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#80 The Belly of Momo
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#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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Gilleam Trapenberg will be showing his series New Suns during Manifestation #59: Keti Koti Westerpark X Buro Stedelijk X Kunsttraject. Trapenberg started the series in 2018 out of a longing and yearning to Curacao, the island he grew up on. The sun, palms lining pristine white sand beaches and an azure blue sea. However, this yearning manifested in a primarily embodied endeavor to depict Curaçao as a place of individuals with a distinct culture and character, imbued with history and future aspirations.  

With his series New Suns, Trapenberg questions the Caribbean sun as a symbol of exoticism, commercialism and tourism. He examines not only the attractiveness we connect to ideas of the Caribbean, but also helps us revisit stereotypical images that establish the notion of a utopic Caribbean paradise. Carefully nudging us to see how the island flourishes partially because of the sun, but the resulting economic prosperity does not always benefit the island residents. 

The suns captured through Gilleam’s lens are meticulously documented during his stays on Curaçao, where the creative process unfolds through digital manipulation, delicately adjusting colors and hues within the negatives. 

Trapenberg shot the New Suns on Curaçao and developed them in the Netherlands. Together, we are exploring ways to exhibit them in Amsterdam outside of the white cube and make them accessible to a wide audience that can admire the works 24/7. What might it mean to exhibit this body of work in the Staatsliedenbuurt, accessible day and night and in relation to Keti Koti. What might it mean to show this work not in a gallery, museum or project space but rather 24/7 in windows in the Staatsliedenbuurt?

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Gilleam Trapenberg toont zijn serie New Suns tijdens Manifestatie #59: Keti Koti Westerpark X Buro Stedelijk X Kunsttraject. Trapenberg begon de serie in 2020 vanuit een verlangen naar Curaçao, het eiland waar hij opgroeide. De zon, palmen langs parelwitte stranden en een azuurblauwe zee. Dit verlangen uitte zich echter in een voornamelijk belichaamde poging om Curaçao af te beelden als een plek van individuen met een eigen cultuur en karakter, doordrenkt met geschiedenis en toekomstige ambities.  

Met de serie New Suns zet Trapenberg vraagtekens bij de Caribische zon als symbool van exotisme, commercialiteit en toerisme. Hij onderzoekt niet alleen de aantrekkingskracht die we verbinden aan ideeën over het Caribisch gebied, maar helpt ons ook stereotype beelden te herzien die de basis vormen van het idee van een utopisch Caribisch paradijs. Voorzichtig maakt hij ons duidelijk dat het eiland deels floreert dankzij de zon, maar dat de daaruit voortvloeiende economische welvaart niet altijd ten goede komt aan de eilandbewoners. 

De zonnen die door Gilleams lens zijn vastgelegd, zijn zorgvuldig gedocumenteerd tijdens zijn verblijven op Curaçao, waar het creatieve proces zich ontvouwt door middel van digitale manipulatie, waarbij kleuren en tinten in de negatieven subtiel worden aangepast. 

Trapenberg schoot de New Suns op Curaçao en ontwikkelde ze in Nederland. Samen onderzoeken we manieren om ze in Amsterdam buiten de white cube tentoon te stellen en ze toegankelijk te maken voor een breed publiek dat de werken 24/7 kan bewonderen. Wat betekent het om dit oeuvre in de Staatsliedenbuurt tentoon te stellen?

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June 2 – September 22
Kunsttraject Staatsliedenbuurt
24/7 on show
Free entrance / Gratis toegang

Route vanuit Amsterdam West: Van Hallstraat 13, 31 – J M Kemperstraat 121, 140, 148, 89 – Van der Hoopstraat 89, 88, 66 – Fannius Scholtenstraat 20 – Van der Hoopstraat 41 – (los) Groen van Prinstererstraat 61

Route vanuit Amsterdam Oost: Van der Hoopstraat 41 – Fannius Scholtenstraat 20 – Van der Hoopstraat 66, 88, 89 – J M Kemperstraat 89, 148, 140, 121 – Van Hallstraat 13, 31– (los) Groen van Prinstererstraat 61

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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.

