırıltı Onukar

Memories of becoming (2022/2023)

by Narges Mohammadi

Collaborator

1.06 Music Library

Collaborator

Bnnyhunna

Collaborator

Simomo Bouj

Collaborator

Charl Landvreugd

Sacred Wounds (2024)

by Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

#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.

Collaborator

bk owusu

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

Collaborator

Duran Lantink

Collaborator

Wes Mapes

Collaborator

Ksenia Perek

#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.

#44

Manifestation

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

#44 Opening – #43: (Where and for Whom?) Listening to the Absences

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

Collaborator

Ilga Minjon

Collaborator

Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou

and if a tree sees it all (2024 – 2025)

by Julianknxx

Collaborator

Berber Meindertsma

Collaborator

UNSEEN

Collaborator

Alanna Archibald

Collaborator

Atelier Code Noir

Collaborator

Geo Wyex

Collaborator

Anna Arov

Collaborator

MINA RWINA

#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

Ngozi Onwurah

Hybrid Listening

an architectural intervention by Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Collaborator

Azu Nwagbogu

Collaborator

Iván Martínez

Collaborator

Ranie Ribeiro

Collaborator

Guenn Ramon Gustina

Collaborator

Frédérique Gagnon

Collaborator

Andrés Pereira Paz

Collaborator

kanaal40

Collaborator

Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

#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

S*an D. Henry-Smith

Collaborator

Rubiah Balsem

#35

Manifestation

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

#35 Zonder Gelijkheid, Geen Vrede

location

Online

Collaborator

Robbie Schweiger

#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

Leontine Coelewij

Collaborator

Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi

Era of TDC (2024)

by Martin Toloku

#7

Manifestation

June 18, 2023
14:00
Off-site

#7 Breaking Bread

Cassave bread with Lelani Lewis

Collaborator

Paulo Nazareth

#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).

#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

Stephen Tayo

Collaborator

Inge Meijer

Collaborator

Ernst van Deursen

Collaborator

Fiep van Bodegom

Collaborator

Museumnacht

#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

Mina Rwina DIR (2024)

by Simomo Bouj

Collaborator

Sedrig Verwoert

Collaborator

Renzo Martens

Collaborator

Ahmad Mallah

Collaborator

Hana Nina Hussein

Collaborator

Miles Greenberg

#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

Alina Lupu

Collaborator

Phantom Wizard

Seeping Waters (2023 – 2024)

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Collaborator

Drankerij

location

Off-site

Collaborator

Saodat Ismailova

Collaborator

Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen

Collaborator

senakirfa A.

Before Distortion (2023 – ongoing)

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

Collaborator

Jelmer Wijnstroom

#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.

#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.

#26: Video introduction by Artist

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

#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

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.

#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.

#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

Waèl Allouche

#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

location

Studio Space

Paulus Potterstraat 13, 1071 CX, Amsterdam

Collaborator

René Peña

Collaborator

Michael Ekow & May

Collaborator

Lakisha Apostel

Collaborator

Andrea Voets

Collaborator

Martha Cooper

#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

Les Moucherons

Collaborator

Artist Collective Totomboti

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Collaborator

loopey

Collaborator

Jan Hoek

Collaborator

Drums of the Earth

Collaborator

Vinger.nl

Collaborator

Stephanie Schuitemaker

Collaborator

Niels Staats

#18

Manifestation

November 1, 2023
Central Space

#18 Kunstenaar op zaal

#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.

#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.

#67

Manifestation

November 2, 2024
Online

#67 FLIGHT

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

Collaborator

Özgür Atlagan

Collaborator

Queer Choir

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

Collaborator

Setareh Noorani

Collaborator

Sarah Schulten

Shifting | Spirit | Time (2025)

by Julianknxx

Collaborator

YUME YUME

#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

#17

Manifestation

July 2, 2024
Online

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

by Setareh Noorani

Collaborator

Simnikiwe Buhlungu

Collaborator

Julianknxx

Collaborator

Chandler Smith – HXSSY

The Slope (2023)

by Ola Hassanain

Descent into the Fungal (2017)

by Andrey Shental

Collaborator

Black Quantum Futurism

Collaborator

Pauline Curnier Jardin

#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.

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by Basir Mahmood

#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

Antje de Wit

#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 José Antonio Vega Macotela

Collaborator

Kanitha Tith

Collaborator

Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Maxine Kopsa

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.

#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

Narges Mohammadi

Collaborator

Ammodo

#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

#31

Manifestation

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

#31 Hosting Darkness

hosted by Berber Meindertsma and Stephanie Schuitemaker

Collaborator

Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

Donghwan Kam

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

by Naema Abdi Ali & Anna-Rosa van Wees.

#26: Audio introduction by Artist

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

Collaborator

Kenneth Aidoo

Collaborator

Lorraine Hellwig

Collaborator

Tripl

#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

Collaborator

Stephanie Noach

Collaborator

Mirelle van Tulder

Collaborator

Manon Lutanie

Collaborator

SEXYLAND World

Collaborator

Mati Diop

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Collaborator

Basir Mahmood

#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

Nuria Bofarull

Collaborator

Patricia Domínguez

Collaborator

Joram Kraaijveld

Collaborator

Adriana Knouf

#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.

Collaborator

Ceder Rorije

Collaborator

Uno Fujisawa

Collaborator

KC

#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

Andrea Amponsah

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#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

50MM.

Collaborator

Valerie Oluwatoyin Abeji

Collaborator

Dr. Edward Birzin

Collaborator

Mirre Yayla Séur

Collaborator

Frank Creton

#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.

#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

#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

Marjolijn van Heemstra

61 FRAGMENTS OF DECAY FOR NEW DESIRES (2023)

by Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

Emily Shin-Jie Lee

Collaborator

Marjet Zwaans

Collaborator

Lydienne Albertoe

#29

Manifestation

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

#29 Mixtape

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

Dia di lucha pa libertat

Design process behind #5 by Lydienne Albertoe

Collaborator

Irina Djojoatmodjo

#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.

#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.

Grown head to toe outfit (2023)

by YUME YUME

Collaborator

Martijn Maiwald

#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

Home is Resistance (2024)

by Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

#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..

#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.

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

Peter Tijhuis

Collaborator

Kunsttraject

Collaborator

Larissa Sansour

Dormancy Trail
(2023)

by Milena Anna Bouma

Collaborator

Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

SistaazHood

Collaborator

Quinsy Gario

#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

Shigeo Arikawa

Collaborator

Don Yaw Kwaning

Collaborator

Oded Rimon

#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

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.

#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

Andrey Shental

Collaborator

Ana Bravo Pérez

Collaborator

Bubble Shooters Network

Collaborator

Gilleam Trapenberg

Collaborator

Nazif Lopulissa

Collaborator

Terror161 a.k.a. Json

#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.

A Whispering Dam (2024)

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Unfair

Collaborator

W139

#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.

#30

Manifestation

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

#30 Mixtape

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

Collaborator

Marly Pierre-Louis

Collaborator

Gwen Parry

#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

Marcel van den Berg

Collaborator

Christelle Oyiri

#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

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.

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Collaborator

Kaiden Ford

Collaborator

BijlmAIR

#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

The Memoria Collective

Collaborator

Travis A. G. Geertruida

Collaborator

Timothy Aarons

Collaborator

Hidde van Greuningen

Collaborator

Simone Zeefuik