{"id":4835,"date":"2025-04-22T09:56:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T12:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/invitation-every-act-of-struggle-intrusion-and-assembly\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T14:35:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T17:35:37","slug":"invitation-every-act-of-struggle-intrusion-and-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sacatar.org\/en\/invitation-every-act-of-struggle-intrusion-and-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"INVITATION – Every Act of Struggle: Intrusion and Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pieter Paul Pothoven<\/strong> \/ Visual Arts \/ Sacatar Fellow 2016 & 2018 \/ Netherlandspieterpaulpothoven.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Friends, comrades, colleagues,I would like to invite you to Every Act of Struggle: Intrusion and Assembly<\/em> at De Appel in Amsterdam. This group exhibition is curated by School of Intrusions and the participating artists: Noor Abed, Chad Cordeiro, Simnikiwe Buhlungu and Pieter Paul Pothoven, with a spatial design by Iswanto Hartono. <\/p>\n\n

Every Act of Struggle: Intrusion and Assembly<\/strong><\/a>De Appel, Amsterdam, April 24 – May 24, 2025<\/p>\n\n

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There is an extensive public program, looking forward to seeing you there!<\/p>\n\n

Thursday 24 and Friday 25 April, 4-9pm: <\/a>Opening Public Program<\/a>Thursday 8 and Friday 9 May: Collective study in Times of Emergency<\/a> with L\u2019internationale OnlineSunday 11 May, 7.15pm: Film screening at Filmtheater KriterionFriday 23 and Saturday 24 May: Closing Public ProgramSunday 25 May, 7.15pm: Film screening at Filmtheater Kriterion<\/p>\n\n

Keep an eye on the website of De Appel for updates and tickets<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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I will show two works:<\/p>\n\n

observatie contra observatie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

2020, installation with spoken monologue (15min 44sec), FM-radio transmitter with antenna, radios, take-away posters<\/p>\n\n

observatie contra observatie<\/em> is part of my research project with the Revolutionary Anti-Racist Action (RARA). RARA is an anonymous collective that fought against racism, oppression and exploitation in the 1980s and 1990s against the legacies of the Netherlands’ colonial past, which still persist today. observatie contra observatie<\/em> is a spoken monologue; a dramatised account of events surrounding the first attack that was claimed by RARA and forced Makro to pull out of South Africa. I wrote the script for the character who speaks from the perspective of several of the activists involved, based on interviews and historical documents. The monologue is broadcast using a radio transmitter built by someone who was involved in RARA. The script is made available on take-away posters that also feature a photo of the wood-burning stove that RARA used not only for heating, but also for burning evidence. <\/p>\n\n

In collaboration with activists that were involved in RARA – Revolutionary Anti-Racist Action, Khadija El Kharraz Alami (voice actor), Liet Lenshoek (dramaturgy), Katrien de Klein (editing), De Slapende Hond (sound studio), and studioHendriksen (design poster).<\/p>\n\n

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Members of anti-apartheid organization Boykot Outspan Aktie demonstrating against the visit of a South African official in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague, NL. Source: Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, April 7, 1978 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Notes \u2013 fragmented, incomplete \u2013 after Jan Wolkers (Boykot Outspan Aktie, 1978) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

2025, \u2028Silkscreen posters, 68 x 68 cm<\/p>\n\n

Dutch artist and writer Jan Wolkers designed a poster in 1978 for the anti-apartheid organization Boykot Outspan Aktie, which was founded by Esau du Plessis in 1970. The organization campaigned for a boycott of Outspan fruit, especially oranges. The campaign was successful: within ten years, it was no longer possible to buy \u2018blood oranges\u2019 in Dutch supermarkets. For the work Notes \u2013 fragmented, incomplete \u2013 after Jan Wolkers (Boykot Outspan Aktie, 1978)<\/em>, I am investigating the history of the poster, my own initial shock reaction, and the way in which the poster resonates with the present. I will present my research and questions around the poster during the closing event of the exhibition <\/p>\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n

Made possible by the generous support of De Appel, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, Stichting Niemeijer Fonds, Fonds Kwadraat and Stichting Stokroos<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Caption – Image 1:<\/strong> Bardhi Haliti & Zuzana Zuzana Kostelansk\u00e1. Archief Anti-Apartheidsbeweging Nederland (Amsterdam), International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, NL <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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