BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29480@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Curators' Tour: Life After Love – In Search of the Militant Image DTSTAMP:20261026T231050Z DTSTART:20261101T140000Z DTEND:20261101T150000Z DESCRIPTION:On 1 November 2026 from 15:00-16:00\, as part of the opening we ekend of Life\nAfter Love: In Search of the Militant Image\, curators Hera Chan and Edwin Nasr\nlead a guided tour of the exhibition. Life After Lov e surveys how the visual\ngrammar of militancy has shifted across the glob al uprisings of the past decade.\nIt traces resonances between struggles t hat have unfolded from Hong Kong to\nBeirut\, and from Yangon to Jenin\, b ringing together artists\, cultural workers\nand community organisers.Prog ramme\n\n15:00 Guided tour by exhibition curators Hera Chan and Edwin Nasr \n\nPlease register here\n[https://framerframed.stager.co/shop/default/eve nts/111713620].\n\nLife After Love asks what the changing forms of politic al struggle reveal about\nthe changing forms of image-making. If the milit ant image of the twentieth\ncentury emerged alongside mass party politics\ , anti-colonial liberation\nmovements and the project of revolutionary cin ema\, what becomes of that\ntradition within a conjuncture shaped by digit al platforms\, algorithmic\ncirculation and decentralised forms of politic al organising?\n\nThe exhibition approaches the militant image as a histor ical category\, which has\nalways depended upon particular forms of mediat ion. Earlier traditions of\nmilitant image-making were sustained by format ions capable of producing and\ncirculating images in the name of a collect ive political subject. Their\nambitions were inseparable from the infrastr uctures through which they moved and\nthe revolutionary horizons they soug ht to cultivate.\n\nContemporary uprisings unfold under markedly different terms. Images now\ncirculate across encrypted messaging applications\, so cial media feeds and\ninformal digital networks whose logics reshape our v isibility and attention.\nOften produced by those embedded within the even ts themselves\, they move rapidly\nbetween testimony\, tactical communicat ion and affective expression. Their\naesthetic form bears the imprint of t he political moment from which they emerge:\nanonymity\, spontaneity and o pacity become qualities inscribed within the images.\n\nRather than asking whether the militant image survives in the present\, Life\nAfter Love ask s how its political function has been transformed\, and what this\ntransfo rmation discloses about the actuality of struggle. The works assembled\nhe re reflect upon the conditions through which images are produced\, circula ted\,\nappropriated and contested. Many emerge from practices situated alo ngside\npolitical organising\, mutual aid and community work\, where cultu ral production\nunfolds in close proximity to lived struggle and the imper ative of\ninternationalist solidarity. Taken together\, they invite viewer s to consider the\nmilitant image in the present tense and the forms throu gh which emancipatory\nfutures become thinkable.\n\nInfo & Credits\n\nThis event is in English. Admission is free\, pay what you can. Do you also th ink\nart should be free and accessible? Please consider supporting us with a donation\nwhen registering or by becoming a Framer Framed Friend\n[http s://framerframed.nl/over-ons/friends/]! This event may be photographed and \nfilmed. Kindly let us know in advance if you prefer not to have your pic ture\ntaken. For seated programmes\, places are always made available 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 2027.\n\nFr amer Framed is supported by the Ministry of Education\, Culture and Scienc e\;\nAmsterdam Fund for the Arts\; and Municipality of Amsterdam.\n\nLocat ion\n\nFramer Framed\nOranje-Vrijstaatkade 71\n1093KS\, Amsterdam URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/curators-tour-life-after-love-in-search -of-the-militant-image GEO:52.3568405;4.9323245 LOCATION:Framer Framed - Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71\, 1093KS Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:accessible,activism,daytime,donation-based,free,in english,tour X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:On 1 November 2026 from 15:00-16:00, as part o f the opening weekend of Life After Love: In Search of the Militant Im age, curators Hera Chan and Edwin Nasr lead a guided tour of the exhi bition. Life After Love surveys how the visual grammar of militan cy has shifted across the global uprisings of the past decade. It traces r esonances between struggles that have unfolded from Hong Kong to Beirut, a nd from Yangon to Jenin, bringing together artists, cultural workers and c ommunity organisers.Programme

15:00 Guided tour by exhi bition curators Hera Chan and Edwin Nasr

Please register here.

Life After Love asks what the changing forms of political struggle reveal about the changing forms of image-making. If th e militant image of the twentieth century emerged alongside mass party pol itics, anti-colonial liberation movements and the project of revolutionary cinema, what becomes of that tradition within a conjuncture shaped by dig ital platforms, algorithmic circulation and decentralised forms of politic al organising?

The exhibition approaches the militant image as a his torical category, which has always depended upon particular forms of media tion. Earlier traditions of militant image-making were sustained by format ions capable of producing and circulating images in the name of a collecti ve political subject. Their ambitions were inseparable from the infrastruc tures through which they moved and the revolutionary horizons they sought to cultivate.

Contemporary uprisings unfold under markedly different terms. Images now circulate across encrypted messaging applications, soci al media feeds and informal digital networks whose logics reshape our visi bility and attention. Often produced by those embedded within the events t hemselves, they move rapidly between testimony, tactical communication and affective expression. Their aesthetic form bears the imprint of the polit ical moment from which they emerge: anonymity, spontaneity and opacity bec ome qualities inscribed within the images.

Rather than asking whethe r the militant image survives in the present, Life After Love ask s how its political function has been transformed, and what this transform ation discloses about the actuality of struggle. The works assembled here reflect upon the conditions through which images are produced, circulated, appropriated and contested. Many emerge from practices situated alongside political organising, mutual aid and community work, where cultural produ ction unfolds in close proximity to lived struggle and the imperative of i nternationalist solidarity. Taken together, they invite viewers to conside r the militant image in the present tense and the forms through which eman cipatory futures become thinkable.

Info & Credits

This event is i n English. Admission is free, pay what you can. Do you also think art shou ld be free and accessible? Please consider supporting us with a donation w hen registering or by becoming a Framer Framed Friend! This event may be pho tographed and filmed. Kindly let us know in advance if you prefer not to h ave your picture taken. For seated programmes, places are always made avai lable 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 show at Framer Framed until 17 January 2027.

Framer Framed is supported by the Ministry of Edu cation, Culture and Science; Amsterdam Fund for the Arts; and Municipality of Amsterdam.

Location

Framer Framed
Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 7 1
1093KS, Amsterdam

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