Collectively Creative /
Creatively Collective
is a program researching collective responses to the challenges faced by contemporary creative makers through collaborative learning
Throughout 2024–2025, four editions were hosted at Buurtwerkplaats Noorderhof.
These programs invited collectives and artists who offered alternative approaches to supporting creativity.
Each edition included an artist talk and a workshop, where participants were encouraged to create together.
Learning about collectivity took shape through conversation, co-creation and a digital reading group.
27-03-25 Collectively Creative IV: Undefined Spaces
02-11-24 Collectively Creative III: Mycelium Disco
11-07-24 Collectively Creative II: Online/Offline Networks
23-05-24 Collectively Creative I: Collective Action
Scroll down to get an impression of the programs.
Collectively Creative IV: Undefined Spaces
Thursday, March 27th 2025, from 18.30 – 20.30 (soup served at 18.00)
Collectively Creative invites Sander Borsje & Tobias Krasenberg, two of the founders of Buurtwerkplaats Noorderhof, for an artist talk on designing spaces that foster autonomy.
When creating space for creativity, how far should we go in providing tools? Can an unfinished space empower people more than one that is fully designed?
Collectively Creative III: Mycelium Disco
During Museum Night 2024, Mediamatic and Buurtwerkplaats Noorderhof joined forces to present Mycelium Disco.
This year, the aboveground networks of the Buurtwerkplaats and Mediamatic come together for an extensive program centered on mycelium.
Visitors and artists from Nieuw-West will gather to collectively lay the foundation for a future artwork.
Jet Munneke
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Collectively Creative II: Online/Offline Networks
On Thursday, July 11th, 2024, from 18.30 – 20.30, @ Buurtwerkplaats Noorderhof
(doors open and soup is served at 18.00)
Collectively Creative /
Creatively Collective / invites Roman Tkachenko from the collective Timeis.capital: for an artist talk and artist, Ken Ebo-Gomez for a zine-making workshop
Self-organized, creative spaces of gathering exist but often temporarily. As these physical spaces become increasingly fleeting, we turn to the digital space of Timeis.capital, where resources are gathered, knowledge is archived, and ephemeral creative spaces are captured as 3D memories. Jonne Lucia op de Weegh
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Collectively Creative I: Collective Action
Collectively Creative /
Creatively Collective / invites Mokum Kraakt: for an artist talk and artist, Layla Gijsen, for a lino-printing workshop
Preserving space for creative expression is increasingly challenging. As city rents rise and artistic production is deemed a luxury, how can we continue to create space for experimentation?
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Photo’s by Jonne Lucia op de Weegh
Creatively Collective
is a program researching collective responses to the challenges faced by contemporary creative makers through collaborative learning
Throughout 2024–2025, four editions were hosted at Buurtwerkplaats Noorderhof.
These programs invited collectives and artists who offered alternative approaches to supporting creativity.
Each edition included an artist talk and a workshop, where participants were encouraged to create together.
Learning about collectivity took shape through conversation, co-creation and a digital reading group.
27-03-25 Collectively Creative IV: Undefined Spaces
02-11-24 Collectively Creative III: Mycelium Disco
11-07-24 Collectively Creative II: Online/Offline Networks
23-05-24 Collectively Creative I: Collective Action
Scroll down to get an impression of the programs.
Collectively Creative IV: Undefined Spaces
Thursday, March 27th 2025, from 18.30 – 20.30 (soup served at 18.00)
Collectively Creative invites Sander Borsje & Tobias Krasenberg, two of the founders of Buurtwerkplaats Noorderhof, for an artist talk on designing spaces that foster autonomy.
When creating space for creativity, how far should we go in providing tools? Can an unfinished space empower people more than one that is fully designed?
Collectively Creative III: Mycelium Disco
During Museum Night 2024, Mediamatic and Buurtwerkplaats Noorderhof joined forces to present Mycelium Disco.
This year, the aboveground networks of the Buurtwerkplaats and Mediamatic come together for an extensive program centered on mycelium.
Visitors and artists from Nieuw-West will gather to collectively lay the foundation for a future artwork.
