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#52 To Be Determined
Manifestation #52
Central Space

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.

#78 “Life Compensation Lottery”
Manifestation #78
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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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Manifestation #52: To Be Determined opening on August 28, Dion Rosina, Thato Toeba, Razia Barsatie and Sarojini Lewis
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Manifestation #72: Levenscompensatieloterij, Volgermeerpolder & Broeker Kerk

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#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'.

Liederen verankeren de grondenrechten. Eeuwenlang wordt er gezongen over historische gebeurtenissen en gebeurtenissen in de godenwerelden in en rond Pikin Slee. Apunku wijst Totomboti de weg in hun onderzoek door het bos en voegt een spiritueel component toe aan het economische en historische argument van grondstoffen-gebruik en zelfvoorziening, dat doorslaggevend was in het Saamaka vonnis. Met dit vonnis zijn de Saramakaanse grondenrechten bevestigd door het Inter-Amerikaans gerechtshof in 2007. Een grote zegen voor Vereniging Saamaka Gemeenschappen (VSG) en hun vrienden en advocaten. Maar de win van toen is in de hedendaagse praktijk verre van gerealiseerd of tot uitvoering gekomen. Totomboti wil met Kanda Hanka energie en kracht samenbrengen om deze strijd voor behoud van het regenwoud te steunen en te verdiepen.

Kanda Hanka

In het onderzoek van Kanda Hanka hebben wij meer dan 100 liederen kunnen verzamelen die gelinkt zijn aan specifieke plekken of goden van plekken in het Saramakaanse bos. In het Saramakaans, maar ook in godentalen zoals Apunku, wordt de geschiedenis en de godenwereld bezongen om kennis daarover over te dragen naar volgende generaties. Het Saamaka Museum en Totomboti zijn de uitgelezen plekken, met vertrouwen vanuit de gemeenschap, om stap voor stap en met veel onderling overleg, kennis hiervan te ontsluiten. Daarbij zijn wij blij met een aantal partners, zoals Oerol en Buro Stedelijk, die ons in staat stellen om zelf het onderzoek te doen. Niet als onderwerp van iemand anders onderzoek. Er zijn veel verschillende lagen – hoe meer je ermee bekend bent, en/of ingebed bent… hoe meer je er van zult begrijpen. Hoe meer je je er in verdiept, hoe meer je wordt beloond.

Ontbossing en klimaatverandering

Recentelijk, in de periode van juni-september 2024 is de ontbossing binnen het Saramakaanse grondgebied met 57% toegenomen. Veranderingen in de intensiviteit en momenten van droge en regenseizoenen zorgen voor ontregeling in het planten en kunnen oogsten van de zelfvoorziening in voedsel en bouwmateriaal. Gelukkig is er een goede rijstoogst geweest, maar veel cassave wordt aangegeten door de bosvarkens die door de ontbossing minder ruimte hebben in het bos en dichterbij de dorpen komen. Hoe kunnen wij de Surinaamse overheid en internationale organisaties helpen inzien (en invoelbaar maken!) dat het urgent is om de grondenrechten te handhaven, juridisch uitvoerbaar te maken en onze spirituele plaatsen te respecteren?

Azan pau

We openen de poort om een inkijkje te geven in de kunstenaarspraktijk van Totomboti en hun steunpilaren en mede-poortwachters. We beginnen vanuit de rivier, en gaan dan het bos in.

De plekken vertellen

Wij willen niet direct de ceremoniën of rituelen zelf laten zien, maar als je goed kijkt kun je wel aan het landschap zien dat er bijeenkomsten hebben plaatsgevonden. Zo willen wij aanmoedigen om een plek in de natuur te lezen of te beluisteren. Wat is hier gebeurd? Wat laat dat voor energie achter? Voor wie is zo een plek en haar bezieling van levensbelang?

