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๐Ÿ”ŠThis year, Amsterdam Dance Event is celebrating its 30th edition! Are you looking for a special event to start your dan...
21/10/2026

๐Ÿ”ŠThis year, Amsterdam Dance Event is celebrating its 30th edition! Are you looking for a special event to start your dance evenings?๐Ÿ”‰

For this exciting ADE weekend, W139 opens its doors at night this Friday and Saturday! Whether you want to join a listening session inside W139 with DARKMATTERโ€™s ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข, where club culture is reimagined as a space where electronic sound, artistic experimentation and community converge; or you want to revisit the chill-out room as a space for memory, experimentation, and communal experience with BBTCORโ€™s ๐˜ˆ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜Ž๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ, W139 has you covered!

Buy your ticket via the link in bio or via w139.nl!

๐˜ˆ๐˜‹๐˜Œ ๐˜น ๐˜‹๐˜ˆ๐˜™๐˜’๐˜”๐˜ˆ๐˜›๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜™: ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข
๐Ÿ“† Friday 23 October 2026
๐Ÿ“ W139ย 
๐Ÿ• 20:00-23:00 (doors open 19:30)
๐ŸชฉLineup: Amanah, Maguette Dieng

Para-siting: ๐˜ˆ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜Ž๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ: ๐˜ˆ๐˜‹๐˜Œ
๐Ÿ“† Saturday 24 October 2026
๐Ÿ“ W139 Para-siting
๐Ÿ• 20:00-00:00 (doors open 19:30)
๐ŸชฉLineup: Archetype (live), Gizem ร–z (live), Sarah Saleh, LNR

Photo #1: DARKMATTER Collectiveย (DARKMATTER Collective)
Photo #2: Catalina Reyes Navarro (Catalina Reyes Navarro)

Reminder that there are still tickets left for ADE x DARKMATTER Collective at W139 this Friday! Continuing the context p...
20/10/2026

Reminder that there are still tickets left for ADE x DARKMATTER Collective at W139 this Friday!

Continuing the context programme for ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ is a special electronic sound programme organized by DARKMATTER Collective (DARKMATTER Collective) featuring musical performances by Amanah (Max Somojiono) and Maguette Dieng (๊ช‘๊ช–แงยธ ๐“œ๐“‘๐“ž๐““๐“™) that center marginalized voices, diasporic perspectives, and cultural transformation.

Ticket: โ‚ฌ10
Student and solidarity ticket: โ‚ฌ7,50
Free for ADE Pro passholders.
Buy your tickets via Eventbrite.

ADE x DARKMATTER: Sapodilla
๐Ÿ“ W139
๐Ÿ“† Friday 23 October 2026
๐Ÿ• 20:00-23:00 (doors open 19:30)

Visual identity by Nuno Beijinho

๐˜ˆ๐˜‹๐˜Œ ๐˜น ๐˜‹๐˜ˆ๐˜™๐˜’๐˜”๐˜ˆ๐˜›๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜™: ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข is part of the context programme of ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, initiated by Lawil Laboke Karama in conversation with Megan Hoetger, and will be on show at W139 until 1 November.

In collaboration with Amsterdam Dance Event.

We are honored to welcome artist-filmmaker Inas Halabi (๐Ÿงฟ Inas ุงูŠู†ุงุณ ๐Ÿงฟ) next Friday, 30th of October. She will lead us t...
19/10/2026

We are honored to welcome artist-filmmaker Inas Halabi (๐Ÿงฟ Inas ุงูŠู†ุงุณ ๐Ÿงฟ) next Friday, 30th of October. She will lead us through a listening session centered around field recordings collected from the sites of demolished Palestinian villages.ย 

These villages have been turned into Israeli national parks and reserves and overgrown with foreign pine trees in an attempt to erase them, confiscate the land, and prevent the original inhabitants (now refugees) from returning.

The field recordings are part of her ongoing research and a film she is currently producing, which also explores the Indigenous plants that continue to grow in these locations, alongside collective rituals related to the harvest season and land, as a way of disrupting this ongoing erasure. Presenting aural landscapes from these locations, that hold together the drum-like song of cicadas and the drone of jet engines, the soundscapes at W139 invite us to consider: What might an image of โ€˜returnโ€™ sound like?

