Amsterdam
Contents
Initiatives
- Venues
- 11, club
- ADM, squat, *1997
- De Appel, contemporary arts centre, *1975
- Bajesdorp, neighbourhood
- De Balie, theatre, socio-cultural centre and restaurant, *1982
- Boekie Woekie, books by artists, *1986
- Bologna.cc, project space
- Butcher's Tears, micro-brewery and event venue, *2013
- Casco Amsterdam, club and café, *2016
- Cinetol, cultural venue, *2014
- Concerto, record store, *1955
- EYE, film museum, *2010
- Filmhuis Cavia, *1983
- Framer Framed, exhibition space, *2014
- Galerie A / Multiples.nl, artists' books and photography gallery, *1976
- Galerie van Gelder, *1985
- Hackers & Designers, art, technology and design coop, Noord, *2019
- Het HEM, home for contemporary culture, Zaandam, *2022
- ImagineIC
- Joe's Garage, autonomous socio-political centre, *2005
- Kriterion, cinema, *1945
- Kulter, gallery, *2009
- Lab111, media café
- LAG, hacklab, *2013
- Lely, urban resort, *2017
- LI-MA, *2013
- Lumen Travo, *1985
- Marwan, artist-run project space, *2016
- Mediamatic, bio art and tech venue, *1983
- De Melkweg, music venue and cultural centre, *1970
- NASA, *2012
- NDSM Art City (Kunststad), *2007, [1]
- De Nieuwe Anita, concert venue, *2005
- Nieuw Dakota, platform for contemporary art, *2010
- OCCII, event venue, *1984
- OT301, alternative centre, *1999
- P/////AKT, exhibition space, *2003
- Paradiso, music venue and cultural centre, *1968
- Perdu, poetry bookstore, *1984
- Plan B, gallery, *2006
- Plantage Dok & Dokhuis Galerie, *1998
- De Punt, art and project space, *2014
- Red Light Records, second-hand record store for rare and obscure music, *2007
- Rongwrong, space for art and theory, *2011
- Rozenstraat, project space, *2017
- De Ruimte, concert venue & café restaurant, *2012
- San Serriffe, art bookshop, *2011
- De School, multifunctional space, *2016
- Spui 25, academic-cultural centre
- STEIM, studio for electro-instrumental music, *1967
- TAAK, art centre
- TAG
- Technologia Incognita, hackerspace, *2012
- Veem House for Performance, *1986
- Vintage Voudou, record store, *2010
- Vondelbunker, autonomous centre, *2011
- W139, exhibition space, *1979
- Waag Society, institute for art, science and technology, *1994
- West Wednesdays
- Zone2Source, art/nature/tech exhibition platform, *2014
- Association: MOKER - Verenigde Beeldende Kunstinstellingen Amsterdam (*2019).
- Past spaces: Side Room (2014-2016), Lost Property gallery (2012-2013), Outpost artist-run space (2009-2013), Smart Project Space (-2012), Quarantine Series (2003-2004), ASCII hacklab (1999-2006), Desk.nl media lab (1994-1996), Montevideo / Time Based Arts / NIMk (1978/1993-2012), The Living Room gallery (1981-1993), Other Books and So artist-run bookstore (1975-1979) and archive (1979-1989), In-Out Center artist space (1972-1974), Art & Project gallery (1968-2001).
Initiatives and collectives with no permanent event venue
- Critical Infrastructure Lab, *2023, [2]
- Future Ruins, *2013
- Institute of Artificial Art Amsterdam
- If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, *2005
- Institute of Network Cultures, *2004
- Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee, online radio
- LAPS, research institute for art and public space
- Nettime-nl, mailing list, *1996
- Neverneverland foundation, *2016
- Perdu, *1984
- perform doc, *2018
- Platform BK, *2012
- Roma Publications, art book publisher, *1998
- Urban Resort, *2007
- xs4all, *1993
- Past initiatives: Redmond intersectional feminist collective (2013-2017), Netband, European Cultural Backbone (*1999), SKOR (*1999), The Dutch Thing (*1996), De Digitale Stad (*1994), Hacktic Network (1992-1995), Virtueel Platform (1996-2012), Mediamatic magazine (1986-2007), Hack-Tic (1989-1993), Radio 100 pirate radio, Patapoe pirate radio, Vrije Keijzer pirate radio, XyberTag BBS, Adilkno / Bilwet (1983-1999).
Events
- 2.Dh5, annual festival for the exchange of radical ideas, strategies and practices by grassroots campaigns, collective projects and direct action campaigns, since 2018
- Atrabilious Experimental Filmfest, *2015
- Amsterdam Girl Geek Dinner, *2008
- DNK, concert series, *2005
- Fiber Festival, *2011
- Hackers & Designers, *2013
- In-Between Media: Hybrid Tactics in the Crisis Era, conference, 2023
- Lost & Found, festival, *1997
- Other Futures, festival, *2018
- Sonic Acts, festival, *1994
- Sounds of the Underground (SOTU), music festival, *2012
- (tbd), hacker camp, *2018, 2023, 2024
- WhyNot, contemporary dance & performance festival, *2010
- Event listings: Amsterdam Alternative, Amsterdam on radar.squat.net.
