Perdu is a cultural stage, specialised poetry bookshop, and publishing house based in Amsterdam since 1984. Dedicated to experiments at the intersection of literature, performance, and other art forms.
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Object of Desire
With Elena Comay del Junco, Shiv Kotecha,
Basyma Saad and Maxi Wallenhorst.
Rememberment: Palestine in Real Time
A lecture performance by Jasbir K. Puar and Dima Srouji
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Inspired by Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space, poet and writer Asmaa Azaizeh will guide this exploration through forms of visualizing and remembering. We will craft both poetry and prose.
Send your motivation, expectations, and (if existing) your artistic practice to studie@perdu.nl before the 1st of June.
Send your motivation, expectations, and (if existing) your artistic practice to studie@perdu.nl before the 1st of June.
Vers van het Mes: The 2026 Selection
Vacancy: handyperson (volunteer position, 6-8 hrs a week)
Perdu is looking for a handyperson on a voluntary basis, for 6-8 hours a week. Apply before February 1! CLOSED
Vacancy: production assistant (16 hours p/w)
We are looking for a production assistant for our theatre programming, for 16 hours per week, starting at 1 March 2026. Apply before 27 January 2026. CLOSED.
COLLECTIVE WORK: 3 free workshops
In the run-up to this programme and as part of its collective character, Maxime Garcia Diaz, Alma Apt, and Lola Swindles will each give a workshop. Participation is free for those who get a ticket for the programme on the 21st of November.
workshop announcement: Transatlantic Voices—On Latin American Feminist Poetry
Transatlantic Voices, the workshop on Latin American feminist poetry, is set to run for a second time starting on the 23rd of September.