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𝗧𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀: 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗜𝘁-𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱
📌 Friday 26 June, 17:30–21:00

Over the past few months, a group of young people from Amsterdam-Zuid have been working on 𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘐𝘵-𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 as part of de Appel Teenage Curators programme: an art project in the form of a public poster campaign for the city.

What happens when teenagers use public space to work through their ideas, ask questions and make their perspectives visible? Drawing on their own experiences, the participants explored topics such as fashion, identity, sustainability, community and equality. They asked questions about the impact of fast fashion, the meaning of style and self-expression, access to opportunities and the role of public meeting places in the city.

For the campaign, the group collaborated with social justice print shop NOT S**T PRINT and artists Kenneth Aidoo and Yamuna Forzani. Drawing on their diverse artistic practices, they guided the young curators in translating conversations, observations and social questions into a series of public posters. The result is a campaign that makes young people’s perspectives visible in Amsterdam’s public spaces.

On Friday 26 June, 𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘐𝘵-𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 will be launched during a public presentation at de Appel. During the evening, the Teenage Curators will share more about their research, the creative process and the development of the campaign. They will also present a small publication featuring photographs, sketches, texts and other material from the project.

The Teenage Curators 2025–26 are: Anhar, Carlijn, Chanti, Faith, Hannah, Jasper, Jerra, Jin Li, Lucas, Mallika, Sarah & Tristan.

More info and full programme: https://www.deappel.nl/en/archive/events/1356-teenage-curators-keep-it-posted

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘱, a reading by Eimear Walshe, will be performed at Cinetol with live soundtrack by Seamas Hyland and Sárán Ó Maolagáin. The piece, originally commissioned by Mirror Lamp Press, is a tender and reverent account of the homo-erotics of an Irish music session. In the tradition of Irish musical bawdry, this story portrays a man’s ecstatic reconnection with his culture, and in turn with himself. Eimear Walshe’s performance is presented as part of the exhibition project 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴, co-curated with EVA International.

📌 Wednesday 10 June 2026, 19:00
at Cinetol

Tickets: https://www.deappel.nl/en/archive/events/1348-performance-the-piper-s-grip-by-eimear-walshe

📷 Research image for Eimear Walshe, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘱. Image courtesy of The Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA)