Framer Framed

Symposium: Declassified – How to Un/Engender the Ethnographic Object?

Symposium: In the future everything remains uncertain

A discussion on art collection policy in the Netherlands

Lecture: Ellen de Vries – Nola Hatterman and art in Surinam

Lezing door onderzoeker en publicist Ellen de Vries, over het werk van Nola Hatterman in Amsterdam en Suriname

Lecture: Iwan Sewandono – The outframed framed in: modern Indonesian Painters

Lecture by anthropologist Iwan Sewandono, on modern Indonesian painters in the Dutch Indies, in the 1930s and after

Lecture: Paul Faber – Modern Surinamese Art, 1945-1980

Lecture (in Dutch) on modern Surinamese art, by art historian & publicist Paul Faber

Lecture: Sara Blokland – Srefidensi and the reproduction of a family history

Lecture by Sara Blokland, about her art and the the project SrefidensiFoto, photo archives and the role of memory and identity in her work

Lecture: The work of artist Patricia Kaersenhout and artist Charl Landvreugd

Artists Patricia Kaersenhout & Charl Landvreugd will each present a lecture on their artistic practice

Lecture: Rose Mary Allen – Oral history as autobiography

Lecture by Dr. Rose Mary Allen, on oral history in the context of Curacao

Performance: Report from Prison

Performance Report from Prison, initiated by Russian artist Gluklya

Lecture: Gábor Pusztai on the work of László Székely

Lecture on the work by artist László Székely, who lived and worked in the former Dutch Indies.

Lecture: Remco Raben – The modern art & literature of the Indies/Indonesia

In this lecture, Remco Raben will discuss the cultural discourses in Indonesia in the 1940s and 1950s.

Exhibition: In the future everything will be as certain as it used to be

Exhibition in collaboration with AAMU - Museum of contemporary Aboriginal art, in light of their closure

Imagining and capturing resistance

A discussion on creating and archiving images of resistance, at Atria

Lecture: Caroline Drieënhuizen – Musea in the Dutch East Indies

To what extent are museums reflective instrumental in the creation of colonial narratives, histories and national identities?

Open lecture series: Influence of colonialism on artistic expressions in former Dutch colonies

March/April 2017

Lecture: On the (re)construction of cultural heritage in Syria and Iraq

Lecture by Nour Munawar, in the context of exhibition As If

Exhibition: In One’s Breath – Nothing Stands Still

Framer Framed is part of international art fair Art Rotterdam with work by Tuan Mami

Symposium: Art as Resistance #1

One day symposium on art as resistance, focusing on diversity, involving communities and the local relevance of a place

Symposium: Conference ‘The Society of Post-Control’

Extended conversation on the emergence, consequences, and activist responses to the society of post-control

Symposium: Vox Populi and The Syrian Archive

Public debate on the relationship between digital archiving practices and activism

Exhibition: As If – The Media Artist as Trickster

On politically inspired media art that uses deception in all its forms. Curated by Annet Dekker and David Garcia

Panel discussion: Van Gogh on Demand – On Making and Faking in China

A discussion on fake art, the meaning of authenticity, and the role of China in artistic copyright infringement

Workshop: Solidariteit vandaag in onze neokoloniale tijd

Hoe kun je solidair zijn met de strijd van anderen vanuit een witte neokoloniale context?

A Festival of Project Spaces: Performance by Kirvan Fortuin

Event as part of A Festival of Project Spaces; a performance by choreographer and dancer Kirvan Fortuin

Exhibition: Re(as)sisting Narratives in South Africa

Exploring lingering legacies of colonialism between South Africa and the Netherlands through engaging with contemporary artists from both countries

Traveling Feet: a conversation on contemporary art and migration

A program with Marres, House for Contemporary Culture

Face to Face, a shared story

Collaboration project with Face to Face

Museumnacht 2016

Framer Framed programme during Museumnacht 2016

24H Noord: exhibition tours Re(as)sisting Narratives

Exhibition visit and tours during the 24H Noord event

Feminist art practice today: pushing the boundaries

Dialogue on what feminist art practice means today; with Iris Kensmil, Chandra Frank, Elizabeth Kleinveld and Milo van der Maaden

