BASECAMP for Tactical Imaginaries

🐝| 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗔𝗞 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟭-𝟭𝟳 𝗠𝗮𝘆 |🐝 Brains buzzing🧠, bodies moving at Basecamp. This week brings together a diversity of critical conversations, experimental art, embodied practice, and playful creativity. 𝗢𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗣a𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲, part of the 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 lecture series organized by Layal Ftouni, an evening dedicated to critical reflection, collective discussion, and urgent political thought. 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟰 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟯 𝗠𝗮𝘆, Basecamp becomes part of the 𝗦𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 through Extended Bodies / Expanded Minds, a program exploring the shifting boundaries between technology, performance, bodies, and consciousness. The program features 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀.𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 by Patrick Blenkarn & Milton Lim, alongside Lilith.Aeon by AΦE, an installation and performance. 𝗢𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟲 𝗠𝗮𝘆 turns fully toward community learning and creative exploration. First, 𝗠𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗢𝗥𝗘: 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 through Embodied Exploration, a workshop by Deren and Nina, invites participants into practices of movement. 𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬–𝟭𝟰:𝟬𝟬, the monthly 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 gathers once again for shared learning, discussion, and resource exchange around trans healthcare and collective care practices. 𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 with 𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗨𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗖𝗞: 𝗚𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆, a creative writing workshop by Mel and Mara; pick up your writing unfinished projects, catch a momentum of writing rush and escape the feeling of being stuck! To sign up, please send an email to @marafacon_ !!re_email!!_gmail.com. There is a limit of max. 10 people 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆: @insan_larasati

Morgen (zondag 17 mei) staat de interactieve videogame asses.masses op het programma! Het is een 7,5 uur durende strategy game die live in het theater wordt gespeeld (bij BAK in de Pauwstraat). Samen met het publiek wissel je de controller af om een kudde werkloze ezels door een post-industriële wereld te loodsen. Een super meeslepende, unieke ervaring over arbeid en technologie. Goed om te weten: het duurt van 13:00 tot ongeveer 20:30 uur, dus al het eten, drinken en snacks (vegetarisch/vegan) zijn gewoon bij het ticket inbegrepen. Perfecte zondagbesteding dus. De versie van morgen is volledig in het Nederlands. 🗓Zondag 17 mei vanaf 13:00 uur 📍BAK | Pauwstraat 13A Koop je kaartjes en maak deel uit van SPRING! SPRING Performing Arts Festival – 14 t/m 23 mei ℹ & 🩷 tickets springutrecht.nl #spring #springutrecht #springperformingartsfestival #performingartsfestival #springfestival #performingarts

You are warmly invited to the 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 on Sunday 14 June! 🟣 Not just a commemoration, but an inspired embodiment, a re-activation and a call to action. The 1933 congress was a moment of resistance and unity. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲? Join alongside scholars, artists and activists to reflect on the importance of this congress, both historically and for present days. 🔴 This anti-fascist congress is an initiative of @nancyjouwe in close cooperation with the Basecamp Core Building Domain (@jeanneworks , @makschram and @ndeaa.p ). The assembly will have contributions from @jasperalbinus , @sporenvanslavernijutrecht , @pravinimusic , @gunojones , @jessica_van_geel , @lazeefuik , @soulanotos , Grace Leksana, @marxismeschool , @jms.legacy , @jonas_staal and others to be announced. For more info, see the 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗼

(English below) ✨ Yallah Sabaya - Dansavond ✨ Kom langs voor een gezellige avond vol beweging, muziek en verbinding 💃 Yallah Sabaya is een dansfeest speciaal voor vrouwen en vrouw-identificerende personen. Inschrijving is niet nodig. Goede vibes; een open en veilige plek voor vrouwen Tot op de dansvloer! 🔥 📅 Vrijdag 29 mei 🕑 19:30 - 21:00 📍BAK Basecamp Pauwstraat 13A, 3512 TG Utrecht ✨ Yallah Sabaya – Dance Night ✨ Join us for a fun evening of movement, music, and connection 💃 Yallah Sabaya is a dance party created especially for women-identifying individuals. No sign up is required. Good vibes; Open, welcoming space for women See you on the dance floor!🔥 📅 Friday 29 May 🕑 19:30 - 21:00 📍BAK Basecamp Pauwstraat 13A, 3512 TG Utrecht

