Opening of the exhibition 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 with some of the participating artists and other experts on knowledge and heritage institutes (17.00-17.30) about knowledge perception, heritage institutes, and representation. Later, there will be a textile workshop held by the Nyata Collective, one of the participating artists, where you get to add to the tapestry-project Archiving the Transmission of Knowledge and be part of the exhibition yourself. There will also be food and time to converse with the artists and other attendees.
Practical information
The event will be from 17.00 until 20.00. There will be (vegetarian) food and drinks. Entrance to the event 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, Arnhem and Rotterdam-based multi-disciplinary artists, exploring ways to address social topics through collaborative and hands-on textile processes. Both graduated from Graphic Design ArtEZ Arnhem in July 2025. Nyata is an Indonesian word for ‘real’ or ‘tangible’ based on facts. With their practice they aim to broaden this definition into a term for merging the invisible and visible into a tangible experience.
As a collective, they dive into different modes of harvesting knowledge by making space for what has been archived in the body: heritage, memories, dreams, daily experiences. They believe that through human and non-human encounters, we can gather personal stories, turning them into interwoven threads of knowledge and skills to move towards a dynamic and circular system centered on community building and reciprocity.
Charmaines artistic practice explores how colonial histories continue to shape contemporary representation, identity, and social structures. Through photography, collage, installation, archival research, and participatory practices, she investigates themes of racism, gender, collective memory, and decolonisation, often informed by her Surinamese-Dutch background. By recontextualising historical imagery and archives, she challenges dominant narratives and creates space for alternative voices and lived experiences. Participation and dialogue are central to her work, which aims to make complex social issues visible and tangible while encouraging critical reflection on history, identity, and representation.
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.