About the part that art plays in a globalising society

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The living archive

Magazine


The living archive / Contested Heritage / Palestine / Podcast /

Podcast: RIWAQ - Safeguarding Heritage in Times of Destruction
Feminism / The living archive / Podcast / Queer / Subversive Publishing /

Podcast: (Re)claiming Histories - A Roundtable on Queer Activism
Ecology / Action Research / The living archive / Colonial history / Contested Heritage /

"...exposing the pasts, presents, and futures of colonial toxicity." – Samia Henni in Critique d'art
Workshop / The living archive / New media /

Open Call: Archiving the Present
The living archive / Ecology / Colonial history / Contested Heritage /

Performing Colonial Toxicity travels to Zurich and London
Bookshop Selection / Conflict / Ecology / Shared Heritage / The living archive / Colonial history /

Bookshop Selection: Colonial Toxicity by Samia Henni
Diaspora / Global Art History / The living archive / Migration / Turkey /

Interview with researcher Nesli Gül Durukan on her exhibition Scattered - Hidden Narratives through Archives
Colonial history / The living archive / Residencies /

Aankondiging: Atelier KITLV-Framer Framed kunstenaarsresidentie
Conflict / The living archive / Colonial history /

Video: Megan Hoetger in conversation with Samia Henni
Podcast / Conflict / The living archive / Colonial history / Contested Heritage /

Podcast: Uncovering the Dark Legacy of Nuclear Colonialism with Samia Henni
The living archive / Colonial history / Art and Activism / Residencies / Southeast Asia /

Announcement: Atelier KITLV-Framer Framed Artist in Residence
Museology / Shared Heritage / The living archive / Colonial history /

Pressing Matter: Ownership, Value and the Question of Colonial Heritage in Museums
Photography / The living archive /

Cédric Kouamé celebrates the beauty of damage
The living archive / Queer / Turkey /

Review: House of Wisdom and its unpalatable foreigners - by Cüneyt Çakırlar
The living archive / Bookshop Selection /

Publication: Lost and Living (in) Archives
Oral History / Caribbean / The living archive / Migration /

Report: Exploring oral history as autobiography in the Curaçaoan context
The living archive / Feminism / Queer /

Report: How to create, and archive resistance?
The living archive / Middle East / New media / Politics and technology /

Report: Public Debate 'Vox Populi and The Syrian Archive'
The living archive /

Recensie: Een nieuwe kijk op je eigen historie. Een bespreking van de tentoonstelling 'Simuda Nyuma'
Colonial history / The living archive / Contested Heritage / South Africa /

Re(as)sisting Narratives: Exploring The Past To Write The Future
The living archive / Collection development / Colonial history /

Artists in Residence: Royal Museum for Central Africa
The living archive / Colonial history /

Exhibition: Archives I Presume?
Feminism / Collection development / The living archive /

Publication: Traveling Heritages

Exhibitions


Exhibition: Past Disquiet

Curated by Kristine Khouri and Rasha Salti, this documentary and archival exhibition uncovers a largely forgotten history of politically engaged artists and initiatives

Exhibition: Breaking Waves

The exhibition Breaking Waves by artist Clara Jo on epidemiological and maritime movement

Exhibition: Performing Colonial Toxicity

An exhibition by researcher and architectural historian Samia Henni, in collaboration with If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution

Exhibition: Anonim

Final presentation of Theo Frids Marulitua Hutabarat's Atelier KITLV-Framer Framed Artist in Residence project.

Exhibition: Taking Stock

by Mariam Elnozahy, Wouter Osterholt, Elke Uitentuis

Exhibition: Diasporic Self - Black Togetherness as Lingua Franca

A project initiated by Amal Alhaag and Barby Asante

Exhibition: UnAuthorised Medium

A group show curated by Annie Jael Kwan

Exhibition: A Blueprint for Toads and Snakes

A solo exhibition by Sammy Baloji

Exhibition: House of Wisdom

Curated by Collective Çukurcuma (Naz Cuguoğlu and Mine Kaplangı)

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

Agenda


Black Family Archives: Theorising on Death, Mourning and Discomfort

The workshop aims to examine questions of Black Death, grief and mourning through methodologies that use familial narratives and oral histories as empirical materials
Exhibition: Past Disquiet
Curated by Kristine Khouri and Rasha Salti, this documentary and archival exhibition uncovers a largely forgotten history of politically engaged artists and initiatives
Inward Outward - Revisiting Witnessing & the Archive: A Conversation with Tina Campt & Mohanad Yaqubi
Event by Inward Outward on the themes of conflict, coloniality and image and sound archives, organised by KITLV, RCMC and Sound & Vision
Book Presentation: Archival Textures – (Re)claiming
Using archival traces to show how queer and feminist communities in the Netherlands have (re)claimed symbols, words and stories as a means of empowerment
Artist Tour & Workshop: Breaking Waves
Artist tour end workshop by artist Clara Jo as part of her exhibition Breaking Waves during Amsterdam Art Week
Workshop: Archiving the Present
A workshop series by Archival Consciousness focused on translating physical collections into digital archives
Opening: Breaking Waves
Opening of the exhibition Breaking Waves by artist Clara Jo during Amsterdam Art Week
Exhibition: Breaking Waves
The exhibition Breaking Waves by artist Clara Jo on epidemiological and maritime movement
From Rites to Rights: Imagining Ecologies of Tomorrow
Discussions and a performance on future ecologies, in collaboration with the CAREC programme of the Prince Claus Fund.
Workshop: Archiving Personal Queer Stories
Workshop session for queer people who are interested into archiving their personal stories and experiences
Finissage: Performing Colonial Toxicity
Finissage programme for the exhibition Performing Colonial Toxicity including a book launch of Samia Henni's newest publication.
Exhibition tour by architectural historian Samia Henni
Screening: And still, it remains
Film screening in within the context of the exhibition, Performing Colonial Toxicity.
The New Social: Hybrid Strategies for Cultural Spaces - at Dutch Design Week 2023
Part of the exhibition Innovatie Labs #1: The Living Archive in Klokgebouw, Eindhoven
Exhibition: Performing Colonial Toxicity
An exhibition by researcher and architectural historian Samia Henni, in collaboration with If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution
Exhibition: Anonim
Final presentation of Theo Frids Marulitua Hutabarat's Atelier KITLV-Framer Framed Artist in Residence project.
Finissage: Scattered - Hidden Narratives Through Archives
An exhibition featuring visual artists from Turkey who settled in the Netherlands and their presence in the Dutch Art Ecosystem
Symposium: Inward Outward
Symposium with lecture/conversations and workshops on the theme of Witnessing/Care & The Archive
Symposium: In-Between Media - Hybrid Tactics in The Crisis Era
A two-day symposium on hybrid media tactics and togetherness in the field of art and activism.
Opening: Scattered - Hidden Narratives Through Archives
An exhibition featuring visual artists from Turkey who settled in the Netherlands and their presence in the Dutch Art Ecosystem
Atelier KITLV: Declaring Distance
Ways of imagining and engaging with the colonial archive with Atelier KITLV
Amsterdam Assembly: Letting Go of Having to Speak All the Time
A gathering and thinking space for activists, artists, scholars, and other cultural practitioners
Opening: Taking Stock
Exhibition Opening with artist Elke Uitentuis
Exhibition: Taking Stock
by Mariam Elnozahy, Wouter Osterholt, Elke Uitentuis
Launch: Now water can flow or it can crash, my friend
A public program exploring art, archive and activism in East Asia and beyond
Plotting Data: Acts of Collection and Omission
Panel discussion and publication launch on datasets and artistic ways of interfacing them
Exhibition: Diasporic Self - Black Togetherness as Lingua Franca
A project initiated by Amal Alhaag and Barby Asante
Finissage weekend UnAuthorised Medium: Intense Visitations
Performances and presentations in the closing weekend of exhibition UnAuthorised Medium.
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.
Exhibition: UnAuthorised Medium
A group show curated by Annie Jael Kwan
Finissage: A Blueprint for Toads and Snakes
With Sammy Baloji, Georges Senga Assani and Heleen Debeuckelaere.
Curator tour: A Blueprint for Toads and Snakes
A tour by Vincent van Velsen.
Exhibition: A Blueprint for Toads and Snakes
A solo exhibition by Sammy Baloji
Finissage: Collectively (Re)shaping the Archive
Finissage of exhibition House of Wisdom, in collaboration with Casco and 7 Hills Foundation.
Exhibition opening: House of Wisdom
With an opening performance by Istanbul Queer Art Collective.
Exhibition: House of Wisdom
Curated by Collective Çukurcuma (Naz Cuguoğlu and Mine Kaplangı)
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.
Imagining and capturing resistance
A discussion on creating and archiving images of resistance, at Atria.
Symposium: Vox Populi and The Syrian Archive
Public debate on the relationship between digital archiving practices and activism.
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.
The Story Might Not Be Complete
A discussion on erasure and the archive.
Feminist Memory: Digging the Black Archives
On the representation and presence of black women in institutional and unconventional archives
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
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.
Perspectives
Public encounters in the context of the exhibition Embodied Spaces.
The Archive: unveiling the present
An evening about the notion of the archive in political issues
Oral History and the audiovisual archive
Oral history as a complementary to the archive of written historical sources.