Framer Framed

Up/Root Democracy 4: A Seat for Nature - Reading Room

Online Reading Room: Reflecting on the forgotten rights of the non-human

Up/Root Democracy 3: A Seat for Nature

Online Panel: Reflecting on the forgotten rights of the non-human

Exhibition: From what will we reassemble ourselves

A group exhibition conceived by Anna Dasović and curated by Natasha Marie Llorens

Himmelsbach Idea Library

Artistic reflections of Himmelbach at Werkplaats Molenwijk

Midwinter children's activities in Amsterdam North

Children's activities during the Christmas holidays in Amsterdam Noord

Midwinter children's activities in Amsterdam East

Children's activities during the Christmas holidays in Amsterdam Oost

Online Round Table: Gacha Abortion Pills!

Artistic Activism Against South Korea’s Anti-abortion Law

Book launch: Revolusi

A conversation with David Van Reybrouck, Wim Manuhutu, Sadiah Boonstra, Goenawan Mohamad and Amanda Pinatih

Online Film Program: Damir Avdagić

Online Film Program with Curator Natasha Marie Llorens

Online Film Program: Dania Reymond

Online Film Program with Curator Natasha Marie Llorens

Make a Wish

A Group Exhibition with i-psy Atelier Artists

Book Launch: Forces of Art - Perspectives from a Changing World

A joint project by the Prince Claus Fund, Hivos, and the European Cultural Foundation

Up/Root Democracy 2: Algorithms on Trial

Online Panel: Can an algorithm be held culpable in a court of Law?

Online Film Program: Selma Selman

Online Film Program with Curator Natasha Marie Llorens

Up/Root Democracy 1: Resisting Data Extraction

Online Reading Room + Workshop

Exhibition: Temporary Monument - Srebrenica is Dutch history

By Bosnian Girl

Finissage: Temporary Monument – Srebrenica is Dutch History

A tour along 25 portrait photos on the Oranje-Vrijstaatkade led by Chris Keulemans

Open Call: Decolonial Futures

Open Call for participants for the Decolonial Futures Cultural Exchange Programme 2020-2021

Pop-up exhibition: It's just a joke?

Pop-up exhibition and artist talk by Pan Asian Collective on anti-Asian racism in Dutch society

Exhibition: Ecognosis

Animation projection in Werkplaats Molenwijk by BetweenTwoHands

Characters in Real Life

Premier, Artist Talk and Movie Screening with TuncTop

Crisis Imaginaries, Chapter 4: Climate Interventions

Online panel on creating for an altered world with Jessika Khazrik, Tega Brain and Claudius Schulze, moderated by Marija Cetinić

Tar for Mortar - a performative workshop by Comfort Ball

A Performative Food Workshop with Comfort Ball

Meme-ify: An Attempt to Dance Through Pain with Humour

Online Action Research Workshop

Launch: Errant Journal #1, When Are We?

Errant Journal is a concept by Irene de Craen, realised in collaboration with Framer Framed

Opening: From what will we reassemble ourselves & Temporary Monument

Double Exhibition Opening with Anna Dasović and Natasha Marie Llorens

#HoeGaatHetEchtMetJe

Presentatie postercampagne van #HoeGaatHetEchtMetJe

Crisis Imaginaries, Chapter 3: Climate Feelings

Online panel on the climate crisis with Ada M. Patterson, Aline Baiana, Clementine Edwards and Tal Beery, moderated by Binna Choi

Exhibition: On the Nature of Botanical Gardens

Contemporary indonesian perspectives by nine Indonesian artists

To Pluto and Back

Two-channel video installation by Aram Lee

Finissage: On the Nature of Botanical Gardens

Featuring a performative lecture investigating the etymology of plant species by artists Amy Pekal and Marit Mihklepp

Artist Talk: On the Nature of Botanical Gardens

With the participation of: Zico Albaquni, Arahmaiani, Lifepatch members Agung ‘Geger’ Firmanto and Agus “Timbil” Tri Budiarto, along with the curator Sadiah Boonstra.

Queer Youth, Remember Kirvan Fortuin

A panel on LGBTQI+ art, culture and education

Crisis Imaginaries, Chapter 2: Visibility Politics & Climate Justice

Online panel on intersectional climate justice with Chihiro Geuzebroek, Asuka Kähler and Raki Ap, moderated by Amanda Boetzkes

Workshop: Imagining Futures and Narrative Baskets

The final session of our 'Basket Case' reading room to gather resources for reconnecting in the pandemic.

