The Poetry Hotel
The Poetry Hotel
✍️ Writing
🎤 Open mic
On this evening, HMK is filled with words. Whether you would rather speak them or write them: be welcome to come and experiment with the meaning of words, how they sound or behave and what shape they might get during this evening.
During the evening, you can participate in live writing, exchange, and there is an open mic
All languages are welcome!
Participation is free, just as coffee and tea!
Practical information
Date: the first Monday of each month
Time 19:30 - 21:30
Next up: August 4
Decolonial Commemoration Hoorn
On Saturday, August 16, Hotel Maria Kapel is organising a commemoration activity centred around the decolonial Indonesia–Netherlands commemoration and celebration, with special attention given to the Indonesian, Moluccan, Indo-African, Papuan, Javanese-Surinamese, Chinese-Indonesian (Peranakan Chinese) and Indo-European communities. The afternoon aims to create space for reflection and reconnection within these communities by collectively creating a shared timeline.
📅 Practical information
Date: Saturday, August 16
Time: 14:00 – 18:00
Cost: Free (registration required)
Why this commemoration?
The history between Indonesia and the Netherlands has many sides. Everyone who has been connected to this colonial history in some way sees it through their own lens. Because this history is so layered, it is all the more important to create a moment where all perspectives can coexist. With this event, we aim to strengthen connections within and between the different communities and to make shared stories visible by opening up space for dialogue and recognition.
Are you part of one of the communities mentioned above? Do your (grand)parents come from Indonesia, Papua, the Moluccas, or the former Dutch East Indies? Do you want to attend and share a piece of your history with us? If so, please register! Places are limited. Send an email to: ayunda@hotelmariakapel.nl, briefly explaining your roots, your age, and which generation you belong to.
Programme
14:00 – 14:30 Walk-in with coffee and spekkoek (Indonesian layer cake)
14:30 – 17:15 Creating a collective timeline (including break)
17:15 – 18:00 Closing with Indo snacks
18:00 End – optional travel to the Decolonial Indonesia–Netherlands Commemoration at Olympiaplein, Amsterdam Zuid (19:30 – 21:00)
The conversation will be facilitated by Wouter Daniel Neuhaus.
🧐 Additional information
Why in Hoorn?
This remembrance activity is being held in Hoorn, a city with a deeply rooted colonial history. Hoorn played a significant role in the colonisation of, among others, the Indonesian archipelago. The traces of this history are still visible in the city’s streets, monuments, and collective memory. By organising this remembrance in Hoorn, we are creating space for these stories to be heard, shared, and acknowledged, especially in a place where colonial history has often been told from the perspective of the coloniser.
Why August 16?
The commemoration takes place on August 16 because it marks the moment of silence between August 15 (the official commemoration of the end of the war in the Dutch East Indies) and August 17 (Indonesian Independence Day). This in-between day is a space for reflection, between remembrance and celebration. It is a symbolic moment where different truths, perspectives, and emotions can exist side by side: sorrow, pride, confusion, recognition, and connection.
This event is supported by:
The image detail to promote this day comes from the following:
Commemorative postage stamp issued in Indonesia following the 1955 Bandung Conference (Wikimedia Commons)
The 1955 Bandung Conference was the first summit of world leaders without the West. Many important figures of decolonisation attended, representing more than half the world.
Opening: Finn Maätita, Ribka Coleman & Jerrold Saija
Finn Anton Maätita, Ribka M. Pattinama Coleman, and Jerrold Eliano Saija continue their collaboration, exploring their shared connections to the Moluccan land and the voices within the diaspora.
In Moluccan cosmologies, the body is not seen as something separate, but as one with the Land. The body and the landscape are interconnected.
Opening 28 August 4 - 8pm
Finissage 20 september 1 - 5pm
Using speculation and storytelling, this project explores the idea of an island that appears in moments of reconnection. The mountain that emerges and grows into a hovering island symbolises the transformation of both body and land in the diaspora. It embodies the search for home in the diaspora, revealing itself through encounters, memories, and shared heritage. The island is an entity that wants to be known, coming into being, where bonds are rekindled.
The chapel will serve as a stage for constructing small sets, making visible the shifting presence of home across distances. During the residency, Finn, Ribka and Jerrold will create an installation that makes the island appear by means of encounter and connection.
