BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:28587@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Memory Ball: A hands-on memory workshop DTSTAMP:20261015T002038Z DTSTART:20261110T183000Z DESCRIPTION:In this hands-on workshop you add your story to Memory Ball\, a shared\, growing\narchive of Amsterdam memories\, and make a personal mem ory object to take home.\n\nMemory Ball is a handcrafted sphere that glows when someone comes near and\nlights up each time a new memory is added. V isitors contribute a memory in text\,\nimage or voice to a shared\, browse r based archive: no app or account needed\, and\nyou can stay anonymous. F or this Pakhuis edition\, Memory Ball focuses on the\ncity centre around P akhuis de Zwijger\, from the IJ waterfront and the old\nharbour to Centraa l Station\, and places visitors’ memories alongside archival\nfootage\, ph otos and sound from Beeld & Geluid (Netherlands Institute for Sound &\nVis ion). During the workshop\, artists Muskan Jain and Mehmet Berk Bostancı\n invite you to share a memory\, explore how personal and collective memorie s\nconnect\, and create your own memory object to take home. Memory Ball i s a\ncollaboration with Beeld & Geluid and part of Designing Technology Fo r All.\n\nTogether with Muskan Jain Designer\, Artist & Design Researcher Mehmet Berk\nBostancı Installation Artist & Creative Technologist\n\nAbout the Facilitators\n\nMuskan Jain is an Amsterdam-based designer\, artist a nd design researcher who\nworks on subjects people find hard to talk about : memory\, ageing\, digital legacy\nand what technology decides on people’ s behalf. Her practice moves from\nfieldwork and interviews to prototypes and participatory installations. She\nholds an MSc in Digital Design from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences\nand a BDes in Animation Film Design from NID Ahmedabad. She is co-creator of\nConversations That Matte r\, presented at RSD14 (OCAD University\, Toronto)\, and\ncreator of Memor y Ball\, featured in the ThingsCon RIOT Report 2025 and at Design\nFair 20 26 at Het Nieuwe Instituut.\n\nMehmet Berk Bostancı is an installation art ist and creative technologist based\nin Amsterdam. With a background in ar chitecture and interaction design\, he\ncreates light-based and interactiv e installations that respond to people and the\nspaces they share\, explor ing how technology can become a medium for human\nconnection and collectiv e experience. His work has been shown at exhibitions\,\nbiennales and fest ivals including Vivid Sydney\, Llum Barcelona\, the Tallinn\nArchitecture Biennale\, Istanbul Modern and Sonar+D. He designs and builds his\nworks f rom concept to circuit\, crafting the physical object\, its light and its\ nbehaviour as one artwork. He also teaches creative technologies\, sharing the\ntools behind his practice with students and makers. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/memory-ball-a-hands-on-memory-workshop GEO:52.376857;4.9220756 LOCATION:Pakhuis de Zwijger - Piet Heinkade 179\, 1019 HC Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,eastern docklands,exhibition,festivals,film,st ories,talk,workshop X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In this hands-on workshop you add your story t o Memory Ball, a shared, growing archive of Amsterdam memories, and make a personal memory object to take home.

Memory Ball is a handcrafted sphe re that glows when someone comes near and lights up each time a new memory is added. Visitors contribute a memory in text, image or voice to a share d, browser based archive: no app or account needed, and you can stay anony mous. For this Pakhuis edition, Memory Ball focuses on the city centre aro und Pakhuis de Zwijger, from the IJ waterfront and the old harbour to Cent raal Station, and places visitors’ memories alongside archival footage, ph otos and sound from Beeld & Geluid (Netherlands Institute for Sound &a mp; Vision). During the workshop, artists Muskan Jain and Mehmet Berk Bost ancı invite you to share a memory, explore how personal and collective mem ories connect, and create your own memory object to take home. Memory Ball is a collaboration with Beeld & Geluid and part of Designing Technolo gy For All.

Together with Muskan Jain Designer, Artist & Desig n Researcher Mehmet Berk Bostancı Installation Artist & Creative Techn ologist

About the Facilitators

Musk an Jain is an Amsterdam-based designer, artist and design researc her who works on subjects people find hard to talk about: memory, ageing, digital legacy and what technology decides on people’s behalf. Her practic e moves from fieldwork and interviews to prototypes and participatory inst allations. She holds an MSc in Digital Design from the Amsterdam Universit y of Applied Sciences and a BDes in Animation Film Design from NID Ahmedab ad. She is co-creator of Conversations That Matter, presented at RSD14 (OC AD University, Toronto), and creator of Memory Ball, featured in the Thing sCon RIOT Report 2025 and at Design Fair 2026 at Het Nieuwe Instituut.

Mehmet Berk Bostancı is an installation artist and cr eative technologist based in Amsterdam. With a background in architecture and interaction design, he creates light-based and interactive installatio ns that respond to people and the spaces they share, exploring how technol ogy can become a medium for human connection and collective experience. Hi s work has been shown at exhibitions, biennales and festivals including Vi vid Sydney, Llum Barcelona, the Tallinn Architecture Biennale, Istanbul Mo dern and Sonar+D. He designs and builds his works from concept to circuit, crafting the physical object, its light and its behaviour as one artwork. He also teaches creative technologies, sharing the tools behind his pract ice with students and makers.

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