Queer Series #2: Wu Tsang’s WILDNESS

Screening of the documentary WILDNESS (2012) by Wu Tsang

My Tongue Softens On The Other Name

Open and interactive performance reflecting on the exhibition Re(as)sisting Narratives, through taking inspiration from a poem by Gabeba Baderoon

Tori with Jay Pather

Tori evening with Jay Pather

Dutch & Indonesian perspectives on 1945-1949

Event with Histori Bersama foundation / Marjolein van Pagee in collaboration Koneksi-Connectie on Dutch & Indonesian historical perspectives

Unseen: tours Re(as)sisting Narratives, door Judith Westerveld

Unseen Photography Photo Fair & Festival tours by artist Judith Westerveld

Lecture and conversation with Ena Jansen, Karin Amatmoekrim

Lecture by Ena Jansen about her book 'Bijna Familie', followed by a conversation with writer Karin Amatmoekrim

Exhibition: Common Ground

Featuring work by Charl Landvreugd and Antonio Jose Guzman

Kunstlicht presents: ‘Cultural Policies: Agendas of Impact’

Presentation of Kunstlicht issue, 'Cultural Policies: Agendas of Impact'

Re(as)sisting Narratives in context

A conversation in the context of exhibition Re(as)sisting Narratives with curator Chandra Frank, participating artist Judith Westerveld, and moderator Jennifer Tosch.

Symposium: Multiscript typography

Event with Khatt Foundation presenting the Typographic Matchmaking in the Maghrib

The Knights Move presents: Jasmijn Visser

Event with The Knights Move and Jasmijn Visser on the geopolitical side of human organization

The Story Might Not Be Complete

A discussion on erasure and the archive

Straatpraatj(i)es: Onthoud jy nog

An intervention by Burning Museum in the Transvaalquarter, Amsterdam

Exhibition: Re(as)sisting Narratives

Exploring lingering legacies of colonialism between South Africa and the Netherlands through engaging with contemporary artists from both countries

Filthy Mouth, Dirty Politics #2

An 'anti-conference conference', experimenting with transgressive speech acts, filthy, vulgar language, radical feminism and digital (non) spaces

Queer Series #1: Somos Libres!? Queer Amsterdam in the ‘80s

Screenings of the film by Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas and Daniel Brun on gay Amsterdam in the 1980's

Advice Dutch Culture Council: Framer Framed in BIS subsidy plan

The Dutch Culture Council advises the Dutch Minister to grant Framer Framed a place in the BIS 2017-2020 subsidy

Event: Farewell to the hermetic monoculture

Lecture by curator Mirjam Westen on the rol of art institutions in a rapidly changing global context.

Feminist Memory: Digging the Black Archives

On the representation and presence of black women in institutional and unconventional archives

Akona Kenqu – photography series Society now for sale

Exhibition: What We Have Overlooked

A collection presentation of Museum Arnhem, curated by Mirjam Westen

Side exhibition: Elyor Nematov

A view onto the daily lives of women in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan

Questioning representations of migration in artistic practice

A dialogue with Angela Anderson and Katayoun Arian

Lecture: Contested sites, contaminated landscapes and Eastern-European ‘bloodlands’

Lecture by Roma Sendyka (Associate Professor, Krakow), on memorial sites

Impossible Dialogues 2: Contested memories, conflicting presences

Thursday May 26h, 20:00 - 22:00

Project overview: PATTERNS & Impossible Dialogues (2016)

Overview of the project and program surrounding PATTERNS / Impossible Dialogues. Perspectives from within & about Central and Eastern Europe in the social sciences, arts and history

Queerly There? Queer Art in Czech and Slovak Context

Thursday May 26th, 16:00 - 17:30

Border thinking? Unsettling concepts of border regimes and the Migratory Control System