The work consists of a sound- and videoinstallation and facilitating gatherings that create something valuable, not only for the artists and the Moluccan diaspora, but also for more people across multiple backgrounds. In this immersive installation, the diverse Moluccan stories are united into a large and connected piece. Ribka, Finn & Jerrold will encourage the connection with each other, time and scale, by involving Moluccan communities in their process; giving them the opportunity to create this space in the chapel by means of workshops and events.
Door speculatie en het vertellen van verhalen verkent dit project het idee van een eiland dat verschijnt op momenten van herverbinding. De berg die ontstaat en uitgroeit tot een zwevend eiland, symboliseert de transformatie van lichaam en land in de diaspora. Het belichaamt de zoektocht naar thuis in de diaspora en onthult zich via ontmoetingen, herinneringen en gedeeld erfgoed. Het eiland is een entiteit die gekend wil worden, waar banden opnieuw worden verwezenlijkt.
De kapel zal dienen als een podium voor het samenstellen van kleine decors, waardoor de verschuivende aanwezigheid van thuis over afstanden zichtbaar wordt. Tijdens de residency zullen Finn, Ribka en Jerrold een installatie maken die het eiland laat verschijnen middels ontmoeting en verbinding.
Het werk bestaat uit een geluids- en video-installatie en het faciliteren van bijeenkomsten die niet alleen iets waardevols creëren voor de kunstenaars en de Molukse diaspora, maar ook voor meer mensen van talrijke achtergronden. De uiteenlopende Molukse verhalen worden in deze immersieve installatie samengebracht tot een groot en verbonden geheel. Ribka, Finn & Jerrold zullen de verbinding met elkaar, tijd en schaal verkennen door Molukse gemeenschappen te betrekken bij hun proces, wat hen de mogelijkheid biedt om door middel van workshops en evenementen deze ruimte te creëren in de kapel.
About the artists
Ribka M. Pattinama Coleman volgt momenteel een master aan de Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Kopenhagen, bij de afdeling Media Arts. Hun praktijk richt zich op de invloed van Indonesisch en Moluks erfgoed, kolonialisme, zorgwerk, verzet, queer mythologieën en collectivisme. Als multidisciplinair kunstenaar werken ze met media zoals geluidsinstallaties, performances, video, sculpturen en het gebruik/consumptie van voedsel en drank. Met deze middelen willen ze rouw binnen de diaspora verlichten en emoties versterken en herinneringen oproepen die verbonden zijn met een verafgelegen thuis.
Finn Maätita’s praktijk ontwikkelt zich in de ecologische belichaming van hun voorouderlijke talen en de revitalisering van dit landschap. Het herinneren van Molukse strategieën rondom verhalenkunst en kennisoverdracht speelt een sleutelrol in hun werkwijze. Tijdens dit proces van counter-mapping gaat hen het constante experiment aan met opgelegde scripts, vaak resulterende in gelaagd beeld- en geluidswerk, ondersteund door subtiele elementen van performance. Wat betekent het om zich te herwortelen in de grond waar hen geboren is en in het Land waar hen naar luistert? Sou ru lakwai si ete ndi re bokala. Au lala ku e lene be sou mere takwali peneka. Hoko, tamata bokala si beteke ru ‘ai nunue ni sou kai lomai.
Jerrold Saija houdt zich bezig met de manieren waarop herinneringen vorm krijgen en vervagen. Wat eerst verloren en ontastbaar leek, blijkt te huizen in onze lichamen, archieven, intieme verbindingen, mondelinge tradities en kosmologische verhalen. Vanuit deze netwerken put hij in zijn praktijk, zodat herinneringen opnieuw ervaren, bewaard en doorgegeven kunnen worden. Met behulp van fotografie, sculptuur, video en ruimtelijke installaties weeft hij een weefsel waarin persoonlijke ervaringen en familiegeschiedenis samenkomen met de aanhoudende sporen van het koloniale verleden. Zo verbindt hij beelden uit het heden, verleden en de toekomst tot een zenuwstelsel van herinneringen dat zich vertakt in tijd en ruimte.
Cinema Colombiano
Cinema Colombiano is a film festival happening every year in the Netherlands. It has taken place at WORM in Rotterdam since 2015 and, since 2021, also at Filmhuis Cavia in Amsterdam. This year, as we celebrate the festival’s 10th anniversary, we’re excited and honoured about the possibility of sharing a sneak peek of the festival with new audiences at Hotel Maria Kapel.
