SPEME – Questioning Traumatic Heritage: Spaces of Memory in Europe, Argentina, Colombia, comes back to Amsterdam, and H401, for another secondment.

The EU-Funded project, Contested Desires: Constructive Dialogues aims to discuss the problematic legacy of European colonisation found in museum collections and heritage sites. Via artistic research and action, it strives to increase the access, participation and representation of diverse audiences to the conversation on the former European Empires.

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.

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.

A day full of online and offline activities across Europe: debates, conversations, presentations, a cultural and artistic program and actions to celebrate and shape the future of Europe together.

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.

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.

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.