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Lamenting the future.
Mourning as a source of activism.
Recording from 3 November now online
A lecture by Guy Cools on contemporary art practices in literature, visual and performing arts that use mourning as a source for activism.
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Amplify! Make the Future of Europe Yours
How can the cultural sector be more inclusively represented in Europe?
Amplify! will develop ideas and concepts for The Conference on the Future of Europe.
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Memory practiced in arts
Recording from 28 October now online
Katarzyna Bojarska speaks about moments of rupture in societies that revise and transform their attitudes towards difficult aspects of their collective identity.
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Heritage Contact Zone
Toolkit
Heritage Contact Zone (HCZ) is a EU project that investigates the potential of marginalised or contested heritage as a contact zone. The project has realised exhibitions and workshops across Europe and brought experiences together in a toolkit.
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Thematic programme
Shame!
Revisit the exhibition and events that took place
from October 2020 to March 2021
Shame! Exploring Masculinities investigated the representation of male shame, the male body, power, abuse, virility, fascism etc.
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EU Project
SPEME
Spaces of Memory in Europe, Argentina, Colombia (SPEME) is a EU-funded (Horizon2020) programme of exchanges between academics working on memory, trauma and heritage and practitioners working at sites of memory in Italy, The Netherlands, Argentina and Colombia.
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BOOK
Shame! And masculinity
Edited by Ernst van Alphen
Published by Valiz in collaboration with Herengracht 401
Official launch on 22 October 2020
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Visit
The House of Gisèle
The House is a living archive. Guided tours through its historic interiors explore a maze of rooms, corridors, stairways and surprising spaces with their stories. Make an appointment for a group visit of approximately 1 hour.
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PERPLEX!
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A travel magazine for those who are uncertain.
Perplex! is inspired by dialogues that began at Herengracht 401 and have extended into a method for opening up spaces and conversations - to be vulnerable even when it may feel impossible.
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Biografie Gisèle
Zeven jaar geleden benaderden wij Annet Mooij met het verzoek het leven van Gisèle te onderzoeken en te beschrijven. De biografie over Gisèle is een belangrijke bouwsteen in ons streven om het verleden van deze stichting verder te laten onderzoeken en open te stellen.
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The Warp and Weft of Memory
In this long term artistic research project Renée Turner explored the wardrobe of Gisèle in writing, photographs, videos, and illustrations. She reflects on the intimacy of the closet, a life-writing, history, the privileges of class, and the persona of the female artist.
