Stichting Ammodo, For arts, architecture and science

In 2021, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) launched a new competition setup, which includes the Envision Competition.

The Envision Competition consists of around fifteen international or world premieres and focuses on the artistic and cinematographic development of upcoming and established filmmakers. It is a platform for creators who go against the stream and whose idiosyncratic films contribute to documentary film art.

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Picture: still from Octopus (2021) by Karim Kassem, winner of the IDFA Award for Best Film in the Envision Competition 2021

The 59th edition of the Venice Biennale takes place in 2022. This edition’s main exhibition is titled The Milk of Dreams, curated by Cecilia Alemani, and investigates the metamorphosis of the body and how technology changes our definition of humanity.

Ammodo supports several internationally renowned artists to create new work for The Milk of Dreams. The selected artists are Dora Budor, Giulia Cenci, Gabriel Chaile, Mire Lee, Delcy Morelos, Precious Okoyomon and Alexandra Pirici.

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Pictured: Made of only hearts, Mire Lee, 2020

Contemporary art centre De Appel in Amsterdam presents multiple exhibitions per year. 1994 saw the launch of its Curatorial Programme, aimed at providing upcoming curators with the skills needed to create excellent art exhibitions.

Ammodo supported De Appel’s Curatorial Programme between 2013 and 2019. This support has been continued for the period 2022-2024, in which the programme will be enriched with new elements.

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Pictured: exhibition Landscape with Bear, 2019

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Photo: Hito Steyerl, Hell Yeah We Fuck Die, 2016.

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Image: Gülsün Karamustafa, Promised Paintings (Angels 2) (detail), Collection Van Abbemuseum

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Still from Wong Pings Fables 2 (2019), Wong Ping

Shooting Down Babylon is a major retrospective solo exhibition of South African artist Tracey Rose. Her work will be on display at the Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town, the world’s largest museum for contemporary African art.

For the exhibition, Rose has produced ten new works as part of her Mandela Ball series, in which she explores the complexity and legacy of the post-Apartheid movement and other freedom movements.

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Pictured: Die Wit Man, Tracey Rose, 2015

In 2021, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen opened their new Depot, an art storage facility which is open to the public and sheds new light on the museum’s collection through additional programming.

In 2022, the Depot will host the new exhibition series Le Miroir Vivant, annually inviting an international artist to make use of the Depot’s exhibition space, collection and expertise to create and present new work. The artist may choose to create something new or combine their work with objects from the collection. Le Miroir Vivant will present four exhibitions in the Depot between 2022 and 2025.

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Photo: Ossip van Duivenbode

Manifesta is a nomadic biennial of contemporary art taking place in a different European city every other year. The fifteenth edition lands in Barcelona, a city where European, national and regional identities merge. Manifesta will investigate these dynamics through artistic interventions in collaboration with locals.

Ammodo supports the production of new artworks for Manifesta 15.

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Pictured: I Give You Back What’s Mine / You Give Me Back What’s Yours, Sara Ouhaddou, 2020 (Manifesta 13 Marseille)

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Photo: Weg met Eddy Bellegueule by Eline Arbo, Sanne Spijkers

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Rossella Biscotti, Live Feed, 2019. Photo: Kristien Daem

The Van Abbemuseum presents the internationally oriented exhibitionseries Positions, which is currently programmed for five years. Emerging and mid-career artists are invited to develop new work. Positions exhibits a diverse range of new artistic practices and gives direct insight into the themes that artists feel are urgent. Participating artists include Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Bouchra Khalili, Anna Boghiguian and Nástio Mosquito. Ammodo supports Positions because it focuses on the voice of the artist. Positions thereby offers an alternative to the larger thematic and research focused exhibitions and retrospective solo exhibitions that the museum also presents.

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Anna Boghiguian, Salt Traders, 2015, photo: Peter Cox

The fifteenth edition of documenta takes place in Kassel in 2022, and is curated by Indonesian artist collective ruangrupa. The collective seeks to investigate and reformulate the format of the exhibition and connect it to current art practices.

Ammodo supports the creation of new artworks commissioned by documenta 15 by the following international artists and collectives: Dan Perjovschi, Nest Collective, MADEYOULOOK, OFF Biennial and INLAND.

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Pictured: Wire Drawing, Dan Perjovschi, 2011

Eye Film Museum presents film and video art in a state-of-the-art exhibition space, taking up a pioneering role in the international field.

In the period of 2022-2025, Ammodo supports one Eye exhibition per year featuring video art by prominent artists. 2022 will see a showcase of the last three Eye Art & Film Prize winners: Meriem Bennani (2019), Khalil Joseph (2020) and the Karrabing Film Collective (2021).

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Still: Wutharr, Salwater Dreams, Karrabing Film Collective, 2016

Manifesta is a nomadic biennial of contemporary art taking place in a different European city every other year. The fourteenth edition lands in Prishtina, Kosovo, and carries the title it matters what worlds world worlds: how to tell stories otherwise. Catherine Nichols was appointed as Creative Mediator.

Prishtina is a rapidly developing city where East meets West. Manifesta wants to induce political and social engagement through art and aims to create a lasting impact on the cultural infrastructure of the city. To achieve this, a permanent contemporary art centre will be realised.

Ammodo supports the production of new artworks for Manifesta 14.

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Photo: Atdhe Mulla

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Photo: Installation by Ajla R. Steinvag in Positions #6, Peter Cox

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Photo: De Ateliers Offspring-exhibition 2015, Gert Jan van Rooij

The exhibition Stedelijk Contemporary runs since January 2016 and consists of new and existing work from young international artists. The exhibition addresses current social and artistic issues and in particular the growing influence of digital information technologies is being explored. Participating artists include Avery Singer, Magali Reus, Jordan Wolfson and Loretta Fahrenholz. Ammodo supports Stedelijk Contemporary in order to promote innovative and experimental art and to actively stimulate the development of a new generation of artists.

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Jordan Wolfson, Female Figure, 2014, photo: Jonathan Smith