At the festival, the Colombian diaspora and people from all backgrounds come together to explore and appreciate Colombia’s rich culture and social realities through film and music. This year, the 10th edition will happen on the 20th of September in Cavia, Amsterdam, and on the 27th of September in Worm, Rotterdam.
Meet & Greet #4: Jerrold, Ribka & Finn
Come and meet our current artists-in-residence!
📍 Practical info
Thursday, July 24
4–5 pm
Just walk in!
Finn Anton Maätita, Ribka M. Pattinama Coleman & Jerrold Eliano Saija continue their collaboration, exploring their shared connections to Moluccan land and voices in the diaspora.
In Moluccan cosmologies, the body is not seen as something separate, but as one with the Land. The body and the landscape are interconnected.
Using speculation and storytelling, this project explores the idea of an island that appears in moments of reconnection. The mountain that emerges and grows into a hovering island symbolises the transformation of both body and land in the diaspora. It embodies the search for home in the diaspora, revealing itself through encounters, memories, and shared heritage. The island is an entity that wants to be known, coming into being, where bonds are rekindled.
The chapel will serve as a stage for constructing small sets, making visible the shifting presence of home across distances. During the residency, Finn, Ribka and Jerrold will create an installation that makes the island appear by means of encounter and connection.
The work consists of a sound- and videoinstallation and facilitating gatherings that create something valuable, not only for the artists and the Moluccan diaspora, but also for more people across multiple backgrounds. In this immersive installation, the diverse Moluccan stories are united into a large and connected piece. Ribka, Finn & Jerrold will encourage the connection with each other, time and scale, by involving Moluccan communities in their process; giving them the opportunity to create this space in the chapel by means of workshops and events.
Cinema Perdu
Cinema Perdu invites you to view a Polish arthouse film on Friday evening, July 11 at 20:00, doors open from 19:30.
"A nun and a drifter walk into a bar… That’s — in short — the premise of this somber yet stunning Polish arthouse film. The contrast between the two women keeps the story engaging, without ever becoming overstated. What unfolds is a compelling road movie that feels neither pretentious nor sensational. Add to that the beautiful black-and-white cinematography — the main reason to see this film — and you’ve got a small gem.” (Moviemeter.nl)
Practical information
Friday, July 11
Walk-in 7:30 pm, start film 8 pm
The film is Polish spoken and Dutch subtitled, runs 80 minutes, is a choice of Louis. There will be no break.
Entrance fee € 5,- excluding welcome drink (water is free as long as the Hoornse reserve pleases).
If possible, we would like you to send us an email to inform us of your attendance (also possible for coming editions). Apart from that, a visit on the off chance is also possible, but any seating preferences are then more difficult to realise. Confirmation, or a reminder for this screening, will follow halfway through the week of the event.
Coming editions:
Keep an eye on the calendar for more information or subscribe to the Cinema Perdu newsletter
Instant Choir
The Instant Choir of music school Boedijn
The Instant Choir is a choir without permanent members, which anyone who wants to sing can sign up for.
Join this Saturday, July 5, from 13:00 to 14:30 in Hotel Maria Kapel.
Free entry/donation based
Info and sign-up: ciska@muziekschoolboedijn.nl
Boattour Wispers of the Wind
Boat Tour Whispers of the Wind
Wind touches everything—carrying with it stories of movement, power, and connection—and yet, it is often invisible, intangible, and overlooked. This workshop is an anti/decolonial transnational inquiry, where we will engage with the wind as a reservoir of knowledge, something to be listened to and learned from.
How are Dutch windmills related to the colonial occupation of the Caribbean? How is Hoorn connected with the control of the island of Curaçao? During presentations and a boat trip through Hoorn, we will contemplate the wind not only as a natural force but as a political and historical agent that shaped trade routes, plantation economies, and colonial violence.
Through exercises, shared readings, and conversation we will think critically and creatively about the role of the wind while making visible hidden stories. Together we will explore how the wind moves and touches all of us, and experiment with how we can collaborate with something we can’t hold but attempt to give form to.
