Exhibition Opening: Not My Knowledge
With food, drinks and lots of food for thought
- Date
- 11 June 2026
- Time
- 17:00 -20:00
- Location
- BG 3
- Room
- VOX-POP
The evening will begin at 17.00 with a panel discussion featuring Mirjam van Linschooten and Charmaine de Heij participating artists, Stijn van Rossem Head of Knowledge & Collections at the Allard Pierson, and Harsono Sokromo curator at the National Slavery Museum.
Together, they will discuss knowledge perception, heritage institutes, and representation.
After the panel, there will be an ongoing textile workshop by Nyata Collective, one of the participating artists. During the workshop, visitors are invited to contribute to the tapestry project Archiving the Transmission of Knowledge and become part of the exhibition themselves.
There will also be Indonesian snacks by Toko Nani, as well as time to meet and talk with the artists and other attendees.
Practical information
The event takes place from 17.00 to 20.00. Vegetarian food and drinks will be provided.
Entrance is free, but because food will be served, we kindly ask you to sign up through the registration link.
Location: VOX-POP, Binnengasthuisstraat 9
BG3, ground floor
Nyata Collective consists of Asha Victoria and Amber Zara van den Pangaard, multidisciplinary artists based in Arnhem and Rotterdam. Both graduated from Graphic Design at ArtEZ Arnhem in July 2025. Through collaborative textile processes, they explore social topics and embodied forms of knowledge, including heritage, memory, dreams, and daily experience. Their practice turns personal stories into interwoven threads of knowledge, centring community building and reciprocity.
In my artistic practice, I explore how colonial histories continue to shape contemporary forms of representation, identity, and social structures. I aim to uncover hidden narratives, question historical and cultural misrepresentations, and create counter-narratives. Themes such as racism, gender, and collective memory frequently emerge in my work. As a person of colour, I find it essential to make our lived experiences visible, often drawing from my Surinamese-Dutch background.
Mirjam Linschooten is a Dutch visual artist based in Amsterdam. Her multidisciplinary practice spans publication, film, installation, photography, collage, and writing. Often working collaboratively, she explores the visible and hidden legacies of colonial histories. By questioning how memory and history are shaped, her work offers alternative viewpoints, counter-narratives, and space for critical reflection. Her work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including CBK Zuidoost (Amsterdam), Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (Leiden), De Appel (Amsterdam), Stroom Den Haag, Cemeti Institute for Art and Society (Yogyakarta), and the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto). She holds an MA from the Dutch Art Institute and a BFA from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy.
Harsono is closely involved in the development of the National Slavery Museum (NSM). In this role, he is, among other things, working on the museum’s future pre-opening programming. He previously contributed to the outdoor exhibition Golfbreker!. Drawing on his expertise, Harsono is committed to making exhibitions more accessible and giving underrepresented stories a platform.
In addition, he is affiliated with Fawaka as a trainer and developer, where he supports schools in the areas of inclusive education and citizenship. His broad social engagement is also reflected in various side roles; for example, he is a board member and secretary at the Foundation for Arts Education De Rode Loper op School and the housing cooperative De Nieuwe Meent, and he completed the ATANA program for diverse and inclusive governance.
Stijn van Rossem is a historian, lecturer and curator, and Head of Knowledge & Collections at the Allard Pierson. His work focuses on heritage collections as spaces where knowledge is preserved, questioned and reactivated. He works from the perspective that justice, restitution, plurality and resilience are key guiding values in engaging with cultural heritage.