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    Remembering Otherwise (2025) at Framer Framed. Photo by Maarten Nauw / Framer Framed
    Curatorial Text / Feminism / The living archive / Migration / Turkey /

    Curatorial Statement: Katia Krupennikova on the exhibition Remembering Otherwise
    Middle East / Colonial history / Migration / Palestine / Political Climate /

    Antisemitism, anti-Palestinian racism and Europe: A plea for a critical and democratic debate
    Chile / Global Art History / The living archive / Art and Activism / Migration / Palestine / South Africa /

    Video: in conversation with Past Disquiet curator Rasha Salti
    Migration / East Asia /

    Sung Hwan Kim: Protected by roof and right-hand muscles travels to ZKM | Center for Art and Media
    Collection development / Diaspora / Migration / Social Practice /

    Humanity and melancholy in the model of azc Klompjan
    Amsterdam Noord / Bookshop Selection / Book Launch / Migration / Molenwijk / Podcast / Residencies / Textile /

    Podcast: Whale Tears and Mole Tunnels. A Graphic History of the Molenwijk district
    Bookshop Selection / Amsterdam Noord / Migration / Molenwijk / Residencies /

    Bookshop Selection: Walvistraan by Golrokh Nafisi
    Migration /

    Karen Gegiazarian's maquette included in collection Rijksmuseum
    Diaspora / Global Art History / The living archive / Migration / Turkey /

    Interview with researcher Nesli Gül Durukan on her exhibition Scattered - Hidden Narratives through Archives
    Migration / Social Practice /

    It began in caravan 404 - a story about a maquette without a residence permit
    Citizenship / Community & Learning / Diaspora / Art and Activism / Migration / Queer / Social Practice /

    Errant Journal: Enabling and Obstructing Flow through Creative Co-creation by Fabian Holle
    Migration / Bookshop Selection / Art and Activism /

    Bookshop Selection: ‘Two Diaries: Gluklya & Murad'
    Amsterdam Noord / Community & Learning / Shared Heritage / Migration / Molenwijk / Social Practice / Textile /

    Wandkleed De Molenwijk
    Community & Learning / Action Research / Migration /

    Spaces of Belonging for Undocumented Migrants
    Limbo group photo
    Art and Activism / Community & Learning / Migration / Queer / Social Practice /

    Interview: LIMBO co-creators Fabian Holle, Noa Bawits, and participating artist Ariya
    Collectives / Community & Learning / Migration / Social Practice /

    Expanding the Notion of the Constituent Museum: On the Practices of Framer Framed
    Thuis in de Molenwijk - Werkplaats Molenwijk
    Photography / Community & Learning / Migration / Molenwijk /

    Photography project: At Home in Molenwijk
    We Sell Reality
    Migration / Amsterdam Oost /

    Art as a weapon against injustice
    puppet theatre children
    Migration / Performance /

    A Theatre Play by CHTO DELAT
    Bosbolobosboco
    Migration / Art and Activism /

    Escaping the Echo Chamber: Perspectives on Immigrant Representations in the Exhibition Space
    Contested Heritage / Middle East / Migration / Palestine /

    Verslag: Live Conversation HOME #3: Constructing home
    Migration / Social Practice /

    Review: On the practices and responsibilities of socially engaged art
    Oral History / Caribbean / The living archive / Migration /

    Report: Exploring oral history as autobiography in the Curaçaoan context
    Migration / Ecology / Extractivism / Performance /

    Interview: Artist Tuan Mami
    Migration /

    Review: exhibition Voices Outside the Echo Chamber (Dutch)
    Curatorial Text / Caribbean / Diaspora / Shared Heritage / Colonial history / Migration /

    Curatorial Statement: Vincent Van Velsen on the exhibition Ancestral Blues
    Amsterdam Noord / Curatorial Text / Migration /

    Curatorial statement: Curators about Voice-over Noord
    Migration /

    Symposium: Alternative Spatial Imaginaries
    Migration /

    Book Launch and Discussion: Framing identity
    Caribbean / Diaspora / Migration /

    Symposium: Sustainable Art Communities - Creativity and Policy in the Transnational Caribbean
    Caribbean / Colonial history / Migration /

    Performance: Nets have many holes
    Feminism / Photography / Migration / Social Practice /

    Self-Made? Women from former-Yugoslavia
    Migration / Global Art History /

    Symposium: Art Across Frontiers. Cross-Cultural Encounters in America
    Migration /

    Symposium: SHIFT, Dialogues of Migration in Contemporary Art
    Migration /

    Exhibition: The Unwanted Land
    Institutional Critique / Migration /

    Symposium: Politics of Transmission. The 'Other' subject-object of a European community?

