On Saturday, November 17, Ice*Amsterdam will open an ice rink to the public at Amsterdam’s Museumplein, marking the start of this year’s seasonal festivities. To accompany it, there will be a Christmas market named “Ice Village”, which will open from the December 14 to December 26 (but will be closed on Christmas day). Furthermore, citizens of Amsterdam will also get a visit from Sinterklaas on Friday, November 30. The company’s…
On October 28, dozens of demonstrators gathered in the Red Light District to protest against Amsterdam’s housing shortage, the sell-out of alternative cultural places and the city’s massive gentrification. The protest ended with the occupation of a building in Oudekerksplein. Michael (an alias, as the interviewee prefers to remain anonymous) has lived in the building since its occupation. He works three jobs, as an employee in a restaurant, as a…
From November 10 to the 17th, the 13th edition of GLOW is going to be held in Eindhoven. During the seven-day festival, visitors are invited to see various instillations of light for free. This year, artworks from 35 artists, both Dutch and non-Dutch, are spread in approximately five-kilometres long around the city. This year’s theme was “Shadows & Light,” two phenomena that oppose of each other but, at the same…
The University of Amsterdam revealed the design of its new library in the city center after three years of construction planning, which is expected to be done by 2021. The library is being built at the University Quarter, in Binnengasthuisterrein, for the Faculty of Humanities. The university, which consists of more than 32,000 students, hired the architecture and design firm MVSA to design both the structure and interior of the…
Amsterdamse Doe Maatschappij (ADM) – a creative haven and the Netherlands’ largest squatted community – is under serious threat. Here is why we should all stand up and fight for it. ADM is not only a squat. It is a space of freedom and creativity, a testament of the value of diversity against cultural mass production. However, in a few months, it may cease to exist. The history of ADM…
Men and women, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Do these dualities really matter in today’s times? It’s all about performativity after all, as Judith Butler boldly declared back in the nineties. Does this mean that in our individualistic, neo-liberal world, we’re free to choose who we want to be and which gender to “perform”? Not so fast. Society has progressed significantly in the realm of gender politics. We see…
