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    De Appel

    Address:
    Tolstraat 160
    1074 VM Amsterdam
    Get in touch:
    → new.deappel.nl/nl/
    → +31 (0)2 06 25 56 51
    Open: ⓘ
    • Wednesday 14:00—20:00
    • Thursday 14:00—20:00
    • Friday 14:00—20:00
    • Saturday 14:00—20:00

    De Appel makes time and space for artists and allies to pose vital questions. Founded in 1975 in Amsterdam, this evolving arts centre has a unique threefold structure that combines a living archive with an internationally renowned Curatorial Programme and Education Initiatives, which arise from deep community engagement. The varied public programme of de Appel serves the unexpected encounter between people of various backgrounds, who all bring different perspectives. They learn with, and from each other, in an atmosphere of hospitality, cooperation and experiment. Together de Appel gives shape to a dynamic sense of art and culture in our worldly city.

    Upcoming events at De Appel

    Starts 17 Oct
    Events — Video | Film

    Instructions for Placemaking: Amussu

    In Our People are Our Mountains (quoting from Amílcar Cabral’s words on the Guinea-Bissau's liberation movement), artists and collectives in Palestine and elsewhere who work on questions around land from different perspectives, collaborate with majelis (assembly) Jakarta by sending instructions remotely. Utilizing instructions, rather than physically transferring works or facilitating travel, stems from ethical, political, and environmental considerations. The act of sending instructions is also a way to point to the physical and symbolic distances, particularly emphasizing the profound difficulties associated with moving in and out of Palestine, especially during the ongoing genocide. This initiative, therefore, is an act of transmission and trust—artists will transmit their creative directives to counterparts in Jakarta, who will, in turn, realize, contribute to, perform, or enact the instructions in place.

    17 Oct — De Appel
    Starts 23 Oct
    Events — Other

    Instructions for Placemaking: Palestinian Cities

    In Our People are Our Mountains (quoting from Amílcar Cabral’s words on the Guinea-Bissau's liberation movement), artists and collectives in Palestine and elsewhere who work on questions around land from different perspectives, collaborate with majelis (assembly) Jakarta by sending instructions remotely. Utilizing instructions, rather than physically transferring works or facilitating travel, stems from ethical, political, and environmental considerations. The act of sending instructions is also a way to point to the physical and symbolic distances, particularly emphasizing the profound difficulties associated with moving in and out of Palestine, especially during the ongoing genocide. This initiative, therefore, is an act of transmission and trust—artists will transmit their creative directives to counterparts in Jakarta, who will, in turn, realize, contribute to, perform, or enact the instructions in place.

    23 Oct — De Appel
    Starts 25 Oct
    Events — Performance

    Instructions for Placemaking: An orange tree, an olive tree and a paintings that knows no borders

    In Our People are Our Mountains (quoting from Amílcar Cabral’s words on the Guinea-Bissau's liberation movement), artists and collectives in Palestine and elsewhere who work on questions around land from different perspectives, collaborate with majelis (assembly) Jakarta by sending instructions remotely. Utilizing instructions, rather than physically transferring works or facilitating travel, stems from ethical, political, and environmental considerations. The act of sending instructions is also a way to point to the physical and symbolic distances, particularly emphasizing the profound difficulties associated with moving in and out of Palestine, especially during the ongoing genocide. This initiative, therefore, is an act of transmission and trust—artists will transmit their creative directives to counterparts in Jakarta, who will, in turn, realize, contribute to, perform, or enact the instructions in place.

    25 Oct — De Appel