#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.

Collaborator

Ilga Minjon

Collaborator

Ruyzdael Publishing

#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

Ola Hassanain

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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

Les Moucherons

#35

Manifestation

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

#35 Zonder Gelijkheid, Geen Vrede

Collaborator

Fiep van Bodegom

Collaborator

Stephen Tayo

Collaborator

Anna-Rosa van Wees

Collaborator

Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

Collaborator

Kanitha Tith

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

by Naema Abdi Ali & Anna-Rosa van Wees.

#18

Manifestation

November 1, 2023
Central Space

#18 Kunstenaar op zaal

Collaborator

Aukje Dekker

Collaborator

Naema Abdi

Collaborator

Anna Arov

Collaborator

Jelmer Wijnstroom

#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

Ernst van Deursen

#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'.

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Satykam Mokhamsingh

#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.

#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

#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.

Collaborator

The Memoria Collective

Collaborator

loopey

Collaborator

KC

Collaborator

All Sizes

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

Collaborator

Floor van Leeuwen

Collaborator

Quinsy Gario

#17

Manifestation

July 2, 2024
Online

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

by Setareh Noorani

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#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

Hidde van Greuningen

Grown head to toe outfit, 2023

by YUME YUME

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

by Andrés Pereira Paz

Collaborator

Duran Lantink

#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.

A curated soundscape for ‘How We Made Noise’

by bk owusu

#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.

#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.

#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).

Collaborator

Marly Pierre-Louis

Collaborator

Bouba Dola

Collaborator

Maxime Leleux

#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

senakirfa A.

Mina Rwina DIR, 2024

by Simomo Bouj

#26: Video introduction by Artist

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

Collaborator

Konstantin Sonnenkind

Collaborator

Maxine Kopsa

Marcel van den Berg: Process during Manifestation #8 To Be Determined

This summer, Marcel van den Berg, Kevin Osepa and Mirre Yayla Séur relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

Collaborator

Veerle Driessen

Collaborator

Martin Toloku

#20

Manifestation

November 16, 2023
Until November 19, 2023
Off-site

#20 Taking Root Among the Stars

In collaboration with Buro Stedelijk, Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yilmaz will create an intimate space at UNFAIR23. The booth will offer a moment of rest, pause, to go through the books and reflect on the patchwork sky.

Collaborator

Patricia Domínguez

Collaborator

Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

Razia Barsatie

Collaborator

Ana Bravo Pérez

Collaborator

Andrey Shental

Collaborator

Emily Pethick

Collaborator

Suzette Martina

Collaborator

Manon Lutanie

Collaborator

Cheb Runner

Collaborator

Saodat Ismailova

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

Jaer Vogelland

Collaborator

Andrea Amponsah

#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

Wayne Modest

Collaborator

NØËL.

Collaborator

Terror161 a.k.a. Json

#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

Shigeo Arikawa

Collaborator

Marcel van den Berg

Collaborator

Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Collaborator

Juny Martina

Kunsttraject X Keti Koti Westerpark

Design research behind Manifestation #65 by Jeanine van Berkel

#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

Peter Tijhuis

#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

Oded Rimon

Collaborator

Frédérique Gagnon

Collaborator

Babs Gons

Collaborator

Inge Meijer

Collaborator

Alina Lupu

Collaborator

Samuël van der Spek

#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

#26: Audio introduction by Artist

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

Collaborator

Ranie Ribeiro

#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

Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi

Collaborator

Simone Zeefuik

Collaborator

Unfair

Collaborator

Jeanine van Berkel

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#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.

Era of TDC, 2024

by Martin Toloku

Collaborator

Elias Wattimena

#37

Manifestation

June 2, 2024
Until July 2, 2024
Off-site

#37 Keti Koti Westerpark

For the second edition of Keti Koti Westerpark, we welcome you in the installation by Kevin Osepa at 'het Meterhuisje' in Westerpark, Amsterdam.

Collaborator

Milena Anna Bouma

#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

René Boer

Collaborator

W139

Collaborator

Sarojini Lewis

Collaborator

Ksenia Perek

Collaborator

Keti Koti Westerpark

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.

