BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:21124@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Open Book: Breath & Breeze DTSTAMP:20260423T184855Z DTSTART:20260523T120000Z DTEND:20260523T130000Z DESCRIPTION:During the Framer Framed Book Fair\, HumDrumPress [https://humd rumpress.com/]\nhosts an Open Book\, a public event which authors share\, in a performative yet\naccessible manner\, the knowledge they have gathere d on their publication.\nParticipants are then able to access\, interact\, add to\, comment and critique\,\nand feel invited into the collaborative publication process.\n\nFor this Open Book\, artist Mirjam Linschooten and researcher Skye Maule-O’Brien\nshare their upcoming publication\, Breath & Breeze: Tongueless Whispers of the\nWind. This project looks at the wind \, wind technology\, and the Dutch colonial\nfootprint in Barbados and Cur açao. Visitors of the book fair are invited to\ncritically question the hi storical and cultural significance of wind in the\nNetherlands and the Car ibbean. What can the wind expose about historical power\nrelations and ong oing colonial structures?\n\nPlaces are limited so please register for the Open Book here\n[https://framerframed.stager.co/shop/default/events/11165 4990].\n\nAbout\n\nMirjam Linschooten is a Dutch visual artist based in Am sterdam. Her\nmultidisciplinary practice spans publication\, film\, instal lation\, photography\,\ncollage\, and writing. Often working collaborative ly\, she explores the visible\nand hidden legacies of colonial histories. By questioning how memory and history\nare shaped\, her work offers altern ative viewpoints\, counter-narratives\, and\nspace for critical reflection . Her work has been exhibited internationally at\ninstitutions including C BK Zuidoost (Amsterdam)\, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden\n(Leiden)\, De Appel (A msterdam)\, Stroom Den Haag\, Cemeti Institute for Art and\nSociety (Yogya karta)\, and the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto). She holds an MA\nfrom t he Dutch Art Institute and a BFA from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy.\n\nSkye Maule-O’Brien is an educator and artistic researcher working between\nMon treal\, Barbados\, and Rotterdam. Her collaborative practice combines theo ry\,\nnarrative\, and sensory methods using the framework of intimate peda gogy\; a\ntheory and method she developed that centers intimacy and vulner ability in\ntransformative knowledge production. She holds a PhD in Educat ion from York\nUniversity (Toronto) with an exchange at the University of the West Indies\n(Barbados)\, a Master’s in Educational Studies and a BFA in Art History with a\nminor in Adult Education from Concordia University (Montreal).She is a principal\nlecturer in the Theory Programme at Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam.\n\nHumDrum Press [https://humdrumpress.co m/] is a publishing project that\nexperiments towards publishing as a comm ons. With homes in Rotterdam and Berlin\,\nHumDrum produces collaboration- focused publications\, hosts public gathering\, and\nmaintains a based pub lishing model. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/open-book-breath-and-breeze GEO:52.3568405;4.9323245 LOCATION:Framer Framed - Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71\, 1093KS Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:alternative,amsterdam-oost,books,dapperbuurt,exhibition,film X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:During the Framer Framed Book Fair, HumDrumPress hosts an Open Book, a public event which authors share, in a performativ e yet accessible manner, the knowledge they have gathered on their publica tion. Participants are then able to access, interact, add to, comment and critique, and feel invited into the collaborative publication process.

F or this Open Book, artist Mirjam Linschooten and research er Skye Maule-O’Brien share their upcoming publication, < em>Breath & Breeze: Tongueless Whispers of the Wind. This project looks at the wind, wind technology, and the Dutch colonial footprint in B arbados and Curaçao. Visitors of the book fair are invited to critically q uestion the historical and cultural significance of wind in the Netherland s and the Caribbean. What can the wind expose about historical power relat ions and ongoing colonial structures?

Places are limited so please r egister for the Open Book here.

About

Mirjam Linschooten is a Dutch visual artist based in Amsterdam. Her mul tidisciplinary practice spans publication, film, installation, photography , collage, and writing. Often working collaboratively, she explores the vi sible and hidden legacies of colonial histories. By questioning how memory and history are shaped, her work offers alternative viewpoints, counter-n arratives, and space for critical reflection. Her work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including CBK Zuidoost (Amsterdam), Rijksm useum van Oudheden (Leiden), De Appel (Amsterdam), Stroom Den Haag, Cemeti Institute for Art and Society (Yogyakarta), and the Art Gallery of Ontari o (Toronto). She holds an MA from the Dutch Art Institute and a BFA from t he Gerrit Rietveld Academy.

Skye Maule-O’Brien is a n educator and artistic researcher working between Montreal, Barbados, and Rotterdam. Her collaborative practice combines theory, narrative, and sen sory methods using the framework of intimate pedagogy; a theory and method she developed that centers intimacy and vulnerability in transformative k nowledge production. She holds a PhD in Education from York University (To ronto) with an exchange at the University of the West Indies (Barbados), a Master’s in Educational Studies and a BFA in Art History with a minor in Adult Education from Concordia University (Montreal).She is a principal le cturer in the Theory Programme at Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam.< /p>

HumDrum Press is a publishing project that experiments towards publis hing as a commons. With homes in Rotterdam and Berlin, HumDrum produces co llaboration-focused publications, hosts public gathering, and maintains a based publishing model.

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