Please note that this gathering has very limited capacity and each person will be provided with their own pair of headphones, so please register in advance via the Eventbrite. Find the link in bio or w139.nl!

Ticket: โ‚ฌ7,50
Student and solidarity ticket: โ‚ฌ5

๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด (๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ)
๐Ÿ“ W139ย 
๐Ÿ“† Friday 30 October 2026
๐Ÿ• 16:30-18:00

๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด (๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ) is part of the context programme of ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, initiated by Lawil Laboke Karama in conversation with Megan Hoetger, and will be on show at W139 until 1 November.

Photographs taken by the artist in various demolished Palestinian villages that were turned into Israeli national parks, 2022โ€“2026.

๐Ÿ””Save the date!๐Ÿ”” Join us on November 20th at 19:00 for the grand opening of ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ initiated by Rustan Sรถderling (...
16/10/2026

๐Ÿ””Save the date!๐Ÿ”” Join us on November 20th at 19:00 for the grand opening of ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ initiated by Rustan Sรถderling (Rustis)

๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ, initiated by Rustan Sรถderling, is a group exhibition exploring improvised forms of connection and attachment in a society where shared structures begin to unravel.ย 

The group exhibition unfolds through the works of the invited artists Jame St. Findlay (.girlfriend), Michelle Chang Qin (), Rosa Klerkx (Rosa Klerkx), Bin Koh (Bin Koh), John Smith (), Rustan Sรถderling (Rustis), โ€‹โ€‹Dan Walwin (Dan Walwin), and Andoni Zamora (Andoni Zamora Txakartegi).

Through time-based works, provisional environments and DIY logistics, the exhibition follows makeshift systems to find coherence and connection amid uncertainty: idiosyncratic cataloging, personal rituals, accidental communities, coping mechanisms and other ways to brace uncertainty. The exhibition space will become a temporary holding structure, a waiting room where these different beliefs and behaviours of uneasy alignment briefly mingle.

Over the course of eleven weeks, the exhibition will be activated through our community-driven context programming. More information on our website soon!

Opening ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ
๐Ÿ—“๏ธFriday 20 November
โฐ19:00โ€“22:00
๐Ÿ“W139

๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ by Laura Fong Prosper and Tin Wilke (ษนวdsoษนิ€ ฦƒuoโ„ฒ ษษนnษหฅ & )Our digital culture has a strong but invisibl...
15/10/2026

๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ by Laura Fong Prosper and Tin Wilke (ษนวdsoษนิ€ ฦƒuoโ„ฒ ษษนnษหฅ & )

Our digital culture has a strong but invisible material condition. It is built upon millennia-old temporal layers that contain the writing of terrestrial life. These layers form the geological ground where our collective memory has been inscribed, from ancient forms of writing to contemporary data technologies.

๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ explores the enigmatic connections between earth materials and these entangled temporalities, bringing together a hybrid constellation of mediaโ€”screenprints, potato starch-based bioplastics, ash-based 3D-printed sculptures, and recycled fibers on canvasโ€”with footage from a historic 16mm film archive that was meant to document โ€œprogressโ€ within state socialist contexts.

ษนวdsoษนิ€ ฦƒuoโ„ฒ ษษนnษหฅ (she/her) is a visual artist from Panama based in Berlin. She works across video, film, digital media, and textiles. Her practice explores memory, origin, colonial legacies, environmental destruction, and feminist perspectives, while examining the link between past and future. She repurposes found materials: old photos, film, textiles, and discarded electronics, combining them to generate new meanings.

(he/they) is an undisciplinary artist, filmmaker and organizer from East Berlin. Through collective actions and collaborations they explore the constructions of dissident practices and speculative counter-narratives as resistance to the current condition of apocalypse. Their work focuses on the politics of archiving, countersexuality and collective memories at the intersection of digital new media, organic material and found footage.

On view: ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ
๐Ÿ“ W139
๐Ÿ“† 4 September - 1 November 2026
๐Ÿ• Wednesday to Sunday, 12:00-18:00

๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ by Laura Fong Prosper and Tin Wilke is part ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, a group show initiated by Lawil Laboke Karama in conversation with Megan Hoetger and on view at W139 until 1st November 2026.

