The De Facto team is heading to the Architecture Biennial in Timisoara (Romania). Floor Koomen and Jorie Horsthuis will give a talk about unrecognized states, curious borders and micronations and will participate in a debate with Theo Deutinger and Giovanni Comoglio. Join us for this event!

Remember to reserve your seat for our upcoming event on September 22 at the Roode Bioscoop in Amsterdam. An evening with talks, art and music. With former correspondent Joeri Boom about Kashmir, a flag for a unified Korea and music from unheard places by Dusty Stray.

De Facto explores the realm of unrecognized states, fictional countries and curious border zones. On September 22 we organize a live evening with talks, art and music at De Roode Bioscoop in Amsterdam. Join us!

Statehood and sovereignty continue to be contested in a variety of ways throughout the world, resulting in protracted violent and latent conflicts in pursuit of self-determination, secession, and international recognition. At a conference in Innsbruck (August 22-26), scholars will interact about these themes in conceptual debates across various research traditions.

De Facto explores the realm of unrecognized states, fictional countries and curious border zones. On July 13 we had a great evening with talks, art and film at De Roode Bioscoop in Amsterdam.

De Facto explores the realm of unrecognized states, fictional countries and curious border zones. On July 13 we organize a live evening with talks, art and film at De Roode Bioscoop in Amsterdam. Join us!

After two years of Covid, De Facto could finally go live again. It was a great evening, with talks, art and music.

Our De Facto LIVE #3 in De Roode Bioscoop (Amsterdam) is sold out. We are looking forward to this evening with talks, art and music. No tickets? Don’t worry, the next event will be on July 13. The program will be announced soon. Stay tuned!

De Facto explores the realm of unrecognized states, fictional countries and curious border zones. On May 25 we organize a live evening with talks, art and music at De Roode Bioscoop in Amsterdam. Join us!

Due to the covid-19 restrictions our event of May 14 is postponed until further notice.

De Facto Live #3: An evening with writer Philip Dröge about Moresnet, concert pianist and Soviet expert Sara Crombach about Nagorno-Karabakh and Ecuadorian artist Oscar Santillan about Bermeja Island. Frictional states & bouncing borders, live at De Roode Bioscoop in Amsterdam.

On January 16, 2020, we organized our second event about Frictional States & Bouncing Borders. It was a great evening, with interviews, presentations and inspiring stories. Thank you all for joining us.

The next event of De Facto will be held in De Roode Bioscoop, Amsterdam, on January 16, 2020. Our guests will be Wladimir van Wilgenburg (political analyst, Kurdistan), Irene Stracuzzi (graphic designer, Arctic) and Pierre Crom (multimedia journalist, Donbass region).

What happens when all the ice melts and Antarctica is colonized? Browse through the archive of the future: scenarios, interviews, diary entries—all sort of stories that take place in Antarctica after the year 2119. The literary website Project Antarctica was presented on November 21 in Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam.

On November 14, 2019, we launched our platform about Frictional States & Bouncing Borders. It was a great evening, with interviews, presentations and inspiring stories. Thank you all for joining us.