#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

Garage Noord

Collaborator

Guenn Ramon Gustina

Collaborator

Onomatopee

Collaborator

SEXYLAND World

Collaborator

Joenoes Polnaija

Collaborator

Iyanla Etnel

Collaborator

Kenneth Aidoo

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Collaborator

Rita Ouédraogo

#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.

Collaborator

Atelier Code Noir

Collaborator

Marjolijn van Heemstra

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Memories of becoming, 2022/2023

by Narges Mohammadi

Collaborator

Jelmer Teunissen

Collaborator

Setareh Noorani

Collaborator

pIAR

Collaborator

Timothy Aarons

Collaborator

Pırıltı Onukar

Collaborator

Lakisha Apostel

Collaborator

Mirelle van Tulder

Collaborator

Travis A. G. Geertruida

#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.

The Slope, 2023

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Dr. Edward Birzin

Collaborator

Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

Tina M. Campt

Collaborator

Donghwan Kam

Materializing the Invisible

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

#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

Collaborator

Renzo Martens

#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.

#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

Uno Fujisawa

Collaborator

Nuria Bofarull

#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.

The Crack That Is Named, 2024

by Antonio Vega Macotela

#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

Gilleam Trapenberg

Collaborator

Jan Hoek

Collaborator

AK Soundsystem

Collaborator

Julianknxx

Darkness as Full Potential: Beyond Negation

by Rita Ouédraogo

Collaborator

Christelle Oyiri

Collaborator

Bnnyhunna

Collaborator

Fanta Sylla

#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

Niels Staats

Collaborator

Suzie van Staaveren

#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.

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

#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

Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou

#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.

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Collaborator

Mirre Yayla Séur

Collaborator

Gwen Parry

#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.

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Rice, Peas, Roots and Culture

Collaborator

Lydienne Albertoe

Collaborator

Vinger.nl

##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

Michael Ekow & May

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

Waèl el Allouche

Collaborator

Mati Diop

Collaborator

Ngozi Onwurah

Collaborator

Ammodo

Collaborator

Hana Hussein

Klof, village of spirits, 2020 – ongoing

by Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

Geo Wyex

Collaborator

MINA RWINA

Collaborator

Rubiah Balsem

Seeping Waters, 2023 – 2024

by Ola Hassanain

I Must Still Grow in the Dark

by Stephanie Noach

Collaborator

Joram Kraaijveld

Collaborator

BijlmAIR

Collaborator

LazerGazer

Collaborator

Jeff Hoogendijk

Collaborator

S*an D. Henry-Smith

Same Taste

by Basir Mahmood

#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

#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.

Dormancy Trail, 2023

by Milena Anna Bouma

Collaborator

Charles Hardy

#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

50MM.AMSTERDAM

Collaborator

Drankerij

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

by Geo Wyex

Sacred Wounds, 2024

by Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

#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'.

Man Made Materials series, 1998

by René Peña

#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'.

#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.

Hybrid Listening

an architectural intervention by Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

#7

Manifestation

June 18, 2023
14:00
Off-site

#7 Breaking Bread

Cassave bread with Lelani Lewis

Collaborator

Fonds 21 – Henk Christophersen

Collaborator

Anne Lakeman

#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

Don Yaw Kwaning

#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.

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

Shifting | Spirit | Time, 2025

by Julianknxx

Collaborator

Simomo Bouj

Collaborator

Rozaly

Collaborator

Berber Meindertsma

Collaborator

Kaiden Ford

Collaborator

Larissa Sansour

The Invisible Double (2025)

by Jessica Mitrani

#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

#67

Manifestation

November 2, 2024
Online

#67 FLIGHT

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

#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

Pauline Curnier Jardin

Collaborator

Nat Muller

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

Kunsttraject

Collaborator

Ahmad Mallah

Collaborator

Nikola Lamburov

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.

#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

Glenpherd

Collaborator

Q

Collaborator

Thato Toeba

#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

#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

Andrés Pereira Paz

Home is Resistance, 2024

by Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

Collaborator

Touchy Studios

#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

#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.

