Film still 'Reenactment or Filming with a Migrant Camera' by Carlos Guzmán. Courtesy of the artist. 13 Nov –
20 Dec 2026
Exhibition Framer Framed Noord: Reenactment or Filming with a Migrant Camera
On show at Framer Framed Noord from 13 November to 20 December 2026, Framer Framed presents Reenactment or Filming with a Migrant Camera, a video installation by artist Carlos Guzmán based on Super 8 reels filmed by his grandmother while she was living as a Colombian immigrant in the United States, between New York and Bogotá during the 1970s.
Guzmán used his grandmother’s camera to continue filming in Haarlem, the Netherlands, this year. The Harlem neighborhood in New York was originally a town founded by Dutch immigrants in 1685. Beginning in the second half of the 20th century, it became a hub of the Latino community. Through a two-channel video installation, the images, sounds and voices engage in a dialogue that connects the past and the present from an intergenerational eye looking through the same lens.
The relation of images, texts and scenarios looks to present the migration from the perspective of an hispanic working class woman and single mother in New York and an artist that inherited her films, camera and memories. The installation sheds light on a film archive that documents the life in a distant country and the connections with the homeland through film.
Opening
13 November 2026 from 18:00–20:00. Sign up here.
Opening times
28 November–12 December
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10.00–16.00
Saturday 28 November and 12 December from 12.00–16.00
Location
Framer Framed Noord
Zuideinde 369
1035 PE Amsterdam
Info & Credits
This project is supported by the Mondriaan Fonds and was developed at the VOL22 studio of 37PK – Platform voor Kunsten in Haarlem.
Free entry, pay what you can.
Framer Framed is supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; Amsterdam Fund for the Arts; and the Municipality of Amsterdam.
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