Online Panel: Prevention is Better than Hate II

Anti-Asian Racism Roundtables

Online Panel: Prevention is Better than Hate

Anti-Asian Racism Roundtables

Reading Room: Basket Case 2 - Cooking and Care

A reversed reading room with a collective “basket” to gather resources for reconnecting in the pandemic.

In Memoriam: Kirvan Fortuin

Memorial Celebration to commemorate the life of Kirvan Fortuin

Crisis Imaginaries, Chapter 1: Climate Transformations

Online panel on the climate crisis with Carola Rackete, Radha D'Souza and Jonas Staal, moderator Jeff Diamanti

Reading Room: Basket Case 1 - Reconnecting in the Pandemic

A reversed reading room with a collective 'basket' to gather resources for reconnecting in the pandemic.

A conversation on: The Power of Doing Nothing

Online panel with Flavia Dzodan, Quinsy Gario, and Joy Mariama Smith

Ten Premises For A Pandemic

Online Panel with Ian Alan Paul

Reading Room: Plastic Hypersea

Reading Room on Contemporary Art and Ecological Awareness

Reading Room: Plastic Hypersea

Reading Room on Contemporary Art and Ecological Awareness

Re-visiting Botanical Gardens

Nieuwe perspectieven op het netwerk van Nederlandse botanische tuinen

Book Launch: 'From Amulet to Artefact' at Werkplaats Molenwijk

'From Amulet to Artefact’ at Werkplaats Molenwijk

Plotting Data: Acts of Collection and Omission

Panel discussion and publication launch on datasets and artistic ways of interfacing them

YAA-award Ceremony 2020

Prijsuitreiking aan vijf Amsterdamse kunstenaars

Atelier of Light

In Atelier of Light children between the age of 3 and 12 can experiment with the natural phenomena of light 

The HMM at Framer Framed

Netwerkbijeenkomst voor enthousiastelingen van internet cultuur

Framer Framed invites New Radicalism

Presentatie van nieuwe talenten op het gebied van digitale kunst en cultuur uit het Midden-Oosten, Noord-Afrika en diaspora

Opening: On the Nature of Botanical Gardens

Contemporary Indonesian Perspectives

Exhibition: Elsewheres Within Here

Curator: Jo-Lene Ong

Finissage: Elsewheres Within Here

The first exhibition Framer Framed presented in its new location 'Elsewheres Within Here' (2019) closes with a finissage.

Reading Room: The Rights of Future Generations

Reading together: 'Rethinking representation: The challenge of non-humans' by Mihnea Tanasescu & 'Enfranchising the future: Climate justice and the representation of future generations' by Inigo Gonzalez-Ricoy and Felipe Rey

Artists Talk: Elsewheres Within Here

With the participation of featured artists Mehraneh Atashi, Milena Bonilla, Sissel Marie Tonn, and Remco Torenbosch, along with curator Jo-Lene Ong

Workshop: ‘Tropical, Objects, Turns’

by Aram Lee

Taal voor eenzaamheid

Educational program with more than 100 students from four high schools in Amsterdam

Reading Room: On Hydrofeminism

Reading together: 'Hydrofeminism: Or, On Becoming a Body of Water' (2012) by Astrida Neimanis

Memoria Plantae: Perspectives on the Dutch Botanical Network

A conversation with Sadiah Boonstra, Andreas Weber en Jennifer Tosch in the lead-up to our upcoming exhibition

Exhibition: Molenwijk Originals

Sci-Fi and Poster Series by artist TuncTop

Manifesto Against Nostalgia

Outdoor Performance by Giulia Crispiani, Golrokh Nafisi and Ahmadali Kadivar

Conversation with Audrey Tang: Digital Minister of Taiwan

About digital democracy, radical transparency and online citizen participation

Museum Night Amsterdam 2019

With performances by Istanbul Queer Art Collective, Shailesh Bahoran, Sytem, Dayna Martinez Morales and guided tour with the curator Jo-Lene Ong.

24H East at Framer Framed

Guided tours and a performance by Natasha Papadopoulou

Opening: Elsewheres Within Here

In presence of artists and curator Jo-Lene Ong.

Expositie: Van Amulet tot Artefact

An artistic research to the practice of daily rituals in the Molenwijk, Amsterdam

Uitmarkt 2019

Amsterdam's Annual Cultural Festival

Summer workshops at Werkplaats Molenwijk

On August 1 and 15 with artists Gijsje Heemskerk and Benjamin Li.

