27 October 2024
As violent anti-immigrant policies ramp up across Europe and economic and ecological crises continue to unfold across the globe, our collective capacity for solidarity and change depends on our ability to see ourselves in each other. How do we refuse the illusion of purity and separateness, while acknowledging our differences? How do racialized people confront the legacies of anti-blackness and anti-immigrant racism that are a result of colonial racial hierarchies?
The event Remaking Connections draws attention to the artists and performers whose work moves us towards ever-expanding notions of belonging, community and self. Contributions will come from artist Pernilla Manjula Philip (NL), artist Annabel Guérédrat (Martinique), cultural worker, community builder, artist Damani Leidsman (NL), and scholar Natasha Bissonauth (Canada). Afterparty with music by DJ Dizzi Geetha. Moderators are Priya Swamy and Hodan Warsame.
Remaking Connections is the closing event for the project 1873, which thinks together the anniversary of 150 years of Indian arrival and the abolition of slavery in Suriname, and takes them as a departure point to bring to light our human interdependencies and multiple belongings.
Time schedule:
14.00 - 16.00 hrs Performances and panel conversations online and in person
16.00 - 18.00 hrs Afterparty with finger food, drinks and music