𝘼𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 (@iliadacharalambous with @hetrodekeukentje ) in collaboration with @riseup4rojava.netherlands warmly invites you for a filmscreening of 𝙂𝙪𝙡î𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣, 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨 – a documentary film by @zayneakyol which sheds light on the lives of Kurdish women fighters who are collectively fighting for a revolutionary ideal.   The film, produced in 2016 when the battle against ISIS was peaking in the Kurdish territories of Iraq and Syria, follows the women guerillas while training and defending the territories, all while embodying a revolutionary ideal advocating female empowerment. As filmmaker Zaynê Akyol follows their highly regimented lives, seasoned fighters like Rojen and Sozdar openly share with us their most intimate thoughts and dreams.   Amid rocky mountains and arid deserts, they are the future of a people and confidently serve the ideal to which they have dedicated their lives. Offering a window into this largely unknown world, the film also exposes the hidden face of this highly mediatized war: the female, feminist face of a revolutionary group united by a common vision of freedom.   As in today’s political climate the situation in Kurdish territories remains critical, we invite you to join us for a collective reading prior to the film screening that can aid us in understanding the politicized culture that keeps the Rojava revolution alive.   Het Rode Keukentje will cook a delicious dinner of dolma with pomegranate for us all, part of our fundraising efforts to support the Kurdish Red Cresent Basecamp runs on a lot of love and little money, please consider donating for your participation, we suggest something in between €3-8

May 28th// All welcome to the third Iteration of ‘Still Called Palestine’ Lecture Series with Siggie Vertommen. Israel is widely recognized and branded for its strikingly “pronatalist” approach to assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), including in vitro fertilisation, egg donation, surrogacy, and prenatal/preimplantation genetic testing. Critical scholarship, however, has debunked this self-proclaimed pronatalism as highly selective, arguing that it is mostly geared toward increasing birth rates among Jewish Israeli families while casting Palestinians as a “demographic threat”. In my previous work, I developed the concept of fertility frontiers to analyse how ARTs function as both a demographic and a commodity frontier within Zionism’s century-long, ongoing project of settler colonialism and racial capitalism in Israel/Palestine. While assisting in the consolidation of a demographically Jewish state at the expense of Palestinian life, reproductive technologies have simultaneously co-produced a thriving (trans)national fertility industry that relies on the “cheap” reproductive labour of egg cell providers, surrogates, (grand)parents. In this presentation, I want to explore whether and how this “old” fertility frontier has taken a qualitatively “new” reproductive turn since the Gaza genocide. Focusing on two “reproductive technologies”—posthumous sperm retrieval of Israeli soldiers and the AI-powered “Where is Daddy” system to target Palestinian militants at home—I argue that it is crucial to introduce a reproductive lens to understand processes of accumulation, elimination and resistance in Israel/Palestine. Siggie Vertommen works as a lecturer and researcher in gender studies at the University of Amsterdam and Ghent University. Her research grapples with the global politics of assisted reproduction in various locations, including Israel/Palestine, Georgia and Belgium.

World Refugee Day is around the corner - and there is a lot to discuss, especially when it comes to the EU Migration Pact. Discussions often miss how the implementation of the Pact will impact migrant and refugee women - this is exactly what we aim to counter with our next event. ✨ We’re super excited to be introducing: the next and last round of Facilitators ✨ Meet the facilitators of the workshop ‘Narrative Change Around Harmful Migration Narratives & Resistance Tactics’ - a participatory session led by Clara Saliba, @apei_creativestudio from NWC and Alejandro Navarrete from @bakbasecamp basecamp. This participatory session combines 🎨 storytelling, art & resistance tactics 📢💖 and focuses on how migrant and refugee women can reclaim their narratives. Recognizing that migrant and refugee women are the most powerful narrators of their own stories, participants will learn practical strategies for amplifying their voices. Combined with a participatory session, participants will reflect on building resistance tactics against harmful migration policies and far-right ideologies, closing with a session on how to collectively show solidarity. ➡️Swipe to learn more about Clara, Alejandro and their workshop! 📆 27th May, 12.30- 18.00 - BAK Basecamp Utrecht 📍 Don’t miss out, secure your place and register through the link in our bio! 🔗 This event is organised as part of New Women Connectors’ W-Star project. The project is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them. Our partners are @migs_cy @cospeonlus @verband_moveglobal_ev

