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#80 The Belly of Momo
Manifestation #80
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Manifestation #80: the Belly of Momo, November 20 - January 8, with Kevin Osepa and many others
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Manifestation #88: How We Made Noise – book launch, on November 27, 18:30 - 20:30
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Manifestation #85: How We Made Noise – afterparty, on November 27, 21:30 - 01:00

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#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

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Dark matter permeates our universe—astronomically, biologically, and, as the group show #53: I Must Still Grow in the Dark proposes, artistically too. While art exhibitions have historically revered light, elevating it as the precondition for visual experience and aesthetic appreciation, this one shifts our attention to darkness. Here, darkness is not presented as mere absence, but as a palpable presence: a generative force, a connective tissue weaving together a constellation of contemporary artworks across diverse media.

Through installations, videos, photographs, and prints composed of what might be called dark matter—black ink, dark earth, and unilluminated space—darkness reveals itself as a generative force, alive with the capacity to act. Among other things, it disrupts photo-centric regimes, dilutes the boundaries between body and space, shields knowledge from outsiders, and nurtures new imaginaries.

The dark matter animating the works in this exhibition may not move galaxies, as its astronomical counterpart does, nor sequester carbon dioxide like its biological analogue, but it pulses with a radical vitality of its own. Through its actions and interactions, artistic dark matter shakes the anti-dark and anti-Black foundations of modernity. It contests the long-standing association of darkness with evil, savagery, and ignorance.

One of the premises underlying I Must Still Grow in the Dark is that modernity’s adoration of light, culminating in the Enlightenment, was accompanied by a profound abhorrence of darkness. An abhorrence that cannot be disentangled from a fierce hostility toward racial Blackness.

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Donkere materie doordringt ons universum—astronomisch, biologisch en, zoals de groepstentoonstelling #53 I Must Still Grow in the Dark laat zien, ook artistiek. Waar tentoonstellingen van oudsher het licht hebben verheerlijkt en opgevoerd als voorwaarde voor visuele ervaring en esthetisch genot, verlegt deze tentoonstelling de aandacht naar de duisternis. Zij wordt hier niet gepresenteerd als afwezigheid, maar als voelbare aanwezigheid: een scheppende kracht, een verbindend weefsel dat een constellatie van hedendaagse kunstwerken in uiteenlopende media samenbrengt.

Via installaties, video’s, foto’s en prenten, samengesteld uit wat beschouwd kan worden als donkere materie—zwarte inkt, donkere aarde en onverlichte ruimtes—wordt duidelijk dat er een vitale kracht door de duisternis stroomt die aanzet tot handelen. Ze verstoort lichtminnende regimes, vervaagt de grenzen tussen lichaam en ruimte, beschermt kennis tegen buitenstaanders en voedt de verbeelding.

De donkere materie die de werken in deze tentoonstelling bezielt, beweegt misschien geen sterrenstelsels, zoals haar astronomische tegenhanger doet, en slaat geen CO₂ op, zoals haar biologische evenknie, maar zij pulseert met een eigen radicale vitaliteit op zichzelf. Door haar acties en interacties brengt artistieke donkere materie de anti-donkere en anti-Zwarte fundamenten van de moderniteit aan het wankelen. Ze stelt de hardnekkige associatie van duisternis met kwaad, wreedheid en onwetendheid ter discussie.

Een van de uitgangspunten van I Must Still Grow in the Dark is dat de verheerlijking van licht binnen de moderniteit, die culmineerde in de Verlichting, gepaard ging met een diepe afkeer van duisternis. Een afkeer die niet los te zien is van een felle vijandigheid tegenover raciale Zwartheid.

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Buro Stedelijk Central Space
22 May 2025 – 17 July 2025

Open daily with Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ticket / Dagelijks geopend met Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ticket (Museumplein 10), 10:00 – 18:00

#53 I Must Still Grow in the Dark

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

by Andrés Pereira Paz

The Invisible Double (2025)

by Jessica Mitrani

Collaborator

Rita Ouédraogo

The Crack That Is Named, 2024

by Antonio Vega Macotela

Collaborator

Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

SYSTEMA [EXO] NATURÆ (Regnum Lapideum), 2025

by Ana María Gómez López

Collaborator

Paulo Nazareth

Darkness as Full Potential: Beyond Negation

by Rita Ouédraogo

Collaborator

René Peña

I Must Still Grow in the Dark

by Stephanie Noach

Collaborator

Andrés Pereira Paz

Materializing the Invisible

Q&A with artist, architect and spatial designer Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Collaborator

