The Border Crossed Us - World Refugee Day

As part of Refugee Welcome Week, The Border Crossed Us brings together immersive installations, movement workshops, performances, film, poetry and shared meals to ask: What kinds of futures can we build when we center care, community and resistance

Explore speculative visions of climate displacement, war, and societal change through projected imagery, sound, and curated artworks.

Extraction Economies & Climate Refuge: Future‑Dreaming from the Global South with Chautuileo Tranamil. A participatory session of movement, sound, and collective storytelling to dream just, caring future.

Gather around a shared meal of authentic vegetarian Syrian dishes, lovingly prepared by Zina’s Kitchen. This shared meal offers a moment to connect, reflect, and nourish both body and spirit.

A body‑based performance by Ahmad Mallah & Rebecca Lillich // Krüger.

This program is part of the Radical Imagination & Future-Building pathway to practice Radical Hope. Explore the full Refugee Welcome Week 2025 program and discover events happening across the Netherlands centering Radical Hope here.

Climate change is becoming an increasingly urgent driver of displacement and migration. Humanity on the Move explores the impact of climate change on the liveability of our world and the possibilities of space and movement by presenting three scenarios that investigate different narratives of climate mobility. Lena Knappers and Bram van Ooijen lead this research into the future of climate-induced migration, offering speculative insights and visual storytelling rooted in urgency and imagination. This research will be featured as part of the immersive visual installation, inviting visitors to engage with speculative futures shaped by climate-induced migration.

Chautuileo Tranamil is an Indigenous Mapuche, living in the Netherlands. Chautuileo is an Indigenous scholar with an expertise in biodiversity, international public law and Indigenous Rights and a guest lecturer at Universities. She brings in the Indigenous Knowledge Systems to decipher the relation we have to one another and to view the different societal challenges. She is also known for her global Indigenous advocacy and the co-founder of Indigenous Liberation Movement.

Ahmad Mallah & Rebecca Lillich // Krüger are an Amsterdam based performance duo utilizing singular objects through multiple mediums. Intersecting the personal and political, the duo performs open symbols to generate reflection, introspection and connection.

Zina’s Kitchen brings the rich flavors and stories of the Syrian kitchen to the Netherlands. Founded by Zina Abboud, who grew up in Aleppo surrounded by the scents of spices from her father’s trade, cooking has always been a way to feel at home, even in times of upheaval. Her cookbook Mijn Syrische Keuken (My Syrian Kitchen) and her spice line celebrate the richness of Syrian cuisine. Through her latest initiative Roots, she creates opportunities for newcomers to co-create a future in the hospitality world.

Amsterdam based performance duo utilizing singular objects through multiple mediums. Intersecting the personal and political, the duo performs open symbols to generate reflection, introspection and connection. The Price of Bricks (2024) is a ritual performance; singular bricks are used to create a philosophical echo of borders, (dis)trust and risk. The work invites the audience to reflect on the agency and complexities of safety, how in building walls we limit ourselves while we all look up to the same sky. The performance debuted at Big Art 2024 and has been shown at Unfair (Amsterdam NL,) No Limits! Art Castle/Sexyland World (Amsterdam NL) and Kunstlinie (Almere NL) before traveling this year to Sismograf Festival (Olot, ES), Danzahara Festival (Zahara de los Atunes, ES) NDSM Fuse (Amsterdam NL,) Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam NL) and Oerol Festival (Terschelling NL.)

Performance + concept: Ahmad Mallah + Rebecca Lillich/Krüger Sound: Lewis Daniel Knight Costumes: Rebecca Lillich/Krüger