INDEBT (2018) is a cultural destination and non-profit organization dedicated to ‘creating spaces’, both conceptual and physical, while actively bridging cultural divides. The fluid project manifests itself through an exhibition program, communal gatherings, and the facilitation of cultural locations throughout the city. In both its organizational structure as well as curatorial selection, INDEBT aims to rethink conventions and expectations in the art world and broader creative field.
At its core INDEBT is a mentality rather than a fixed physical location or set of activities. We believe meaningful work emerges through kindness, care, initiative, collaboration and exchange. In our cultural projects, we take an omnivorous approach to arts and culture, beyond narrow categories and rigid conventions. Our program is build around emerging practises on the forefront of culture, that cross boundaries, overlap disciplines, and generate new ways of working and thinking together. In our placemaking we create spaces for culture that combine presentation, production and gathering. These spaces aim to and keep arts and culture active components of the commodified urban environment, while reconnecting people and nurturing stronger forms of community in a time of increasing individualization.
The name INDEBT works on two, reinforcing levels: On an individual level, INDEBT refers to the precarity many artists are facing: A life outside established systems, sustained through resourcefulness, but “in debt” as a material reality. On a societal level, INDEBT acknowledges that the system itself is broken – fractured, unequal, and far from fair. Our societies carry debts of many kinds: ethical, cultural, ecological, and historical. We are all “Indebted’ to recognize these conditions and contribute to a better world, in whatever way we can. For us, this is through culture, in its broadest sense.
CURRENT SPACES
Ateliers - Swalmstraat 2A, 1079 ZG Amsterdam
Indebt Broedplaats - Govert Flinckstraat 286, 1073 CG Amsterdam
PREVIOUS SATELLITE SPACES
Paradijsplein 1, 1093 NJ Amsterdam (2017 - 2018)
Spaardammerstraat 460, 1013 SZ Amsterdam (2021 - 2022)
TEAM
Directors: Emil Rosi Lanz & Ciro Duclos
Building and brand manager: Sem Reijntjens
Gardening + photography: Rein Kooijman
Communication: Brechtje Polman
Intern: Thor Helmer
CONTACT
General inquiries: hello@indebt.info
Ateliers & studio’s: ateliers@indebt.info
NON-PROFIT FOUNDATION LEGAL DETAILS
Legal name: Stichting Indebt Studio
COC number: 88374599
SBI-code: 94993
RSIN: 864599109
ARTIST WE WORKED WITH
Aaron McLaughlin
Agnieszka Owsiany
Aleksandra Powalacz
Amalia Puga
Andrea Knezović
Andresen Mischa Pavlovski
Anton Munar
Azul Ehrenberg
Basia Bieniek
Benjamin A. H. Harpsøe
Bin Koh
Ciro Duclos
Dominika Pilch
Fabian Bredt
Federica Francesconi
Femi Dawkins
Iris Bavelaar
Jerry Florez Vasquez
Jonathan Aldenberg
Maria Nolla Mateos
Martin Brandt
Mateusz Godlewski & Endrias Tadsse
Mateusz Wappa
Melle van Herwaarden
Mikołaj Niżegorodcew
Nazif Lopulissa
Natalia Gwiżdż
Natalia Symonowicz & Antoni Golik
Nicola Baratto & Yiannis Mouravas
Noah Latif Lamp
Philip Coyne
Pinky Tesfay
Rein Kooyman
Sahar Jamili
Santino Santillana
Simon Marsiglia
Sofya Shpurova
Staś Stupkiewicz
Tala Dolgowska
Tasio Bidegain
Tomasz Skibicki
Tom Galesloot
Vicent Orts
William Grob
Xenia Kwiatkowska