#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.

#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

Sylvie de Kubber

Collaborator

Tripl

Collaborator

Yvette Mutumba

#71

Manifestation

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

#71 opening – I Must Still Grow in the Dark

Collaborator

Basir Mahmood

A Whispering Dam, 2024

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Bubble Shooters Network

#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

#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

Valerie Oluwatoyin Abeji

#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.

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.

Untitled (study on spirit) (2025)

by Julianknxx

KETI KOTI X Dia di lucha pa libertat

Design process behind #5 by Lydienne Albertoe

Collaborator

Frank Creton

Collaborator

BULGAR

#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

#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

Collaborator

Martha Cooper

location

Studio Space

Paulus Potterstraat 13, 1071 CX, Amsterdam

Collaborator

Artist Collective Totomboti

#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.

#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.

Living Mycelium Dunes, 2023

by YUME YUME

#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

Taïs Zimmerman

#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'.

Collaborator

Prof. Fred Ritchin

#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

#69

Manifestation

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

#69 The Way

A temporary spatial intervention by Stephanie Schuitemaker with Uno Fujisawa

#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

Emily Shin-Jie Lee

#31

Manifestation

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

#31 Hosting Darkness

hosted by Berber Meindertsma and Stephanie Schuitemaker

Collaborator

Narges Mohammadi

Nlloro (Weeping), 1991

by Belkis Ayón

Collaborator

Müge Yılmaz

Collaborator

Ana María Gómez López

#23

Manifestation

February 15, 2024
Until March 31, 2024
Central Space

#23 TRUTH

a video installation by Miles Greenberg

KETI KOTI X ABOUT LOVE

research by Jeanine van Berkel

Collaborator

Stephanie Schuitemaker

Collaborator

Andrea Voets

Collaborator

SistaazHood

#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

YUME YUME

#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

Lorraine Hellwig

Collaborator

Viviane Tabach

Collaborator

Charl Landvreugd

Collaborator

Dion Rosina

Collaborator

bk owusu

Collaborator

Stephanie Noach

Collaborator

Anna Hoetjes

Collaborator

Paul du Bois-Reymond

Collaborator

Sabrine Ingabire

Collaborator

Özgür Atlagan

location

Central Space

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

Collaborator

Wes Mapes

Collaborator

Iván Martínez

Collaborator

Irina Djojoatmodjo

Collaborator

Sarah Schulten

Descent into the Fungal, 2017

by Andrey Shental

Collaborator

Valentino Angela

Collaborator

Miles Greenberg

61 FRAGMENTS OF DECAY FOR NEW DESIRES, 2023

by Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

Geert Vlieger

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.

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

Collaborator

Morena Leraba

Collaborator

Museumnacht Amsterdam

Collaborator

UNSEEN

Collaborator

Drums of the Earth

Collaborator

Nazif Lopulissa

Collaborator

Marjet Zwaans

Collaborator

Alanna Archibald

SYSTEMA [EXO] NATURÆ (Regnum Lapideum), 2025

by Ana María Gómez López

#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

Sichuan Territory

Collaborator

Ndayé Kouagou

Collaborator

Jessica Mitrani

Before Distortion, 2023 – ongoing

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

Collaborator

kanaal40

Collaborator

Ceder Rorije

Collaborator

Azu Nwagbogu

Collaborator

Nina666

Collaborator

Robbie Schweiger

and if a tree sees it all, 2024 – 2025

by Julianknxx

#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

Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen

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

René Peña

Collaborator

Paulo Nazareth

#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

Camille Sapara Barton

Collaborator

Adriana Knouf

Collaborator

Queer Choir

#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

Mercy St. J

#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.

#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

Collaborator

Reinel Bakole

Collaborator

Phantom Wizard

Collaborator

Simnikiwe Buhlungu

#29

Manifestation

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

#29 Mixtape

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

Collaborator

Martijn Maiwald

Collaborator

Leontine Coelewij

Collaborator

Sedrig Verwoert

Collaborator

1.06 Music Library

Collaborator

Black Quantum Futurism

Collaborator

Antje de Wit

#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.