| Curator | Esmée Begemann |
| Duration | 150 min |
A programme of arts, encounter and dialogue
Keti Koti Kumpulan is a unique meeting place where the arts, stories and conversations deepen understanding and broaden perspectives on themes such as identity, diaspora and collective memory. In a diverse and layered programme, audiences engage in dialogue with one another, with makers and with performers. Together, we explore how colonial history continues to shape the present, what solidarity means, and how it can grow within and between different communities.
Esmée Begemann curates this programme at Korzo around Keti Koti. Drawing on her Indo-Dutch background, she explores what Keti Koti can mean within the Indo-Dutch, Moluccan and Indonesian communities. This year, she deepens this research by focusing on the role solidarity can play between these communities, and how shared as well as differing colonial histories can intersect and reinforce one another.
Be moved by spoken word by Tyler Koudijzer, dance by Yasmin Diktaş, a Balinese dance workshop by Arnaud Kokosky Deforchaux, a spatial installation by artist DARSAY, and conversations led by historian Lara Nuberg.
Come and experience how art connects us across shared histories.
- Spoken word by Tyler Koudijzer
- Dance by Yasmin Diktaş
- A Balinese dance workshop by Arnaud Kokosky Deforchaux
- A art installation by artist DARSAY
- Conversations led by historian Lara Nuberg
The programme is presented in Dutch.
Makers
Keti Koti, literally meaning “broken chains”, is commemorated annually on 1 July and marks the abolition of slavery in Suriname and the Dutch Antilles.
Although this remembrance originates in the history of slavery in the Trans-Atlantic regions, it also raises questions within communities with roots elsewhere. How do we – as people from the Indo-Dutch, Moluccan and Indonesian communities, each with our own histories of colonialism and slavery – relate to this day? And what does solidarity require of us?
Spoken word
Performance: Tyler Koudijzer
Dance
Choreography: Yasmin Diktaş
Dramaturgical support: Lynn Bartels
Composition & sound design: Tom van Wee
Photography: Xavier Curtis, Jean-Pierre May and Darion Thompson
With thanks to Stichting ZSAlliance, Podium Mozaïek, Amsterdam Fringe Festival, the Cultuurfonds and the Victoriefonds Cultuurprijs.
Workshop
Workshop and facilitation: Arnaud Kokosky Deforchaux
Moderator
Moderation and conversation facilitation: Lara Nuberg
Installation
Concept and realisation: DARSAY
