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Manifestation

#16 Descent into Fungal

The third group show in the Central Space with Milena Anna Bouma, Don Yaw Kwaning, Andrey Shental and YUME YUME

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Amid a world in decay, we are in need of other futures. Descending into the fungal, an infinite network knitted by an interplay of both human and non-human actors reveals itself. Mycelium is a fungus with a root-like structure, consisting of a mass of branching threads. It provides a transportation network to pass nutrients and electric currents along the fungal body, but mycelium’s networks are equally used to communicate with and between other life forms. It is sensitive, adaptive, can memorize and learn.

Design brand YUME YUME developed the mycelium installation especially for Buro Stedelijk’s Central Space. Every Thursday for the duration of the manifestation, artists, designers, poets, and other thinkers and makers will present and perform here, with both museum visitors and the mycelium as their audience. A change in the mycelium’s surroundings, such as a gathering of people, will affect its receptive networks, much like the mycelium’s presence here may be carried forth in some way by those who met it. By acknowledging both the human and the fungal audience, a decentering of human beings becomes imaginable. Begging the question: who is the host, and who is the parasite?

In collaboration with mycelium networks and technology, biotechnology company MycoWorks developed Reishi™, a biomaterial with leather-like properties and aesthetics. Here it is developed into the first head-to-toe outfit designed by YUME YUME. Artist and designer Don Yaw Kwaning re-evaluates the properties of various vegetables and carefully transforms them into new materials. He explores alternative realities through deep material research and experiments. Visual artist Milena Anna Bouma creates a hyper-digitalized, artificial world in which the natural is reimagined as hyper-constructable. The two-channel video installation by artist Andrey Shental shows the perspective of the mushroom combined with a scientific method of thinking. Shental questions the natural becoming the digital, and vice versa.

This manifestation wishes to offer a platform for the exchange of speculative futures. We invite you to sit with the fungal, to listen, to take the time and envision collectivity from its perspective. Which possible futures emerge?

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Omringd door een wereld in verval, zoeken we naar andere toekomstperspectieven. Afdalend in de grond, openbaart zich een oneindig netwerk gebreid door een samenspel van zowel menselijke als niet-menselijke actoren. Mycelium is een netwerk van schimmel met een wortelachtige structuur, bestaande uit een massa vertakte draden. Het biedt een transportnetwerk om voedingsstoffen en elektrische stromen door het schimmellichaam te laten stromen. Ook worden de netwerken van mycelium gebruikt om met en tussen andere levensvormen te communiceren. Het is gevoelig, adaptief, kan memoriseren en leren.

Designmerk YUME YUME ontwikkelde deze myceliuminstallatie speciaal voor Buro Stedelijks Central Space. Gedurende de manifestatie treden hier elke donderdag kunstenaars, ontwerpers, dichters en andere denkers en makers op, met zowel museumbezoekers als het mycelium als publiek. Een verandering in de omgeving van het mycelium, zoals een samenkomst van mensen, zal diens ontvankelijke netwerken beïnvloeden – net zoals de ontmoeting met het mycelium door zal leven, al is het in de herinnering van de museumbezoekers. Door zowel het menselijke als het schimmelpubliek te erkennen, wordt de mens gedecentraliseerd. Maar wie is de host en wie is de parasiet?

Biotechnologiebedrijf MycoWorks ontwikkelde in samenwerking met zowel myceliumnetwerken als technologie Reishi™, een biomateriaal met leerachtige eigenschappen. Hier is de eerste top-tot-teen Reishi™ outfit te zien, ontworpen door YUME YUME. Kunstenaar en ontwerper Don Yaw Kwaning evalueert de eigenschappen van verschillende groenten en transformeert deze zorgvuldig tot nieuwe materialen. Hij toont alternatieve realiteiten door middel van diepgaand materiaalonderzoek en experimenten. Beeldend kunstenaar Milena Anna Bouma creëert een hypergedigitaliseerde, kunstmatige wereld waarin het natuurlijke als hyper-maakbaar wordt gepresenteerd. De video-installatie van kunstenaar Andrey Shental toont zowel het perspectief van de paddenstoel als een wetenschappelijk denkkader. Shental zet daarmee vraagtekens bij het natuurlijke dat digitaal wordt, en omgekeerd.

Deze manifestatie wil een platform bieden voor de uitwisseling van speculatieve toekomstbeelden. We nodigen je uit om de tijd te nemen om te zitten, te luisteren en het perspectief van het mycelium voor te stellen: wat zegt het over collectiviteit? En welke mogelijke toekomsten komen daaruit voort?

