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.…

Voices from the New West

Some voices we hear all the time. In talk shows and during broadcasts of the news, on pages in newspapers and on social media. They express what they think or…

Door

Storytelling Centre

Curator

Arjen Barel

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…

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…

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…

(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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

How does the city sound under lockdown?

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

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…