Stephanie Noach

Collaborator

Jessica Mitrani

Collaborator

Iván Martínez

Collaborator

Ana María Gómez López

location

Central Space

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

#71

Manifestation

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

#71 opening – I Must Still Grow in the Dark

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

Man Made Materials series, 1998

by René Peña

Nlloro (Weeping), 1991

by Belkis Ayón

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#80

Manifestation

November 20, 2025
Until January 8, 2026
Central Space

#80 The Belly of Momo

Come in to Buro Stedelijk's Central Space transformed by Kevin Osepa, shared with sound artist Rozaly and multidisciplinary artist Lakisha Apostel among many others.

Man Made Materials series, 1998

by René Peña

#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

#65

Manifestation

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

#65 Keti Koti Westerpark x Kunsttraject

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

#80 The Belly of Momo

Teksto na Papiamentu

The Invisible Double (2025)

by Jessica Mitrani

#69

Manifestation

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

#69 The Way

A temporary spatial intervention by Stephanie Schuitemaker with Uno Fujisawa

Collaborator

1.06 Music Library

Collaborator

loopey

Collaborator

SEXYLAND World

#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

Glenpherd

Collaborator

Mercy St. J

KETI KOTI X ABOUT LOVE

research by Jeanine van Berkel

Collaborator

pIAR

Collaborator

Kanitha Tith

Mina Rwina DIR, 2024

by Simomo Bouj

Collaborator

Ammodo

Collaborator

Nikola Lamburov

Collaborator

Marly Pierre-Louis

Collaborator

AK Soundsystem

location

Central Space

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

Collaborator

Duran Lantink

Dormancy Trail, 2023

by Milena Anna Bouma

Collaborator

Fanta Sylla

Darkness as Full Potential: Beyond Negation

by Rita Ouédraogo

Collaborator

Terror161 a.k.a. Json

Collaborator

Black Quantum Futurism

Collaborator

Simomo Bouj

#78

Manifestation

September 6, 2025
14:30 - 18:00
Off-site

#78 “Life Compensation Lottery”

Join us on September 6, for Manifestation #78: "Life Compensation Lottery" by Suzie van Staaveren and Robbie Schweiger. A free zip code lottery for residents of Waterland and Amsterdam Landelijk Noord with an unusual prize: CO₂-compensation for a lifetime.

Dion Rosina: Process during Manifestation #52: To Be Determined

Collaborator

Don Yaw Kwaning

Collaborator

Valerie Oluwatoyin Abeji

Collaborator

Suzette Martina

Collaborator

Jessica Mitrani

Collaborator

Charles Hardy

#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

Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

S*an D. Henry-Smith

Collaborator

kanaal40

Collaborator

Drankerij

Collaborator

Patricia Domínguez

Collaborator

Iyanla Etnel

Collaborator

Lakisha Apostel

#80 The Belly of Momo

Nederlandse tekst

Home is Resistance, 2024

by Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

Collaborator

Q

Collaborator

Emily Pethick

#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

Ruyzdael Publishing

Collaborator

Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

Wayne Modest

Collaborator

Alanna Archibald

#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

Wes Mapes

Collaborator

BijlmAIR

Collaborator

Sedrig Verwoert

Collaborator

Queer Choir

Collaborator

MINA RWINA

Collaborator

Julianknxx

Seeping Waters, 2023 – 2024

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Maxime Leleux

#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.

Same Taste

by Basir Mahmood

Collaborator

Shigeo Arikawa

Collaborator

Camille Sapara Barton

Collaborator

Oded Rimon

#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.

I Must Still Grow in the Dark

by Stephanie Noach

Collaborator

Waèl el Allouche

Collaborator

Taïs Zimmerman

Collaborator

Babs Gons

#26: Audio introduction by Artist

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

#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

Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen

#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

Fonds 21 – Henk Christophersen

Collaborator

Sichuan Territory

#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

Hidde van Greuningen

#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.

#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

Jelmer Wijnstroom

Collaborator

Dion Rosina

#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.