Jet Munneke
Collectively Creative II: Online/Offline Networks
On Thursday, July 11th, 2024, from 18.30 – 20.30, @ Buurtwerkplaats Noorderhof
(doors open and soup is served at 18.00)
Collectively Creative /
Creatively Collective / invites Roman Tkachenko from the collective Timeis.capital: for an artist talk and artist, Ken Ebo-Gomez for a zine-making workshop
Self-organized, creative spaces of gathering exist but often temporarily. As these physical spaces become increasingly fleeting, we turn to the digital space of Timeis.capital, where resources are gathered, knowledge is archived, and ephemeral creative spaces are captured as 3D memories. Jonne Lucia op de Weegh
Collectively Creative I: Collective Action
Collectively Creative /
Creatively Collective / invites Mokum Kraakt: for an artist talk and artist, Layla Gijsen, for a lino-printing workshop
Preserving space for creative expression is increasingly challenging. As city rents rise and artistic production is deemed a luxury, how can we continue to create space for experimentation?
Following the discussion, artist Karin van de Wiel will guide us on a photography walk, encouraging participants to reconsider and rethink their position in the city by capturing its undefined and in-between spaces.
Join us for a collective conversation about designing spaces that support community-building, agency, and artistic experimentation—about undefined spaces and informal gatherings.
This Museum Night marks a special edition of the ongoing program Collectively Creative — a series of projects by artist Claire van der Mee and Buurtwerkplaats Noorderhof, which explores collectivity as a response to the challenges faced by contemporary makers.
For this edition, we focus on community-building.
Artist and researcher Shanna de Ruiter will give a presentation on mycorrhizal fungi, exploring how these underground fungal networks can guide us toward more symbiotic ways of living together — both with one another and with other organisms.
An evening about mycelium wouldn’t be complete without Mediamatic, which has been exploring the versatility of mycelium in its interdisciplinary artworks for over fifteen years.
Jet Munneke
Timeis.capital will present their audio-visual project and speak on the urgency to document self-organized collectives, along with the different strategies applied in doing so. They will speak of how an online space can echo autonomous spaces to strengthen the non-institutional art-world and create new energy for self-organization.
Join us for a collective conversation about online and offline spaces of gathering, and engage in the act of gathering, archiving, bundling, and documenting the ephemeral during the zine-making workshop.
Jonne Lucia op de Weegh
Mokum Kraakt will speak on how they started squatting to confront this problem. Their squatting activism isn’t only about living space, but also about space for creativity and art. They will talk about the exhibitions they organized in squatted buildings, why they made a book about the struggle for space in Amsterdam, how this evolved into a new publishing house, and why collective action is necessary to create alternatives in an unaffordable city.Join us for a collective conversation about reclaiming space for creativity and practice the accessible technique of lino-cutting so you can learn to easily produce your own prints.
From Dance Floor to Pigeon Tower
We’ll continue to explore our sense of collectivity during the Gentle Disco, on a dance floor made of mycelium.
Artist Arne Hendriks will later use the mycelium blocks to build a pigeon tower at the Buurtwerkplaats, but first, the blocks need to be condensed before they can serve as building materials.
That’s where you come in: dance them solid to the music of DJ Huppeldepup a.k.a. Joost van Bellen!
19:00 – 20:00 – Music by Big Toilet Radio
20:00 – 20:30 – Artist talk and presentation on Mycorrhizal Fungi by artist and researcher Shanna de Ruiter, exploring how these underground fungal networks can inspire symbiotic coexistence
20:45 – 21:00 – Presentation and opening of the Gentle Disco by artist Arne Hendriks
21:00 – 23:00 – Gentle Disco! Music by DJ Huppeldepup a.k.a. Joost van Bellen
23:30 – 00:30 – Performance by Stadsknietjes
Jet Munneke
Jonne Lucia op de Weegh
This project is supported by:
- Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
- Buurtwerkplaats Noorderhof
- Gemeente Amsterdam: Stadsdeel Nieuw-West
Special thanks to Tobias Krasenberg for your guidance.
Graphic design by Odile Kizilkaya.