INFO

November 30 – January 25
Open daily during Stedelijk Museum opening times

Stedelijk Museum entrance
Museumplein 10
1071 DJ Amsterdam

Opening November 30

Free entrance with ticket / Gratis toegang met ticket
November 30, 18:30 – 20:30
Location: Central Space
Entrance: Paulus Potterstraat 13, Amsterdam

#16 Descent into Fungal
Collaborator

Andrey Shental

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#33

Manifestation

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18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#33 Are You Still Resonating?

Finnisage of Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal – An evening with Inge Meijer and chamber choir Les Moucherons led by Antje de Wit

#22

Manifestation

December 7, 2023
18:30 - 19:30
Central Space

#22

Ranie Ribeiro performs on harp on December 7 at the Central Space. A live performance as part of Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal.

#28

Manifestation

December 21, 2023
18:30 - 19:30
Central Space

#28 tremor (thunder)

On December 21 at the Central space, S*an D. Henry-Smith performs live as part of Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal.

#27

Manifestation

December 14, 2023
18:30 - 19:30
Central Space

#27 Circle Dance the Fungal

Join Özgür Atlagan, Donghwan Kam, and Kanitha Tith in making a collective Super 8 mm film around YUME YUME's Living Mycelium Dunes.

#21

Manifestation

November 30, 2023
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#21 Opening – Manifestation #16 Descent into Fungal

with an inaugural performance by Queer Choir Amsterdam

#29

Manifestation

December 28, 2023
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#29 Mixtape

Experience Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal with sound by bk owusu

#31

Manifestation

January 11, 2024
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#31 Hosting Darkness

hosted by Berber Meindertsma and Stephanie Schuitemaker

#30

Manifestation

January 4, 2024
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#30 Mixtape

Experience Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal with sound by LazerGazer

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Fragments of conversations in Saamaka tongo Recordings: January - March 2023 in Pikin Slee (SR) Marjet Zwaans, Edje Doekoe, at Buro Stedelijk Amsterdam (NL) Transcribed and translated with Vinije Haabo

#15

Manifestation

November 4, 2023
19:00 – 02:00
Central Space

#15 Cosmism

During Museumnacht, we present a selection of films by John Akomfrah, Saodat Ismailova, and Viktor Vasylenko in the Buro Stedelijk Central Space. The program explores cosmic musical forms and the (philosophical) potential of space, science fiction, immortality and infinity.

Collaborator

Müge Yılmaz

#28

Manifestation

December 21, 2023
18:30 - 19:30
Central Space

#28 tremor (thunder)

On December 21 at the Central space, S*an D. Henry-Smith performs live as part of Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal.

Collaborator

Sarah Schulten

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Simomo Bouj

Collaborator

Viviane Tabach

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Studio Space

Paulus Potterstraat 13, 1071 CX, Amsterdam

Collaborator

Basir Mahmood

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Collaborator

Ceder Rorije

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by YUME YUME

#27

Manifestation

December 14, 2023
18:30 - 19:30
Central Space

#27 Circle Dance the Fungal

Join Özgür Atlagan, Donghwan Kam, and Kanitha Tith in making a collective Super 8 mm film around YUME YUME's Living Mycelium Dunes.

Collaborator

Michael Ekow & May

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by Basir Mahmood

Collaborator

LazerGazer

Collaborator

Joël Andrianomearisoa

location

Off-site Int’l

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by Naema Abdi Ali & Anna-Rosa van Wees.

Collaborator

Don Yaw Kwaning

Collaborator

Simnikiwe Buhlungu

Collaborator

Sedrig Verwoert

Collaborator

Queer Choir

Collaborator

Setareh Noorani

Collaborator

Andrey Shental

Collaborator

Lydienne Albertoe

Collaborator

Ernst van Deursen

Collaborator

Ksenia Perek

Collaborator

Charl Landvreugd

Collaborator

Atelier Code Noir

Collaborator

Artist Collective Totomboti

Before Distortion (2023 – ongoing)

by Don Yaw Kwaning

Collaborator

Les Moucherons

Collaborator

Quinsy Gario

#17

Manifestation

September 14, 2023
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#12 Rehearsing (the Care for) Decay

Mirre Yayla Séur performs 'Rehearsing (the Care for) Decay' on September 14 at our Central space. A live performance as part of her ongoing process during Manifestation #8: To Be Determined.

Collaborator

Lakisha Apostel

Muck Studies Department Presents: Transmission from No Point of Return Bleep Blop Bloop (2021)

by Geo Wyex

Collaborator

Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

Donghwan Kam

Collaborator

Nuria Bofarull

Collaborator

Alina Lupu

#23

Manifestation

February 15, 2024
Until March 31, 2024
Central Space

#23 TRUTH

an installation by Miles Greenberg

#10

Manifestation

August 3, 2023
14:00 – 16:00
Studio Space

#10 Beauty Basics for Queer People

Trans-inclusive makeup workshop by Timothy Paul. Join Caribbean Queer Salon for this live make-up tutorial.

