OT301 is a self-managed social centre in a legalized squat in the

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city of

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, located on Overtoom 301.

History

The former Dutch film academy was

squatted Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use. The United Nations estimated in 2003 that there ...

in 1999 by a group of artists. After being a breeding ground for a number of years, the building was bought by the user association Eerste Hulp Bij Kunst (EHBK) from the council in 2006. It is used as a

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, comparable to projects in other Dutch cities such as

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in Nijmegen and

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in Rotterdam.

Activities

OT301 is a venue for music and films, a

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print shop, artists workspace and an 'organic cultural kitchen' (a vegan restaurant) called De Peper. Formerly, it housed the offices of

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and ''Green Pepper'' magazine. OT301 received the Amsterdamprijs voor de Kunsten (Amsterdam Prize for the Arts) from the Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst on 23 August 2007 from Amsterdam Mayor

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References

External links

OT301 website

De Peper website
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