BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:30529@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Art Workers’ Assembly: Cross-sectoral solidarities DTSTAMP:20261115T015258Z DTSTART:20261122T100000Z DTEND:20261122T160000Z DESCRIPTION:FRAMER FRAMED AND PLATFORM BK COLLECTIVELY PRESENT A PUBLIC PRO GRAMME BRINGING\nTOGETHER DUTCH-LED INITIATIVES AND EUROPEAN-BASED SUSTAIN ED CAMPAIGNS THAT HAVE\nSHAPED RECENT PRACTICES OF CULTURAL SOLIDARITY. TH IS EVENT IS REALISED IN THE\nCONTEXT OF THE EXHIBITION LIFE AFTER LOVE CUR ATED BY HERA CHAN AND EDWIN NASR.\n\nDrawing on examples including the his toric May 8 Strike at the 61st Venice\nBiennale (2026)\, Platform BK’s Map ping Solidarity for Palestine\, the Collective\nRefusal Campaign Against A rtwashing in Rotterdam\, the Cultural Boycott Campaign\,\nand the work of local cultural workers and trade unionists\, the programme asks\nwhat coll ective organising can look like across cultural and social sectors.\n\nHow can artists become involved in cross-sectoral organising\, connecting wit h\nthe struggles of trade unions\, action groups\, and neighbourhood initi atives?\nWhat role can artists play amid austerity measures and widespread social and\neconomic upheaval?\n\nAcross the programme\, artists\, organi sers\, cultural workers\, and others come\ntogether to exchange strategies for visual representation and agitation\,\norganising tactics\, future ca mpaigns and possible solidarities across different\ncontexts.\n\n\nPROGRAM ME\n\nSaturday 21 November 11:00–14:00. Register here\n[https://framerfram ed.stager.co/shop/default/events/111717861].\n\n11:00–12:00\nThis session invites organisers who were involved during the May 8 Venice\nBiennale Str ike to share their experiences bringing together different union\ngroups a nd cultural workers to call for a boycott against the genocide in Gaza.\n\ n12:15 – 13:15\nThis session specifically addresses the use visual represe ntation in workers’\nstruggles\, and the way an art practice can be built around solidarity with\nworkers.\n\nSunday 22 November 11:00–17:00. Please email solidarity@platformbk.nl\n[solidarity@platformbk.nl] if you are par t of a grassroots organising initiative\nor workers’ association and want to join.\nThe programme sets the scene for cultural workers organising in the Netherlands\,\nwhat campaigns are active\, and reflections on actions. In addition to learning\nfrom other unions and struggles to give context on how they have escalated their\nstrikes\, what it looked like organising .\n\nThe exhibition Life After Love asks what the changing forms of politi cal\nstruggle reveal about the changing forms of image-making. If the mili tant image\nof the twentieth century emerged alongside mass party politics \, anti-colonial\nliberation movements and the project of revolutionary ci nema\, what becomes of\nthat tradition within a conjuncture shaped by digi tal platforms\, algorithmic\ncirculation and decentralised forms of politi cal organising?\n\nThe exhibition approaches the militant image as a histo rical category\, which has\nalways depended upon particular forms of media tion. Earlier traditions of\nmilitant image-making were sustained by forma tions capable of producing and\ncirculating images in the name of a collec tive political subject. Their\nambitions were inseparable from the infrast ructures through which they moved and\nthe revolutionary horizons they sou ght to cultivate.\n\nContemporary uprisings unfold under markedly differen t terms. Images now\ncirculate across encrypted messaging applications\, s ocial media feeds and\ninformal digital networks whose logics reshape our visibility and attention.\nOften produced by those embedded within the eve nts themselves\, they move rapidly\nbetween testimony\, tactical communica tion and affective expression. Their\naesthetic form bears the imprint of the political moment from which they emerge:\nanonymity\, spontaneity and opacity become qualities inscribed within the images.\n\nRather than askin g whether the militant image survives in the present\, the\nexhibition Lif e After Love\n[https://framerframed.nl/en/exposities/life-after-love/] (20 26) asks how its\npolitical function has been transformed\, and what this transformation discloses\nabout the actuality of struggle. The works assem bled here reflect upon the\nconditions through which images are produced\, circulated\, appropriated and\ncontested. Many emerge from practices situ ated alongside political organising\,\nmutual aid and community work\, whe re cultural production unfolds in close\nproximity to lived struggle and t he imperative of internationalist solidarity.\nTaken together\, they invit e viewers to consider the militant image in the\npresent tense and the for ms through which emancipatory futures become thinkable.\n\n\nINFO & CREDIT S\n\nThis event is in English. Admission is free\, pay what you can.\n\nDo you also think art should be free and accessible? Please consider support ing\nus with a donation when registering or by becoming a Framer Framed Fr iend\n[https://framerframed.nl/over-ons/friends/]! This event may be photo graphed and\nfilmed. Kindly let us know in advance if you prefer not to ha ve your picture\ntaken. For seated programmes\, places are always made ava ilable for wheelchair\nusers. Please speak to the host before the programm e begins.\n\nLife After Love: In Search of the Militant Image is curated b y Hera Chan and\nEdwin Nasr and on show at Framer Framed until 17 January 2027.\n\nFramer Framed is supported by the Ministry of Education\, Culture and Science\;\nAmsterdam Fund for the Arts\; and Municipality of Amsterda m.\n\n\nLOCATION\n\nFramer Framed\nOranje-Vrijstaatkade 71\n1093KS\, Amste rdam URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/art-workers-assembly-cross-sectoral-sol idarities-1 GEO:52.3568405;4.9323245 LOCATION:Framer Framed - Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71\, 1093KS Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:activism,assembly,daytime,labor,meetup,palestine,politics,talk X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Framer Framed and Platform BK collectively present a public programme bringing together Dutch-led initiatives and Eu ropean-based sustained campaigns that have shaped recent practices of cult ural solidarity. This event is realised in the context of the exhibition < em>Life After Love curated by Hera Chan and Edwin Nasr.

