Book launch 25 years BijlmAIR

CBK Zuidoost has been giving artists space to be inspired by Amsterdam Southeast for a quarter century. About the BijlmAIR residency program, the publication Live, Learn, Create…Repeat – BijlmAIR: 25 Years Artists in Amsterdam Southeast will be presented on Feb. 21, by CBK Zuidoost and publisher Jap Sam Books. With a special program and against the backdrop of the exhibition AIR In Southeast.

What does it mean to have a quarter-century residency in Amsterdam Southeast? For both the neighborhood and the artists – and for the Amsterdam art world? That’s what the bilingual publication Live, Learn, Create…Repeat is about . It contains a number of reflections as well as 99 profiles of artists, artist duos and collectives who have resided under the banner of BijlmAIR, CBK Zuidoost’s residency program, over the past twenty-five years.

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Impact

The book looks at the history of the residency, its various locations, how artists related and relate to the neighborhood and the impact of BijlmAIR. On the last day of the AIR in Southeast exhibition – which features the work of the artists in residency of 2025 – the book will be presented in a special program, which lasts from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Program

The first copy will be presented to Arts and Culture Councilor Touria Meliani, who will also give a speech. Prior to this, there will be a discussion on the importance of artist residencies for creators and cultural institutions with artist/advisor Heidi Vogels and artist/researcher Ilga Minjon, a video by writer/artist Bernard Akoi-Jackson, and artists Razia Barsatie, Brian Elstak, and Yrene van Amstel will share their BijlmAIR experiences. Additionally, there will be a live performance by artist Ahmad Mallah and a reflection on twenty-five years of BijlmAIR by Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen, director of Museum De Pont, and Annet Zondervan and Renske de Jong, respectively director and curator of CBK Zuidoost.

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Of course, there will be snacks and drinks at this festive occasion. The publication is, of course, available for purchase for €27.50. Would you like to come? Please register in advance!