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯.𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗮.𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗸.𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻-𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 invite you to the third of their series of Open Kitchen TakeOvers, called: Multilingual Recipes; kitchen-ing based project series. The performative gathering Will This Land Hold Us? is inspired by rituals and humming practices from Southwest China and Southern Iran. Changli and Fatemeh use the body as an image, and memories of food as a language to connect with their “migrant bodies”. The performance explores bodily forms of expression that challenge the confines of language. Together, we invite each other and the audience to use rice and humming for ritual as a way of communicating and connecting our memories and the lands. Can “hum” and “food” be a language to trace the unspoken memories which had impacted us? How can we root ourselves in unfamiliar soil, and how can collective presence become a form of healing? Will this land hold us back when we are standing on it and performing rituals from another land? This performative gathering is both a dialogue and a hum, a cross-cultural collaboration that does not rely on a single language, and an ongoing search for a sense of belonging. We try to hold each other while trying to connect with the land around us. 𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙪𝙢 𝘿𝙪𝙤 The Hum duo consists of Changli Cui Luo and Fatemeh Asiri both based in Utrecht. Together, through their duo they work with performative languages to connect with their “migrant bodies”. Hum to them is not simply a sound, but that subtle vibration that bridges bodies, memories, and geographies. For Changli and Fatemeh, hum embodies a state of becoming, an ongoing attunement to the frequencies of lived experience, the voices that have been silenced, and the stories and memories that persist in movement.

Many thanks to our study session cohost @mayasolidarity , Assembling in Resistance and @iliadacharalambous , @hetrodekeukentje and filmmakers @aylinkuryel , @firatyucels and Deniz Buga for allowing us to share about the massacre of 19 Filipinos in Toboso, Negros Occidental, before the screening of “Class Outside” this past Wednesday at @bakbasecamp . Prior to the film screening we held a reading on JMS’ 2021 article, “Fascism: Origin, Development and Abolition” which highlighted the essential class character of fascism as the open terror of the bourgeoisie. It can be seen in both the state terror of the Armed Forces of the Philippines ruthlessly gunning down Filipinos serving rural communities in Philippine countryside, and in the brutality of the Dutch police beating students for standing against the Zionist occupation of Palestine and demanding an end to their universities’ complicity with the genocide in Gaza. The escalation of fascist violence globally underscores the urgency of building broad international anti-imperialist and anti-fascist unity among all peoples’ movements and liberation struggles. In our movements for justice, democracy, and genuine peace, we can be stronger together against the imperialist enemy that tries to divide us. Justice for the Toboso 19, and justice for all the victims of US imperialism worldwide! Join us for our book launch of our first publication, a selection of JMS’ writings on fascism, printed to commemorate our one-year anniversary. 🗓️ May 30, 2026 🕐 13:00-15:30 CEST (Online portion is 1.5hr) * 13:00-14:30 CEST (Utrecht) * 7:00pm-8:30pm PST (Manila) * 14:00-15:30 EAT (Nairobi) * 12:00-13:30 BST (London) * 7:00am-8:30am EDT (NYC) 📍 BAK Basecamp for Tactical Imaginaries, Pauwstraat 13A, Utrecht 🔗 Register to join online at tiny.cc/jmslf-fascism-book-launch [LINK IN BIO]

