Collect Amsterdam: Your Piece of the City in One of 100 City Vases

Special materials

Nuur will incorporate these materials into a series of 100 unique city vases that he is currently crafting in a specially designed studio within the Oude Kerk. Before finalizing the vases, he will take them around the city, pressing them against facades, curbs, bridges, benches, and other street furniture, capturing literal impressions of the city in the clay.

Practical Information

Participation in this programme is free with a valid entry ticket to the Oude Kerk. You can drop off materials at the Oude Kerk between 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM. As a thank you for your contribution, participants will receive a poster created by Navid Nuur (while supplies last). To ensure everyone can take part, solidarity tickets are available. If you have limited means but would still like to participate, please contact us.

750 Years of Amsterdam

Nuur's project NN XXX ties into the celebration of Amsterdam's 750th anniversary. After the exhibition, the vases will be stored in the IJzeren Kapel, once Amsterdam's city vault. Each year, one vase will be auctioned. In 2125, exactly one hundred years later, the last vase will leave the chapel, marking the completion of When Doubt Turns into Destiny.

About the exhibition

From 7 September 2024 to 9 February 2025/2125, the Oude Kerk presents a new large-scale, site-specific exhibition by Navid Nuur (Tehran, 1976 – lives and works in The Hague). Nuur invites you to experience the church through all senses, peeling back the history of Amsterdam’s oldest building to reveal experiences rooted in the present moment—touching on sight, smell, sound, earth, air, and light.