The Silent City

Many of the city’s residents have depicted the coronavirus pandemic in photographs and videos of deserted streets, squares, canals, and buildings. Often, they are beautiful, sunny images set against a…

Isolation in the City

Dear Aunt and Family, I have thought of you many times but to day [sic] is the first time that I succeeded in finding time to write you a few…

We participate!

How can we make it through the Covid era and continue to inspire others? By writing, painting, singing, boxing, creating theatre, or walking the dog. With the video series We…

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Lot Wuisman (ZID Theater)

Voices from the New West

Some voices we hear all the time. In talkshows and during the news, in newspapers and on social media, they express what they think or feel. But there are also…

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Arjen Barel (Storytelling Centre)

Virusreports Diana Ozon & Mathilde muPe

Drawing is a habit both for Diana Ozon and Mathilde muPe. In March 2020, the exhibitions that muPe was working towards were cancelled, and Ozon had to shelve her poetry…

Dam Square: Mirror of change in the city

René Rietbergen has been working at the Royal Palace on Dam Square for many years and on 4 May 2020 he flew the flag at half-mast in the morning as…

Inside out

Prime Minister Rutte announced the 'intelligent lockdown' on 12 March. That pause button turned Amsterdam into a silent, unreal city, dramatically changing the relationship between inside and outside overnight. Outside…

New behavior in a social distancing society

The measures taken to restrict the spread of the coronavirus are resulting in all kinds of adjustments to how people act, from standing in queues to keeping a safe distance…

Stichting NDSM-werf

A quiet city, paralysed by unforeseen circumstances, offers time for reflection on current social systems and attitudes to public space. How do we use parks, playgrounds, benches, and pavements when…

Jewish Cultural Quarter

This digital presentation, compiled by the Jewish Cultural Quarter, shows Jewish life in Amsterdam during the corona crisis. During the past few months, Jews have had to adapt their traditions,…

City without Urbanity

People praised the silent, empty streets of Amsterdam, but the core of what makes the city the city is lost. As a counterbalance to the romanticization of emptiness, this room…

Psychiatry in the city

For centuries, cartographers of every faith and culture have projected symbols of human fears onto the sky. Somewhere in the infinite expanses of space, their maps say, the answer to…

Female gaze goes viral

This crisis has had a big impact on me as a documentary photographer and feminist. In the space of a few days, I lost all my assignments. I also worry…

#HowAreYouReallyDoing

Seven Amsterdam communities Twelve local artists Poster campaign throughout Amsterdam Coincidental encounters and spontaneous conversations soon disappeared during the first lockdown. These unexpected and unintended contacts are one of the…

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Merel Noorlander en Arthur Kneepkens

How does the city sound under lockdown?

Amsterdam under lockdown suddenly sounded very different. How did the city residents experience this? On the 20th of March, Soundtrackcity placed a call to all Amsterdammers to write something about…

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Soundtrackcity

Corona testimonies Amsterdam-West

Stories of intense grief and great joy. Candid descriptions of the power of poetry and music in uncertain times. Testimonies from neighbours taking care of each other. This is how…

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Margreet van der Vlies - Operatie Periscoop

Framer Framed

This online presentation changes from week to week, reflecting the evolving narratives, experiences and expectations of the participating artists. They draw stories based on their observations and experiences. From one…

Faith and hope

Eating together is the oil that lubricates friendship. The coronavirus has changed the world, and our social lives. It has emptied places of worship, restaurants, cinemas, and museums, and halted…

Black Lives Matter

Since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on 25 May 2020, there have been huge protests around the world against excessive police violence and institutional racism. Amsterdam is no…

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Imara Limon

The Amsterdam House

The interactive web page of ‘The Amsterdam House’ presents 25 stories of how Amsterdam residents are coping with the Covid pandemic. This animated doll’s house offers visitors an opportunity to…

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Iris Frankhuizen & Kim Faber

Hearing-impaired Amsterdam

This room focuses on how local people with hearing problems experience their city in corona time. There are more than 129,000 of them in Amsterdam. Being hearing impaired is an…

Black & LGBTQIA+

This room shows you how the black queer community is currently campaigning, rediscovering its power, blazing a trail and demanding a future with a different structure. The movement has already…

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Naomie Pieter

Old Church

This storm will pass. But the choices we make now could change our lives for years to come[1]. With the prophetic installation Poems for Earthlings in the Old Church (on…

(A)SEXYLAND

"There are 246,378 singles living in Amsterdam. They may be more alone now than ever before, because forced distance is depriving them of touch, which is dangerous. Other bodies are…

SOUND OF SILENCE

Paradiso, Melkweg, Westerunie, Air, Bitterzoet, Chicago Social Club, Chin Chin, Doka, Radion, Jimmy Woo, Marktkantine, Panama, Club Nyx, Oliva, OT301, Club Church, Radion, Club Lovelee, Radio Radio – these are…

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Joram Blomkwist

Poetry in the city

As Amsterdam City Poet (2019-2021), Gershwin Bonevacia has written three so-called ‘corona poems’. Poems about the COVID-19 pandemic in the city. Of course, the people of Amsterdam have written lots…

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Gershwin Bonevacia

Corona-Archives New Dakota

Nieuw Dakota proudly presents a selection of entries from our Corona-Archives. The Corona-Archives is the first initiative in the Netherlands that Covid-19 has launched from an artistic point of view.…

Amsterdam Cares

Healthcare workers have been at the forefront of the COVID-19 response, facing uncertainties and risks alongside their patients, and dealing with their own emotions and exhaustion as they support others.…

Meervaart

It has been quiet in the Meervaart. Normally we welcome many people into the building to watch performances, films, and attend conventions. Now no one was allowed inside for three…