The publication Drafting futures, remembering a building by Rosa te Velde explores, connects and recalls the many lives of one building in Amsterdam Nieuw-West over the span of more than sixty years.How does this building help to understand the ideologies behind city planning, segregation and gentrification? How does this building reveal the different guises of the ‘politics of forgetting' and how to work against them? ↗

De Appel is honoured to present the first solo exhibition of Lydia Ourahmane (1992, Algeria) in the Netherlands. Survival in the afterlife is part of the Consortium Commissions, initiated by Mophradat, and presented by de Appel in partnership with Portikus, Frankfurt.  

21 September - 23 November 2021 ↗

On August 29, de Appel is honored to host Sunkiss, a performance by Mylan Hoezen from 20:00 until 00:00. This four-hour piece revolves around the idea of 'slowness' in response to the acceleration of a once again rapidly forward moving world. ↗

*A formation camp is an anarchist tradition whereby different groups convene every summer to draw ideological blueprints of worlds that are already possible. As a rendering in time and space of our own work in de Appel’s Curatorial Programme 2020/2021, this public offering will host diverse interventions attuned to a common aspiration of making and thinking with community. ↗

Iris Ferrer, Kent Chan and Julian Abraham ‘Togar’ in fellowship

Love songs for the savages (Kundiman para sa mga salbahe) is a collection of transmissions for and by people from the equator. “Kundiman para sa mga salbahe” in Tagalog translates to “Love songs for the savages” or “If it were not for the savages.” ↗

The Next Episode introduces positive and creative sounds from Amsterdam Nieuw-West. In collaboration with de Appel, radio host Jaleesa Clows presents this new radio programme to amplify the many voices from Nieuw-West. Who are these Westsiders? How creative is the neighborhood? And what will the future bring Nieuw-West? ↗

The Remote Archivist is a recurring mailing from the Archive of de Appel that reaches you, even if you are absent or our archive is far away.  ↗