Tuesday May 17th, 19:00

World premiere documentary ‘Calais: Welcome to the jungle’ + nagesprek

Thursday May 5th 2016, 20:00 - 22:00, at the FabCity Campus

Exhibition: Voices Outside the Echo Chamber

Questioning Myths, Facts and Framings of Migration, curated by Katayoun Arian

Remapping Europe screenings: Migrant perspectives & superdiversity

Screening van korte films uit de Doc Next Media Collectie, die perspectieven van jonge migranten in Europa laten zien

Conversation with photographer and researcher Marjolein van Pagee

Research on the so-called ‘Politionele Acties’ of the Netherlands in Indonesia; the Dutch military interventions during the Indonesian National Revolution

We Are Public tour

Guided tour through the exhibition 'basic values' by curator Roel Arkesteijn

Impossible Dialogues – First Edition

Curated by Katia Krupennikova, Margaret Tali and Inga Lace

Exhibition: Society

With work by Akona Kenqu, on the skate culture in Johannesburg, South Africa

Exhibition: herman de vries / basic values

Exhibition with works by artist herman de vries; a celebration of the cultural and biological diversity of Indonesia. Curated by Roel Arkesteijn

International Women’s Day at Framer Framed

Opening exhibition Society and lecture by Chandra Frank

Framer Framed and Prince Claus Fund present two tours

Guided tours at the Institute of Social History and the Prince Claus Fund Gallery

Framer Framed at Art Rotterdam 2106

As part of the Intersections area, a stage for young talent in contemporary art

Exhibition: Iran’s Women’s Movement: On the Archive of Sadiqe Dowlatabadi

An exhibition on the emergence of the women’s movement in Iran, at the beginning of the 20th century. Curated by Azadeh Fatehrad

David Bade Draws Heerlen: Amsterdam Edition

Artist David Bade visits Framer Framed with his mobile workspace

Mining, Memories and the Body: An evening with a.o. Melanie Bonajo

Addressing the politics and poetics of changing industries, such as mining

Museumnight 2015 at Framer Framed

Documentary, spoken word, Music and guided tours

Industrial Transitions: on the NSDM Shipyard and the former Dutch mining regions

Discussion on the transitions of post-industrial area's

24h Noord at Framer Framed

Guided tours by participating artist Keetje Mans

Exhibition: Koempels

50 years since the closing of the mines in the South of The Netherlands, we present the lingering traces of this fossil fuel era on contemporary art. Curator: Lene ter Haar

Diasporic self: sound as lingua franca

The closing event to the exhibition Ancestral Blues

Exhibition: Ancestral Blues – Return to the State of L3

A research on a hybrid Transatlantic culture curated by Vincent van Velsen

In Dialogue II: Questioning the explorer

With a historical re-enactment by performing artist Xenson Znja

In Dialogue I: Deciphering and Reclaiming Histories

Artist talk with collaborating artists Papa Shabani and Xenson Znja

De-toothing Africa – An evening with an intimate reading of a family archive

a cinematic installation that is fueled by film abstracts, family archives, readings, music, performance and soundscapes

Exhibition: Simuda Nyuma – Forward Ever Backward Never

A contemporary interpretation of missing documents in an Ugandan archive of Ham Mukasa. Curated by Robinah Nansubug and Andrea Stultiens

PRIVATE

On the intersection of technology, privacy and body politics

Filthy Mouth – Dirty Politics

Experimental conference on the relationship between vulgar language, radical feminism

Pop-up Shop: MINEshop, MINEcollection during Amsterdam Fashion Week

Unique MINEcollection and fashion event

Burning Museum: Addressing the headquarters

Cut, paste, snip, plak, sak, pap, plat, bek!

VENUS: the anti-hero hero

An interactive programme that explores the historically violent imageries surrounding Venus.

Perspectives

Public encounters in the context of the exhibition Embodied Spaces

Side-expo: ‘Venus’ masks

By Shertise Solano & Ronald de Graaff. In addition to the Embodied Spaces exhibition

Mag Het Licht Aan festival

Talkshow in de context van de expositie 'Embodied Spaces' met Amal Alhaag, Molemo Moiloa, Evan Ifekoya, Arsham Parsi en CB Berghouwer

Exhibition: Embodied Spaces

An exhibition curated by Christine Eyene on the body, gender and identity.