PiCMAT in Werkplaats Molenwijk

Weaving paintings of old plastic bags with DAY collective.

Expertmeeting & Exhibition reading, Westfries Museum

An event about museum presentation policies in relation to historically charged topics.

Exhibition: HERE/NOW - Current Visions from Colombia

Twenty artists presenting contemporary art and photojournalism created in the context of Colombia.

Finissage HERE/NOW: Poisoned and Punctum

The final event departing from the exhibition HERE/NOW: Current Visions from Colombia with a performance and a talk by Milena Bonilla and Ana María Gómez López.

Framer Framed anniversary and goodbye party

Come celebrate our anniversary ánd the last month of Framer Framed at the Tolhuistuin with us!

HERE/NOW talk + film screening: Indigenous Knowledge and Activism in Colombia

With guest speakers Tatiana Roa and Mariëlle Videler, and a screening of documentary 'Abel' (2015). Part of a series of events on indigenous activism and land rights, departing from exhibition HERE/NOW.

HERE/NOW artist talk: La Decanatura, 'From the Mule to the Plane'

HERE/NOW artist duo La Decanatura will talk about their exhibited work, as well as their newest film project 'From the Mule to the Plane'.

HERE/NOW talk: Mídia NINJA on indigenous activism and land rights

Part of a series of events on indigenous activism and land rights, departing from the exhibition HERE/NOW: Current Visions from Colombia.

Public art in the Molenwijk - A neighborhood survey by Reinwardt Academy students

Presentation of Reinwardt Academy students into the ideas and opinions of local residents about art in public space.

Expositie: It Never Rains in Streetview (Werkplaats Molenwijk)

Presentatie van derdejaars Breitner Academie studenten.

Opening: It Never Rains in Streetview

Eindexamenexpositie van de Breitner Academie in Werkplaats Molenwijk

Queer Series: SILENCE=DEATH

Reflections on artistic efforts in relation to the HIV/Aids crisis

Pop-up expositie: Ruilkunst (Breitner Academie)

Als onderdeel van de eindexamenexpositie It Never Rains in Streetview, van de Breitner Academie.

Printing session: Oscar Muñoz’ 'Narcisos'

In the context of exhibition HERE/NOW.

Exhibition: The City is Ours (Werkplaats Molenwijk)

With installations, photography, and videos made by young women in Amsterdam and Tunis, reflecting their visions on what our cities should look like

Kunstlicht Launch Event: Nuclear Aesthetics

Kunstlicht Journal launches their latest issue in a programme filled with art, talks & drinks.

Digital Histories in Africa: Ancient binary code, earth and the future

An event in the Vertical Atlas series, in collaboration with Framer Framed.

Finissage: HERE/NOW at Beautiful Distress House

The exhibition at Beautiful Distress House is on view until 3 April, at Framer Framed until 30 June.

Educatie: Kunstschooldag 2019 bij Framer Framed

Lecture: Mieke Bal - Of What One Cannot Speak: Doris Salcedo

Lecture at Beautiful Distress House, in the framework of exhibition HERE/NOW.

Educational series: Broadcasting from Babylon

On intersectional feminist, queer, and anti-colonial embodied, listening and sounding practices.

'What it feels like to be colored' - Partner event by Dipsaus & Uitgeverij Chaos

Een bijeenkomst van Dipsaus en Uitgeverij Chaos

Symposium HERE/NOW

At Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, in the context of exhibition HERE/NOW at Framer Framed and Beautiful Distress House.

Project and exhibition: The City is Ours

An exchange project for young women in Amsterdam and Tunis.

Citizenship & Cultural Production #6: Perspectives on Public Space with Cas Bool & Adeola Enigbokan

A neighborhood walk and lecture about the use of public space in the Molenwijk, Amsterdam North

Citizenship & Cultural Production #5: Creative Coding and Workshop Plotting Data

How can we reimagine the performativity of the dataset?

Finale Diasporic Self: Black Love Letters & Manifestos

An event celebrating the final day of Diasporic Self: Black Togetherness as Lingua Franca.

Exhibition: Diasporic Self - Black Togetherness as Lingua Franca

A project initiated by Amal Alhaag and Barby Asante

Exhibition: 50 Years' Molenwijk

The exhibition portrays ’50 Years of Molenwijk’ through a combination of existing material and new work by Florian Braakman

Diasporic Self: Informal gatherings with Anne Krul

Citizenship and Cultural Production #4: Disobedient Art

Workshop with Fossil Free Culture NL, part of Broadcasting from Babylon.

