BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29437@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Opening: Life After Love – In Search of the Militant Image DTSTAMP:20261023T203121Z DTSTART:20261030T170000Z DTEND:20261030T190000Z DESCRIPTION:On show at Framer Framed from 30 October 2026 to 17 January 202 7\, the exhibition\nLife After Love: In Search of the Militant Image surve ys how the visual grammar\nof militancy has shifted across the global upri sings of the past decade. Curated\nby Hera Chan and Edwin Nasr\, the exhib ition traces resonances between struggles\nthat have unfolded from Hong Ko ng to Beirut\, and from Yangon to Jenin\, bringing\ntogether artists\, cul tural workers and community organisers.\n\nLife After Love asks what the c hanging forms of political struggle reveal about\nthe changing forms of im age-making. If the militant image of the twentieth\ncentury emerged alongs ide mass party politics\, anti-colonial liberation\nmovements and the proj ect of revolutionary cinema\, what becomes of that\ntradition within a con juncture shaped by digital platforms\, algorithmic\ncirculation and decent ralised forms of political organising?\n\nThe exhibition approaches the mi litant image as a historical category\, which has\nalways depended upon pa rticular 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 insep arable from the infrastructures through which they moved and\nthe revoluti onary horizons they sought to cultivate.\n\nContemporary uprisings unfold under markedly different terms. Images now\ncirculate across encrypted mes saging applications\, social media feeds and\ninformal digital networks wh ose logics reshape our visibility and attention.\nOften produced by those embedded within the events themselves\, they move rapidly\nbetween testimo ny\, tactical communication and affective expression. Their\naesthetic for m bears the imprint of the political moment from which they emerge:\nanony mity\, spontaneity and opacity become qualities inscribed within the image s.\n\nRather than asking whether the militant image survives in the presen t\, Life\nAfter Love asks how its political function has been transformed\ , and what this\ntransformation discloses about the actuality of struggle. The works assembled\nhere reflect upon the conditions through which image s are produced\, circulated\,\nappropriated and contested. Many emerge fro m practices situated alongside\npolitical organising\, mutual aid and comm unity work\, where cultural production\nunfolds in close proximity to live d struggle and the imperative of\ninternationalist solidarity. Taken toget her\, they invite viewers to consider the\nmilitant image in the present t ense and the forms through which emancipatory\nfutures become thinkable.\n \nParticipating Artists\nBasel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme\nHaig Aivazian\nI sshaq Albarbary\nHannah Black\nNolan Oswald Dennis\nChaw Ei Thein\nGiraffe Leung\nBahar Noorizadeh\nYoshua Okón & Juan Obando\nSawangwongse Yawnghwe \n\nCurators\nHera Chan and Edwin Nasr\n\nSpatial Design\nAli T. As’ad\n\n Graphic Design\nFarah Fayyad\n\nOpening\n30 October 2026\, 18:00-20:00\nSi gn up [https://framerframed.stager.co/shop/default/events/111703786]\n\nIn fo & Credits\n\nOpening Times\n30 October 2026 – 17 January 2027\nTue – Su n\, 12:00-18:00\n\nLocation\nFramer Framed\nOranje-Vrijstaatkade 71\n1093K S\, Amsterdam\nThe Netherlands\n\nFree entry\, pay what you can.\n\nFramer Framed is supported by the Ministry of Education\, Culture and Science\;\ nAmsterdam Fund for the Arts\; and the Municipality of Amsterdam. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/opening-life-after-love-in-search-of-th e-militant-image GEO:52.3568405;4.9323245 LOCATION:Framer Framed - Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71\, 1093KS Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-oost,community,dapperbuurt,exhibition,film,opening,par ty X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:On show at Framer Framed from 30 October 2026 to 17 January 2027, the exhibition Life After Love: In Search of the M ilitant Image surveys how the visual grammar of militancy has shifted across the global uprisings of the past decade. Curated by Hera Chan and Edwin Nasr, the exhibition traces resonances between struggles that have u nfolded from Hong Kong to Beirut, and from Yangon to Jenin, bringing toget her artists, cultural workers and community organisers.

Life After L ove asks what the changing forms of political struggle reveal about t he changing forms of image-making. If the militant image of the twentieth century emerged alongside mass party politics, anti-colonial liberation mo vements and the project of revolutionary cinema, what becomes of that trad ition within a conjuncture shaped by digital platforms, algorithmic circul ation and decentralised forms of political organising?

The exhibitio n approaches the militant image as a historical category, which has always depended upon particular forms of mediation. Earlier traditions of milita nt image-making were sustained by formations capable of producing and circ ulating images in the name of a collective political subject. Their ambiti ons were inseparable from the infrastructures through which they moved and the revolutionary horizons they sought to cultivate.

Contemporary u prisings unfold under markedly different terms. Images now circulate acros s encrypted messaging applications, social media feeds and informal digita l networks whose logics reshape our visibility and attention. Often produc ed by those embedded within the events themselves, they move rapidly betwe en testimony, tactical communication and affective expression. Their aesth etic form bears the imprint of the political moment from which they emerge : anonymity, spontaneity and opacity become qualities inscribed within the images.

Rather than asking whether the militant image survives in t he present, Life After Love asks how its political function has b een transformed, and what this transformation discloses about the actualit y of struggle. The works assembled here reflect upon the conditions throug h 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 proximity t o lived struggle and the imperative of internationalist solidarity. Taken together, they invite viewers to consider the militant image in the presen t tense and the forms through which emancipatory futures become thinkable.

Participating Artists
Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme
Haig Aivazian
Isshaq Albarbary
Hannah Black
No lan Oswald Dennis
Chaw Ei Thein
Giraffe Leung
Bahar Noorizadeh
Yoshua Okón & Juan Obando
Sawangwongse Yawnghwe

Curators
Hera Chan and Edwin Nasr

Spatial Desi gn
Ali T. As’ad

Graphic Design
Far ah Fayyad

Opening
30 October 2026, 18:00-20:00< br> Sign up

Info & Credits

Opening Time s
30 October 2026 – 17 January 2027
Tue – Sun, 12:00-18:0 0

Location
Framer Framed
Oranje-Vrijstaatka de 71
1093KS, Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Free entry, pay what you can.

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

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