BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29574@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Art Workers’ Assembly DTSTAMP:20261027T234703Z DTSTART:20261122T090000Z DTEND:20261122T170000Z DESCRIPTION:Organised by PBK in collaboration with Life After Love curators Hera Chan and\nEdwin Nasr\, with support from Framer Framed\, this public programme brings\ntogether Dutch-led initiatives and European-based susta ined campaigns that have\nshaped recent practices of cultural solidarity.\ n\nDrawing on examples including the historic May 8 Strike at the 61st Ven ice\nBiennale\, Platform BK’s Mapping Solidarity for Palestine\, the Colle ctive Refusal\ncampaign against artwashing in Rotterdam\, and the work of local cultural workers\nand trade unionists – with Framer Framed as a noda l point within this network –\nthe programme asks what collective organisi ng can look like across cultural and\nsocial sectors.\n\nHow can artists b ecome involved in cross-sectoral organising\, connecting with\nthe struggl es of trade unions\, action groups\, and neighbourhood initiatives?\nWhat role can artists play amid austerity measures and widespread social and\ne conomic upheaval?\n\nAcross the programme\, artists\, organisers\, cultura l workers\, and others come\ntogether to exchange strategies for visual re presentation and agitation\,\norganising tactics\, future campaigns and po ssible solidarities across different\ncontexts.\n\nPlease register here\n[ https://framerframed.stager.co/shop/default/events/111714040]. More inform ation\nwill follow soon!\n\nLife After Love asks what the changing forms o f political struggle reveal about\nthe changing forms of image-making. If the militant image of the twentieth\ncentury emerged alongside mass party politics\, anti-colonial liberation\nmovements and the project of revoluti onary cinema\, what becomes of that\ntradition within a conjuncture shaped by digital platforms\, algorithmic\ncirculation and decentralised forms o f political organising?\n\nThe exhibition approaches the militant image as a historical category\, which has\nalways depended upon particular forms of mediation. Earlier traditions of\nmilitant image-making were sustained by formations capable of producing and\ncirculating images in the name of a collective political subject. Their\nambitions were inseparable from the infrastructures through which they moved and\nthe revolutionary horizons they sought to cultivate.\n\nContemporary uprisings unfold under markedly different terms. Images now\ncirculate across encrypted messaging applicat ions\, social media feeds and\ninformal digital networks whose logics resh ape our visibility and attention.\nOften produced by those embedded within the events themselves\, they move rapidly\nbetween testimony\, tactical c ommunication and affective expression. Their\naesthetic form bears the imp rint of the political moment from which they emerge:\nanonymity\, spontane ity and opacity become qualities inscribed within the images.\n\nRather th an asking whether the militant image survives in the present\, Life\nAfter Love asks how its political function has been transformed\, and what this \ntransformation discloses about the actuality of struggle. The works asse mbled\nhere reflect upon the conditions through which images are produced\ , circulated\,\nappropriated and contested. Many emerge from practices sit uated alongside\npolitical organising\, mutual aid and community work\, wh ere cultural production\nunfolds in close proximity to lived struggle and the imperative of\ninternationalist solidarity. Taken together\, they invi te viewers to consider the\nmilitant image in the present tense and the fo rms through which emancipatory\nfutures become thinkable.\n\nInfo & Credit s\n\nThis event is in English. Admission is free\, pay what you can. Do yo u also think\nart should be free and accessible? Please consider supportin g us with a donation\nwhen registering or by becoming a Framer Framed Frie nd\n[https://framerframed.nl/over-ons/friends/]! This event may be photogr aphed and\nfilmed. Kindly let us know in advance if you prefer not to have your picture\ntaken. For seated programmes\, places are always made avail able for wheelchair\nusers. Please speak to the host before the programme begins.\n\nLife After Love: In Search of the Militant Image is curated by Hera Chan and\nEdwin Nasr and on show at Framer Framed until 17 January 20 27.\n\nFramer Framed is supported by the Ministry of Education\, Culture a nd Science\;\nAmsterdam Fund for the Arts\; and Municipality of Amsterdam. \n\nLocation\n\nFramer Framed\nOranje-Vrijstaatkade 71\n1093KS\, Amsterdam URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/art-workers-assembly GEO:52.3568405;4.9323245 LOCATION:Framer Framed - Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71\, 1093KS Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:accessible,activism,assembly,daytime,donation-based,free,labor,m eetup X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Organised by PBK in collaboration with Lif e After Love curators Hera Chan and Edwin Nasr, with support from Fra mer Framed, this public programme brings together Dutch-led initiatives an d European-based sustained campaigns that have shaped recent practices of cultural solidarity.

Drawing on examples including the historic May 8 St rike at the 61st Venice Biennale, Platform BK’s Mapping Solidarity for Pal estine, the Collective Refusal campaign against artwashing in Rotterdam, a nd the work of local cultural workers and trade unionists – with Framer Fr amed as a nodal point within this network – the programme asks what collec tive organising can look like across cultural and social sectors.

Ho w can artists become involved in cross-sectoral organising, connecting wit h the struggles of trade unions, action groups, and neighbourhood initiati ves? What role can artists play amid austerity measures and widespread soc ial and economic upheaval?

Across the programme, artists, organisers , cultural workers, and others come together to exchange strategies for vi sual representation and agitation, organising tactics, future campaigns an d possible solidarities across different contexts.

Please register < a href="https://framerframed.stager.co/shop/default/events/111714040" targ et="_blank">here. More information will follow soon!

Life Af ter Love asks what the changing forms of political struggle reveal ab out the changing forms of image-making. If the militant image of the twent ieth century emerged alongside mass party politics, anti-colonial liberati on movements and the project of revolutionary cinema, what becomes of that tradition within a conjuncture shaped by digital platforms, algorithmic c irculation and decentralised forms of political organising?

The exhi bition approaches the militant image as a historical category, which has a lways depended upon particular forms of mediation. Earlier traditions of m ilitant image-making were sustained by formations capable of producing and circulating images in the name of a collective political subject. Their a mbitions were inseparable from the infrastructures through which they move d and the revolutionary horizons they sought to cultivate.

Contempor ary uprisings unfold under markedly different terms. Images now circulate across encrypted messaging applications, social media feeds and informal d igital networks whose logics reshape our visibility and attention. Often p roduced 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 which they e merge: anonymity, spontaneity and opacity become qualities inscribed withi n the images.

Rather than asking whether the militant image survives in the present, Life After Love asks how its political function has been transformed, and what this transformation discloses about the act uality of struggle. The works assembled here reflect upon the conditions t hrough which images are produced, circulated, appropriated and contested. Many emerge from practices situated alongside political organising, mutual aid and community work, where cultural production unfolds in close proxim ity to lived struggle and the imperative of internationalist solidarity. T aken together, they invite viewers to consider the militant image in the p resent tense and the forms through which emancipatory futures become think able.

Info & Credits

This event is in English. Admission is free, pay what you can. Do you also think art should be free and accessible? Pl ease consider supporting us with a donation when registering or by becomin g a Fr amer Framed Friend! This event may be photographed and filmed. Kindly let us know in advance if you prefer not to have your picture taken. For s eated programmes, places are always made available for wheelchair users. P lease speak to the host before the programme begins.

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

Fram er Framed is supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; Amsterdam Fund for the Arts; and Municipality of Amsterdam.

Locati on

Framer Framed
Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71
1093KS, Amsterdam

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