Kanda (selectie)
# Kongo yei wan bai – Come, listen to a call
#A wooko de de – At (money) work, they are
#Ambe ta naki azankembu na mi konde de? – Who is knocking the big drums in my village there?
#Nuvelele – New things!
# Boo go a Gaan Paaba – Let’s go to Gaan Paaba creek
#Dee Gadu u Gaan Bakaa Pasi – Spirits of Gaan Bakaa Pasi creek

Totomboti, steunpilaren en poortwachters in Ton Yeke, Ton Yelele
Edje Doekoe: kunstenaar, onderzoek, spirituele leider en mede-oprichter Totomboti
Toya Saakie: kunstenaar en mede-oprichter Totomboti
Marjet Zwaans: kunstenaar, onderzoek, conceptueel, tekst, artistiek coördinator
Vinije Haabo: onderzoek, conceptueel, vertalingen Saramakaans, advies
Joney Doekoe: onderzoeksgroep (vrouwenlijn) leider, textielwerk
Aniisi, Dette Doekoe: textielwerk
Wilgo Doekoe, Zoya Eduards, Djaba Bakatia, Bensáawa Amiemba: zang

Gugulu koosu /gúgúlú·kóósu/ znw
textiel met afbeelding van satelietfoto’s van Google Maps;
titel van textielwerk Tototmboti op Oerol 2024 met een Google Maps satelliet foto van de omgeving van Pikin Slee aan een zijde en aseisente aan de andere zijde van het doek, aan elkaar gehaakt

hanka bangi /hãŋká·ɓãŋgi/ znw
bank in de vorm van een anker;
titel van 1-zits en 2-zits sculpturen van Totomboti op Oerol 2024

Kuutu Bunu /kuútú·ɓúnu/ znw (overleg is goed)

vroegere nederzetting bij Piki Seei waar verschillende Saamaka groepen bijeenkwam om te overleggen dat ze voortaan in aparte dorpen gingen wonen op apintihoorafstand van elkaar;

titel van kunstwerk Totomboti op Oerol 2024 van een in hout gesneden drone foto van deze locatie

Piki Bakaa Pasi /pikí·ɓákáá·pási/ znw (kleine witteman’s weg)

zijkreek van Gaan Paaba aan de Boven-Surinamerivier; historische plaats bij Piki Seei, waarlangs de route van het koloniale leger leidde;

titel van kustwerk Totomboti op Oerol 2024 met een fotoafdruk van deze locatie op twee lagen textiel, aan elkaar gehaakt

Seei Dan /seéi·dãŋ/ znw
waterval bij Piki Seei;
titel van kunstwerk Totomboti op Oerol 2024 van een in hout gesneden foto van deze locatie

Kunstenaars / aftiteling video
Totomboti-oprichters: Edje Doekoe, Toya Saakie
Concept Ton yeke ton yelele: Edje Doekoe, Vinije Haabo, Marjet Zwaans
Onderzoeksgroep: olv Joney en Edje Doekoe
Houtsnijwerk: Edje Doekoe en Toya Saakie
Textielwerk: Joney, Aniisi, Dette Doekoe
Tekst, drone camera, artistieke coördinatie: Marjet Zwaans
Zang: Zoya Eduards, Djaba Bakatia, Bensáawa Amiemba, Wilgo Doekoe, Edje Doekoe, Lietje Pansa
Advies, onderzoek, Saramakaanse vertalingen, coördinatie: Vinije Haabo
Met dank aan
Saamaka Museum, Oerol, Mondriaanfonds, Buro Stedelijk
Study references (with more background information and video link):

Online krantenartikelen in 2024:

  • Reuters – Suriname’s Saamaka community demands government prevent industry encroachment on pristine territory
  • United News – Saamaka protesteert krachtig tegen bosvernietiging in woongebied
  • DBS – Dagelijkse schending van mensenrechten in Suriname
  • KEYnews – Staat Suriname nationaal aangeklaagd voor niet uitvoeren Saamaka Vonnis
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#64 Ton yeke, ton yelele!

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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.

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Phantom Wizard

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Adriana Knouf

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Terror161 a.k.a. Json

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bk owusu

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Thato Toeba

The Invisible Double (2025)

by Jessica Mitrani

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Prof. Fred Ritchin

#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

Ranie Ribeiro

#71

Manifestation

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

#71 opening – I Must Still Grow in the Dark

#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.

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Andrea Voets

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Don Yaw Kwaning

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Joël Andrianomearisoa

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Fanta Sylla

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René Peña

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Maxine Kopsa

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Anne Lakeman

#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

Basir Mahmood

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#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

Nina666

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Garage Noord

#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

Martijn Maiwald

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Nazif Lopulissa

#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

Joenoes Polnaija

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YUME YUME

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Mirelle van Tulder

#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.

Collaborator

Ceder Rorije

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

Donghwan Kam

#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.

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Frédérique Gagnon

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Chandler Smith – HXSSY

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Jan Hoek

#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.

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Stephanie Noach

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W139

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Guenn Ramon Gustina

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Wes Mapes

#23

Manifestation

February 15, 2024
Until March 31, 2024
Central Space

#23 TRUTH

a video installation by Miles Greenberg

#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.