Program
12:30 – Walk-in
13:00 – Introduction by fellowship residents Skye & Mirjam
13:15 – Presentation by Rianne Giesen
13:45 – Writing assignment (we will take this writing with us on the boat)
14:00 – Walk to the harbour; boarding at the ‘t Jeudje parking lot
14:10 – Boat trip
15:10 – Closing at HMK
During the boat trip, we will discuss several locations we pass by, such as the Karperkuil, the ABC site, and the West India House. We will also reflect on Hoorn's role in the colonial era and the (historical) ties between Hoorn and the Caribbean. We'll share the story of the ship Groot Hoorn, which played a crucial role in the Dutch invasion of Curaçao in 1634. Rianne Giesen will guide one or two exercises around sensing the wind. We will read excerpts from the Dictionary of the Wind and share our own texts—with each other and with the wind.
This workshop/lecture is free and will be held in English.
Would you like to sign up? Then email: danisha@hotelmariakapel.nl
Limited spots available!
Opening: Up Worlds Down Words by Caleb Witvoet
Ready to skate the ceiling of the Maria Chapel?
Caleb Witvoet explores the creative rebellion of graffiti and skateboarding as forms of civil disobedience in a large-scale installation that draws parallels between the arches of the chapel and the curves of a skate ramp.
Caleb Witvoet: Up Worlds Down Words
In Up Worlds Down Words, artist Caleb Witvoet transforms the Maria Chapel into a space of motion, rebellion, and gathering. At the heart of the exhibition stands a hand-built wooden skate ramp.
Meet & Greet #3: Caleb Witvoet
Join us and meet our new resident, Caleb Witvoet.
During this meet & greet, you can not only get to know the artist but also gain insight into their project, Up Worlds Down Words.
Caleb Witvoet explores the creative rebellion of graffiti and skateboarding as forms of civil disobedience in a large-scale installation that draws parallels between the arches of the chapel and the curves of a skate ramp.
Practical info
Thursday, 24 April
3–4 pm
Just walk in!
Caleb
Caleb Witvoet (b. 1997, Calgary, AB) works with grain toward flow. He doubts if it’s possible to know the tree by its wood and yet believes that the board is what frames their relationship. As artist, researcher, craft vandal, amateur sk8er, and renovator, Caleb makes a joinery of narrative connections by preparing material moreso than fixed objects. That doesn’t mean he won’t build to an end. In his handicraft as well as skateboarding, the work is in the practice. It’s a mode of being together for a time—with someone, something, or someplace—having a common arc that embraces both the meeting and parting.
Meet & Greet #2: Skye Maule-O’Brien & Mirjam Linschooten
Join us and meet our new residents, Skye Maule-O’Brien and Mirjam Linschooten.
During this meet & greet, you can not only get to know the artists themselves but also gain insight into their project, Breath & Breeze: Tongueless whispers of the wind.
The Dutch played an extensive role in shaping colonial rule, slavery, trade, labour, and the plantation economies through the use of wind technology. For example, at one time Barbados had more than 500 windmills, more than any other country besides the Netherlands. The skeletal remains of these windmills are part of the visual landscape of the island, reminding us of something that is supposed to be long over and done with but which lingers unresolved.
Skye Maule-O’Brien and Mirjam Linschooten will bring this research to Hoorn to collectively engage and critically examine its local colonial history.
Practical info
Thursday, 27 March
3–4 pm
Just walk in!
Finissage: Yin Yin Wong
Finissage Psalm for a Hungry Ghost
Yin Yin’s residency is coming to an end. We invite you to the finissage of Psalm for a Hungry Ghost by Yin Yin Wong on Friday, March 14, from 4 to 7 pm.
During their residency, Yin Yin developed the exhibition Psalm for a Hungry Ghost. This evening, Yin Yin will show us their performance for the last time in the chapel. Blending storytelling with comedy, this performance reflects on Yin Yin’s childhood in their parents' Chinese-Malaysian restaurant, offering an intimate glimpse into the lives of restaurant owners in the 1990s.
Programme
4–4:45 pm Walk-in
5–6 pm Performance
6–7 pm Kopitiam: Traditional Malaysian-Nyonya food served by chef Jen Tong
This event will be in English and it is required to reserve your spot by clicking here.
If your schedule changes and you cannot make it, please let us know so we can give your spot to someone else.
Opening: Yin Yin Wong
Opening: Psalm for a Hungry Ghost
We warmly invite you to the opening of Psalm for a Hungry Ghost by Yin Yin Wong on Friday, March 7, from 4:00 to 7:00 pm.
