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Textile

Magazine


Feminism / Amsterdam Oost / Diaspora / Shared Heritage / The living archive / Textile / Turkey /

Essay: Peeling onions as an archive of gesture, memory and resistance
Museology / Global Art History / Colonial history / New Museology / Textile /

Review: Shapeshifters: On Wounds, Wonders and Transformation, A Group Exhibition at Framer Framed
Caribbean / Extractivism / Social Practice / Textile /

Michèle Boulogne: “hands tend to think faster than the head!”
Amsterdam Noord / Chile / Diaspora / Feminism / Shared Heritage / Molenwijk / Textile / Workshop /

Connection and resistance through textile at Werkplaats Molenwijk
Amsterdam Noord / Bookshop Selection / Book Launch / Migration / Molenwijk / Podcast / Residencies / Textile /

Podcast: Whale Tears and Mole Tunnels. A Graphic History of the Molenwijk district
Diaspora / Shared Heritage / Colonial history / Podcast / Textile /

Podcast: Decolonizing the Gaze - Textile Cultural Heritage vs Colonialism
Amsterdam Noord / Molenwijk / Residencies / Textile /

Golrokh Nafisi is the new Artist in Residence at the Werkplaats Molenwijk
Jakup Ferri bij Werkplaats Molenwijk
Amsterdam Noord / Molenwijk / Residencies / Social Practice / Textile /

A dialogue of embroidery: from Kosovo to Molenwijk with Jakup Ferri
Amsterdam Noord / Molenwijk / Residencies / Textile /

Jakup Ferri is the new Artist in Residence at the Werkplaats Molenwijk
Curatorial Text / Feminism / Art and Activism / Performance / Textile /

'To those who can imagine' by Anna Bitkina
Red Yurt by Gluklya
Curatorial Text / Political Climate / Textile /

Who has no time to play? by Curator Charles Esche
Amsterdam Noord / Community & Learning / Shared Heritage / Migration / Molenwijk / Social Practice / Textile /

Wandkleed De Molenwijk
Foto: Marc Pluim
Indonesia / Shared Heritage / Colonial history / Textile /

Exhibition: Six Yards Guaranteed Dutch Design

Exhibitions


Exhibition: Shapeshifters

A group exhibition examining how colonialism has shaped museums, archives and other institutions of knowledge

Exhibition: Homies

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

Presentation: Walvistraan

By Werkplaats Molenwijk artist in residence Golrokh Nafisi

Exhibition: To those who have no time to play

A Solo Exhibition by Gluklya
Powerplay – Deals All Over (2021) by We Sell Reality

Exhibition: Powerplay – Deals All Over

A colourful installation by collective We Sell Reality

Agenda


Guided Tour: Shapeshifters, On Wounds, Wonders and Transformation
Guided tour of the exhibition Shapeshifters, examining how colonialism has shaped the ways museums, archives and other institutions of knowledge are perceived and understood
The Work of Contextualising
A conversation focusing on the contextualisation of belit sağ’s research, which led to the creation of the solo exhibition Remembering Otherwise
Beyond the Archival: Visual Memories of First-Generation Female Migrants from Turkey in the Netherlands
The panel discussion addresses the context of life and work in the Netherlands in relation to the first-generation migrant women workers from Turkey
Opening: Shapeshifters
Group exhibition that examines how colonialism has shaped the ways museums, archives and other institutions of knowledge are perceived and understood
Exhibition: Shapeshifters
A group exhibition examining how colonialism has shaped museums, archives and other institutions of knowledge
Workshop: Palestinian Tatreez - part of Palestinian Film Festival Amsterdam 2025
A workshop on tatreez, a traditional type of embroidery which forms an important element of Palestinian cultural heritage as part of PFFA 2025
Opening: Remembering Otherwise
Opening of the solo exhibition artist belit saÄź, conceived in close collaboration with curator Katia Krupennikova.
Roundtable: Decolonizing the Gaze – The Colonial Heritage of Italian and International Fashion Design
A project and panel discussion examining how fashion has historically contributed to the visual construction of colonial ideologies
CICC School London – Indigo Resistances: Sonic and Textile Testimonies
Artists Antonio Jose Guzman & Iva Jankovic (Messengers of the Sun) explore the colonial legacies of the indigo trade
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
Baati as Archive: Somali Textile Culture, History, and Ecology
With artist and educator Kinsi Abdulleh and writer and community organizer Philsan Osman
Documentary Screening: Retazos MĂłviles at Werkplaats Molenwijk
Screening of Retazos MĂłviles, a documentary about resistance, migration and collective memories through the Arpilleras textile tradition
Arpilleras Workshop Cycle: Molenwijk Textile Memories
Practical workshop series on female textile heritage in Werkplaats Molenwijk
Arpilleras Workshop Cycle: Refuge and Textile Memories
Practical workshop series on female textile heritage
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
Presentation: Walvistraan
By Werkplaats Molenwijk artist in residence Golrokh Nafisi
Roundtable: Decolonizing the Gaze - Textile Cultural Heritage vs Colonialism?
Roundtable discussion on what different fabrics and their history tell about interculture, colonialism and cultural appropriations.
Exhibition: To those who have no time to play
A Solo Exhibition by Gluklya
Revealing of tapestry: De Molenwijk door elkaar
With Stichting BMP and Werkplaats Molenwijk community in OBA Molenwijk
Workshop: Knitted Together
Protest and Dialogue During the Dutch Housing Crisis
Atelier KITLV: Kreyol Warung
le thinnai kreyol presents an evening of creole commensality and conviviality
Exhibition: Powerplay – Deals All Over
A colourful installation by collective We Sell Reality
Opening: Powerplay – Deals All Over
With We Sell Reality and DJ Crazy
Performance: Manifesto Against Nostalgia
Outdoor Performance by Giulia Crispiani, Golrokh Nafisi and Ahmadali Kadivar
Opening: Elsewheres Within Here
In presence of artists and curator Jo-Lene Ong.
Undercurrents: Art/Production/Mobility/...
A program by Hotel Maria Kapel in collaboration with Framer Framed.