Drawin g on examples including the historic May 8 Strike at the 61st Venice Bienn ale (2026), Platform BK’s Mapping Solidarity for Palestine, the < em>Collective Refusal Campaign Against Artwashing in Rotterdam, the C ultural Boycott Campaign, and the work of local cultural workers and trade unionists, the programme asks what collective organising can look like ac ross cultural and social sectors.

How can artists become involved in cross-sectoral organising, connecting with the struggles of trade unions, action groups, and neighbourhood initiatives? What role can artists play amid austerity measures and widespread social and economic upheaval?

Across the programme, artists, organisers, cultural workers, and others c ome together to exchange strategies for visual representation and agitatio n, organising tactics, future campaigns and possible solidarities across d ifferent contexts.

Programme

Saturday 21 November 11 :00–14:00. Register here.

11:00–12:00
This session invites organisers who were involved during the May 8 Venice Biennale Strike to share their experiences bringing together different uni on groups and cultural workers to call for a boycott against the genocide in Gaza.

12:15 – 13:15
This session specifically addresses the u se visual representation in workers’ struggles, and the way an art practic e can be built around solidarity with workers.

Sunday 22 Nov ember 11:00–17:00. Please email solidarity@platformbk.nl if you are part of a grassroots orga nising initiative or workers’ association and want to join.
The progra mme sets the scene for cultural workers organising in the Netherlands, wha t campaigns are active, and reflections on actions. In addition to learnin g from other unions and struggles to give context on how they have escalat ed their strikes, what it looked like organising.

The exhibition Life After Love asks what the changing forms of political struggle r eveal about the changing forms of image-making. If the militant image of t he twentieth century emerged alongside mass party politics, anti-colonial liberation movements and the project of revolutionary cinema, what becomes of that tradition within a conjuncture shaped by digital platforms, algor ithmic circulation and decentralised forms of political organising?

The exhibition approaches the militant image as a historical category, whi ch has always depended upon particular forms of mediation. Earlier traditi ons of militant image-making were sustained by formations capable of produ cing and circulating images in the name of a collective political subject. Their ambitions were inseparable from the infrastructures through which t hey moved and the revolutionary horizons they sought to cultivate.

C ontemporary uprisings unfold under markedly different terms. Images now ci rculate across encrypted messaging applications, social media feeds and in formal digital networks whose logics reshape our visibility and attention. Often produced by those embedded within the events themselves, they move rapidly between testimony, tactical communication and affective expression . Their aesthetic form bears the imprint of the political moment from whic h they emerge: anonymity, spontaneity and opacity become qualities inscrib ed within the images.

Rather than asking whether the militant image survives in the present, the exhibition Life After Love (2026) asks how its political function has been transformed, and what th is transformation discloses about the actuality of struggle. The works ass embled here reflect upon the conditions through which images are produced, circulated, appropriated and contested. Many emerge from practices situat ed alongside political organising, mutual aid and community work, where cu ltural production unfolds in close proximity to lived struggle and the imp erative of internationalist solidarity. Taken together, they invite viewer s to consider the militant image in the present tense and the forms throug h which emancipatory futures become thinkable.

Info & Credits

This event is in English. Admission is free, pay what you can.

Do you also think art should be free and accessible? Please consider supp orting us with a donation when registering or by becoming a Framer Framed Friend ! This event may be photographed and filmed. Kindly let us know in adv ance if you prefer not to have your picture taken. For seated programmes, places are always made available for wheelchair users. Please speak to the host before the programme begins.

Life After Love: In Search of the Militant Image is curated by Hera Chan and Edwin Nasr and on sho w at Framer Framed until 17 January 2027.

Framer Framed is suppo rted by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; Amsterdam Fund for the Arts; and Municipality of Amsterdam.

Location

Fram er Framed
Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71
1093KS, Amsterdam

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