#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

Ernst van Deursen

Collaborator

Paulo Nazareth

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

#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.

Collaborator

Renzo Martens

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Azu Nwagbogu

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Veerle Driessen

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Touchy Studios

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Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

Setareh Noorani

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

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Robbie Schweiger

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Ngozi Onwurah

#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

Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

#35

Manifestation

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

#35 Zonder Gelijkheid, Geen Vrede

Collaborator

Razia Barsatie

Collaborator

Kenneth Aidoo

Collaborator

Viviane Tabach

Same Taste

by Basir Mahmood

Collaborator

pIAR

#26: Audio introduction by Artist

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

Collaborator

Hidde van Greuningen

Collaborator

Lorraine Hellwig

Collaborator

The Memoria Collective

Collaborator

Timothy Aarons

Collaborator

Suzie van Staaveren

Collaborator

Andrey Shental

Collaborator

Rubiah Balsem

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

by Andrés Pereira Paz

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#17

Manifestation

July 2, 2024
Online

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

by Setareh Noorani

#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

#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'.

#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).

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SEXYLAND World

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Ana María Gómez López

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.

#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

Emily Pethick

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Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou

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Berber Meindertsma

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Iván Martínez

Living Mycelium Dunes, 2023

by YUME YUME

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Uno Fujisawa

#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.

#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

#18

Manifestation

November 1, 2023
Central Space

#18 Kunstenaar op zaal

#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

Geo Wyex

#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.

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

by Geo Wyex

Collaborator

Jessica Mitrani

KETI KOTI X ABOUT LOVE

research by Jeanine van Berkel

Collaborator

Martin Toloku

Before Distortion, 2023 – ongoing

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

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Queer Choir

#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.

Grown head to toe outfit, 2023

by YUME YUME

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Simnikiwe Buhlungu

Seeping Waters, 2023 – 2024

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Mirre Yayla Séur

Materializing the Invisible

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

Collaborator

Travis A. G. Geertruida

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Sedrig Verwoert

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Unfair

Collaborator

Milena Anna Bouma

Collaborator

Martha Cooper

Collaborator

Black Quantum Futurism

#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

#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.

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Vinger.nl

#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

Emily Shin-Jie Lee

#7

Manifestation

June 18, 2023
14:00
Off-site

#7 Breaking Bread

Cassave bread with Lelani Lewis

#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

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1.06 Music Library

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Ana Bravo Pérez

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Narges Mohammadi

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Bubble Shooters Network

#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.

#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

Ammodo

SYSTEMA [EXO] NATURÆ (Regnum Lapideum), 2025

by Ana María Gómez López

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

Collaborator

Alina Lupu

Collaborator

Andrea Amponsah

#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..

Respect for the forest

Fragments of conversations in Saamaka tongo Recordings: January - March 2023 in Pikin Slee (SR) Marjet Zwaans, Edje Doekoe, at Buro Stedelijk Amsterdam (NL) Transcribed and translated with Vinije Haabo

#15

Manifestation

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

#15 Cosmism

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

Collaborator

Fonds 21 – Henk Christophersen

Collaborator

Oded Rimon

location

Studio Space

Paulus Potterstraat 13, 1071 CX, Amsterdam

I Must Still Grow in the Dark

by Stephanie Noach

Collaborator

Sarojini Lewis

Collaborator

Lydienne Albertoe

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

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#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

Gwen Parry

Collaborator

Dion Rosina

Collaborator

Patricia Domínguez

Collaborator

Anna-Rosa van Wees

#29

Manifestation

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

#29 Mixtape

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

Klof, village of spirits, 2020 – ongoing

by Kevin Osepa

#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

location

Off-site

Collaborator

Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Jelmer Wijnstroom

Dormancy Trail, 2023

by Milena Anna Bouma

Kunsttraject X Keti Koti Westerpark

research by Jeanine van Berkel

Collaborator

Anna Hoetjes

#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.

#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.

Darkness as Full Potential: Beyond Negation

by Rita Ouédraogo

Collaborator

Simone Zeefuik

#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

Ruyzdael Publishing

Collaborator

Drums of the Earth

#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.

Collaborator

S*an D. Henry-Smith

Collaborator

Yvette Mutumba

Collaborator

Duran Lantink

Collaborator

Anna Arov

Collaborator

Dr. Edward Birzin

Collaborator

BijlmAIR

#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.

