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.

de Appel’s COOP Study Group at the Dutch Art Institute, Living Room: Rehearsals towards Place-making, explores collectively the question of communal space and its potential in resistance. The outcomes of their collective study is airs as podcasts on Radio Alhara. The next episode airs on Sunday 8 June.

The Complaints Choir is back and looking for new voices to turn complaining into an art form. The Complaints Choir is a DIY, community art project in which singers and non-singers alike come together to sing about their complaints. Led by musician Azubike Onwuka, the choir will explore different perspectives and issues by complaining, composing and singing together. The Complaints Choir is serious and light-hearted, and makes room for both recognition and humour.