panorama messed up (there's everywhere-waar is daar dan,ben ik hier?)
Panorama Messed up (waar is daar dan- ben ik hier? there's everywhere) 2018
performed during Route du Nord, Rotterdam curated by Jacqueline Fuijkschot
duration 30 minutes
performers Narges Mohammadi , Adam Patterson, Maroeska Mulder, Jolijn Durink, Rosa Smit
performed in projection Mette Sterre
message in a bottle by Tomar Willemse, my neighbour in Curacao
costumes made out of plastic, sponges, rubberboots, portable fans, baywatch shorts, parts of reanimation dolls
During my artist in residence at the Institutio Bueno Bista, supported by the Mondriaan Fund, I was invited to perform I at the Route Du Nord Festival. I decided to work with a group of young talented performers whilst I would be on the other side of the globe, performing through a projection. In the performance I wanted to create a bridge between the Netherlands and Curacao, a former colony of the Netherlands, now partially independent.
It struck me how painfully absurd it is, how little this is talked about, and how we learn not much about these island and the abhorrent role we played in in its past, but also . The complexity of its contemporary society and the ambiguous role of the Shell oil raffinery, the positive role of the island in helping winning the World War I and the division between rich and poor, the beautiful nature and numerous social problems but also the resilience of its inhabitants, the cross cultural landscape and the lust for life.
I just arrived on the island, I wanted to give people from the island a space to just say whatever they wanted to say, a bit like the eighties VPRO program "Achterwerk in de Kast", a kids program where children had time to speak on television and a paperback of the TV guide. I ended up interviewing my neighbour Tomar Willemse. I didn't want to curate or decide who to interview, it had to be by chance. The interview was all recorded; I wrote out his conclusion and send it to the Netherlands, where it was integrated in the performance and read out to the audience.
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performed during Route du Nord, Rotterdam curated by Jacqueline Fuijkschot
duration 30 minutes
performers Narges Mohammadi , Adam Patterson, Maroeska Mulder, Jolijn Durink, Rosa Smit
performed in projection Mette Sterre
message in a bottle by Tomar Willemse, my neighbour in Curacao
costumes made out of plastic, sponges, rubberboots, portable fans, baywatch shorts, parts of reanimation dolls
During my artist in residence at the Institutio Bueno Bista, supported by the Mondriaan Fund, I was invited to perform I at the Route Du Nord Festival. I decided to work with a group of young talented performers whilst I would be on the other side of the globe, performing through a projection. In the performance I wanted to create a bridge between the Netherlands and Curacao, a former colony of the Netherlands, now partially independent.
It struck me how painfully absurd it is, how little this is talked about, and how we learn not much about these island and the abhorrent role we played in in its past, but also . The complexity of its contemporary society and the ambiguous role of the Shell oil raffinery, the positive role of the island in helping winning the World War I and the division between rich and poor, the beautiful nature and numerous social problems but also the resilience of its inhabitants, the cross cultural landscape and the lust for life.
I just arrived on the island, I wanted to give people from the island a space to just say whatever they wanted to say, a bit like the eighties VPRO program "Achterwerk in de Kast", a kids program where children had time to speak on television and a paperback of the TV guide. I ended up interviewing my neighbour Tomar Willemse. I didn't want to curate or decide who to interview, it had to be by chance. The interview was all recorded; I wrote out his conclusion and send it to the Netherlands, where it was integrated in the performance and read out to the audience.
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