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Koyo Kouoh (1967-2025) ~ “It is very important to build institutions as opposed to careers, because those institutions will leave a legacy that promotes knowledge." ~ We are shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of gorgeously beautiful, brilliant Koyo Kouoh. We will remember her for many, many things but especially for her striking generosity and her earnest teachings when she and RAW Material Company ( the institution dedicated to art, knowledge, and society that she founded in 2008) hosted all the 2011-2012 DAI students and a large group of tutors in Dakar, Senegal. In preparation of that journey Koyo also came to Arnhem in the Netherlands. Her guidance was sharp and very gentle at the same time ~ it did not fail to provoke meaningful shifts in our thinking. Our heartfelt condolences go out to her family, her friends, to RAW, to the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town and to all who, like us, were excitedly looking forward to the 2026 Venice Biennale which she was going to curate. The loss is deeply felt.
It is with huge respect and admiration that we share this message from BAK's Supervisory Board: "On 30 June 2025, after 25 years of service, BAK’s founding director Maria Hlavajova will step down from her position as general director. Hlavajova leaves behind a legacy of unique international practice of convening artists, scholars, and a multitude of other social actors at the theoretically informed and politically driven base. Committed to art and political imagination, and driven by the urgency of social and ecological justice, under her leadership BAK has realized numerous globally recognized projects." ~~~~ For DAI and for countless practitioners in its orbit, BAK for all those years has been a beacon ~ a rare, precious hub ~ a school, a camp, a base ~ a tonic. No BAK without Maria: but we are relieved and excited to know that with great care for BAK's important legacy, Maria and the Supervisory Board support the transformation of BAK towards the collectively artist-led Basecamp for Tactical Imaginaries, under the guidance of long-time artist associate of BAK, Jeanne van Heeswijk.
Join the RODE LIJN protest, 18 may, 13:00 in the Hague. The protest will start from Malieveld at 13:00. The Schoof cabinet is sinking far below a moral and legal baseline. Despite Israel's ongoing violations of the laws of war, the Dutch government draws no red line and refuses to take action to stop impunity and complicity. In doing so, the government also ignores the call of a large majority of Dutch citizens. We do not accept this! That is why we are drawing 'The Red Line' together. We gather at the Malieveld at 1:00 PM. Then we walk together, past the Peace Palace, straight through the city center of The Hague, and back again. If you want to leave the demonstration earlier, you are of course free to do so. We will symbolically draw the red line. That is why it is important for you to WEAR RED CLOTHING for this demonstration so that together we form a clear image. Thousands of people will join, and together with volunteers, we will ensure that everything runs smoothly and safely.
BULLETIN ~ DAI Confluence nr. 6 at SPEL in Nicosia, on the island of Cyprus. Confluence#6 ~ June 19 till 27, 2025
Bulletins contain the complete, day-to-day program of a specific DAI Confluence.
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
our roaming trajectory 2025 (updated June 2nd, 2025)
Living Room: Rehearsals towards Place-making
2024-2025 COOP study group in partnership with De Appel Amsterdam
Queer Forms ~
Grant Watson's 2024-2025 seminar for How To Do Things With Theory
Evil ~
Ana Teixeira Pinto's 2024-2025 seminar for How To Do Things With Theory
Trespass, Loopholes, Action Design
2024-2025 COOP study group in partnership with Hosting Lands (Copenhagen)
The Weapon of Theory ~
Hypatia Vourloumis' 2024-2025 seminar for How To Do Things With Theory
Phantasy ~
Mayra A. Rodríguez Castro's 2024-2025 seminar for How To Do Things With Theory
An Invitation to Action - A Basis for Hope
2024-2025 COOP study group in partnership with SAVVY Contemporary (Berlin)
Half Land, Half Sea: Transcartography of Resistance
2024-2025 COOP study group in partnership with ARCHIVE ENSEMBLE (Berlin, Dakar, Milan)
FOREST INSCRIPTIONS
2024-2025 COOP study group in partnership with Neringa Forest Architecture (Nida)
The Word and the Wound 2 / And Now You are Ready to Sing
2024-2025 COOP study group in partnership with If I Can't Dance I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution (Amsterdam)
How to do things with Attention?
Amit S.Rai's 2024-2025 seminar for How To Do Things With Theory
Curating Positions: Voz de Tierra
2024-2025 COOP study group in partnership with Bulegoa z/b (Bilbao)
Counter, Revolution, Film - Part II ~
Ghalya Saadawi's 2024-2025 seminar for How To Do Things With Theory
