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    • Diensten
    • TBA wint Stimuleringsprijs AFK!
    • Vacature(s) >
      • Vacature Marketing- en communicatiemedewerker
    • In de media >
      • Bekladding van pand vereniging Ons Suriname en The Black Archives is poging tot racistische intimidatie
      • ‘Geen wegen blokkeren maar bruggen bouwen’ - NUC / TBA Statement
    • Samenwerkingen / Collabs >
      • HZT x The Black Archives
      • TBA x LUSH: Zwarte geschiedenis is Nederlandse geschiedenis
      • Patta x The Black Archives
      • So So Lobi 2 Winne x Patta x TopNotch
    • Meest gestelde vragen
    • Kijk met ons mee!
  • Doneren
    • Wat willen wij met de donaties doen?
  • Archieven
    • Archieven
    • TBA Podcast
    • The Black Archives Bijlmer
    • De Huiswoud Collectie
    • De Philomena Essed collectie
    • De Heilbron Collectie
    • De Willemsen Collectie
    • De Corsten Collectie
    • All Power To The People! Reading List
  • Agenda
    • 3/2 Film Screening 'What The Soil Remembers'
    • OOSTCAST: wandelroute & podcast
    • Manifest voor Zwarte Emancipatie >
      • Anti-zwart racisme - actieonderzoek
    • Events (Uit het verleden) >
      • 5/11 Museumnacht @ TBA
      • 21/10 Black Business Meeting 2022
      • 14/10: Hoe Dapper was Vrolik? Hoe Vrolik was Dapper?
      • Expo: Zwart Manifest @ OSCAM >
        • 4/3 2022: Finissage Zwart Manifest Expo
        • OPEN CALL: Manifesting the Manifesto
      • 30/9: Safe spacesessie met Jilllian Emanuels
      • 1/7 Keti Koti special @ Keti Koti festival Oosterpark
      • Erken 1 Juli Als Nationale Dag! #1juli
      • 2/7: DSGN-IN symposium: Pilot Bijlmer Dossier
      • 2/4/22: Publieksopening Zwartheid Onder Ogen Zien | Facing Blackness
      • 29/4/22: Booklaunch ‘Afropean: Notes from Black Europe’'
      • 21/3 2022: Townhall Sessie NCDR Anti
      • Expositie: W.E.B. Du Bois - Charting Black Lives
      • Open oproep: DSGN-IN - Bijlmer Dossier
      • TBA Muur van Zwarte & Surinaamse helden
      • All Power To The People Reading List
      • Reeds geweest >
        • 6/11 Museumnacht: Black Joy As A Form Of Resistance
        • 8/10: Black Professional Meeting 2021
        • Expo 'Surinaamse School' @ Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
        • TBA x Sonsbeek: Sound Waves of Resistance
        • Expo: Zwarte Beweging: #BlackLivesMatterNL
        • 25/9 Verzwegen Verzet: de zmv-beweging
        • 9/4 The Hidden History of The Moors @ Museum het Rembrandthuis
        • 19/1 101 jaar Ons Suriname festival
        • 15/10: Boekpresentatie Antonlogie >
          • Anton de Kom Schrijfwedstrijd
        • M1 (Dead Prez) - Bigger Than HipHop Q&A
        • 22/2 Memre Anton de Kom | Herinner Anton de Kom
        • Books & BBQ festival 2019
        • Keti Koti 2019 x The Black Archives
        • 'Books We Share, That Make Us Care'
        • 100 jaar vereniging Ons Suriname festival
        • 27/8 HIER. Zwart in Amsterdam
        • 45 Jaar Srefidensi online special
        • 18/10 Why Freedom Could't Wait
        • Lancering poster Tien keer meer geschiedenis
        • 30 Mei 1969 - Trinta di Mei
        • The Black Vote
        • Debate Venice Biennale: The Measurement of Presence
        • Conversation with Kimberlé Crenshaw
        • Books & BBQ festival 2018
        • Reimagining the Black Body
        • Retelling Black Radicalism w/ Kehinde Andrews
        • Docu Daddy & the Warlord
        • Fort Nieuw Amsterdam: gedeeld cultureel erfgoed
        • Summer Reading Sessions on Black Radical Thought
        • 5/10 De Verzwegen Geschiedenis van Zwart Verzet
        • 13-18 mei: Angela Davis & Gina Dent
        • De Zwarte Lijst
        • Martin Luther King Jr.
        • Anton de Kom
        • Lezing Philomena Essed
        • Gloria Wekker - Witte Onschuld
        • 1 juli: The Black Archives x Keti Koti: launch crowdfunding campagne!
        • Expo: Onze * Tori (2018)
  • Exposities
    • Expo: Facing Blackness | Zwartheid Onder Ogen Komen
    • Pop-up expo 'Ga Terug En Haal Het' met Clarice Gargard
    • BLACK - the Expo
    • Exposities (Geweest) >
      • Expositie: 100 jaar Surinamers in Nederland
      • Documenta 15 x TBA
      • Photo exhibition 'Afropean' by Johny Pitts
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    • Interwoven histories t-shirt
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    • Photo exhibition 'Afropean' by Johny Pitts
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Visit the exhibition ‘Facing Blackness: Visual Representations of Black People and Their History of Resistance’. 2021 marked the 10-year anniversary of the “Zwarte Piet Is Racisme” campaign that launched a broad social movement and put the fight against institutional and anti-black racism on the social and political agenda. However, there has been a long suppressed history of colonial imagery of Black people and resistance against it in the Netherlands.