May 9 fundraiser in solidarity with Iran & Lebanon Colored Qollective × De Voorkamer × BAK Basecamp art, film, food, performance, music, and mutual aid 🫂doors 13:00 · welcome words 13.30 💚afternoon {14:00–16:00} Sazmanab with @museumofsohrab , and weaving with @aisha_line_ {14:00–16:00} Queer showcase with Safe(r) Space {16:00–18:00} Zine station with @oldfriendinc 💛film screenings {all afternoon} We Are All for the Fatherland, A Girl Gazing Fragment #5 by Fatima Joumaa, End of empire Ep.7, Iran: The land of religions + discussion by Emily {18:00-19:00} dinner by @hetrodekeukentje 🤍evening {19:00-22:00} Resurrection by @niloofar.fouladi13 (⚠ nudity) Storytelling with @almahabba_huis {20:00–22:00} Dj sets by @sign.uh ,Ash and Soh ❤️‍🔥 Free entry · sign up & donate in CQ's linktree 📍 BAK Basecamp, Utrecht 📎 Graphic design by @roxettecapriles 🖤 Come through

World Refugee Day is around the corner - and there is a lot to discuss, especially when it comes to the EU Migration Pact. However, what’s often not discussed is how it will impact migrant and refugee women ‼️ This is why we’re hosting an event on the 27th of May at @bakbasecamp : to come together and examine the Pact from a feminist lens. ✨ We’re super excited to be introducing: the Facilitators ✨ Today, meet Sandra Alloush, @sandra.alloush international award-winning Syrian refugee journalist and documentary filmmaker, as well as human-rights defender. Her workshop, ‘Unpacking the EU Migration Pact: What does the Pact mean for migrant and refugee women?’ will delve into the Pact's gendered dimensions, focusing on implications for migrant and refugee women. ➡️Swipe to learn more about Sandra and her workshop! 📆 27th May, 12.30- 18.00 - BAK Basecamp Utrecht 📍 Don’t miss out, secure your place and register through the link in our bio! 🔗 Stay tuned for info on the other facilitators and workshop! This event is organised as part of New Women Connectors’ W-Star project. The project is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them. Our partners are @migs_cy @cospeonlus @verband_moveglobal_ev

🐝🐝| 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝟰 - 𝟭𝟬 𝗠𝗮𝘆 |🐝🐝 What’s on this week at BAK Basecamp? A powerful week of for solidarity, fundraising, political discussion and anti-Fascism education. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, we kick things off with the Basecamp Community Assembly, a bi-weekly moment to connect and share with fellow Basecampers. The evening then expands film screening of 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙊𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚, a film by @aylinkuryel , @firatyucels and Deniz Buga about Amsterdam student’s refusal of accepting complicity and the statues quo within Western universities in times of broadcasted genocide, bringing a fundraising dinner, collective reading with Spookstad Collective, organized by Iliada Charalambous in collaboration with het Rode Keukentje as part of 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. At the same time, between 18:00–21:00, a study session on “𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺: 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻, 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻,” hosted by 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗢𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯.𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗮.𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗸.𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗡 host multilayered event of Open Kitchen for kitchen-takeovers and collaboration. @bds_nederland facilitates an info point around their local and national @apartheidvrijezones_netwerk at 16.30 followed by a Q&A with Nils Brenkman board member of BDS Nederland and Chiara of the AFZ campaign, @palestine.cafe.utrecht crew joins the b.a.k. team preparing a nourishing meal and Antonella Pintus (G.A.Z.A. Project, Rome/Berlin) to premiere their latest 📽️ documentary 𝙋𝙍𝙊-𝙋𝘼𝙇 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙂𝙇𝙊𝘽𝘼𝙇 𝙅𝙐𝙎𝙏𝙄𝘾𝙀 with discussion and Q&A after. 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 invites you into creativity and embodied practice with the 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 workshop series organized by 𝗣𝗢𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗜. 𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗮𝗽 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 with a full-day Fundraiser for Lebanon and Iran, in collaboration with de Voorkamer and Colored Qollective, dinner by @hetrodekeukentje . 𝗡𝗼𝘄’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿! 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘆: @insan_larasati