Amsterdam

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
• 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
• LIMA, *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), NIMk / Montevideo / Time Based Arts (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

• 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
• 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

• Atrabilious Experimental Filmfest, *2015
• Amsterdam Girl Geek Dinner, *2008
• DNK, concert series, *2005
• Fiber Festival, *2015
• Hackers & Designers, *2013
• Lost & Found, festival, *1997
• Other Futures, festival, *2018
• Sonic Acts, festival, *1994
• Sounds of the Underground (SOTU), music festival, *2012
• WhyNot, contemporary dance & performance festival, *2010

• Event listings: Amsterdam Alternative, Amsterdam on radar.squat.net.

Past events

• 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 [2], 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
• Galactic Hacker Party, 1989
• 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
• Bas van Koolwijk
• Bernhard Rieder (1976)
• Cãlin Dan (1955)
• Christina Della Giustina (1965)
• 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
• Jaromil
• John Haltiwanger
• Jonas Lund
• Jonathan Reus
• Joost Rekveld (1970)
• Joris van Hoboken
• Josephine Bosma
• Juha van 't Zelfde
• Karl Klomp (1979)
• Katja Novitskova (1984)
• Lonneke van der Velden
• Marc Stumpel
• Marije Baalman
• Marleen Stikker (1962)
• Martijn Comes (1979)
• Martijn Tellinga (1974)
• Martine Neddam (1953)
• Martijn van Boven (1977)
• Matteo Pasquinelli (1974)
• Michel Waisvisz (1949)
• Michelle Kasprzak
• Ñusta Nina
• Olga Sezneva
• Paul Keller (1974)
• Pieter Verbeke
• Radboud Mens
• Renée Ridgway
• Richard Rogers
• The Rodina
• Rosa Menkman
• Seamus Cater
• Sebastian Scholz (1977)
• Sher Doruff
• Sjoerd Leijten (1983)
• Sophie Berrebi (1973)
• Tao G. Vrhovec Sambolec
• Thomas Poell (1973)
• Tjebbe van Tijen (1944)
• Vesna Manojlovic
• Viljam Nybacka

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