Collaborator

Phantom Wizard

Collaborator

1.06 Music Library

#21

Manifestation

November 30, 2023
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#21 Opening – Manifestation #16 Descent into Fungal

with an inaugural performance by Queer Choir Amsterdam

Collaborator

Bubble Shooters Network

Collaborator

SEXYLAND World

location

Central Space

Museumplein 10, 10:00 - 18:00 / Paulus Potterstraat 13, Thursdays 18:30 - 20:30

Collaborator

Inge Meijer

Collaborator

Kunsttraject

#16

Manifestation

November 30, 2023
Until January 25, 2024
Central Space

#16 Descent into Fungal

The third group show in the Central Space with Milena Anna Bouma, Don Yaw Kwaning, Andrey Shental and YUME YUME

Collaborator

Anna Hoetjes

Collaborator

bk owusu

Klof, village of spirits (2020 – ongoing)

by Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

Simone Zeefuik

Collaborator

Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou

Collaborator

Jelmer Wijnstroom

Collaborator

Ranie Ribeiro

Collaborator

Emily Shin-Jie Lee

#7

Manifestation

June 18, 2023
14:00
Off-site Local

#7 Breaking Bread

Cassave bread with Lelani Lewis

Collaborator

YUME YUME

Collaborator

Emily Pethick

#30

Manifestation

January 4, 2024
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#30 Mixtape

Experience Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal with sound by LazerGazer

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Online

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Collaborator

Anna-Rosa van Wees

Collaborator

senakirfa A.

Collaborator

Shigeo Arikawa

#35

Manifestation

November 15, 2023
19:00 – 21:30
Off-site Local

#35 Zonder Gelijkheid, Geen Vrede

Collaborator

Marjolijn van Heemstra

Collaborator

Anne Lakeman

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Collaborator

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Wes Mapes

Collaborator

Irina Djojoatmodjo

Collaborator

Valerie Oluwatoyin Abeji

#29

Manifestation

December 28, 2023
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#29 Mixtape

Experience Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal with sound by bk owusu

#34

Manifestation

November 14, 2023
7:00 – 19:00
Until January 14, 2024
Studio Space

#34 What Can’t It Do?

See the work by Waèl Allouche in our Studio Space. He asked an early version of the current ChatGPT: “What is it a flag can’t do?” This question unexpectedly got answered in a very political way.

#32

Manifestation

January 18, 2024
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#32 Film screening by Kevin Osepa

Join us to watch LA ÚLTIMA ASCENSIÓN and Watamula

Collaborator

Rita Ouédraogo

Collaborator

Ana Bravo Pérez

Collaborator

Keti Koti Westerpark

location

Off-site Local

Collaborator

Touchy Studios

Memories of becoming (2022/2023)

by Narges Mohammadi

61 FRAGMENTS OF DECAY FOR NEW DESIRES (2023)

by Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

Rice, Peas, Roots and Culture

Collaborator

Ahmad Mallah

Collaborator

Yvette Mutumba

Collaborator

Miles Greenberg

Collaborator

Stephanie Schuitemaker

#31

Manifestation

January 11, 2024
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#31 Hosting Darkness

hosted by Berber Meindertsma and Stephanie Schuitemaker

Collaborator

Özgür Atlagan

#6

Manifestation

July 6, 2023
12:30 – 13:15 / 14:30 – 15:15
Central Space

#6 Live performance: Visitation, with NO Stars (2030)

Geo Wyex will perform 'Visitation, with NO Stars' twice on July 6 at the Central space. A live performance as part of his ongoing work 'Muck Studies Department Presents: Transmission from No Point of Return Bleep Blop Blop Bloop' (2021).

Collaborator

Geert Vlieger

Dia di lucha pa libertat

Design process behind #5 by Lydienne Albertoe

#2

Manifestation

May 25, 2023
Until July 25, 2023
Central Space

#2 Decay: An Ode to the Impermanent

with Joël Andrianomearisoa, Narges Mohammadi and Geo Wyex

Collaborator

Uno Fujisawa

Collaborator

Narges Mohammadi

Collaborator

kanaal40

Collaborator

loopey

Collaborator

Floor van Leeuwen

#2

Manifestation

May 25, 2023
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#2 Opening – Decay: An Ode to the Impermanent

with an inaugural performance by Sedrig Verwoert, Alanna Archibald, Phantom Wizard and Ranie Riberio

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Fonds 21 – Henk Christophersen

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Collaborator

Guenn Ramon Gustina

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Pauline Curnier Jardin

Collaborator

Robbie Schweiger

Collaborator

Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen

#22

Manifestation

December 7, 2023
18:30 - 19:30
Central Space

#22

Ranie Ribeiro performs on harp on December 7 at the Central Space. A live performance as part of Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal.