The City is Ours #2: Fotografie & burgerschap

Uitwisselingsproject tussen Amsterdam en Tunis.

Diasporic Self: Lexicon of Black Poetics

This event offers space for (performative) readings that peel away, show, uncover the layers and complexities of black poetics of the everyday.

Citizenship & Cultural Production #3, Workshop Business as Art

With hacker Melanie Rieback, part of public programme Broadcasting from Babylon.

The City is Ours #1: Dit is ook mijn wijk!

Eerste workshop in de The City is Ours reeks.

Diasporic Self: Caring as Lingua Franca - Fiction & Myths of Black Womxnhood

An evening programme i.c.w. Dipsaus podcast.

Citizenship & Cultural Production #2: In-between

With Yara Said and Shailoh Phillips.

Citizenship & Cultural Production #1, Co-creation and the Commons

The first session as part of public programme Broadcasting from Babylon

Opening: Exhibition Diasporic Self: Black Togetherness as Lingua Franca

A project by Amal Alhaag and Barby Asante.

Workshop: Bystander intervention

Over ingrijpen bij straatintimidatie, georganiseerd door Hollaback!. Locatie: Werkplaats Molenwijk.

Black Queerness & Diasporic Lives

An event on everyday intergenerational black queer social life, love and communities to look into the embodied experience of Black Queer people in Europe.

Opening exhibition: 50 Years' Molenwijk

At Framer Framed's new project space, Werkplaats Molenwijk.

Diasporic Self II: Dancing as lingua franca (a gathering in progress)

An event in light of Amsterdam Art Weekend 2018, with Hannah Catherine Jones, Ogutu Muraya, Amal Alhaag and Barby Asante.

Exhibition: UnAuthorised Medium

A group show curated by Annie Jael Kwan

Exhibitions Werkplaats Molenwijk: Marie Hudelot, Suat Ögüt and Şengül Köker

Current exhibitions and programme

Finissage weekend UnAuthorised Medium: Intense Visitations

Performances and presentations in the closing weekend of exhibition UnAuthorised Medium.

Workshop Kunstobject maken

In Werkplaats Molenwijk

Visual consultation Florian Braakman at Werkplaats Molenwijk

Local residents are invited to contribute their own photos to an exhibition about 50 years of Molenwijk neighborhood

Museumnacht Amsterdam 2018

An interactive programme filled with performances by Poetry Circle Nowhere, dance by Don't Hit Mama, body art, tours and more! Centred around exhibition UnAuthorised Medium.

Opening: project space Werkplaats Molenwijk

On 30 September Framer Framed heads deeper into ‘the North’, with the opening of a new, second project space: Werkplaats Molenwijk (Workspace Molenwijk)!

Finissage: Monuments to the Unsung - Public Art Amsterdam

The artwork ‘The First Turk Immigrant or the Nameless Heroes of the Revolution’ from Suat Ögüt 'migrates' to project spaceWerkplaats Molenwijk.

Exhibition: Monuments to the Unsung - Public Art Amsterdam

Part of the collaborative art manifestation Pay Attention Please! in the public space of Amsterdam

Unseen Amsterdam 2018

Framer Framed is part of the City Programme and the Open Gallery Night (22 September), with exhibition UnAuthorised Medium.

Symposium: UnAuthorised Medium - Return and Repatriation

Symposium as part of the opening weekend for exhibition UnAuthorised Medium.

Opening: exhibition UnAuthorised Medium

With curator Annie Jael Kwan and participating artists Noel Ed De Leon, Sau Bin Yap, Erika Tan, and Sung Tieu.

Guided Tour: Art on the Northern IJ-river bank in Amsterdam

In the context of Public Art Amsterdam and Framer Framed's outdoor exhibition 'Monuments to the Unsung'.

Exhibition: A Blueprint for Toads and Snakes

A solo exhibition by Sammy Baloji

Finissage: A Blueprint for Toads and Snakes

With Sammy Baloji, Georges Senga Assani and Heleen Debeuckelaere.

Book launch: When we speak about colonisation

On the occasion of the recent publication by Faassen and Verdijk, and in the context of the running show 'A Blueprint for Toads and Snakes'.