Yin Yin developed the exhibition Psalm for a Hungry Ghost during their residency. This evening Yin Yin will show us their performance for the last time in the chapel. Blending storytelling with comedy, this performance reflects on Yin Yin’s childhood in their parents' Chinese-Malaysian restaurant, offering an intimate glimpse into the lives of restaurant owners in the 1990s.
Programme
4 - 4:45 pm Walk-in
5 - 6 pm Performance (starts at exactly 5 pm!)
6 - 7 pm Kopi Tiam
The performance will be in Dutch, if you wish to sign up for the English performance which takes place on the 14th March – please click here.
Lourdes TV – Paulien Oltheten
Lourdes TV – Paulien Oltheten
Make it stand out
Paulien Oltheten’s girlfriend develops a psychosis and slowly disappears from her life. During sleepless nights surfing the Internet, Paulien chances upon a WebCam that films the Grotto of Apparitions in Lourdes 24/7. The ritualized actions she follows for months offer solace to her despairing thoughts.
For a year she makes recordings of the 24/7 live stream of the grotto at Lourdes. With fascination and a humorous gaze, she follows the daily rituals of the priests, nuns, and pilgrims as they prepare for mass or shuffle in and out of view.
Why can’t she detach herself from these people who cling wholeheartedly to the Virgin Mary? Is it to get a grip on her girlfriend’s mystical delusions?
In this poetic fixed-camera-frame film a story about gradually letting go of a loved one takes shape.
17:00 Doors open
17:30 Introduction Paulien Oltheten & Inez Piso-Tuncay
17:35 Screening Lourdes TV
19:10 Conversation
19:30 Bar open & soup
This screening is made possible by: SoAP
Kopitiam: AGAK AGAK / coffee & food
Meet our current resident Yin Yin Wong (they/them) at their Kopitiam in Hotel Maria Kapel.
Yin Yin invites: Are you coming for a bite to eat during my residency at Hotel Maria Chapel?
I serve Malaysian and Chinese lunch classics. Dishes like Suun Lat Tong (spicy, sour mushroom soup), Chinese (savoury) rice porridge and the traditional Malaysian Kaya Toast with homemade pandan coconut jam served with half-boiled eggs.
The menu varies each week, and a vegetarian option is always available. I will be open between 12 pm and 2 pm on the following dates in the coming weeks:
I serve lunch for free (while supplies last), I am not a café or restaurant; donations are always welcome and will be donated to relief efforts in Palestine in Lebanon.
- Yin Yin
Please make a reservation for the day you are going to join us: Friday 31 January, Friday 7 february or Friday 14 february.
More about Yin Yin Wong and their residency at Hotel Maria Kapel
Kopitiam: AGAK AGAK / coffee & food
Meet our current resident Yin Yin Wong (they/them) at their Kopitiam in Hotel Maria Kapel.
Yin Yin invites: Are you coming for a bite to eat during my residency at Hotel Maria Chapel?
I serve Malaysian and Chinese lunch classics. Dishes like Suun Lat Tong (spicy, sour mushroom soup), Chinese (savoury) rice porridge and the traditional Malaysian Kaya Toast with homemade pandan coconut jam served with half-boiled eggs.
The menu varies each week, and a vegetarian option is always available. I will be open between 12 pm and 2 pm on the following dates in the coming weeks:
I serve lunch for free (while supplies last), I am not a café or restaurant; donations are always welcome and will be donated to relief efforts in Palestine in Lebanon.
- Yin Yin
Please make a reservation for the day you are going to join us: Friday 7 february or Friday 14 february.
More about Yin Yin Wong and their residency at Hotel Maria Kapel
Kopitiam: AGAK AGAK / coffee & food
Meet our current resident Yin Yin Wong (they/them) at their Kopitiam in Hotel Maria Kapel.
Yin Yin invites: Are you coming for a bite to eat during my residency at Hotel Maria Chapel?
I serve Malaysian and Chinese lunch classics. Dishes like Suun Lat Tong (spicy, sour mushroom soup), Chinese (savoury) rice porridge and the traditional Malaysian Kaya Toast with homemade pandan coconut jam served with half-boiled eggs.
The menu varies each week, and a vegetarian option is always available. I will be open between 12 pm and 2 pm on the following dates in the coming weeks:
I serve lunch for free (while supplies last), I am not a café or restaurant; donations are always welcome and will be donated to relief efforts in Palestine in Lebanon.