#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

Bouba Dola

Materializing the Invisible

Q&A with artist, architect and spatial designer Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Era of TDC, 2024

by Martin Toloku

Collaborator

Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi

Kenneth Aidoo: Process during ‘Manifestation #39: To Be Determined’

In the summer of 2024, 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

Atelier Code Noir

##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

Christelle Oyiri

Collaborator

NØËL.

Collaborator

bk owusu

Collaborator

Simnikiwe Buhlungu

Collaborator

Geo Wyex

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Collaborator

Fiep van Bodegom

Before Distortion, 2023 – ongoing

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

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

Joram Kraaijveld

and if a tree sees it all, 2024 – 2025

by Julianknxx

Collaborator

Timothy Aarons

#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

Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

Collaborator

Irina Djojoatmodjo

#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.

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.

A curated soundscape for ‘How We Made Noise’

by bk owusu

#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).

#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

Bubble Shooters Network

Collaborator

Andrea Voets

Collaborator

Anna-Rosa van Wees

Collaborator

Kenneth Aidoo

Collaborator

Stephen Tayo

Collaborator

Andrey Shental

Collaborator

Ndayé Kouagou

#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

Pırıltı Onukar

Collaborator

Tripl

Collaborator

Lorraine Hellwig

Collaborator

Unfair

Collaborator

Vinger.nl

Collaborator

Inge Meijer

Collaborator

Uno Fujisawa

Klof, village of spirits, 2020 – ongoing

by Kevin Osepa

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

Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

Azu Nwagbogu

Descent into the Fungal, 2017

by Andrey Shental

#35

Manifestation

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

#35 Zonder Gelijkheid, Geen Vrede

The Crack That Is Named, 2024

by Antonio Vega Macotela

Collaborator

Narges Mohammadi

#67

Manifestation

November 2, 2024
Online

#67 FLIGHT

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

#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

Floor van Leeuwen

Collaborator

Miles Greenberg

Collaborator

Ilga Minjon

#85

Manifestation

November 27, 2025
21:30 - 01:00
Off-site

#85 How We Made Noise – Afterparty

Come celebrate the publication 'How We Made Noise' at Sichuan Territory and Garage Noord with music and live performance.

Collaborator

Konstantin Sonnenkind

61 FRAGMENTS OF DECAY FOR NEW DESIRES, 2023

by Joël Andrianomearisoa

SYSTEMA [EXO] NATURÆ (Regnum Lapideum), 2025

by Ana María Gómez López

Collaborator

All Sizes

Collaborator

Larissa Sansour

How We Made Noise: Reimagining the Museum from Within

A publication bringing together contributions from leading thinkers and artists including Tina M. Campt, Christina Sharpe, Quinsy Gario, Wayne Modest, Ola Hassanain, Yvette Mutumba, Emily Pethick, and Kevin Osepa, among others, co-published with Onomatopee and edited by Rita Ouédraogo.

Collaborator

Bnnyhunna

#18

Manifestation

November 1, 2023
Central Space

#18 Kunstenaar op zaal

#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

Untitled (study on spirit) (2025)

by Julianknxx

Collaborator

Sylvie de Kubber

Collaborator

Gilleam Trapenberg

#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

Rice, Peas, Roots and Culture

#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.

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

by Geo Wyex

Collaborator

Ana María Gómez López

#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

Morena Leraba

#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

#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.

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

by Andrés Pereira Paz

Collaborator

Iván Martínez

Collaborator

Mirelle van Tulder

#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'.

Kunsttraject X Keti Koti Westerpark

Design research behind Manifestation #65 by Jeanine van Berkel

Collaborator

Marcel van den Berg

Collaborator

Setareh Noorani

Collaborator

Phantom Wizard

Collaborator

Adriana Knouf

Collaborator

Keti Koti Westerpark

#53

Manifestation

May 22, 2025
18:30 – 20:30
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

Mirre Yayla Séur

Collaborator

Tina M. Campt

#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.

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#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.

#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

Jan Hoek

#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

Martijn Maiwald

#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.

#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 Domínguez and by Black Quantum Futurism.

