The eighth edition of The Remote Archivist, made by Matt Hinkley, features the work of American artist Barbara Bloom. To celebrate this edition, the display in de Appel Archive will feature a selection of ephemeral objects produced by Barbara Bloom, a former Amsterdam resident and long-time collaborator of de Appel, that are housed in the archive. Bloom’s enigmatic output of printed matter, which mysteriously traverses poetry, fiction, photography, design and advertising, was the subject of Matt Hinkley’s research into the de Appel Archive and is subsequently presented in print in the form of The Remote Archivist #8. You can visit the archival presentation during de Appel’s regular opening hours between Wednesdays and Sundays. ‣ Full announcement

This two-fold film programme hosted at Kriterion as part of The Broken Pitcher Forum shares projects that grapple with displacement, not as a closed past but as an ongoing condition: What the Soil Remembers (2023) by José Cardoso and Fables for the Flood (2017–) by Abdo Zin Eldin and Mahdy Abo Bahat. Through documentary, the filmmakers stay with struggle, collective resistance, and the spiritual life of affected communities. Across different localities — areas in Cape Town and Cairo — and in the afterlives of forced removal and erasure of life and living, the projects bear witness to places and peoples dispossessed by colonial and state power. The screenings will be followed by a Q&A in the presence of the filmmakers. ‣ More info & tickets

Learning Palestine is a group of artists, academics, intellectuals and community members, who aim to disseminate knowledge on the history of the ongoing struggle for justice, liberation, and freedom of Palestine and the Palestinian People. One of their methods is the (re-)publishing of texts that ought to be read, circulated and acted upon urgently. These texts are printed as small pamphlets and spread through cultural institutions, book shops and other parties. To spread the word and localise the knowledge about Palestine in the Dutch context, we are organising two English to Dutch translation sessions at Casco Art Institute (Wednesday 11 March in Utrecht) and de Appel (Wednesday 18 March in Amsterdam). During these evening sessions, we will study and discuss one or more texts, eat together and collectively work on a translation. ‣ More info and how to attend

de Appel invites you to gather for the public presentation and sharing of the (unwilling) archive of Reading Vigil for Free Palestine (RVFP), presented within the Archive in Residence, de Appel’s programme dedicated to activating often overlooked archives through artistic and collective research practices. The event marks a moment to share this work and to open a collective conversation on activist archiving, memory, and the role of autonomous archives within ongoing political struggle. The programme of the event will include a presentation of the RVFP archive in its physical and digital forms, followed by a conversation with Özge Çelikaslan on bak.ma, digital activist archives, collective archiving practices, and autonomous archival . ‣ More info and free reservations

To mark the closing of The Broken Pitcher Forum and exhibition, two publication launches unfold through activations that bring together a newly released publication, film, sound, and performance. The new book LE GALION EN MODE RÉVOLUTION by Erika Roux, published by Building Fictions, centers grassroots struggle, urban transformation, and collective agency, engaging questions of gentrification, neo-colonial planning and bureaucratic in the suburbs of Paris. Accompanied by a film screening of Aujourd’hui, on est là (2021) and a conversation between, the authors and interlocutors (Erika Roux, Hadama Traoré, Cosimo Lisi & Rudy Guedj) share insights into their movement. Afterwards, the Amsterdam record release of The Broken Pitcher: A Soundbank by Cyprus-based record label MONEDA (Emiddio Vasquez) will be accompanied by a listening performance that fabulates documentary and sonic practices around embodied labour as tools for witnessing, organising, and reimagining forms of presence and resonance. ‣ More info and free reservations

de Appel is welcoming proposals for the upcoming summer edition of its market Kiosk. As part of de Appel’s structural thematics in the coming years, we will explore alternative small-scale economies and art economies, engaging both with specific sites, such as street markets, and with broader questions of funding and institutional autonomy. ‣ Read the full open call here

state of us is a project that comprises an exhibition at de Appel and a series of screenings, performances, and discussions focussing on the lingering and ever-mutating traumas of colonialism that cut across the present. Departing from Ireland – widely regarded as the first historical subject of the British colonial project – the exhibition and events bring together artists who address Ireland or Irish experience alongside ongoing and historical struggles in places such as Palestine and Bangladesh.

The project is a collaboration between EVA International – Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art and de Appel. It features a new commission by Dina Mimi and presentations by artists and projects commissioned by EVA International between 2021 and 2025, including We realised the power of it – Derry Film and Video Workshop, a project by Sara Greavu and Ciara Phillips; Ciarán Ó Dochartaigh; Family Connection; Naeem Mohaiemen; Eoghan Ryan; Clíodhna Timoney; Eimear Walshe. state of us is curated by Ailbhe W. Drohan, Matt Packer, Eszter Szakács. ‣ Read the full announcement here