MAANDAG 25 MEI: DIGGING BEYOND THE COLLECTION: COLLECTIEVE ZINE-MAKING SESSIE

Hoe ziet een archief eruit wanneer gemeenschappen zélf bepalen wat er wordt bewaard, doorgegeven en verteld? Op maandag 25 mei opent Beyond Walls weer samen met Beeld & Geluid tussen 13.30 - 17.00 het archief voor ‘Digging Beyond the Collection’: een middag waarin we samen onder leiding van kunstenaar en vormgever Laury van Eerd een Zine maken op basis van collectief onderzoek in audiovisuele archieven en verhalen. Kom ook en bouw mee aan ons eigen archief!

Sharing Beyond The Collection - 24 January 2026 - Wereldmuseum Amsterdam

On the 24th of January we welcome you to gather with Beyond Walls Collective and different communities to share beyond the collection at the memorial altar in the Wereldmuseum Amsterdam. The memorial altar, initiated by Manuwi C. Tokai, serves as a site of remembrance for the ancestors held in the museum’s collection. The altar is also a place for stories to unfold. The memorial altar will be present until mid‑February. 

Together we will explore the urgency behind and beyond the altar, addressing what remains unseen in museum depots. Through a sharing session as part of our project Beyond The Collection, we engage with different stories connected to the memorial altar and ancestral belongings from Toraja, Maluku, and Timor. And we hope to hear from you as well. 

This gathering is an invitation to slow down, to listen, and to collectively sense what these stories about ancestral remains might ask of us today. What emerges when we stand before an altar that holds memory, grief, resistance, and ongoing connection? What becomes possible when we share knowledge, stories, and lived experiences beyond institutional frames? 

You are welcome to join the sharing session.

Op zaterdag 27 september nemen filmmakers Jeremy Flohr en Armando Ello namens Beyond Walls deel aan de Nederlands Film Festival (NFF) Focus Talk: Community, Collective and Archive.

Tijdens dit panel onderzoeken collectieven hoe gezamenlijke creatie, verbeelding en archieven kunnen worden ingezet om 'vergeten' of historisch gemarginaliseerde verhalen zichtbaar te maken, en hoe film als instrument kan bijdragen aan maatschappelijke verandering. Beyond Walls is gevraagd om te vertellen hoe ons collectief onderzoek, kunst en storytelling samenbrengt als methode om verhalen voorbij institutionele archieven en dominante narratieven te versterken, en hoe film hierin een essentiële rol speelt.

"Voiced By Eight, Carried By Three": A Poetic Reflection on WANUA.

Beyond Walls co-founder and storyteller Jeremy Flohr wrote a poem expressing his reflections on the WANUA experience in Makassar, May and June 2025.

WANUA: Beyond Home now at Makassar International Writers Festival!

Beyond Walls and Makassar International Writers Festival collaboratively present WANUA: an international research and artist exchange that brings together artists, writers, and cultural practitioners from Sulawesi, the Moluccas, and the diaspora in the Netherlands.

For the last months, artists and researchers Theoresia Rumthe, Djé-Rimo, Safa Liron, Hirah Sanada, Rachmat Mustamin, Tiga Batang Rumah and Louie Buana explored Wanua through research, storytelling, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

We invite you to their artistic creations at the Makassar International Writers Festival 2025.