Sacred Wounds, 2024

by Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

Grown head to toe outfit, 2023

by YUME YUME

Collaborator

Anne Lakeman

Collaborator

Maxine Kopsa

Collaborator

Aukje Dekker

#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

Guenn Ramon Gustina

Collaborator

Jaer Vogelland

Collaborator

Samuël van der Spek

Collaborator

Rubiah Balsem

Collaborator

Thato Toeba

Collaborator

Travis A. G. Geertruida

Collaborator

Razia Barsatie

location

Off-site

#30

Manifestation

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

#30 Mixtape

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

Collaborator

W139

Collaborator

Peter Tijhuis

Collaborator

Özgür Atlagan

#79

Manifestation

November 1, 2025
19:00 – 00:00
Central Space

#79 Girl, the World is Big

During Museumnacht, Ndayé Kouagou transforms Buro Stedelijk into a space of gentle destabilization and collective questioning, embracing multiple voices and bodies to create a polyphonic encounter that unfolds Black identity through stories and possibilities.

#89

Manifestation

November 27, 2025
Online

#89 We Need to Relearn How to Walk Softly on Earth: Questioning while Co-Becoming, from Curating to Publishing

Reflections on making 'How We Made Noise' by Gwen Parry

Collaborator

Frédérique Gagnon

Collaborator

Marjolijn van Heemstra

Collaborator

Robbie Schweiger

Collaborator

Gwen Parry

#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

Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

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

#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

Charl Landvreugd

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.

#5

Manifestation

June 30, 2023
Until July 2, 2023
Studio Space

#5 KETI KOTI X Dia di Lucha pa Libertat

Every year on the 1st of July we commemorate slavery and celebrate the abolition of slavery: Keti Koti. Since we believe that Keti Koti should be a national holiday, we are closed on the 1st of July. We asked Lydiënne Albertoe to design a graphic work for this particular occasion. The work is placed on the door of our Central Space and the windows of the Studio Space.

Razia Barsatie & Sarojini Lewis: Process during Manifestation #52: To Be Determined

#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

Prof. Fred Ritchin

Collaborator

Nazif Lopulissa

Collaborator

Marjet Zwaans

Collaborator

Ernst van Deursen

Collaborator

Basir Mahmood

Collaborator

Martin Toloku

#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.

#16

Manifestation

November 30, 2023
Until January 25, 2024
Central Space

#16 Descent into Fungal

The third group show in Buro Stedelijk's Central Space with Milena Anna Bouma, Don Yaw Kwaning, Andrey Shental and YUME YUME

Collaborator

Mati Diop

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

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Collaborator

Les Moucherons

Collaborator

Andrés Pereira Paz

Collaborator

Rozaly

Collaborator

senakirfa A.

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

Reinel Bakole

Collaborator

LazerGazer

#75

Manifestation

October 23, 2025
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#75 Parallel Realities

Dion Rosina and Phantom Wizard present 'Parallel Realities' on October 23 at Buro Stedelijk's Central Space. A curated programme as part of his ongoing process during 'Manifestation #52: To Be Determined'.

Collaborator

Geert Vlieger

Collaborator

Andrea Amponsah

Collaborator

Anna Hoetjes

Collaborator

Rita Ouédraogo

Collaborator

SistaazHood

#88

Manifestation

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

#88 How We Made Noise – Book Launch

Join us for the launch of 'How We Made Noise: Reimagining the Museum From Within'.

Collaborator

Kunsttraject

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Studio Space

Paulus Potterstraat 13, 1071 CX, Amsterdam

Collaborator

Hana Hussein

Collaborator

Ana Bravo Pérez

Collaborator

YUME YUME

Collaborator

Michael Ekow & May

#83

Manifestation

December 6, 2025
14:00 - 17:00
Off-site

#83 SWARM Rehearsal: Dancing through the Smooth City

Join 'SWARM Rehearsal' with words by René Boer and music by DJ Cheb Runner.

Collaborator

Manon Lutanie

Living Mycelium Dunes, 2023

by YUME YUME

Collaborator

Stephanie Schuitemaker

Memories of becoming, 2022/2023

by Narges Mohammadi

#90

Manifestation

December 11, 2025
Online

#90 The Belly is Strange

A reflection on 'The Belly of Momo' written by glenpherd, informed by Rita, Kevin and Lakisha

#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

Juny Martina

Collaborator

Ahmad Mallah

Collaborator

René Peña

Collaborator

Jelmer Teunissen

Collaborator

Simone Zeefuik

Collaborator

Kaiden Ford

Collaborator

Stephanie Noach

A Whispering Dam, 2024

by Ola Hassanain

#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.

