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Framer Framed

Middle East

Magazine


Amsterdam Noord / Iran / Middle East / Residencies /

Framer Framed welcomes resident researcher Elham Puriya Mehr
Palestine / Bookshop Selection / Colonial history / Middle East / Political Climate /

Reading List & Films on the Palestinian experience and struggle for liberation
Podcast / Citizenship / Chile / Middle East / Palestine / Political Climate /

Podcast: From Allende to Gaza - Claiming the Agency of the People
Contested Heritage / Middle East / Palestine /

Report: Live Conversation HOME #4: The Politics of autonomous art
Contested Heritage / Middle East / Migration / Palestine /

Verslag: Live Conversation HOME #3: Constructing home
Middle East / Palestine /

Your Art Work in Gaza, the Rubble House
Palestine / Middle East / Contested Heritage /

Report: Live Conversation HOME #2: The Nakba, Heritage and Cultural Memory in Palestine
Middle East / Innovative heritage /

Report: Who decides if, and how, destroyed cultural heritage will be reconstructed in Syria and Iraq?
The living archive / Middle East / New media / Politics and technology /

Report: Public Debate 'Vox Populi and The Syrian Archive'
Education / Middle East /

Irbid Exchange - A digital exchange project between the Netherlands and Jordan
Crisis of History #03 – Beyond History (2015). Poster design: Reza Abedini
Iran / Middle East /

Interview: Elham Puriya Mehr about the exhibition 'Crisis of History'
Middle East /

Review: What’s left of the modernist dream?
Middle East /

Video: The View of the East (Dutch)

Exhibitions


Exhibition: Monument Zero

Artist Katayoon Barzegar draws on scarce archival materials from the 1979 International Women’s Day protests in Iran to build a bridge between past and present feminist struggles

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: Taking Stock

by Mariam Elnozahy, Wouter Osterholt, Elke Uitentuis

Exhibition: HOME

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

Exhibition: Crisis of History #3 - Beyond History

Curated by Robert Kluiver and Elham Puriyamehr

Exhibition: Crisis of History #2 - Fight History

Curated by Robert Kluijver

Exhibition: Crisis of History #1 - Welcome to the End of History

Curated by Robert Kluijver

Agenda


Guided Tour: Past Disquiet

Guided tour of the exhibition, highlighting the connection between cultural practice and political action

Printmaking workshop: Past Disquiet

Lino cutting and screen printing workshops led by changing artists and initiatives, as part of the exhibition Past Disquiet

Screening: What the Olive Branch Has Seen

Screening and discussion of a film selection revolving around transnational solidarity.
Screening: What the Olive Branch Has Seen
Screening and discussion of a film selection revolving around transnational solidarity.
Reconstruction and Spatial Justice in Palestine
Seminar interrogating the role of architecture in reproducing cycles of destruction and domination in Palestine
Exhibition: Monument Zero
Artist Katayoon Barzegar draws on scarce archival materials from the 1979 International Women’s Day protests in Iran to build a bridge between past and present feminist struggles
From Archives to Exhibition Scenography: Notes on Past Disquiet
The event focuses on the history and design Past Disquiet, which has been travelling the world since its first edition in 2015
Opening: Past Disquiet
Opening of the exhibition Past Disquiet with an introduction by curator Rasha Salti and a performance by protest song choir Verzet per Couplet
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
In conversation with Jodi Dean, Michael Hardt and Sandro Mezzadra about student protests and Gaza
Two events organised by Critical Conversation Collective, together with the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis and Framer Framed
A Blow to the Snake Here: A conversation around Indigenous and Palestinian struggles
A dialogue on art, resistance and solidarity as part of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's residency at the Academy of Theatre and Dance
Symposium: Stressing Solidarity - Witnessing Palestine through Art and Architecture
A symposium on Palestinian art and cultural heritage initiated by the Teach-in Series workgroup of the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis
MAKAN Journal - Manufacturing Narratives, Manufacturing Consent
A presentation by MAKAN Journal
Opening: Taking Stock
Exhibition Opening with artist Elke Uitentuis
Exhibition: Taking Stock
by Mariam Elnozahy, Wouter Osterholt, Elke Uitentuis
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
Citizenship & Cultural Production #2: In-between
With Yara Said and Shailoh Phillips.
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.
Exhibition: HOME
With work by Marjan Teeuwen, Ezz Al Zanoon and Rawan Mahady, curated by Meta Knol
Lecture: On the (re)construction of cultural heritage in Syria and Iraq
Lecture by Nour Munawar, in the context of exhibition As If.
Documentary: 'From My Syrian Room'
Directed by Hazem Alhamwi.
Book launch: Sadik Kwaish Alfraji
Edited by curator and critic Nat Muller.
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: Crisis of History #3 - Beyond History
Curated by Robert Kluiver and Elham Puriyamehr
Presentation from Syrious Mission
On a Dutch organisation in Jordan, that connects Syrian refugees with the local community.
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
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.
Program surrounding the exhibition Crisis of History #1
Film, theatre, literature, music, debate, guided tours and art criticism.
Exhibition: Crisis of History #1 - Welcome to the End of History
Curated by Robert Kluijver