Photos by Sander van Wettum (Sander van Wettum)

๐Ÿ“ฃ Do you have your ADE schedule ready? This yearโ€™s edition is right around the corner! ๐Ÿ“ฃWeโ€™re excited to announce that W...
14/10/2026

๐Ÿ“ฃ Do you have your ADE schedule ready? This yearโ€™s edition is right around the corner! ๐Ÿ“ฃ

Weโ€™re excited to announce that W139 will be hosting ๐˜ˆ๐˜‹๐˜Œ ๐˜น ๐˜‹๐˜ˆ๐˜™๐˜’๐˜”๐˜ˆ๐˜›๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜™: ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข with Amanah (Max Somojiono), DARKMATTER Collective(DARKMATTER Collective) and Maguette Dieng(๊ช‘๊ช–แงยธ ๐“œ๐“‘๐“ž๐““๐“™)!ย 

Sapodilla is DARKMATTER Collectiveโ€™s signature electronic music event, presenting a listening session inside W139 with local and international artists. Since its launch in 2022, Sapodilla has reimagined club culture as a space where electronic sound, artistic experimentation and community converge, centering marginalized voices and diasporic perspectives.

Named after a fruit native to the tropical Americas, with deep roots in Indigenous histories of cultivation and knowledge, Sapodilla takes the fruit as a symbol of movement and cultural transformation. Its journeys across the Caribbean and beyond resonate with DARKMATTERโ€™s engagement with histories shaped by indigeneity, colonialism, slavery, migration and creolizationโ€”and with the cultures and communities that have endured, transformed and flourished through them.

Ticket: โ‚ฌ10
Student and solidarity ticket: โ‚ฌ7,50
Free for ADE Pro passholders.

Buy your ticket via the link in bio or via w139.nl!

๐˜ˆ๐˜‹๐˜Œ ๐˜น ๐˜‹๐˜ˆ๐˜™๐˜’๐˜”๐˜ˆ๐˜›๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜™: ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข
๐Ÿ“ W139ย 
๐Ÿ“† Friday 23 October 2026
๐Ÿ• 20:00-23:00 (doors open 19:30)

Visual identity by Nuno Beijinho

๐˜ˆ๐˜‹๐˜Œ ๐˜น ๐˜‹๐˜ˆ๐˜™๐˜’๐˜”๐˜ˆ๐˜›๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜™: ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข is part of the context programme of ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, initiated by Lawil Laboke Karama in conversation with Megan Hoetger, and will be on show at W139 until 1 November.ย 

Official partner: Amsterdam Dance Event

Come play with us! ๐Ÿ‘พ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ_๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต is a relaxed performance centered around the autobiographical video ...
09/10/2026

Come play with us! ๐Ÿ‘พ

๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ_๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต is a relaxed performance centered around the autobiographical video game Plum Road Tea Dream created by artist Samuel Baidoo (Samuel Baidoo), (Plum Road Tea Dream). The work explores how we can imagine new spaces for grief, healing, commemoration and transformation. Equal parts honest conversation, collective gaming session, tea ceremony and ritual, it invites audiences into an intimate but casual space of reflection and shared experience. For this edition of _๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต at W139 Samuel will enter into a dialogue with ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ initiating artist Lawil Karama(Lawil Laboke Karama).

Get your tickets before they run out:
Ticket: โ‚ฌ10
Student and solidarity ticket: โ‚ฌ7,50

๐Ÿ”—Buy your ticket via the link in bio or via w139.nl!

Plum Road Tea Dream_The Hangout
๐Ÿ“ W139
๐Ÿ“† Saturday 17 October 2026
๐Ÿ• 20:00-21:30 (doors open 19:30)

Visual identity by Nuno Beijinho

๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ_๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต is part of the context programme of ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, initiated by Lawil Laboke Karama in conversation with Megan Hoetger, and will be on show at W139 until 1 November.

This Sunday at W139: ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด, a screening and reading programme with Komtouch Napattaloong (Kom...
21/09/2026

This Sunday at W139: ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด, a screening and reading programme with Komtouch Napattaloong (Komtouch Dew Napattaloong), Bart Seng Wen Long (Bart Seng Wen Long ), and Kaisa Saarinen (kaisa )!

