NEU for Near East Union.
NEU consists of people from Middle East or people with Middle Eastern roots to recalibrate the compass to understand: middle of what and whose east?
NE for Non European.
NEU aims to start a discussion about Non- European people’s situations in Sandberg Institute and Gerrit Rietveld Academy.
N for New.
NEU wants to bring its members together to share their experiences in their new life, and find out common strategies from the common struggles.
E for Everyone.
NEU welcomes all who have something to say about being a Middle Eastern within the frameworks of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and Sandberg Institute.
U for you.
Near East is getting closer to You.
NEU
Join us at the ELECTION MARATHON, where we will witness a defining moment not only for Turkey but for rest of the world. The election will weigh heavily on security in Europe and the Middle East. Who is elected stands to define: Turkey’s role in the NATO alliance; its relationship with the U.S., the EU and Russia; migration policy; Turkey’s role in the war in Ukraine; and how it handles tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean.
You're invited for two workshops about technology, society, hacking, AI, speculation, future, storytelling, utopia/distopia by Batuhan Keskiner.
A session with Gizem Üstüner: exploring Nocturnal Feminist Acts.
You are invited to our Iranian dinner gathering to celebrate Newroz / Nowruz together. Honest food will be cooked by Ghamar Alebouyeh Samami.
MARCH 21, 2023 18:00
Sandberg BC 3rd Floor
You are invited to our gathering 'GÜN' to enjoy a full plate of delicious Turkish mezzes for only €4 and by doing so you will be donating to the Queer Relief Fund, which supports the victims of the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
Tote-bags to raise money for people who are suffering the consequences of earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
Near East Union invites Turkish, Syrian and Kurdish students (and alums) from Rietveld and Sandberg community to gather on the 23rd of February - Thursday 16:00.
@ unsettlingbar, FEDLEV BUILDING
Union Lunch is an on-going program series by three existing unions at Gerrit Rietveld Academie & Sandberg Instituut.
ON THE 10TH OF NOVEMBER 2022 WE WELCOME ARTIST ATOUSA BANDEH GHIASABADI TO START THE CONVERSATION ON JIN, JIYAN, AZADI (WOMEN, LIFE, FREEDOM) MOVEMENT, AND ON HOW ART CAN BECOME A STRONG INSTRUMENT OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND A FORCE FOR CHANGE.
We will have our next gathering on the 26th of March, Friday 15:00 at Disarming Design Space, Gaasterlandstraat 3, 1079 RH Amsterdam
ON THE 10TH OF NOVEMBER 2022 WE WELCOME ARTIST ATOUSA BANDEH GHIASABADI TO START THE CONVERSATION ON JIN, JIYAN, AZADI (WOMEN, LIFE, FREEDOM) MOVEMENT, AND ON HOW ART CAN BECOME A STRONG INSTRUMENT OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND A FORCE FOR CHANGE.
- 17:00 @ THE LIBRARY
Atousa Bandeh Ghisabadi
Multi disciplinary artists born i Tehran/Iran based in Amsterdam Netherlands. She studied Astronomy at Groningen university followed by Painting at Minerva Art academy (BA in painting). She continued her postgraduate study at Sandberg Institute and got her Master in video art/film. Her works have been selected and shown in various international venues and film festivals (IDFA-IFFR-doc Leipzip-Cinemanila...) and has been part of various Collections next to her artistic practice, since 2013 she is teaching at Gerrit Rietveld Academy.
Organized by Unsettling & NEU