Guided Tour: The disappearing of art in Amsterdam-Noord, by Chris Keulemans and Massih Hutak

Part of Public Art Amsterdam and Framer Framed's outdoor exhibition 'Monuments to the Unsung'.

Curator tour: A Blueprint for Toads and Snakes

A tour by Vincent van Velsen.

Symposium: Teacher as conceptual artist

Organised by the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (Amsterdam University of the Arts) on 26 May and 2 & 3 June.

Exhibition: Pressing Matters

Featuring 24 Indonesian artists brought together by artist Kevin van Braak

Finissage Pressing Matters + Workshop 'Also-Class'

With artists reinaart vanhoe and Shraddha Borawake on the topic 'also-space', and a guided tour by artist Kevin van Braak.

Pedagogies of Violence, Pedagogies of Care

Part of 'Moving Together: Activism, Art and Education - A Week with Angela Davis'. Hosted by Amal Alhaag & Maria Guggenbichler.

Pressing Matters: Exhibition tour & artist talk with Ignasius Dicky Takndare

Joined in conversation by artist Kevin van Braak & moderator Nancy Jouwe.

Printing sessions Pentagonal Icositetrahedron

During the course of the exhibition there will be several printing sessions where new prints are produced and added to the exhibition.

Opening: Pressing Matters

In presence of artists Kevin van Braak and Ipeh Nur.

Finissage: Some Things Hidden

A conversation between artist Lynn Hershman Leeson & curator Nina Folkersma, and a guided tour by artist Charlott Markus.

Exhibition: Some Things Hidden

In collaboration with Castrum Peregrini, curated by Nina Folkersma and Charlott Markus

Some Things Hidden: Tour by artist Charlott Markus

A guided tour through the exhibition 'Some Things Hidden', by artist & co-curator Charlott Markus.

Exhibition: Chomma, with work by Jody Brand

Unseen exhibition in the public hallways of the Tolhuistuin, with work by South African photographer Jody Brand

Some Things Hidden: Film screening 'Herengracht 401'

Documentary on the controversial history of Castrum Peregrini, followed by a conversation with filmmaker Janina Pigaht, Frans Damman (Castrum Peregrini) and Josien Pieterse.

Some Things Hidden: Tour by curator Nina Folkersma

Curator Nina Folkersma gives a guided tour of the exhibition 'Some Things Hidden'!

Performance: Alexis Blake - Anthology of Anger

Performance in the context of exhibition 'Some Things Hidden'.

Undercurrents: Art/Production/Mobility/...

A program by Hotel Maria Kapel in collaboration with Framer Framed.

Paranoia Phenomenon: Transparency and censorship in the social media age

New Democracy 26.

Exhibition: House of Wisdom

Curated by Collective Çukurcuma (Naz Cuguoğlu and Mine Kaplangı)

Finissage: Collectively (Re)shaping the Archive

Finissage of exhibition House of Wisdom, in collaboration with Casco and 7 Hills Foundation.

Young Collector's Circle at Framer Framed: Engaged Art

Why is it interesting for a collector to immerse himself in engaged art?

Collective Çukurcuma invites... Day 2: Curator tour + House of Wisdom artist talks

An extensive program tying into the House of Wisdom exhibition theme.

Collective Çukurcuma invites... Day 1: Curator tour

A public program tying into the House of Wisdom exhibition theme.

Seminar: Tracing migration through textiles

Hosted at Framer Framed, curated by Christel Vesters as part of the long-term project Touch/Trace.

Paranoia Phenomenon #1: Open (Your) Data

Talk and workshop by Erdem Dilbaz, founder of Nerdworking.

Art as Resistance #2: Taking the oil out of the arts

BP or Not BP and Fossil Free Culture NL wil introduce participants to the impact of political artistic interventions.

Humans of the Institution: Censorship & Strategy working group

A programme as part of Amsterdam Art Weekend.

Exhibition opening: House of Wisdom

With an opening performance by Istanbul Queer Art Collective.

Exhibition: It Won't Be Long Now, Comrades!

Curated by Inga Lāce en Katia Krupennikova

Finissage and book launch: The Missing

Finissage of the exhibition 'It Won't Be Long Now, Comrades!' and the book launch of School of Missing Studies.

Love, comedy, and communism in Lubitsch's Ninotchka, and the work of Alexandra Kollontai

A lecture by Aaron Schuster in the context of exhibition 'It Won't Be Long Now, Comrades!'.

Museumnight Amsterdam 2017

Featuring the pop-up museum I’m So Angry, I Made a Sign

¡No pasarán!

Lecture 'Sporen van de Spaanse burgeroorlog in Amsterdam Noord'.

Pedagogies of the Opaque (I): Black Schools: Learning for and by Black Futures

The first gathering in a series of public research events for, with and about ex-centric cultural, communal and collective practices and thinking.

Triptych event: A Rap on Race Revisited (part II & III) – Read My World

Part of the Read My World festival.

Black art with Quinsy Gario - Read My World

A series of talks and performances as part of the Read My World festival.

Triptych event: A Rap on Race Revisited (part I) - Read My World

Part of the Read My World festival.

The Queer Series invites: Instanbul Queer Art Collective

The fifth edition of the Queer Series, a program of public events focusing on queer elements of artworks, art colletives and art archives.

Yvette Mutumba – Public talk about visibility of contemporary art from African perspectives

In collaboration with the Mondriaan Fonds, Framer Framed hosts a lecture by Yvette Mutumba.

Hallway exhibition: Heritage

With work by photographer Marie Hudelot

Exhibition: HOME

With work by Marjan Teeuwen, Ezz Al Zanoon and Rawan Mahady, curated by Meta Knol

Live conversation HOME #4: The politics of autonomous art

A panel discussion in the context of the exhibition 'HOME' about the supposed neutrality of autonomous art

Live conversation HOME #3: The political construction of HOME

An event in the context of the exhibition 'Home' on the construction of home in a context of violence and destruction.

Live conversation HOME #2: The Nakba, Heritage and Cultural Memory

Event in the context of the exhibition 'HOME'.

Live conversation HOME #1: Imaginations of HOME

An event in the context of exhibition HOME.

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

On the (historical) construction of gender and sexuality within the ethnographic collecting practices of museums.

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

Symposium: In the future everything remains uncertain

A discussion on art collection policy in the Netherlands.

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

March/April 2017.

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

Lecture by researcher and publicist Ellen de Vries, about the work of Nola Hatterman in Amsterdam and 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.

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: 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 i.c.w. Ian Alan Paul

Exhibition: In One's Breath - Nothing Stands Still

Framer Framed is part of international art fair Art Rotterdam (2017) with work by Tuan Mami

Symposium: Vox Populi and The Syrian Archive

Public debate on the relationship between digital archiving practices and activism.

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

Exhibition: Re(as)sisting Narratives

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

Side exhibition: Elyor Nematov

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

Exhibition: What We Have Overlooked

A collection presentation of Museum Arnhem, curated by Mirjam Westen

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

Unseen Photography Photo Fair & Festival tours by artist Judith Westerveld.

Exhibition: Voices Outside the Echo Chamber

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

Exhibition: Society

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

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.

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

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

Framer Framed at Art Rotterdam 2016

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

Exhibition: El Órgano Oriental

Een presentatie met werk van Antonio Jose Guzman en een live interactief programma, onder de titel Water No Get Enemy, samengesteld door Amal Alhaag

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

Exhibition: Common Ground

Featuring work by Charl Landvreugd and Antonio Jose Guzman

Exhibition: Ancestral Blues - Return to the State of L3

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

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

Side-expo: 'Venus' masks

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

Exhibition: Embodied Spaces

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

Perspectives

Public encounters in the context of the exhibition Embodied Spaces.

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.

Exhibition: Crisis of History #3 - Beyond History

Curated by Robert Kluiver and Elham Puriyamehr

Reflection committee, an experiment with inclusive curating

About the creation of the public programme Crisis of History.

Educational project: Irbid Exchange

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

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 screenings, lectures and guided tours.

Exhibition: Look across the water!

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

Voice-over Noord

Performances and bustour through Amsterdam Noord.

Voice-over Noord - Part Two

Bustour with performances and lectures about the North of Amsterdam.

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

Exhibition: artBRUUT

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

Exhibition: Costume Bureau

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

Exhibition: Maydan - Hundred Portraits

100 Faces of the Ukrainian revolution by Emeric Lhuisset

Exhibition: Crisis of History #1

Curated by Robert Kluijver

Symposium: Art and Political Conflict

On the relationship between art and political conflict and how it has been reshaped by digital media and the internet.

Program surrounding the exhibition Crisis of History #1

Film, theatre, literature, music, debate, guided tours and art criticism.