Extending from the trioโ€™s collective installation on view in ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, the programme will bring focus to their distinct yet sympathetic forms of narration and storytelling. Featured will be three short films, an interview with a gimp, and excerpts from a hybrid nonfiction-in-progress.

Lingering within the hallowed space of the make-shift rubber tapper shelter in the main exhibition gallery, between the CRT monitor and the modern flatscreen and the stacks of anarchronistic agitprop, are persistent ghosts biding their time to re-manifest: as kinky anecdotes of a middle-aged Singaporean rubberist; a veteran camcorder on its last pixels; eccentric mythologies that have built and continue to sustain a nationโ€™s spirit; the dreams sustained by freebleeding trees night after night.

The residency of Komtouch Napattaloong is part of the Exchanges programme by the Prince Claud Fund (Prince Claus Fund), with the support of the Amsterdam City Council.

Ticket: โ‚ฌ7,50
Student and solidarity ticket: โ‚ฌ5

Buy your ticket via the link in bio or via w139.nl!

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด
๐Ÿ“ W139
๐Ÿ“† Sunday 27 September 2026
๐Ÿ• 16:00-18:00

Visual identity by Nuno Beijinho

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด is part of the context programme of ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, initiated by Lawil Laboke Karama in conversation with Megan Hoetger , and will be on show at W139 until 1 November.

Curious to know what โ€˜atmospheric witnessingโ€™ is? We want to welcome you for ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, a conversation betw...
16/09/2026

Curious to know what โ€˜atmospheric witnessingโ€™ is? We want to welcome you for ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, a conversation between Lawil Karama (Lawil Laboke Karama), initiator of ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ and anthropologist, artist, and curator Edward Akintola Hubbard ().

This Saturday, September 19th, they will dive into Karamaโ€™s concept of โ€˜atmospheric witnessingโ€™, its emergence from years of investigation into the archive of human rights violations during the Idi Amin regime in Uganda (1971-1979), and its relation to our new exhibition ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.

Together we ask how to reimagine representations of violence and staged sites of memorial, and how computer scripts, such as the one used in โ€˜Algorithm of Colourโ€™, can commemorate history instead of predicting the future.

Buy your ticket via the link in bio or via w139.nl!

๐˜ˆ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ
๐Ÿ“ W139
๐Ÿ“† 19 September 2026
๐Ÿ• 16:00โ€“18:00

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This event will be held in English.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ is part of the context programme of ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, initiated by Lawil Laboke Karama in conversation with Megan Hoetger, and will be on show at W139 until 1 November.

Join us Saturday 19 September for ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, a conversation between Lawil Karama (Lawil Laboke Karama), ini...
09/09/2026

Join us Saturday 19 September for ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, a conversation between Lawil Karama (Lawil Laboke Karama), initiator of ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ and anthropologist, artist, and curator Edward Akintola Hubbard ().

In this first event of the context programme of ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, the audience is invited into Karamaโ€™s ongoing process, offering a view of how the ideas behindย ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จย as a computer script emerged from years of investigation into the archive of human rights violations during the Idi Amin regime in Uganda (1971-1979). They will shed light on Karamaโ€™s long-term research into the limits of representing violence, the possibilities for staging sites of memorial, and the notion of โ€˜atmospheric witnessingโ€™.

With โ€˜atmospheric witnessing,โ€™ Karama counters conventional notions of spectatorship connected to photographic documentation, looking, instead, to the sky itself as an actant present to Aminโ€™s system of executions. The concept also, as Karama and Hubbard will explore, serves as a key starting point for the broader curatorial concept behind the exhibitionย ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.

This event will be held in English.

Buy your ticket via the link in bio or via w139.nl!

๐˜ˆ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ
๐Ÿ“ W139
๐Ÿ“† 19 September 2026
๐Ÿ• 16:00โ€“18:00

Visual identity by Nuno Beijinho

๐˜ˆ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ is part of the context programme of ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, initiated by Lawil Laboke Karama in conversation with Megan Hoetger, on show at W139 until 1 November.

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