Rad-Ish #010 – Stories That Gather: on Mezrab with Sahand Sahebdivani
What happens when people gather around a story? A conversation with Sahand Sahebdivani, storyteller and founder of Mezrab, on storytelling as a way of being together, on growing up between cultures, and on what the city needs now.
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AA website // Soundcloud // Spotify // Youtube
On Friday 19th of June we released ‘Inter // Esse’, a six track EP by Amsterdam based Wilco Prinsen. This EP is not only the debut release by Wilco but also the first release of Anderworld Records, our cooperative, post-capitalistic record label.
This debut release is the first document of Wilco Prinsen’s explorations with the modular synthesizer and is based on both live and studio recordings from the period 2017 - 2025. This period was a transformative one, moving from indie band territory towards the domain of electronica, driven by curiosity and attracted by freedom in sound and composition. The transition was never clean, and that unresolved tension is precisely what moves him as a musician and what this release attempts to document.
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The new issue of our newspaper has just been published in print as well as digital. We can always use some extra hands to help distributing these newspapers through every corner of Amsterdam. Please contact if you have time to help: info(at)amsterdamalternative.nl
All the articles are also available on this website
Amsterdam Alternative publishes articles about free spaces, gentrification, politics, climate, music, art, housing and other urgent topics. We publish in our bi-monthly free newspaper as well as online.
See all articlesOver the years, different movements have emerged to address environmental challenges and seek more sustainable solutions. One of the most innovative of these initiatives is the creation of Zoöps. The guiding idea of a Zoöp is: what if all forms of life could actively participate in the decision-making process of organizations and have their own voice? To make this possible, the Zoönomic Institute developed the role of the Speaker for the Living, someone who speaks on behalf of the
Amsterdam heeft sinds enkele weken weer een nieuw stadsbestuur. Nou ja, nieuw is het niet echt: dezelfde partijen (GroenLinks en PvdA, nu samen met Pro en D66) blijven de stad besturen. Het programma 2026-2030 leest alsof er een totaal nieuwe aanpak komt – een radicale breuk met hun eigen beleid van de afgelopen jaren. Of zijn het radicale woorden voor oud beleid? Is het één grote groen-, zwart- en witwasserij? Wij lazen voor AA het bestuursakkoord. We zoomen vooral in op h
Every two months we publish a music tip top 6 in our newspaper and on our website. All the releases have been picked with care but we won’t rate the releases. You can do the judging yourself. Tips and links to releases are always welcome (music(at)amsterdamalternative.nl). Wilco Prinsen Inter // Esse Label: Anderworld Release date: 06-2026 Genre: Electronica, IDM Format: Digital Listen on Bandcamp KUTMAH Sacred Conversations Label: All C
Ben je nog nooit in de Lutkemeerpolder in stadsdeel Osdorp geweest? Of wil je een update van de stand van zaken. Dan is deze zomer een mooie kans om een bezoek te brengen aan de laatse vruchtbare zeekleigrond van Amsterdam. Spring op je fiets en kom eens kijken! Lutkemeerommetjes Iedere eerste zondag van de maand om 13.00 uur kun je aansluiten bij een Lutkemeerommetje en meer horen over de natuur, geschiedenis en toekomst van de polder. Welkom op zondag 5 juli, zondag 2 augustus
Amsterdam Alternative has initiated a wide variety of projects since 2015. Some were temporary but most are still running. Check some of the most current projects below or visit the projects page to see a full overview.
See all projectsFrom the 1st of February 2023 Amsterdam Alternative is running the cinema + bar on the second floor of the OT301. The spaces are being used for film & documentary screenings, discussion nights, comedy, music, dance performances, workshops, book launches, podcast recordings and more.
Anderworld is a record label founded in 2026 by Amsterdam Alternative. Not a traditional, hierarchical label, but a cooperative, post-capitalist initiative focused on music, research, and experimentation. Alongside joy and creativity, we stand for collective ownership models, community meaning, hope, and radical imagination.
Sometimes, you sense it. A gesture, a sound, something pulses quietly beneath the surface of the city. A story waiting to be heard. Rad-Ish is a podcast about the silent dreamers, everyday radicals and hidden dissenters who keep the city alive. We seek out the voices of the underground, the pillars of movements that often go unseen yet build the foundation for collective spaces and a desirable future for the many, not the few. On a regular basis we release a short episode where we pull that little red thread that runs through Amsterdam, from the people directly shaping alternative culture to those nurturing it in the background. We're here to pay attention to those who resist the obvious, and talk to those who quietly practice other ways of being.
