25.11.2022, 14:00 – 16:00, OT301, Amsterdam
26.11.2022, 15:00 – 16:00, De School, Amsterdam
More info on the event HERE
More info on Bajesdorp HERE

Marije Baalman is taking part in a panel discussion organised by PlatformBK, Amsterdam Alternativeand the Kunstenbond in OT301 on November 25th, about the status and future of free spaces in Amsterdam. She will share her experiences in realising the project Bajesdorp, a project to create sustainable living and working space for art, culture and neighbourhood, to inspire how we can take ownership as collectives in an ever more expensive and inaccessible city.

On Saturday November 26th, she will take part in a session organised by Bureau Broedplaatsen of the city of Amsterdam, and present how the project Bajesdorp was realised. What can we learn from this project to create sustainable housing for artists in the city? What are the needed policies to make projects like these easier to achieve, and which parties are needed as partners to do so?

About the conference:

The conference creates a space for interdisciplinary collaboration to drive policy change. We are gathering to explore how to build a city whose citizens have the opportunity to shape the environment in which they live – by creating a space for experimentation and manifesting the discoveries that take place into actionable legislation.

From dusk till dawn, 24-hours at De School we will host workshops and panel discussions punctuated by nightly explorations of sound, visuals and performance by a rich and interwoven network of voices: urban change makers, political agents, spatial pioneers, scientists, artists, musicians and you. The conference program is organized around topics of DanceofUrgency and SpaceofUrgency, which have been developed internationally in the last 7 years. Together we’ll manifest a vision of the future: a city for all, where night culture is culturally valued and embedded in urban policy and cultural free spaces are self-sufficient and thriving.