THE SOILS PROJECT: an international research and exhibition project between Indonesia, Australia and The Netherlands

Beyond Walls is a fellow partner in The Soils Project: an experimental research and exhibition project organized by Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven, TarraWarra Museum of Art near Melbourne and Struggles for Sovereignty based in Jogjakarta. Together with fellow artists, writers and academics, the team will build the Soils Project as an investigative process into how art can offer ways of promoting well-being in the context of exploitation and colonization.

Beyond Walls has been invited to give a lecture at TarraWarra and a series of workshops at Monash University in august 2023.

An artistic throwback to the amazing artworks by Fré Calmes as part of our multidisciplinary project OOSTCAST. A collab by Beyond Walls, The Black Archives, BUROBRAAK, Van Gisteren and Fré Calmes. OOSTCAST highlights the ever present stories of anti-colonial resistance and resilience related to colonial street names in Amsterdam East. It shines a critical light on these street names through education, storytelling and art. Artist Fré dove into the stories in Amsterdam Old East and created artistic reflections.

Fré: “Street names are important due to their everyday nature. They can evoke memories of both happy and unfortunate times. Since I've been living in the Netherlands, street names have taken on a different meaning for me. They are named after men who held a negative perception of my African ancestors. In this exhibition, I want to show how I now perceive these streets and buildings.”

📌🖼Tomorrow all these amazing artworks will be part of an exhibition in Hotel Arena, Amsterdam.

Shishani & Sisterhood live at Amsterdam Roots Festiva

On Sunday 25 June Shishani & Sisterhood will be performing live at Amsterdam Roots Festival! Don’t miss out on this amazing storytelling concert.

SHISHANI & SISTERHOOD
For SHISHANI & SISTERHOOD singer-songwriter and musicologist Shishani Vranckx dives into the various art forms in Java, Sumatra, the Moluccas and Papua and creates a personal interpretation of the works that inspire her together with all other female artists. SHISHANI & SISTERHOOD brings together a diverse line-up of multi-disciplinary performers centralizing female artists. With spoken word artist Tieka Masfar, tifa players Tiga Batang Rumah, musician Wulan Dumatubun, dancer Asih Sungkono, percussionist Sandra Sahupala, drummer Eveline Carels, batik expert Sabine Bolk, bass player Jaimie van Hek. For the special edition at Amsterdam Roots Festival, Shishani will also integrate the diverse histories of Surinam in collaboration with dancer Jomecia Oosterwolde.

SHISHANI & SISTERHOOD is a storytelling concertfilm by Shishani Vranckx in collaboration with Beyond Walls and Erasmushuis Jakarta.

Jedan Tutuhatunewa is de zoon van SMN opvarende Daniel Tutuhatunewa die ternauwernood de ramp op het koopvaardijschip de Bintang overleefde. Samen met anderen dobberde hij na een torpedoaanval in de nacht van 21 november 1942, 17 dagen op een vlot in de zee. Zijn zoon Jedan woont toevalligerwijs aan het water in het Oostelijk Havengebied waar exact de SMN-schepen aanmeerden.

Op 5 mei spreekt Jedan over zijn vader tijdens het Beyond Walls programma De Zee Vertelt. Ook heeft hij in zijn huis iets heel bijzonders waarmee hij zijn vader gedenkt. Bekijk hier zijn verhaal, opgenomen door Beyond Walls.

Kick-off of our collaboration with students of the University of Amsterdam

Dr. Yatun Sastramidjaja invited Beyond Walls to be involved with a special program Practicing Ethnography. These amazing students of the University of Amsterdam will conduct their own research inspired by our Beyond Walls program line ‘Beyond the Collection’ as part of their study Anthropology.