This modular web documentary is intended as an inspirational document, a guide and an archive. It is a compilation of stories about and quests for other ways in which we can shape society. We (and many others with us) are convinced that things really can be done differently and that a different view of ownership can play a major role in this.
Thanks to all the talented photographers in the Amsterdam Alternative collective we always have great images in our newspaper and lots of nice photo reports online.
See all photographyOn Friday 19th of June we released ‘Inter // Esse’, a six track EP by Amsterdam based Wilco Prinsen. This EP is not only the debut release by Wilco but also the first release of Anderworld Records, our cooperative, post-capitalistic record label.
The release party was held at the OT301 with live sets by Wilco Prinsen, Mathilde Nobel and Bastian Benjamin and DJ sets by Zohar and oernaut.
Thanks to all the artists for their great sets.
Photography: Hanna Rudner
On Thursday 14th of May the anual Ascension day (Hemelvaart) event took place at Rijkshemelvaart again. Always a great day with music, food, drinks and lots of friendly people.
Photography: Jeanne Beyssac
On Saturday 23rd of May 2026 Framer Framed organised a book fair and presented their new publication called ‘Notes to other futures - Fifteen years of Framer Framed’.
Photography: Jeanne Beyssac
Amsterdam Alternative started as a network of solidarity and free newspaper but we’ve alwys had the ambition to create inspiring videos as well. In 2024 we created and published about 50 hrs of video about collective ownership, in 2025 we started a new video department called Fragmenta.
See all videoEen film over en door de mensen van Het Groene Veld.
Help ons mee in strijd voor het behoud van Het Groene Veld! Teken de petitie, hang een poster of kom langs!
Kijk op: https://hetgroeneveld.amsterdam
Camera/edit: Elffin van Baars
Camera: Niels Douma, Tibbe van Diemen, Denys Parchenko, Isa van Lier
Productie/Regie: Isa van Lier, Oscar Zeegers
Met dank aan: Sara, KJ, Hay, Femke, Wybe, Inez, Ollie, Anouk, Isobel
Camera: Pablo van Wetten
Audio/music: Peter Rutten
Edit/animation: Ivo Schmetz
Met dank aan/Thanks to:
People: Ad Vlems, Diny
Funding: AFK, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
Camera: Pablo van Wetten
Audio/music: Peter Rutten
Edit/animation: Ivo Schmetz
Met dank aan/Thanks to:
People: Melissa Koutouzis & Cody Hochstenbach
Funding: AFK, Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
In the Amsterdam Alternative agenda you’ll find the public programming from our participating venues.
See the complete agendaThe Vondelbunker is a 100% volunteer run space, using DIY politics to create a place for counterculture in the hypercapitalist city centre. The Vondelbunker is located in an old bombshelter located in the Vondelpark in Amsterdam. Under the bridge bands and DJ’s play, performances shown, m
The Ru Paré Community is a community center located in a former primary school building in Slotervaart. Dozens of organizations and initiatives make it their home. There is a stage for events with a monthly social-cultural agenda with music, theatre, workshops and discussion. Besides that it
De Ruimte is a cultural space in Amsterdam-Noord. De Ruimte offers its stage to many art forms, ranging from (but not limited to) jazz/improvisationisation, storytelling, scientific lectures, short film and poetry. At the moment we are located at Sexyland World, Noordwal 1, Amsterdam.
In 1993 werden twee naast elkaar gelegen leegstaande scholen in Oud-West gekraakt. In 2005 werd gebouw Kostgewonnen gekocht door Vereniging Kostgangers, waarvan alle huurders lid zijn. Na de aankoop hebben de leden van de vereniging de twee gebouwen samengevoegd, heringedeeld en grondig gerenoveerd.
Helicopter Amsterdam is an initiative by Vincent Polak, Sophie Neijts and Bernard van Veen, founded in 2010 – as Sink Or Swim at the time. Our goal is to provide workspace for performing artists, mostly (live) musicians. As of 2020 Helicopter Amsterdam manages 500m2 for creative purposes
Since 2013, Zone2Source has served as a dynamic testing ground for art and ecology, spanning its diverse pavilions, artist gardens, and the surrounding outdoor spaces of Amstelpark in Amsterdam South. Drawing inspiration from the park’s history as the site of the 1972 Floriade international ho
de Appel is a daring institution founded in 1975. It soon became internationally known as an alternative institutional model, born out of artists' need to present performance and video art. Today, de Appel continues to act as a host for artistic and curatorial experimentation. Through a programm
Based in the Oud-West, the old Wilhelmina Gasthuis building is now home to atelierWG, a complex of artist studios, puntWG, an interdisciplinary exhibition space, and an artist in residence program called airWG. The AtelierWG Foundation was established in 1989, and houses 120 artist studios.
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