Tours through the exhibition Crisis of History #1

By Soheila Najand, director InterArt.

Programme 'Speaking from the Heart'

Every Tuesday evening during the duration of the exhibition an extensive program with artists, activists, scientists and social organizations will be organized.

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

Curated by Shaheen Merali

Symposium: Contested History

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

Opening Framer Framed at Tolhuistuin

Opening exhibition Crisis of History.

Panel discussion: Iraqi Stories

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

World Art and the Imperial Imagination

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

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

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

Impossible Dialogues - Contested memories, conflicting presences

Presentation of a long-term interdisciplinary research project is conceived by curators Katia Krupennikova, Inga Lāce and Margaret Tali.

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.

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)’

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?

International Women's Day at Framer Framed

Opening exhibition Society and lecture by Chandra Frank.

Queerly There? Queer Art in Czech and Slovak Context

Lecture by Zuzana Štefková on explicit voicing out of the issues of sexuality and gender non-normativity in Czech and Slovak context.

Oral History and the audiovisual archive

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

Imagining and capturing resistance

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

Museumnacht: Atelier Revolutionair

Programme with lectures, interventions, music and performances.

Cultural Heritage and Shared Knowledge

A panel discussion on the concept and use of cultural heritage.

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.

The View of the East

On the position of islamic art in Dutch art institutions.

The View of the Artist

A panel discussion between artists and museum curators.

In Dialogue I: Deciphering and Reclaiming Histories

Artist talk with collaborating artists Papa Shabani and Xenson Znja.

David Bade Draws Heerlen: Amsterdam Edition

Artist David Bade visits Framer Framed with his mobile workspace.

The View of Self - Blak on Blak

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

The Exotic View

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

The Story Might Not Be Complete

A discussion on erasure and the archive.

The Guided View

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

The Colonial Gaze

On the historical preconceptions that determine our view of art.

Plak Attack: A Paper Monument in Public Space

Join us for a guerrilla art paste workshop with artists Domenique Himmelsbach de Vries and Kevin van Braak.

The artist as anthropologist

Debate about the boundaries between art and science

The Slanted View

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

Shared Heritage - Theory and Practice

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

Indigenous Art Now!

Forum and launch for Artlink Indigenous.

Collecting without Borders

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

Participation Theater from Iran

A performance by Alireza Keymanesh.

Presence of an Absence

An investigation into the relationship between objects, experiences and identity.

We Are Public tour

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

What Did You Expect to See?

Discussion on the exhibitions SuriNedWerk & Paramaribo Perspectives.

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?

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.

Straatpraatj(i)es: Onthoud jy nog

An intervention by Burning Museum in the Transvaalquarter, Amsterdam.

In Dialogue II: Questioning the explorer

With a historical re-enactment by performing artist Xenson Znja.

hard//hoofd festival & Framer Framed

Encounter with Roel Arkesteijn curator of the Costume Bureau exhibition.

Framer Framed and Prince Claus Fund present two tours

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

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

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

Symposium: Multiscript typography

Event with Khatt Foundation presenting the Typographic Matchmaking in the Maghrib.

Questioning representations of migration in artistic practice

A dialogue with Angela Anderson and Katayoun Arian.

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.

Exploring the fringes of Europe

Film screenings by Maarten de Kroon and Pavel Braila.

Kunstlicht presents: ‘Cultural Policies: Agendas of Impact’

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

North Reacts!

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

Cultural Diplomacy and Creative Activism

Event about Creative Activism by DutchCulture.

Collecting without boundaries. Creating a future-proof museum

A discussion on collection exchange, mobility and museum collaboration.

BE.BOP 2014 - Spiritual Revolutions & 'The Scramble for Africa'

Curated by Alanna Lockward.

The Knights Move presents: Jasmijn Visser

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

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.

Queer Series: Wu Tsang’s WILDNESS

Screening of the documentary WILDNESS (2012) by Wu Tsang.

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.

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.

Dutch & Indonesian perspectives on 1945-1949

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

Symposium: 'The Society of Post-Control'

Extended conversation on the emergence, consequences, and activist responses to the Society of Post-Control.

Talkshow De Dissident/Mag Het Licht Aan festival

Talkshow in de context of the exhibition 'Embodied Spaces' with Amal Alhaag, Molemo Moiloa, Evan Ifekoya, Arsham Parsi and CB Berghouwer.

Closing day exhibition Crisis of History #2 - Fight History

Framer Framed at Tolhuistuin, 16.00 till 18.00.