Collaborator

Saodat Ismailova

Collaborator

Azu Nwagbogu

Living Mycelium Dunes (2023)

by YUME YUME

Collaborator

Ammodo

Dormancy Trail
(2023)

by Milena Anna Bouma

Collaborator

Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

#9

Manifestation

June 30, 2023
17:00 – 18:00
Off-site Local

#9 In conversation with Frank Creton

Join us Friday for a Q&A with artist Frank Creton at Meterhuisje

Kevin Osepa: Process during Manifestation #8 To Be Determined

This summer, Marcel van den Berg, Kevin Osepa and Mirre Yayla Séur relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

Collaborator

Andrea Amponsah

#1

Manifestation

April 14, 2023
11:00 – 17:00
Until April 15, 2023
Off-site Local

#1 Listening Sessions

Buro Stedelijk’s manifestation #1 Listening Sessions, is an engaging and thought-provoking two-day event on April 14 and 15.

Collaborator

Leontine Coelewij

Collaborator

Q

Descent into the Fungal (2017)

by Andrey Shental

#3

Manifestation

May 25, 2023
21:00 – 1:00
Until March 25, 2023
Off-site Local

#3 Afterparty – Decay: An Ode to the Impermanent at kanaal40

with 1.06 Music Library and Michael Ekow & May

Collaborator

Hana Nina Hussein

Collaborator

KC

Collaborator

Naema Abdi

Collaborator

Andrea Voets

Collaborator

Alanna Archibald

Collaborator

Geo Wyex

Collaborator

Frank Creton

#33

Manifestation

January 25, 2024
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#33 Are You Still Resonating?

Finnisage of Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal – An evening with Inge Meijer and chamber choir Les Moucherons led by Antje de Wit

#5

Manifestation

June 30, 2023
Until July 2, 2023
Studio Space

#5 Dia di Lucha pa Libertat

Every year on the 1st of July we commemorate slavery and celebrate the abolition of slavery: Keti Koti. Since we believe that Keti Koti should be a national holiday, we are closed on the 1st of July. We asked Lydiënne Albertoe to design a graphic work for this particular occasion. The work is placed on the door of our Central Space and the windows of the Studio Space.

#4

Manifestation

June 4, 2023
16:00
Until July 2, 2023
Off-site Local

#4 Keti Koti Westerpark X Buro Stedelijk

with Atelier Code Noir and Frank Creton

#11

Manifestation

September 28, 2023
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#11 Mal Ora

Join us for an evening co-curated by Kevin Osepa with performances by Travis A. G. Geertruida, Lakisha Apostel, Guenn Ramon Gustina and Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi.

#20

Manifestation

November 16, 2023
Until November 19, 2023
Off-site Local

#20 Taking Root Among the Stars

In collaboration with Buro Stedelijk, Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yilmaz will create an intimate space at UNFAIR23. The booth will offer a moment of rest, pause, to go through the books and reflect on the patchwork sky.

Collaborator

Mirre Yayla Séur

Collaborator

Kanitha Tith

Collaborator

Rubiah Balsem

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This summer, Marcel van den Berg, Kevin Osepa and Mirre Yayla Séur relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

Collaborator

Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi

Collaborator

Vinger.nl

Collaborator

Berber Meindertsma

#8

Manifestation

August 14, 2023
Until October 15, 2023
Central Space

#8 To Be Determined

This summer, Marcel van den Berg, Kevin Osepa and Mirre Yayla Séur relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

Collaborator

Marcel van den Berg

Hybrid Listening

an architectural intervention by Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

Collaborator

Timothy Aarons

Collaborator

Niels Staats

#14

Manifestation

July 24, 2023
16:00
Studio Space

#14 Exiting the Photographic Universe

Prof. Fred Ritchin discusses the impact of artificial intelligence on photography in the digital age.

Collaborator

Milena Anna Bouma

Collaborator

Renzo Martens

Collaborator

Travis A. G. Geertruida

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Collaborator

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#19

Manifestation

October 12, 2023
18:30 - 20:30
Central Space

#19 Raw Heat, Black Sweat

Join us for a co-curated evening by Marcel van den Berg, a block party at the Central Space celebrating 50 Years of Hip Hop Culture with KC, Loopey, Farida Sedoc, Jeff Croese and Shigeo Arikawa.

Collaborator

S*an D. Henry-Smith

Collaborator

Antje de Wit

Collaborator

Waèl Allouche