About
We
Are Here
We Are Here (Amsterdam) is the first large-scale organization of refugees in limbo in the Netherlands. It was established in 2012 to stand up against the structural denial of its members’ right to citizenship. It consists of individuals whose request for political asylum was denied, yet who cannot (be) return(ed) to their countries of origin. Together with artists and activists, the group has been exploring this possibility of art as a space to rethink the questions of visibility, solidarity, representation, survival, and action. Examples of previous artistic and educational projects (including: Collective Struggle of Refugees. Lost. In Between. Together. New World Academy #2 by artist Jonas Staal and BAK (2013); establishment of artists initiative Here to Support (with artistic practitioners Savannah Koolen and Elke Uitentuis) (2013–today) and We Are Here Academy (2014–today); and Labyrinth, an interactive theater play realized with Frascati Theater, Amsterdam (2014).
RELATED CONTRIBUTORS
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La Colonie - Olivier Marboeuf
- Ruth Wilson Gilmore
- Françoise Vergès
- Kader Attia
- Souleymane Bachir Diagne
- Maria Hlavajova
- Sven Lütticken
- Wietske Maas
- Catherine Malabou
- Achille Mbembe
- Wayne Modest
- Omedi Ochieng
- Stefania Pandolfo
- Rachael Rakes
- Rolando Vázquez
- Chris Cyrille
- Homebaked Community Land Trust (CLT)
- Selçuk Balamir
- Joska Ottjes
- Ethel Baraona Pohl
- Irene Calabuch Mirón
- BASIC ACTIVIST KITCHEN
- Jeanne van Heeswijk
- Homebaked Bakery
- Chloë Bass
- De Voorkamer
- Laura Raicovich
- Adelita Husni-Bey
- Patricia Kaersenhout
- Shumaila Anwar
- Habiba Chrifi-Hammoudi
- Joy Mariama Smith
- Adrian Piper
- Denise Valentine
- Nancy Jouwe
- Black Quantum Futurism (Camae Ayewa and Rasheedah Phillips)
- Beatrice Catanzaro
- Kolar Aparna
- Mehbratu Efrem Gebreab
- Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh
- Clara Balaguer
- Gabriel Fontana
- Fran Ilich
- Jun Saturay
- Ying Que
- Bakudapan Food Study Group
- Michael Rakowitz
- Afrikaanderwijk Coöperatie
- Superuse Studios
- Freehouse
- W.A.G.E
- Philadelphia Assembled
- Staci Bu Shea
- Laced-Up Project
- Whitney Stark
- Carmen Papalia
- Zein Nakhoda
- Homegrown Collective
- Elke Uitentuis
- Abdulaal Hussein
- Paul de Bruyne
- New Women Connectors
- Lieneke Dwars
- Stranded FM
- Welkom in Utrecht
- Gabriel Erlach
- Ultra-red
- Mustapha Seray Bah
- Goldsmith.Company
- Extinction Rebellion Utrecht
- Angel Bat Dawid
- Hamada al-Joumah
- Urban Front
- David Harvey
- Miguel Robles-Durán
- Rick Dolphijn
- Maria Hlavajova
- Gray Kochhar Lindgren
- Yoonis Osman Nuur
- Artist Association of Azawad
- Moussa Ag Assarid
- Manuel Beltrán
- Remco van Bladel
- Concerned Artists of the Philippines
- Constant
- Dilar Dirik
- Marlene Dumas
- Michail Grobman
- Hans Haacke
- Sjim Hendrix
- Bushra Hussein
- Emine Igdi
- Manette van Ingenegeren
- Lisa Ito
- Savannah Koolen
- Paul Kuipers
- Crisanto de Leon
- Alexander Nieuwenhuis
- Maryama Omar Abdi
- Dirk Poot
- Mazou Ibrahim Touré
- Jan Toorop
- Charley Toorop
- UgatLahi Artist Collective
- Erich Wichmann
- Jonas Staal
Filmvertoning
2 May 2021, 14.30-16.30
Fragments of Repair/Gathering II: The Body’s Legacies, Pt. 2: The Postcolonial Body (online)
Debate, Presentation
3 June 2016, 14.00
