"Building Our Monuments' Video art by Jessy de Abreu on the evolution of The Black Archives

12/7/2020

The Black Archives is an Amsterdam-based historical archive for conversations, activities, and literature from Black and other perspectives that are often overlooked elsewhere. The Black Archives documents the history of black emancipation movements and individuals in the Netherlands, and consists of unique book collections, archives, and artifacts that are the legacy of Black Dutch writers and scientists. The approximately 3,000 books in the collections focus on racism and race issues, slavery and (de-)colonization, gender and feminism, social sciences and development, Suriname, the Netherlands Antilles, South America, Africa and more.

We refuse to let the European master narrative control our archives.

We refuse that it dominates our memories, thoughts, and emotions. Our peaceful efforts for non-western narratives has often been met with (racial) violence. This video, based on own documentations from 2016–2018, shows how we cherish times of joy, pleasure, and laughter in a world that does not wants us to keep smiling. These moments become sacred to us as we hope that they will last forever.

Monument is a collaboration between e-flux Architecture and Het Nieuwe Instituut.

Building Our Monuments – The Black Archives from Het Nieuwe Instituut on Vimeo.

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Momenteel beschikt The Black Archives niet over een speciale ingang en lift voor personen met een fysieke beperking en voor rolstoelgebruikers. Er is een traplift bij grotere evenement bij ingang 19A. Wij zijn bewust dat het gebouw niet volledig toegankelijk is. Wil u bijdragen om het gebouw wel toegankelijk te maken? Stuur een mail naar info@nucnet.nl w/ 'toegankelijkheid gebouw’.

At this moment, The Black Archives does not have a special entrance or lift for person of disability. There is a stairlift available during our events at Zeeburgerdijk 19A. We are aware that the building is not accessible, but we are currently looking for funding. Do you want to contribute to making the building more accessible? Send a mail to info@nucnet.nl w/ 'accessibility building’.