Framer Framed X Public Art Amsterdam
23 June 2018
For Monuments to the Unsung, Framer Framed invited three artists, Wafae Ahalouch, Suat Ögüt and Walid Siti, to create a work in the public space of Amsterdam-Noord. Each from their own perspective, the artists question who gets visibility in public space, and who is missing. Specifically, they focus on the way in which monuments reflect structural power relations in society, questioning, for example, why it is usually ‘big men’ who are honoured in public monuments. Through their works the artists empower and reclaim public space for underrepresented groups.
The work The First Turk Immigrant or The Nameless Heroes of The Revolution by Suat Ögüt shows nine bronze busts of Turkish migrants. They are an ode to migrants who had to leave Turkey because of their political ideals, and who were posted in countries like the Netherlands as so-called ‘gastarbeiders’ (‘guest workers’). Amsterdam-Noord, too, has been a home to many Turkish (labour) migrants since the sixties. They made a highly important contribution to both the industry and the character of the area and the city, but are now pushed to the periphery to clear the way for tourists and wealthy real estate developers.
Both Walid Siti and Wafae Ahalouch focus on the position of women in public space. Siti draws attention to the fact that it is always men who are remembered, while women for the most part remain invisible, both in public space and public debate. His Monument to the Unsung, a reference to the ubiquitous ‘monuments for the unknown soldier’, is an ode to women, specifically Kurdish and migrant women. The work Silent Scream by Ahalouch centres on women’s voices that are unheard, and the sense of powerlessness that accompanies it. In another work by Ahalouch, Strike a Pose, the artist explores the possibility of claiming space and visibility, even if you are not in a position of power.
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Opening of the exhibition Ode to the Bijlmer, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Bijlmer
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27 August | 16.00 Performance by Clara Saito @ In the garden, Christian Neefestraat 2, Amsterdam Joint this series of unique dance and movement workshops, open to all, following the independent practice of young choreographers from the Jacuzzi collective, Amsterdam. The workshops take place on Mondays on the sculptural installation “Keeping Watch Above The Flowers” by […]
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During the finissage of Mijn Kunst 2018, the two best artists of the show will be selected by the jury and the audience. Come and see for yourself!
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16 July | 16.00 Performance by Matthew Day @ In the garden, Christian Neefestraat 2, Amsterdam Joint this series of unique dance and movement workshops, open to all, following the independent practice of young choreographers from the Jacuzzi collective, Amsterdam. The workshops take place on Mondays on the sculptural installation “Keeping Watch Above The Flowers” by […]
Lees meer →On Thursday 12thof July CBK Zuidoost will be opening the exhibition Mijn Kunst (My Art) 2018. With this annual exhibition CBK Zuidoost gives non-professional artists the opportunity to show their work. This years’ is the 50th anniversary of the Bijlmer. The exhibition runs until on Saturday the 25th of August. During the finissage, the two best artists of the show will be selected by the jury and the audience. Come and see for yourself!
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Performance by Eva Susova @ In the garden, Christian Neefestraat 2, Amsterdam Joint this series of unique dance and movement workshops, open to all, following the independent practice of young choreographers from the Jacuzzi collective, Amsterdam. The workshops take place on Mondays on the sculptural installation “Keeping Watch Above The Flowers” by Richard John Jones as […]
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How to Kill a Tree – a play by Edward Clydesdale Thomson at the Frankendael Foundation
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How to Kill a Tree – a play by Edward Clydesdale Thomson at the Frankendael Foundation
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How to Kill a Tree – a play by Edward Clydesdale Thomson at the Frankendael Foundation
Lees meer →Premiere June 27th, 20:30h Huize Frankendael Middenweg 72 Tickets: €10,- payable upon arrival RSVP: suzanne@huizefrankendael.nl Language: Engels More info: http://huizefrankendael.nl/nl/kunst/tentoonstellingen/nu/how-to-kill-a-tree/ ‘How to kill a tree’ follows the lives of five trees across a 500 year period from the 1550’s. There is an old Sámi belief that certain trees have only just lost the power of voice; […]
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The series of works Framer Framed presents for Public Art Amsterdam each in their own way appropriate space for groups that do not get as much say and visibility in the city. Through these temporary ‘monuments’ as part of Pay Attention Please!, Framer Framed opens up the public space for a wider range of stories and perspectives, raising questions about who does and does not get represented in the city, and what this says about the values we want to carry out as a city.
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Public Art Amsterdam cordially invites you to the official opening of the manifestation Pay Attention Please! Friday June 22nd from 5pm Gustav Mahlerplein, Amsterdam The opening of Pay Attention Please! is in collaboration with GET LOST-art route, one of Public Art Amsterdams partners.Programme 17.00 Start 17.30 Welcome by Jeroen Boomgaard, LAPS/Gerrit Rietveld Academie 17.40 Official opening […]
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Spectacular opening of GET LOST -art route at Zuidas Amsterdam.
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Symposium: The Resurrection of the Lost Image. Can the image re-appear after iconoclasm? – Oude Kerk
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Broedplaats Lely
Location: Auditorium, Broedplaats Lely, Schipluidenlaan 12, Amsterdam Date and time: 21 June, 14:00-16:00 Main language: English Admission: Free Reservations: info@laps-rietveld.nl Some say that gentrification – the upgrading of old neighbourhoods and working class districts by the creative class, with in their wake the influx of the middle-class – is making one-sided cities of our metropolises. […]
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For Monument for the White Cube, Museum of… has found a location in a part of eastern Amsterdam where the gentrification hasn’t hit yet, and where there’s still space to experience things differently. Does the white cube still have a raison d’être or is it time to be digging its grave?
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