Collaborator

Stephanie Schuitemaker

Collaborator

Kanitha Tith

Collaborator

Kaiden Ford

Nlloro (Weeping), 1991

by Belkis Ayón

#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

Fiep van Bodegom

Collaborator

Les Moucherons

#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

Shigeo Arikawa

Collaborator

Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Collaborator

Miles Greenberg

Collaborator

Lakisha Apostel

Collaborator

Sarah Schulten

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

by Naema Abdi Ali & Anna-Rosa van Wees.

#11

Manifestation

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

#11 Mal Ora

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

Collaborator

Nuria Bofarull

#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.

Collaborator

Babs Gons

#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

Artist Collective Totomboti

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

#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.

61 FRAGMENTS OF DECAY FOR NEW DESIRES, 2023

by Joël Andrianomearisoa

location

Central Space

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

Collaborator

Pauline Curnier Jardin

Collaborator

Bnnyhunna

#31

Manifestation

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

#31 Hosting Darkness

hosted by Berber Meindertsma and Stephanie Schuitemaker

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

Museumnacht

Collaborator

Manon Lutanie

Collaborator

Ksenia Perek

Collaborator

Peter Tijhuis

#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

MINA RWINA

Collaborator

SistaazHood

Mina Rwina DIR, 2024

by Simomo Bouj

Collaborator

Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen

#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.

#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.

#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'.

#67

Manifestation

November 2, 2024
Online

#67 FLIGHT

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

#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.

The Crack That Is Named, 2024

by Antonio Vega Macotela

Collaborator

Antje de Wit

Collaborator

Niels Staats

#26: Video introduction by Artist

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

Collaborator

Müge Yılmaz

Collaborator

UNSEEN

Collaborator

Saodat Ismailova

Collaborator

Özgür Atlagan

#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

Ahmad Mallah

Collaborator

Marcel van den Berg

Collaborator

Mati Diop

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#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

Valerie Oluwatoyin Abeji

Collaborator

Kunsttraject

#69

Manifestation

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

#69 The Way

A temporary spatial intervention by Stephanie Schuitemaker with Uno Fujisawa

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

Collaborator

Marjolijn van Heemstra

Collaborator

Rita Ouédraogo

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.

#30

Manifestation

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

#30 Mixtape

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

Collaborator

Naema Abdi

KETI KOTI X Dia di lucha pa libertat

Design process behind #5 by Lydienne Albertoe

The Slope, 2023

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Alanna Archibald

Collaborator

Pırıltı Onukar

#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

senakirfa A.

Shifting | Spirit | Time, 2025

by Julianknxx

Collaborator

Julianknxx

#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.

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

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

Man Made Materials series, 1998

by René Peña

Collaborator

Leontine Coelewij

Collaborator

Marly Pierre-Louis

Collaborator

Frank Creton

Collaborator

Camille Sapara Barton

Collaborator

Michael Ekow & May

Collaborator

Keti Koti Westerpark

#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

Home is Resistance, 2024

by Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

and if a tree sees it all, 2024 – 2025

by Julianknxx

Collaborator

Stephen Tayo

Collaborator

Inge Meijer

Collaborator

loopey

#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

Jeanine van Berkel

Collaborator

Simomo Bouj

Collaborator

LazerGazer

#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

Marjet Zwaans

Collaborator

Ilga Minjon

Collaborator

Christelle Oyiri

Collaborator

Konstantin Sonnenkind

Descent into the Fungal, 2017

by Andrey Shental

Collaborator

Andrés Pereira Paz

Collaborator

kanaal40

Hybrid Listening

an architectural intervention by Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

#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'.

Era of TDC, 2024

by Martin Toloku

#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

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.

Untitled (study on spirit) (2025)

by Julianknxx

Collaborator

Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi

Collaborator

Joram Kraaijveld

#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

50MM.

#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.

Collaborator

Charl Landvreugd

Collaborator

Irina Djojoatmodjo

Sacred Wounds, 2024

by Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

Collaborator

Gilleam Trapenberg

Memories of becoming, 2022/2023

by Narges Mohammadi

Collaborator

Hana Nina Hussein

#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

Floor van Leeuwen

Collaborator

Tripl

Collaborator

Waèl Allouche

Collaborator

Drankerij

Collaborator

Rice, Peas, Roots and Culture

Collaborator

Nat Muller

Collaborator

Geert Vlieger

Collaborator

Larissa Sansour

Collaborator

Quinsy Gario