ZAM x OAE: Between Here and Now 

11 – 19 October 2025 | OpenArtExchange, Hoogstraat 85, Schiedam, The Netherlands 

ZAM Magazine and OpenArtExchange proudly present the group exhibition Between Here and Now. This multidisciplinary exhibition explores the idea of the diaspora and the complex interplay between past, present, and future. It is also a unique opportunity to discover the ZAM art collection, with works on sale alongside posters, books, and Glitching the Future merchandise. 

We warmly invite you to the festive opening on Saturday 11 October at 14:00 at OpenArtExchange, Hoogstraat 85, Schiedam. The opening runs alongside the Glitching the Future festival held in Johannesburg and will include a virtual DJ performance by the Pussy Party.  For the full program and event details, visit our Opening event page. 

If you cannot be present that day, do not miss the unique closing event on Sunday 19 October at 15:00!  

About ZAM Magazine 

ZAM is a creative platform centred in Europe for African artists, writers, journalists, academics and free thinkers who grapple with the issues of our time. 

Their network of African thinkers and creatives are crafting the future. They’re breaking down boundaries and imagining a world beyond ‘us’ and ‘them’. ZAM brings their work to a wider audience in the Netherlands, Europe, Africa and the world. They invite people to listen to and experience these perspectives so that the urgent discussions of the day can be more sharply focused through a new lens. 

ZAM creates synergy between creatives from Africa, Europe and the diaspora by setting up partnerships across the continental divide. They publish the work of our creative community through the ZAM Magazine website and special print editions. They bring creatives together with their audiences through events like the ZAM Nelson Mandela Lecture and the Between Here and Now exhibition. 

Visit the ZAM Magazine website to learn more!  

Between Here and Now 

Between Here and Now features works by African contemporary artists from within and beyond the African diaspora. The “Now” refers to the current experiences of migration and connection, while also exploring how pasts and futures resonate in the present. Through a multidisciplinary visual journey, the exhibition investigates such as identity, migration, community, and imaginations of the future. Written for this occasion, poetry by Julia-Beth Harris will act as a connecting thread between the works, guiding visitors through the rich diversity of the stories presented.  

The exhibition features the works of artists: Anton Corbijn/Berend Strik, Casca, Clifford Charles, Patricia Kaersenhout, Patrick Musombwa, Rafiy Okefolahan, and Ruan Hoffman. As well as the work of Heidi Thembeka Sincuba, titled Quantum Afterlife, exploring Afro-quantum thinking, created especially for this exhibition. Farran van Wyk will present Mixedness is My Mythology, a photographic series dealing with personal and collective identities within the diaspora. 

Cover image credits: Heidi Thembeka Sincuba