Symposium: Art as Resistance #1

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

Partner event: Read My World - Talkshow What Comes from Afar

Literary festival Read My World takes place across Tolhuistuin, including several events at Framer Framed.

Hacking History

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

Documentary: 'From My Syrian Room'

Directed by Hazem Alhamwi.

Lectures: contemporary art in Iran

With Hamid Severi and Farzan Sojoodi.

Partner event: Read My World - HüzünProject

Literary festival Read My World takes place across Tolhuistuin, including several events at Framer Framed.

Book launch: Sadik Kwaish Alfraji

Edited by curator and critic Nat Muller.

Performance: My Tongue Softens On The Other Name

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

Opening: Some Things Hidden at Castrum Peregrini

A two part exhibition opening at Castrum Peregrini in November 2017 and at Framer Framed in January 2018.

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.

World premiere documentary 'Calais: Welcome to the jungle' + nagesprek

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

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

Exhibition visit and tours by artist Judith Westerveld during the 24H Noord event.

Art and Political Conflict

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

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.

Table Ronde: Oral History in the Jewish Historical Museum

On the role of personal stories in the museum.

The Archive: unveiling the present

An evening about the notion of the archive in political issues

Burning Museum: Addressing the headquarters

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

24h Noord at Framer Framed

Guided tours by participating artist Keetje Mans.

Lecture: Gerard Lemos - Outsiders in Contemporary Art

In the context of the exhibition artBRUUT, Framer Framed presents a lecture on the contribution of outsiders to contemporary art.

Remapping Europe screenings: Migrant perspectives & superdiversity

Screening short films as part of the Doc Next Media Collection, that show perspectives from young migrants in Europe.

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

Book launch on the Philippine revolutionair Louie Jalandoni.

Museumnight Amsterdam 2015

Documentary, spoken word, Music and guided tours.

Tori with Jay Pather

Tori evening with Jay Pather.

Diasporic self: sound as lingua franca

The closing event to the exhibition 'Ancestral Blues'.

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.

Museumnacht Amsterdam 2016

Framer Framed programme during Museumnacht 2016.

Book launch: Changing Perspectives & UNFIXED

Two upcoming publications give an impression of the current debate on globalisation and diversity in contemporary art.

Screening: The Turtles' Song: a Moroccan revolution

Film screening in cooperation with Cinema Arabe.

Feminist Memory: Digging the Black Archives

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

Narratives on Iran

An evening in collaboration with Cineblend and Dancing on the Edge.

Presentation from Syrious Mission

On a Dutch organisation in Jordan, that connects Syrian refugees with the local community.

Event: Farewell to the hermetic monoculture

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

Artist Talk with Tammam Azzam en Shadi al Zaqzouq

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

Documentary: Image Acts

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

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.

Film screening 'Jalan'

A film about informal street economy in Jogjakarta, by artist Su Tomesen. Presented in the context of exhibition 'Pressing Matters'.

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.

Face to Face, a shared story

An educational exchange program between Cape Town and Amsterdam

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

Discussion on the transitions of post-industrial area's.

Self-Made

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

Close Encounters of the Caribbean Kind

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

VENUS: the anti-hero hero

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

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

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

Renaissance #1- The Dutch Spring

A lively program with music, debate and visual arts.

PRIVATE

On the intersection of technology, privacy and body politics.

Akona Kenqu - photography series Society now for sale

The photography series Society by Akona Kenqu (ZA) has been exhibited at Framer Framed from March-May 2016.

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.

Impossible Dialogues - First Edition

Curated by Katia Krupennikova, Margaret Tali and Inga Lace.

Workshop: Solidariteit vandaag in onze neokoloniale tijd

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

Finissage: Monuments to the Unsung

Framer Framed sets in motion one of the works of art: the mobile 'The First Turk Immigrant or the Nameless Heroes of the Revolution' by artist Suat Ögüt 'migrates' from its current location on the IJ-river bank deeper into North, to Molenwijk.

Traveling Feet: a conversation on contemporary art and migration

A program with Marres, House for Contemporary Culture.

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.

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

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.

New Democracy: Digital Commons

Can we revitalise democracy by designing and developing community owned digital and online spaces?

Lecture: Rose Mary Allen - Oral history as autobiography

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

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

Event in the context of the exhibition Voices Outside the Echo Chamber on the European Migratory Control System.

Filthy Mouth, Dirty Politics #2

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