- Past events
- Iterations, creative coding symposium, 2021
- Making Public, conference, 2019
- DNK Days, festival, 2018
- Printing Plant: Art Book Fair, 2018
- As If: The Media Artist as Trickster, exhibition, 2017
- The Society of Post-Control, conference, 2017
- Idiotic Code, 2015
- Radical Software [3], 2014
- Interference, festival, 2014
- Unlike Us, 2012
- Where Are We Going, Walt Whitman?, conference festival, 2012-2013
- GLI.TC/H, 2011
- The Art of Hacking, exhibition, 2011
- The Second Act, 2011
- Amsterdam SuperCollider Users Group, 2011
- Cinema Clash Continuum conference-festival, 2011
- Soundart festival, 2011
- Transnatural, festival, 2010-2012
- ElectroSmog, festival, 2010
- Critical Point of View, 2010
- Society of the Query, conference, 2009, 2013
- Eclectic Tech Carnival, 2008
- Walled Garden, conference, 2008
- VX:mission, 2008
- Economies of the Commons, conference series, 2008-2012
- Video Vortex, exhibition, 2007-2008
- Mobile Music Workshop, 2007
- Culture 2.0, 2007
- Recalling RFID, 2007
- New Network Theory, conference, 2007
- C'lick Me, netporn festival, 2007
- The Art and Politics of Netporn, conference, 2005
- Incommunicado, conference, 2005
- Victorian Circus, festival, 2005-2008
- Urban Screens, 2005, 2009
- An Archaeology of Imaginary Media, 2004
- E-Culture Fair 2, 2003
- World-Information.Org, 2002
- E-Culture Fair, 2000
- Net.Congestion, 2000
- Tulipomania DotCom, conference, 2000
- That Media Thing 1+2, symposium, 1999
- Browser Day, 1998-2002
- P2P Conference, 1997
- Doors of Perception, conference, 1993-2002
- Next 5 Minutes, 1993-2003
- Wetware Convention, 1991
- Decolonization of Imagination, 1991
- Art meets Science and Spirituality in a Changing Economy, 1990
- The Seropositive Ball, 1990
- Galactic Hacker Party, 1989
- Talking Back to the Media, 1985
- World Wide Video, festival, *1982
- Works and Words, 1979
Art workers
- Alina Lupu (1985)
- Amran Anjun
- André Avelãs
- Anja Groten
- Anne Helmond
- Annet Dekker
- Annette Wolfsberger
- Arie Altena
- Arjen Mulder
- Arnisa Zeqo
- Balázs Bodó
- Bas van Koolwijk
- Bernhard Rieder (1976)
- Cãlin Dan (1955)
- Caroline Nevejan
- Christina Della Giustina (1965)
- Claudia Roeck
- Constant Dullaart (1979)
- Cristina Garriga
- Debra Solomon
- Donna Metzlar (1969)
- Elisabeth Klement
- Eric Kluitenberg (1965)
- Erik Borra (1981)
- Esther Weltevrede
- Felicia von Zweigbergk
- Gaby Wijers
- Geert Lovink (1959)
- Gert-Jan Prins (1961)
- Harold Schellinx
- Irad Lee
- Isabelle Vigier (1963)
- Ivo Bol
- James Beckett (1977)
- Jan Simons
- Jarl Schulp
- Jaromil
- John Haltiwanger
- Jonas Lund
- Jonathan Reus
- Joost Rekveld (1970)
- Joris van Hoboken
- Josephine Bosma
- Juha van 't Zelfde
- Juli Laczkó
- Karl Klomp (1979)
- Karl Moubarak
- Katja Novitskova (1984)
- Lara Khaldi
- Lonneke van der Velden
- Louwrien Wijers (1941)
- Marc Stumpel
- Maria Hlavajova
- Mariana Lanari (1976)
- Marije Baalman
- Mark Bain
- Marleen Stikker (1962)
- Martijn Comes (1979)
- Martijn Tellinga (1974)
- Martine Neddam (1953)
- Martijn van Boven (1977)
- Maxigas
- Menno Grootveld
- Michel Waisvisz (1949)
- Michelle Kasprzak
- Ñusta Nina
- Olga Sezneva
- Paul Keller (1974)
- Pieter Verbeke
- Radboud Mens
- Remco van Bladel (1977)
- Renée Ridgway
- Richard Rogers
- The Rodina
- Rosa Menkman
- Sanneke Huisman
- Seamus Cater
- Sebastian Scholz (1977)
- Sepp Eckenhaussen (1993)
- Sher Doruff
- Sjoerd Leijten (1983)
- Sujata Majumdar (1976)
- Sophie Berrebi (1973)
- Tao G. Vrhovec Sambolec
- Thomas Poell (1973)
- Tjebbe van Tijen (1944)
- Tom Demeyer
- Vesna Manojlovic
- Viljam Nybacka
Publications
- Caroline Nevejan, Presence and the Design of Trust, Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, 2007. PhD thesis. [4]
- Caroline Nevejan, Alexander Badenoch, "How Amsterdam Invented the Internet: European Networks of Significance, 1980–1995", in Hacking Europe: From Computer Cultures to Demoscenes, eds. Gerard Alberts and Ruth Oldenziel, Springer, 2014, pp. 189-217.
- Maarten Reijnders, De Hackers die Nederland veranderden, Amsterdam: Podium, 2023, 352 pp. Publisher. (Dutch)
- Pak Mokum Terug: woonstrijd in een krakende stad, Amsterdam: Spookstad, with Starfish Books, 2023, 363 pp. Publisher, [5]. (Dutch)
- Take Back Mokum: Squatting and the Housing Struggle in Amsterdam, Amsterdam: Spookstad, 2024, 353 pp. Publisher.
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