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Samuel Taylor
Feb 11, 20212 min read
Anonymity
Throughout our daily lives we are confronted with the question of anonymity. Be it from performing a selfless act and deciding wether or...
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Roberto Alvau
Feb 10, 20214 min read
The Importance of Digitizing Street Art Heritage
In 2019, SAMA began a project to digitise its collection with the aim of preserving and disseminating its artworks. The museum's...
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Roberto Alvau
Feb 6, 20213 min read
Can we consider SAMA as relational art?
In his dense theorizing about relational aesthetics (Esthétique relationnelle, 1998) and the possibility of a socially compromised public...
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Roberto Alvau
Feb 2, 20215 min read
Hola! I'm Roberto Riccardo Alvau
Where are you from? What do you study/What are you doing in Amsterdam? I was born in Sassari, a small city in Sardinia, Italy. After high...
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Anna Stolyarova
Jan 19, 20211 min read
Street Art Museum Amsterdam wél open tijdens lockdown
AMSTERDAM – Alle musea in Nederland zijn tijdens de lockdown dicht. Alle musea? Nee: in Amsterdam is het Street Art Museum als een van de...
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Samuel Taylor
Jan 12, 20212 min read
How SAMA can Help with Amsterdam's Identity Crisis
For those of you currently reading this, who aren't presently aware, The city of Amsterdam seems to be going through an identity change...
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Samuel Taylor
Jan 8, 20214 min read
Metaphorical sit-down with JDL Street Art
JDL Street Art, also known as Judith de Leeuw, is a 24 year-old born and raised in Amsterdam. We, here at SAMA, have had the pleasure of...
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Samuel Taylor
Jan 2, 20212 min read
2020 : Things We Made
This year, which felt like a Mexican Stand Off, I joined SAMA in a very similar fashion to Haye, please read my story here; and I have...
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Anna Stolyarova
Jan 2, 20215 min read
New Identity, New Focus
Finding a new identity is often a process of struggles and uphill battles. It takes determination and sometimes, bridges have to be burnt...
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Anna Stolyarova
Jan 2, 20213 min read
New year, new direction
Before I tell you about the new direction of SAMA, let me quickly introduce myself. I’m a 25-year old kid from rural Zeeland. I studied...
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Anna Stolyarova
Jan 2, 20213 min read
The Irrational State of Things
Today our unsophisticated cameras record in their own way our hastily assembled and painted world. Vladimir Nabokov, Invitation to a...
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Anna Stolyarova
Dec 23, 20202 min read
Nieuwe ouders in Nieuw-West: Waarom is deze groep zo belangrijk?
Om je een beeld te geven van Nieuw-West; het stadsdeel van Amsterdam waar je mooie wandelingen kan maken omringt door groen. Denk...
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Anna Stolyarova
Dec 21, 20205 min read
Street Art Museum Amsterdam: A Case Study
For my MA dissertation this year, I chose to study the Street Art Museum, Amsterdam (SAMA) as one of the case studies and also did an...
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Karen NDJEUDJI
Dec 15, 20203 min read
Street art and social impact
Many times when we walk down the street, we no longer pay attention to the environment around us. By habit, weariness or inattention......
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didiebelle
Dec 15, 20203 min read
My time in Amsterdam
Initially it was planned that the internship in Amsterdam would take place in April in the middle of spring. I was excited to come in the...
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didiebelle
Dec 15, 20202 min read
Amsterdam leading museums vs SAMA
Usually when you take a ticket to visit a museum, you think you are going to a large closed building. Actually I've done a few like this,...
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Carlos Pereira
Dec 15, 20202 min read
My time in SAMA or Work outside
I came work for the museum to do Finance. It’s was interesting and a good experience to help the museum to opening their merchandise...
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Anna Stolyarova
Dec 3, 20204 min read
Een ouder en kind ontmoetingsochtend: Inzichten naar aanleiding van verschillende workshops
In september 2020 bood het SAMA op verzoek van Food4Smiles en de FredFoundation ontmoetingsochtenden aan. Hier konden ouders en...
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Samuel Taylor
Nov 23, 20204 min read
Street Art Hunter: Gnik Combor
As a continuation in our street art hunters series, we would like to introduce to you all Gnik Combor (@gnikcombor). As a point of...
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Anna Stolyarova
Nov 19, 20203 min read
Food4Smiles : de interviews
Aan vier personen die betrokken zijn bij dit project werd de vraag gesteld waarom deze doelgroep belangrijk is. Irina (48) is kunstenares...
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