Belit Sağ

Framer Framed | Amsterdam, The Netherlands

SAHA supports Framer Framed within the scope of Belit Sağ’s solo exhibition intitled Remembering Otherwise between 2 October – 11 November 2025. Conceived in close collaboration with curator Katia Krupennikova, the exhibition gives form to stories from a pivotal 1978 labour dispute in Veghel, North Brabant, led by migrant women workers from Turkey.

The dispute emerged when sixty-five women working at Veghel’s onion peeling factory resisted exploitative conditions: erratic hours, suffocating workspaces with no ventilation, no paid leave, and wages calculated by the kilo of onions peeled rather than by the hour. Supported by organiser Leyla İleri of Stichting Welzijn Buitenlandse Werknemers, the women unionised with FNV Voedingsbond, marking the first unionisation by migrant women in Dutch labour history.

Through weaving, moving images, and collaged stills, Remembering Otherwise transforms intangible memories, gestures, and sensory fragments into layered tactile and visual forms. sağ reimagines the women’s stories beyond the fragmented and decontextualised traces left in institutional archives, bringing forward moments of collective struggle, solidarity, and resilience.

Belit Sağ (she/they) is a visual artist, researcher and educator. She studied audiovisual arts and mathematics in Ankara, and visual arts and comparative literature in Amsterdam. They were an artist in residence at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (2014/2015, Amsterdam) and International Studio and Curatorial Program (2016 and 2019, New York City). Her research-based artistic moving image practice investigates the relationship between visuality and political violence, and insists on artistic positionality. They currently teach at Sandberg Institute and Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam.

About Framer Framed
Framer Framed is a platform for contemporary art, visual culture, and critical theory and practice. Each year the organisation presents a variety of exhibitions alongside diverse cultural and educational programs at its main location in Amsterdam Oost, as well as its project space Werkplaats Molenwijk in Amsterdam Noord.