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Rietveld Academie collaborates with Volkshotel to present 12 alums during Amsterdam Art Week on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November 2026. The opening night will be on Friday 20 November from 18.00 - 20.00. The exhibition is supported by Waterschap Amstel, Gooi en Vecht, one of 21 regional water authorities in The Netherlands. They manage the water in our country to prevent floods and make sure there is just the right amount of water for agriculture, urban living and other purposes.
When: Saturday 21 November, 12.00 - 20.00 and Sunday 22 November, 12.00 - 18.00
Where: Volkshotel, Wibautstraat 150, Amsterdam
Opening: Friday 20 November, 18.00 - 20.00, with speeches by representatives of Waterschap Amstel, Gooi & Vecht and the Rietveld Academie. Please register here: https://formz.adrez.plus/8GHwrvHjf1
Bodies of water
The properties of water are fundamental to our existence, yet our entanglement with it reaches far beyond the physical. Through our bodies, landscapes and ecosystems, water connects us to histories, politics and imagined futures, as well as to one another. How can these connections be made tangible through art? The exhibition approaches water both as a material force and a way of understanding the world. Some works engage directly with water, while others draw on its fluidity and transformative power to examine the structures shaping our lives, our relationships and the ways we inhabit the world together.
In this exhibition, water emerges not only as a resource or natural element, but as a lens through which to understand our place within larger systems of existence.
The exhibition is curated by Jeroen Kramer (Head of Basicyear, Rietveld Academie) and Anna Aagaard Jensen (Head of designLAB, Rietveld Academie).
Participants
Caroline Girardot-Bijnen, Dawid Dobosz, Dijntje Bijvank, Isa Dahan, Jade-Elina Vuorinen, Maartje Sanders, Refia Dermancıoğlu, Rocco Enzo ter Haar, Roos van Unen, Saskia van der Kam, Sohju Kim and Sophie Paloma Thomas.
Life After on Tour
Life After Rietveld and Sandberg is organising a tour during Amsterdam Art Week. On Sunday 22 November between 15.00 and 16.00 you can join us for a conversation with curator Jeroen Kramer, several participants and Waterschap Amstel, Gooi & Vecht. Please register here: https://formz.adrez.plus/R6jZxhZj7Z
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Volkshotel, Wibautstraat 150, 1091 GR Amsterdam, Nederland, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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