New World Academy: Book launch graphic novel ‘Louie Jalandoni, Revolutionary’

Book launch on the Philippine revolutionair Louie Jalandoni

Artistic Narratives on Iran

An evening in collaboration with Cineblend and Dancing on the Edge

Documentary: ‘From My Syrian Room’

Directed by Hazem Alhamwi

Educational project: Irbid Exchange

An education exchange project between Irbid (Jordan), and Amsterdam (the Netherlands)

Voice-over Noord – Part Two

Friday 27th March from 18:00 hrs and 28th March from 15:30 hrs

Voice-over Noord

Performances and bustour through Amsterdam Noord

Book launch: Sadik Kwaish Alfraji

Edited by curator and critic Nat Muller

Lectures: contemporary art in Iran

with Hamid Severi and Farzan Sojoodi

Exhibition: Look across the water!

a photographic exchange project between youngsters from Amsterdam Noord and Brooklyn, NY

Program surrounding the Crisis of History #3 exhibition

During the exhibition Crisis of History #3 - Beyond History there will be a special event on every Tuesday night with film showings, lectures and guided tours

Exhibition: Crisis of History #3 – Beyond History

Curated by Robert Kluiver and Elham Puriyamehr

Closing day exhibition Crisis of History #2 – Fight History

Framer Framed in de Tolhuistuin, 16.00 tot 18.00 uur

Presentation from Syrious Mission

Start 20:00 hrs, free entrance

Notes On Excavating And Writing The Past

storytelling-event on the occasion of the exhibition ‘The End of This Story (And The Beginning of All Others)’

Documentary: Image Acts

A film by Aylin Kuryel on the connection between visual culture and nationalism in Turkey

Table Ronde: Oral History in the Jewish Historical Museum

Over de rol van persoonlijke verhalen in het museum

Artist Talk with Tammam Azzam en Shadi al Zaqzouq

Panel discussion with participating artists in the exhibition Crisis of History #2

Program surrounding the exhibition Crisis of History #2

Every Tuesday there is a public program related to the exhibition of films, performances, artist talks and debate

Exhibition: Crisis of History #2 – Fight History

Curated by Robert Kluijver

Exhibition: The End Of This Story (And the Beginning of All Others)

Curated by Katayoun Arian

Lecture: Gerard Lemos – Outsiders in Contemporary Art

In de context van de expositie artBRUUT presenteert Framer Framed een lezing over de bijdrage van outsiders aan de hedendaagse kunst

Exhibition: artBRUUT

artBRUUT’s mission is to show the work of talented homeless people within the established art scene of Amsterdam

Reflection committee, an experiment with inclusive curating

About the creation of the public programme Crisis of History

Collecting without boundaries. Creating a future-proof museum

A discussion on collection exchange, mobility and museum collaboration

hard//hoofd festival & Framer Framed

Encounter with Roel Arkesteijn curator of the Costume Bureau exhibition

Gerilja Talks: Nancy Jouwe x Black Women in the Dutch Arts Scene

On the valuable contributions that Black women have made to the Dutch arts scene

Exhibition: Costume Bureau

A collection presentation of Museum Het Domein, curated by Roel Arkesteijn

The Archive: unveiling the present

An evening about the notion of the archive in political issues

Exhibition: Maydan – Hundred Portraits

100 Faces of the Ukrainian revolution by Emeric Lhuisset

BE.BOP 2014 – Spiritual Revolutions & ‘The Scramble for Africa’

Curated by Alanna Lockward

Art and Political Conflict

Tactical Media - the intersection of art, media, political activism and technological experimentation

Lecture: Curating Body Narratives by Christine Eyene

Masterclass by Christine Eyene on her research and curatorial practice dealing with the body in contemporary art from Africa and the Diaspora

Exploring the fringes of Europe

Film screenings by Maarten de Kroon and Pavel Braila

Cultural Diplomacy and Creative Activism

Bijeenkomst over Creative Activism door DutchCulture

North Reacts!