#71

Manifestation

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

#71 opening – I Must Still Grow in the Dark

Collaborator

Milena Anna Bouma

Collaborator

Satykam Mokhamsingh

Nlloro (Weeping), 1991

by Belkis Ayón

Collaborator

Niels Staats

Collaborator

Nat Muller

Collaborator

Viviane Tabach

Collaborator

René Boer

Collaborator

Suzie van Staaveren

#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

Onomatopee

Collaborator

Antje de Wit

Collaborator

The Memoria Collective

#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.

#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

Jeff Hoogendijk

Collaborator

Drums of the Earth

Collaborator

Valentino Angela

#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.

#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

Alina Lupu

Collaborator

Dr. Edward Birzin

Collaborator

Jeanine van Berkel

Collaborator

Sarojini Lewis

#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

#31

Manifestation

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

#31 Hosting Darkness

hosted by Berber Meindertsma and Stephanie Schuitemaker

Collaborator

Renzo Martens

Collaborator

Emily Shin-Jie Lee

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

#29

Manifestation

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

#29 Mixtape

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

#52

Manifestation

August 28, 2025
Until October 23, 2025
Central Space

#52 To Be Determined

This summer, Dion Rosina, Thato Toeba, Razia Barsatie and Sarojini Lewis 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

Elias Wattimena

Collaborator

Joenoes Polnaija

Collaborator

Sabrine Ingabire

Collaborator

Museumnacht Amsterdam

#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

Nina666

Collaborator

UNSEEN

KETI KOTI X Dia di lucha pa libertat

Design process behind #5 by Lydienne Albertoe

The Slope, 2023

by Ola Hassanain

Hybrid Listening

an architectural intervention by Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Collaborator

Veerle Driessen

Collaborator

Ksenia Perek

Collaborator

Garage Noord

Collaborator

Naema Abdi

#82

Manifestation

November 1, 2025
14:30 – 17:30
Studio Space

#82 Reading Group: Goddess Change

A last gathering with Marly Pierre-Louis, hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz in Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space.

Collaborator

Saodat Ismailova

#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

Quinsy Gario

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Collaborator

Berber Meindertsma

Collaborator

Leontine Coelewij

#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

Donghwan Kam

#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

Martha Cooper

#26: Video introduction by Artist

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

#74

Manifestation

October 2, 2025
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#74 Labyrinth Within

Razia Barsatie and Sarojini Lewis present 'Labyrinth Within' on October 2 at Buro Stedelijk's Central Space. A curated programme as part of their ongoing process during 'Manifestation #52: To Be Determined'.

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Online

#17

Manifestation

July 2, 2024
Online

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

by Setareh Noorani

Collaborator

Yvette Mutumba

Collaborator

Pauline Curnier Jardin

From Listening to Reflecting: Thoughts on ‘Manifestation #1: Listening Sessions’

by Naema Abdi Ali & Anna-Rosa van Wees.

Collaborator

Ngozi Onwurah

Collaborator

Ceder Rorije

#7

Manifestation

June 18, 2023
14:00
Off-site

#7 Breaking Bread

Cassave bread with Lelani Lewis

Collaborator

Touchy Studios

Collaborator

Ranie Ribeiro

Collaborator

50MM.AMSTERDAM

Collaborator

Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou

Collaborator

Nuria Bofarull

#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'.

#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

KC

Collaborator

Paulo Nazareth

#73

Manifestation

September 18, 2025
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#73 Fela sa Hamojela

Thato Toeba x Morena Leraba present 'Fela sa Hamojela' on September 18 at Buro Stedelijk's Central Space. A curated programme as part of their ongoing process during 'Manifestation #52: To Be Determined'.

Collaborator

BULGAR

Collaborator

Paul du Bois-Reymond

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

Frank Creton

#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.

Shifting | Spirit | Time, 2025

by Julianknxx

#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

Cheb Runner

#81

Manifestation

November 20, 2025
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#81 Opening – The Belly of Momo

Opening performance by Lakisha Apostel and Kevin Osepa with soundscape by Rozaly.

Collaborator

Artist Collective Totomboti

Collaborator

Müge Yılmaz

#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

Thato Toeba: Process during Manifestation #52: To Be Determined

Collaborator

Lydienne Albertoe

#23

Manifestation

February 15, 2024
Until March 31, 2024
Central Space

#23 TRUTH

a video installation by Miles Greenberg

Collaborator

Sarah Schulten