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state of us
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, in collaboration with EVA International. ↗
state of us
de Appel Kiosk:
Value Added Text
Value Added Text by Alina Lupu is a text-based screenprinting workshop operating inside the Dappermarkt throughout June 2026 as both a printing press and a micro-economy. Borrowing the fiscal term “value added,” the project examines how commodities gain surplus value, and how language itself can function as added value ↗
de Appel Kiosk:
Value Added Text
Performance: 
The Piper's Grip
​by Eimear Walshe
The Piper’s Grip, a reading by Eimear Walshe, will be performed at Cinetol with a live soundtrack by Seamas Hyland and Sárán Ă“ Maolagáin.  ↗
Performance: 
The Piper's Grip
​by Eimear Walshe
state of us:
Performance by Family Connection
& Closing Programme
The closing programme of state of us includes informal artist talks by participating artists Ciarán O’ Dochartaigh and ClĂ­odhna Timoney, and a performance by Family Connection. ↗
state of us:
Performance by Family Connection
& Closing Programme
Where are we now, where to next?
Reimagining cultural institutions
Het symposium presenteert de resultaten van het IMAGINART-onderzoeksproject Imagining Institutions Otherwise: Art, Politics, and State Transformation (2020–2026) en richt de aandacht op Amsterdam en Nederland, om zo de belangrijkste politieke vraagstukken aan te pakken die van invloed zijn op de rol van culturele instellingen in de samenleving. ↗
Where are we now, where to next?
Reimagining cultural institutions
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Today
14:00–18:00

Archive open

14:00–20:00

state of us
14:00–20:00

Archive open

15:00–17:30

Palestinian Tatreez Workshops
with Rima Musa
14:00–20:00

state of us
13:00–18:00

Ruwe Diamant
Festival 2026
10:00–17:00

de Appel Kiosk:
Value Added Text
19:00–20:30

Performance: 
The Piper's Grip
by Eimear Walshe
18:00–21:00

state of us
Performance by
Family Connection
& Closing Programme
10:00–18:00

Where are we now, where to next?
Reimagining cultural institutions 
11:00–18:00

Rhythms of Anti-colonial Struggles
Radio Archives and the Transmission
of Solidarities
14:00–20:00

Building a House
Without Bricks
10:00–17:00

de Appel Kiosk:
The Gleaners
10:00–17:00

de Appel Kiosk:
Linzi's Party Supplies
14:00–20:00

Revisiting Lapdogs
of the Bourgeoisie:
Class Hegemony in
Contemporary Art

14:00–20:00

Subversive Film:
An Exercise in Assembling

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Upcoming
Public Programme
10.06.2026, 19:00–20:30
The Piper’s Grip is a reading with live soundtrack by Eimear Walshe, originally commissioned by Mirror Lamp Press – a tender and reverent account of the homo-erotics of an Irish music session. In the tradition of Irish musical bawdry, this story portrays a man’s ecstatic reconnection with his culture, and in turn with himself.
Upcoming
Public Programme
12.06.2026, 18:00–21:00
The closing programme of state of us includes presentations by participating artists and informal artist talks by Ciarán O’ Dochartaigh and Clíodhna Timoney. In the performance riba blòki ta trese rekuerdo / on blocks recalling memories, Family Connection reminisces on futures that may come for the Caribbean islands that share continued Dutch colonisation and occupation.
Upcoming
Event
16.06.2026, 10:00–18:00
The symposium presents the output of the IMAGINART research project on Imagining Institutions Otherwise: Art, Politics, and State Transformation (2020–2026), while expanding its scope through a focus on Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the current conjuncture in order to tackle core political urgencies affecting the role cultural institutions play in society.
Current
Event
31.01–27.06.2026
The sessions will trace the evolution of Tatreez from early village customs to its role as a medium of political expression among Palestinian women who advanced community leadership initiatives during the Intifada. The workshop will also address current practices, digital preservation, and the symbolism of Tatreez as an embodiment of love and resilience, carrying forward Palestinian women’s matriarchal insistence on memory.
Upcoming
Event
21.06.2026, 11:00–18:00
This day-long gathering, co-organised with If I Can't Dance at GROND, brings together guests whose practices engage with sound, piracy, anti-colonial solidarity, archiving, and critical fabulation.
Upcoming
Event
27.06.2026, 13:00–18:00
Right in the heart of de Pijp’s cultural centre, OBA, Cinetol, Tempel, CC Amstel and de Appel present Ruwe Diamant Festival 2026. Ruwe Diamant Festival showcases the diversity and beauty of the Diamantbuurt neighbourhood (and just beyond), its cultural organisations and its emerging talent.
Upcoming
Exhibition
03.07–14.08.2026
Building a House Without Bricks is a Harvest Festival consisting of a public programme and exhibition hosted by damdam – a collective of collectives brought together by de Appel Curatorial Programme & Sandberg Instituut temporary master Lumbung Practice – which seeks to cultivate methods of collective organisation in times of crisis.
Upcoming
Presentation
15–29.07.2026
For Hi, Jack! Publishing’s project at Dappermarkt, they focus on gleaning; collecting what is left behind or overlooked, as both a method and a lens on contemporary economies, where reuse, precarity, and informal circulation increasingly shape everyday life.
Upcoming
Presentation
18–30.07.2026
_ao_ao_ing ensemble, a performance collective based between Shanghai and Amsterdam, transplants a real Shanghai market stall onto Albert Cuypmarkt. They will run Linzi's Party Supplies: feather fans, paper lanterns, glittery tinsel, plastic dice, party props in fluorescent pink and electric blue — disposable and cheap goods of festivity and celebration.
Book Bloc Brigade's
book-shields at de Appel
Next to the stairs to the exhibition space you will find a display of shields by Book Bloc Brigade, which was formed in response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the violent police repression of students at university encampments across the Netherlands.
News
18.07.2025
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18.04–12.06.2026
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, in collaboration with EVA International.
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