BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23563@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Opening Wild Waters: Dams And Deltas After Modernity DTSTAMP:20260608T211519Z DTSTART:20260619T160000Z DTEND:20260619T180000Z DESCRIPTION:You are warmly invited to the opening of Wild Waters: Dams And Deltas After\nModernity on Friday 19 June 2026 from 18:00 to 20:00. The ex hibition is curated\nby Àngels Miralda and delineates the inextricable lin ks between this natural\nlife source\, colonial expansion and territorial exploitation. During the\nopening\, sound collective GalalaLive performs a live set.\n\nGalalaLive [https://framerframed.nl/en/mensen/galalalive/] i s a dynamic sound\ncollective founded in 2019 by artist Abdo Zin Eldin\n[h ttps://framerframed.nl/en/mensen/abdo-zin-eldin/]\, whose work is on show in\nthe exhibition Wild Waters. The collective engages with sonic practice s from\ncommunities in Egypt that are increasingly at risk of erasure\, re -articulating\nthem through collaboration with international musicians and sound artists.\nGalalaLive perform a live set titled Hai (حيّ)\, which ta kes the form of a prayer\nor mantra intended to evoke accessibility to fre sh water and resilience in\nchallenging times. The performance features im provisation in sound and music\,\ndrawing inspiration from Egyptian Sufi z ikr and Coptic chants\, particularly as\nexperienced during mawālid celebr ations\, where rhythmic trance and collective\ndevotion emerge through bre athing\, repetition and poetry.\n\nProgramme\n\n17:30 Doors open\n18:00 Of ficial opening\n18:15 Live set by GalalaLive\n\nSign up here [https://fram erframed.stager.co/shop/default/events/111660597].\n\nThe exhibition Wild Waters: Dams And Deltas After Modernity (2026) explores the\ndual nature o f water as both a life-sustaining resource and vector for political\npower and environmental degradation across multiple contexts\, featuring works by\nartists Jumana Emil Abboud\, Suzette Bousema\, Ewa Ciepielewska & Agni eszka\nBrzeżańska\, Giovanni Giaretta\, Adelita Husni-Bey\, Anna Moreno\, Suat Öğüt\, Eunice\nPais\, Ashfika Rahman\, Morteza Soorani and Abdo Zin E ldin.\n\nFor centuries\, inland water has been both a vital life source an d a constant\nthreat to Dutch society. In response\, engineers have built dikes\, canals\, and\nstorm surge barriers to protect land that lies below sea level.\n\nDuring the era of global modernization\, dams and river inf rastructure came to\nsymbolize progress. At the same time\, water has also functioned as a method of\ndisplacement\, contributing to environmental i nstability and\, in some cases\,\ncreating the conditions for catastrophic flooding. Identifying it as both a\nnatural life source and a tool within processes of colonial expansion and\nterritorial exploitation\, Wild Wate rs reveals water’s deeply entangled role in\nshaping human and ecological histories.\n\nLocation\n\nFramer Framed\nOranje-Vrijstaatkade 71\n1093KS\, Amsterdam\n\nInfo & Credits\n\nThis event is in English. Admission is fre e\, pay what you can. Do you also think\nart should be free and accessible ? Please consider supporting us with a donation\nwhen registering or by be coming a Framer Framed Friend\n[https://framerframed.nl/over-ons/friends/] !\n\nThis event may be photographed and filmed. Kindly let us know in adva nce if you\nprefer not to have your picture taken. For seated programmes\, places are always\nmade available for wheelchair users. Please speak to t he host before the\nprogramme begins.\n\nWild Waters: Dams And Deltas Afte r Modernity is curated by Àngels Miralda and on\nshow at Framer Framed unt il 30 August 2026.\n\nFramer Framed is supported by the Ministry of Educat ion\, Culture and Science\;\nAmsterdam Fund for the Arts\; Municipality of Amsterdam\; and VriendenLoterij\nFonds. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/opening-wild-waters-dams-and-deltas-aft er-modernity GEO:52.3568405;4.9323245 LOCATION:Framer Framed - Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71\, 1093KS Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-oost,community,dapperbuurt,exhibition,improv,live,musi c,opening,performance X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:You are warmly invited to the opening of W ild Waters: Dams And Deltas After Modernity on Friday 19 June 2026 fr om 18:00 to 20:00. The exhibition is curated by Àngels Miralda and delinea tes the inextricable links between this natural life source, colonial expa nsion and territorial exploitation. During the opening, sound collective < em>GalalaLive performs a live set.

GalalaLive is a dynam ic sound collective founded in 2019 by artist Abdo Zin Eldin, whose work is on show in the exhibition Wild Waters. The collective eng ages with sonic practices from communities in Egypt that are increasingly at risk of erasure, re-articulating them through collaboration with intern ational musicians and sound artists. GalalaLive perform a live se t titled Hai (حيّ), which takes the form of a prayer or mantra in tended to evoke accessibility to fresh water and resilience in challenging times. The performance features improvisation in sound and music, drawing inspiration from Egyptian Sufi zikr and Coptic chants, particula rly as experienced during mawālid celebrations, where rhythmic tr ance and collective devotion emerge through breathing, repetition and poet ry.

Programme

17:30 Doors open
18:00 Official opening
18:15 Live set by GalalaLive

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The exhibition Wild Waters: Dams And Deltas After Modernity (2026) explores the dual nature of wa ter as both a life-sustaining resource and vector for political power and environmental degradation across multiple contexts, featuring works by art ists Jumana Emil Abboud, Suzette Bousema, Ewa Ciepielewska & Agnieszka Brzeżańska, Giovanni Giaretta, Adelita Husni-Bey, Anna Moreno, Suat Öğüt, Eunice Pais, Ashfika Rahman, Morteza Soorani and Abdo Zin Eldin.

Fo r centuries, inland water has been both a vital life source and a constant threat to Dutch society. In response, engineers have built dikes, canals, and storm surge barriers to protect land that lies below sea level.

During the era of global modernization, dams and river infrastructure cam e to symbolize progress. At the same time, water has also functioned as a method of displacement, contributing to environmental instability and, in some cases, creating the conditions for catastrophic flooding. Identifying it as both a natural life source and a tool within processes of colonial expansion and territorial exploitation, Wild Waters reveals water ’s deeply entangled role in shaping human and ecological histories.

Loc ation

Framer Framed
Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71
1093KS, Amsterdam

Info & Credits

This event is in English. Admission is free, pay wha t you can. Do you also think art should be free and accessible? Please con sider supporting us with a donation when registering or by becoming a Framer Fra med Friend!

This event may be photographed and filmed. Kindly le t us know in advance if you prefer not to have your picture taken. For sea ted programmes, places are always made available for wheelchair users. Ple ase speak to the host before the programme begins.

Wild Waters: Dams And Deltas After Modernity is curated by Àngels Miralda and on s how at Framer Framed until 30 August 2026.

Framer Framed is supp orted by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; Amsterdam Fund fo r the Arts; Municipality of Amsterdam; and VriendenLoterij Fonds.

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