Beyond Walls

We believe in the power of storytelling and art as a way to educate and inspire beyond historical facts. Beyond Walls explores this question through heritage and research projects, contemporary art & visual storytelling. BEYOND WALLS is an Amsterdam-based and globally active platform of independent curators, researchers, artists and (visual) storytellers. Our mission is to contribute to a more open and empathetic world by creating spaces where people and ideas thrive. We initiate, develop and curate projects that raise awareness, challenge views and spark critical conversation and co-creation. Beyond the walls of museums, institutions and our own frames. We develop and curate heritage projects through an intersectional, diasporic lens, work independently and in collaboration with a diversity of scholars, artists, initiatives and partners like Het Rijksmuseum, Framer Framed, TED, Erasmus Huis Jakarta, Read My World, Het Tropenmuseum, Amerpodia, Open University and more. In our projects we center underrepresented voices and highlight the entanglement of personal stories, colonial history and contemporary global realities. Involving the impact and afterlives of colonialism and issues related like racism, xenophobia, homophobia, gender diversity, identity and belonging. We operate with a diverse team of independent professionals. Core team and founders: Suzanne Rastovac (historian, curator, researcher), Armando Ello (photographer, filmmaker, publisher), Jeremy Flohr (visual storyteller, filmmaker, audio engineer), Glenda Pattipeilohy (event producer, educator, community builder). Read more on: www.beyondwalls.nl