    Exhibitions


    Presentation: Moving Love

    The project aims to widen the focus of queer stories, which often centre on fear and precarity, by sharing accounts of hope and love

    Exhibition: Homies

    Exhibition and clothing shop selling a fashion line produced by members of the art collective We Sell Reality

    Open Studio: Overhauled Stories

    Open studio project by artist Sung Hwan Kim, hosted by Framer Framed and in collaboration with the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.

    Exhibition: 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

    Exhibition: While Awaiting an Unknown Future

    With work by Karen G. & Ribal El Khatib — made during their stay in an asylum seekers' centre (asielzoekerscentrum)

    Exhibition: Reflections

    by i-psy Open Atelier
    Limbo

    Presentation: LIMBO - queer exilic narratives

    The final presentation of 'LIMBO: Engaged scholarship and queer exilic narratives'

    Exhibition: Temporary Monument - Srebrenica is Dutch history

    By Bosnian Girl

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

    Current exhibitions and programme

    Exhibition: In One's Breath - Nothing Stands Still

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

    Exhibition: Voices Outside the Echo Chamber

    Questioning Myths, Facts and Framings of Migration, curated by Katayoun Arian
    Antonio Jose Guzman - ELOO (Habana Biennale installation view)

    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
    Works by Antonio Jose Guzman

    Exhibition: Ancestral Blues - Return to the State of L3

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

    Agenda


    Presentation: Moving Love
    The project aims to widen the focus of queer stories, which often centre on fear and precarity, by sharing accounts of hope and love
    Workshop series: Moving Love Think Tank Sessions
    As part of the presentation Moving Love, this workshop series invites participants into conversation to explore the multiple perspectives that shape and are shaped by the asylum system
    Guided Tour & Performance: Between Fires
    A guided tour of Between Fires, an exhibition tracing the intertwined histories of nuclear infrastructures, colonialism and resistance
    Roundtable: Nuclear Histories and Protest Movements
    A discursive evening on the role of art and culture in anti-nuclear resistance and solidarity movements
    Screening: Eye on Art – Remembering Otherwise
    A special film screening and Q&A at Eye Filmmuseum with artist belit sağ for her Framer Framed exhibition, Remembering Otherwise.
    Mapping Workshop: Subjective Cartography of the Dutch border
    Workshop exploring the global visibility of the Netherlands, plus how and for whom its borders are constructed.
    Workshop: 100 Butterflies for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Girls, and Non-Binary People
    Textile workshop on embroidery and crafts as a means of feminist resistance in the context of International Women's Day
    Documentary Screening: Retazos Móviles at Werkplaats Molenwijk
    Screening of Retazos Móviles, a documentary about resistance, migration and collective memories through the Arpilleras textile tradition
    Book Launch: System of Systems, Managing Displacement Series
    Presentation of a new publication series exploring the intricate web of migration management within and beyond Europe's borders.
    Workshop: Oh Sh!t, You Again? | Methodologies of Migration by Ishani Chatterjee
    Workshop exploring challenges and struggles faced by non-EU practitioners in the cultural sector.
    Launch of LOOK: An Interactive Investigation Into Eye Contact
    Presentation of an interactive audio installation and podcast on eye contact by Prosper de Roos at Werkplaats Molenwijk
    Workshop: Art of Freedom
    A series of workshops for women from migrant and refugee communities interested in (re)creating their own narratives of gender and identity
    Finissage: Homies
    Finissage for the exhibition and clothing shop selling a fashion line produced by members of the art collective We Sell Reality.
    Exhibition: Homies
    Exhibition and clothing shop selling a fashion line produced by members of the art collective We Sell Reality
    Open Studio: Overhauled Stories
    Open studio project by artist Sung Hwan Kim, hosted by Framer Framed and in collaboration with the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.
    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
    Exhibition: 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
    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
    Opening: While Awaiting an Unknown Future
    With Milena Mulders, Hanneke Verbeek, Ribal El Khatib, Karen G, Mina Etemad, Babeth Fonchie & screening of 'Tussenlanding'
    Exhibition: While Awaiting an Unknown Future
    With work by Karen G. & Ribal El Khatib — made during their stay in an asylum seekers' centre (asielzoekerscentrum)
    Homemade Seeds
    The third and final SALWA Gathering at Framer Framed
    Film screening: Indisch Zwijgen
    Film screening, exhibition & spoken word workshop
    Opening: To those who have no time to play
    Exhibition Opening with artist Gluklya and a performance by Matras Platform
    Memory Past a Surpassing Disaster
    Movie screening of 'Amreeka' followed by a panel discussion
    Finissage: Reflections by the Open Atelier
    A joyful final day of the exhibition at Framer Framed
    Exhibition: Reflections
    by i-psy Open Atelier
    Home is a story you carry on your back
    Folktales from Nigeria, Eritrea, Niger, Iran and Saudi Arabia
    Conference: Refugee Youth, Public Space and Artistic Practice
    A research project by Utrecht University in collaboration with Framer Framed and BOOST
    Revealing of tapestry: De Molenwijk door elkaar
    With Stichting BMP and Werkplaats Molenwijk community in OBA Molenwijk
    Presentation: LIMBO - queer exilic narratives
    The final presentation of 'LIMBO: Engaged scholarship and queer exilic narratives'
    Language Café: The Language of Oppression and Resistance
    A discussion forum for language, semantics, and translation
    Cooking Class: Culinary BOOST #2
    With Amsterdam BOOST & Donghwan Kam
    Cooking Class: Culinary BOOST #1
    With Amsterdam BOOST & Donghwan Kam
    LIMBO: Engaged scholarship and queer exilic narratives
    A creative workshop series for queer, refugee and migrant community
    Home is a story you carry on your back
    Folktales from Niger, Nigeria, Iran & St. Eustatius
    Opening: Powerplay – Deals All Over
    With We Sell Reality and DJ Crazy
    Opening: Proud Aliens & QUEER
    Exhibition opening of Framer Framed's Open Atelier and a new public installation by United Painting: QUEER
    Home is a story you carry on your back
    ASKV PAO Storytelling Evening: Folk tales of where we’re from
    About the footprints, what we hide in the pockets and other shadows of hope
    Chto Delat Online Film Premiere
    Make a Wish
    A Group Exhibition with i-psy Open Atelier Artists
    Characters in Real Life
    Premier, Artist Talk and Movie Screening with TuncTop
    Exhibition: Temporary Monument - Srebrenica is Dutch history
    By Bosnian Girl
    Opening: From what will we reassemble ourselves & Temporary Monument
    Double Exhibition Opening with Anna Dasović and Natasha Marie Llorens
    Online Panel: Prevention is Better than Hate II
    Anti-Asian Racism Roundtables
    Online Panel: Prevention is Better than Hate
    Anti-Asian Racism Roundtables
    Symposium: HERE/NOW Current Visions from Colombia
    At Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, in the context of exhibition HERE/NOW at Framer Framed and Beautiful Distress House
    Citizenship & Cultural Production #2: In-between
    With Yara Said and Shailoh Phillips.
    Exhibitions Werkplaats Molenwijk: Marie Hudelot, Suat Ögüt and Şengül Köker
    Current exhibitions and programme
    Symposium: UnAuthorised Medium - Return and Repatriation
    Symposium as part of the opening weekend for exhibition UnAuthorised Medium.
    Undercurrents: Art/Production/Mobility/...
    A program by Hotel Maria Kapel in collaboration with Framer Framed.
    Seminar: Tracing migration through textiles
    Hosted at Framer Framed, curated by Christel Vesters as part of the long-term project Touch/Trace.
    Performance: Report from Prison
    Performance 'Report from Prison', initiated by Russian artist Gluklya.
    Exhibition: In One's Breath - Nothing Stands Still
    Framer Framed is part of international art fair Art Rotterdam (2017) with work by Tuan Mami
    Traveling Feet: a conversation on contemporary art and migration
    A program with Marres, House for Contemporary Culture.
    The Knights Move presents: Jasmijn Visser
    Event with The Knights Move and Jasmijn Visser on the geopolitical side of human organisation.
    Questioning representations of migration in artistic practice
    A dialogue with Angela Anderson and Katayoun Arian.
    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.
    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
    Film screening: Remapping Europe: Migrant perspectives & superdiversity
    Screening short films as part of the Doc Next Media Collection, that show perspectives from young migrants in Europe.
    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
    David Bade Draws Heerlen: Amsterdam Edition
    Artist David Bade visits Framer Framed with his mobile workspace.
    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