Framer Framed nodigt inwoners van Noord uit om de nieuwe expozaal en de tentoonstelling Crisis of History te komen bezichtigen

Renaissance 2 – #WithSyria

A multidisciplairy program with music, debate and visual arts. The program is an initiative of Framer Framed in collaboration with Rajae El Mouhandiz

Panel discussion: Iraqi Stories

Framer Framed organizes in cooperation with Cineblend and Dancing on the Edge an evening with artists from Iraq

Renaissance #1- The Dutch Spring

A lively program with music, debate and visual arts

Tours through the exhibition Crisis of History #1

By Soheila Najand, director InterArt

Screening: The Turtles’ Song: a Moroccan revolution

film screening in cooperation with Cinema Arabe

Program surrounding the exhibition Crisis of History #1

Film, theater, literatuur, muziek, debat, rondleidingen en kunstkritiek.

Opening Framer Framed at Tolhuistuin

Opening exhibition Crisis of History

Exhibition: Crisis of History #1

Curated by Robert Kluijver

Oral History and the audiovisual archive

Oral history as a complementary to the archive of written historical sources

Participation Theater from Iran

A performance by Alireza Keymanesh

Museumnacht: Atelier Revolutionair

Doorgaand programma met lezingen, interventies, muziek en performances

Programme ‘Speaking from the Heart’

every Thuesday a public programme around the exhibition

Exhibition: Speaking from the Heart – The Polemic Sensibility from Iran

Curated by Shaheen Merali

Symposium: Suspended Histories

On the colonial past of the Van Loon family, and ways in which that past is presented and represented in Museum Van Loon

Close Encounters of the Caribbean Kind II. On Decolonial Aesthetics and European Blackness

Lecture and round table discussion in the context of the exhibition Who is more sci-fi than us?

Close Encounters of the Caribbean Kind

Artist talk around the exposition Who More Sci-Fi Than Us?

Booklaunch: Changing Perspectives & UNFIXED

SMBA Amsterdam, May 24, 2012

Hacking History

A brainstorming about the relationship between the Netherlands and Indonesia and its representation in public space

Framer Framed expertmeeting

Following the solo exhibition of Shilpa Gupta and the exhibition Vlisco: Six Yards Guaranteed Dutch Design Framer Framed organizes in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art Arnhem an expert meeting

Self-Made

A public panel discussion on self-representation of women from former Yugoslavia

Symposium: Contested History

A symposium on the (re)presentation of Dutch-Indonesian colonial history in museums

World Art and the Imperial Imagination

A workshop on the interface of contemporary art, postcolonial theory and cultural museology

Presence of an Absence

An investigation into the relationship between objects, experiences and identity

Indigenous Art Now!

Forum and launch for Artlink Indigenous

Shared Heritage – Theory and Practice

A symposium on the traces of Dutch colonial history in the Netherlands and the former Dutch colonies overseas

The artist as anthropologist

Debate about the boundaries between art and science

Cultural Heritage and Shared Knowledge

A panel discussion on the concept and use of cultural heritage

What Did You Expect to See?

Discussion on the exhibitions SuriNedWerk & Paramaribo Perspectives

The View of Self

Blak on Blak - reading Australian blak art, myth and reality in perceptions of contemporary indigenous practice

The Guided View

On museum presentations, the construction of a national identity and the Dutch historical canon

The Exotic View

About the role of cultural memory organizations in a multi cultural society

The Colonial Gaze

On the historical preconceptions that determine our view of art

The View of the East

On the position of islamic art in Dutch art institutions

The Slanted View

On the practice of art criticism and the criteria of evaluation used by Dutch art institutions

Collecting without Borders

Ethnographic, historical and art museums in dialogue on collecting and presenting global art

The View of the Artist

A panel discussion between artists and museum curators