Carmen Papalia


Open Access, collectieve performance georganiseerd door Carmen Papalia als onderdeel van de training Open Access: Organizing Accessibility from the Grassroots in de context van het project Trainings for the Not-Yet, 26 oktober 2019, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, foto: Tom Janssen


Open Access, collectieve performance georganiseerd door Carmen Papalia als onderdeel van de training Open Access: Organizing Accessibility from the Grassroots in de context van het project Trainings for the Not-Yet, 26 oktober 2019, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, foto: Tom Janssen


Open Access, collectieve performance georganiseerd door Carmen Papalia als onderdeel van de training Open Access: Organizing Accessibility from the Grassroots in de context van het project Trainings for the Not-Yet, 26 oktober 2019, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, foto: Tom Janssen


Open Access, collectieve performance georganiseerd door Carmen Papalia als onderdeel van de training Open Access: Organizing Accessibility from the Grassroots in de context van het project Trainings for the Not-Yet, 26 oktober 2019, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, foto: Tom Janssen


Open Access, collectieve performance georganiseerd door Carmen Papalia als onderdeel van de training Open Access: Organizing Accessibility from the Grassroots in de context van het project Trainings for the Not-Yet, 26 oktober 2019, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, foto: Tom Janssen


Open Access, collectieve performance georganiseerd door Carmen Papalia als onderdeel van de training Open Access: Organizing Accessibility from the Grassroots in de context van het project Trainings for the Not-Yet, 26 oktober 2019, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, foto: Tom Janssen


Open Access, collectieve performance georganiseerd door Carmen Papalia als onderdeel van de training Open Access: Organizing Accessibility from the Grassroots in de context van het project Trainings for the Not-Yet, 26 oktober 2019, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, foto: Tom Janssen


Open Access, collectieve performance georganiseerd door Carmen Papalia als onderdeel van de training Open Access: Organizing Accessibility from the Grassroots in de context van het project Trainings for the Not-Yet, 26 oktober 2019, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, foto: Tom Janssen


Open Access, collectieve performance georganiseerd door Carmen Papalia als onderdeel van de training Open Access: Organizing Accessibility from the Grassroots in de context van het project Trainings for the Not-Yet, 26 oktober 2019, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, foto: Tom Janssen


Open Access, collectieve performance georganiseerd door Carmen Papalia als onderdeel van de training Open Access: Organizing Accessibility from the Grassroots in de context van het project Trainings for the Not-Yet, 26 oktober 2019, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, foto: Tom Janssen



Come to BAK on Saturday 26 October 2019 for a public program with artist Carmen Papalia. In the spirit of Open Access, a conceptual framework for accessibility developed by Papalia, the public is invited into a collectively envisioned space emerging from the principles of trust and mutual care.

The public program consists of an inclusive, performative presentation by several of the participants from the training of that week (Training X: Organizing Accessibility from the Grassroots) moderated by Papalia himself. The performance offers an alternative perspective on, and practice of, accessibility and public engagement of cultural institutions.

Carmen Papalia is an artist who uses organizing strategies and improvisation to address access to public space, the art institution, and visual culture.



Tickets: €6 normal, €3 student discount. Ticket includes entry to exhibition Trainings for the Not-Yet on Saturday 26 October. Book your tickets via Eventbrite. Participants of the training by Carmen Papalia can attend this event for free. 

15 februari 2023, 10.00-18.00

A series of practical publishing workshops hosted by an active squat and anarchist social center in Amsterdam and organized by the Bookbinding Studio of Sandberg Instituut/Rietveld Academy and Lila Athanasiadou. 

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4 februari 2023, 13.00-18.00

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16 december 2022, 15.00-17.00



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27 januari, 18.30–29 januari, 21.00 2023

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