Facing Blackness
Facing Blackness is a multimedia exhibition that takes the public through the underexposed history of Dutch visual representations of Black people from the colonial period to contemporary society. Using unique archival material from the heritage collection of The Black Archives (TBA), other institutions, private collections and visual arts, The Black Archives shows how colonial portrayals of Black people became part of the Dutch 'cultural archive' and our everyday ideas and traditions. On the other hand, the exhibition shows how there has always been resistance to different forms of racism and how Black people themselves have given and continue to give meaning to their culture and identity.

Artists Gloria Holwerda, Jaasir Linger, Lydienne Albertoe and Sherida Kuffour spent several months researching and creatively reflecting on the theme of the exhibition. Albertoe, for example, has researched the visual representations of Black people in comic books and converted the research into an installation. Her research was supported by Het Zuidelijk Toneel (HZT) which has several projects highlighting the African diaspora and related themes.

Donate a book, object or visual image
Visitors are invited to donate (children's) books and objects that contain stereotypical images. Stories and visual images about resistance against this visual imagery are also welcome. These will be added to the exhibition and collection of The Black Archives to keep the archive, but also the exhibition "alive".

From April 2 to December 23, 2022, the exhibition ‘’Facing Blackness: Visual Representations of Black People and a History of Resistance'' can be viewed at The Black Archives on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. On request, group tours can be organized for schools, organizations and groups of visitors.

From one exhibition to two
The exhibition is located on the ground floor of the Hugo Olijfveldhuis, the building of Vereniging Ons Suriname (VOS). With this, The Black Archives is expanding from one to two current exhibitions and is taking the next step towards becoming an established cultural and knowledge institute in the Netherlands. VOS aims to open the Suriname Museum in 2023 in this building. The entrance to the new space is at Zeeburgerdijk 21. The exhibition 'Surinamese People in the Netherlands: 100 years of Emancipation and Struggle' can be visited on the first floor of the building.
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When? April 2nd 2022 to February 25th 2023
Where? The Black Archives / Vereniging Ons Suriname, Zeeburgerdijk 21 (Amsterdam-East)
Opening hours? Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Entrance?
- Ticket exhibition: €10 
- Student / Teen (11 - 18 years) / Senior (65+): €7.50
- Child (0-10 years): FREE

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Openingstijden/Opening Times

De expositie is van donderdag t/m zaterdag van 11:00 tot 17:00 uur te bezoeken.  Neem contact op via contactformulier voor rondleidingen buiten het programma.

 You can visit our exhibition from Thursday to Saturday from 11AM to 5 PM, see current visiting hours and tours on our page 'Tours & Exhibition'. Check the website for our event schedule or contact us via the contact form.

(Rolstoel)toegankelijkheid/Accessibility

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. 

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.