- Yin Yin
Please make a reservation for the day you are going to join us: Friday 31 January, Friday 7 february or Friday 14 february.
More about Yin Yin Wong and their residency at Hotel Maria Kapel
Meet & Greet & Lunch: Yin Yin Wong
Meet our current resident Yin Yin Wong (they/them) on Thursday, 23 January, between 1 and 2 pm in Hotel Maria Kapel.
Yin Yin invites: Are you coming for a bite to eat during my residency at Hotel Maria Chapel?
I serve Malaysian and Chinese lunch classics. Dishes like Suun Lat Tong (spicy, sour mushroom soup), Chinese (savoury) rice porridge and the traditional Malaysian Kaya Toast with homemade pandan coconut jam served with soft-boiled eggs.
The menu varies each week, and a vegetarian option is always available. I will be open between 12 pm and 2 pm on the following dates in the coming weeks:
Thursday 23 January (1-2 pm)
Friday 31 January
Friday 7 February
Friday 14 February ❤️
I serve lunch for free (and while supplies last), I am not a café or restaurant- donations are always welcome and will be donated to relief efforts in Palestine in Lebanon.
- Yin Yin
More about Yin Yin Wong.
Verhalen onder de sterren; overnachten in de kapel
[This event is organised in Dutch.]
Het aantal plekken voor dit evenement is beperkt. Mail ons voor beschikbaarheid en reserveringen.
Hotel Maria Kapel organiseert op de nacht van 6 op 7 december een uniek evenement waarbij bezoekers van Hotel Maria Kapel, jongeren en geïnteresseerden voor één nacht in de kapel kunnen overnachten.
18:00 Inloop
18:30 Introductie & gezamenlijke maaltijd
20:00 Lezing sterrenkijken door sterrenkundige Jos Lankreijer
21:00 Film +telescoop in de tuin
21:30 Voorleesprogramma ism Bibliotheek Hoorn + creatieve activiteiten
23:00 Muzikale afsluiting van slaapliedjes
23:30 Slapen in de kapel
08:00 Gezamenlijk ontbijt
Presentation: Porosity of Parabels
Join the presentation Porosity of Parabels by Ratu R. Saraswati upcoming Friday at HMK! Walk-in from 4pm and presentation starts at 5pm.
Performance event: Isabel Cordeiro, 'Made of matter, formed by motion'
Join us for the opening of Made of matter, formed by motion by Isabel Cordeiro, on Friday 6 September, from 16:00 to 22:00. During this evening, which coincides with Hoorn's Cultuurweekend, the installation will be on view and continuously transforming, with two performances taking place at 17:00 and 20:30 respectively.
This is a public opening; making a reservation is not necessary.
Isabel Cordeiro, 'Where is my foot?' - public hanging session
Thursday, 8 August, 15:00-17:00
Free admittance. Make sure to register here.
Join us for the public hanging session Where is my foot? by artist Isabel Cordeiro, on Thursday, 8 August, from 15:00 to 17:00. During this afternoon we get to learn more about the project Made by matter, formed by motion, for which she develops a performance that reflects on how every being is in a perpetual state of movement, exchange and becoming. By being suspended mid-air, the artist aims to subvert and rethink our relationship to our bodies, our landscapes, and our changing times.
Where is my foot? invites the audience to partake in the experience of suspension, and to think more attentively about how our physical and contextual surroundings push us into being. Join us!
Note: For this event, there’s limited availability, so make sure to register in time. Also, don’t forget to wear/bring sports or athleisure clothing.
Sveske Ourø, ‘Dy(e)ing to be reborn’
Dy(e)ing to be reborn; collective grass-dy(e)ing experiment
Saturday 15 June, 11:00-16:00 (organised in English)
Open to all, reservations not required.
Join us on the patchwork of green in the chapel for a scenic adventure tracing the interior landscape of Hotel Maria Kapel on Saturday 15 June, where we will learn to paint and create with grass. On the last day of Green, green, - grass!, Sveske invites artist Sophie Dandanell to play with the material central to the exhibition: grass. By making prints on fabric with the grass, we will explore a way to grasp and capture the installation and the themes discussed, long after it has left the chapel. Together with participants, we develop a visual testament of the nine grass beds in the chapel and re-create the installation into an imaginary landscape where our relationship to nature, in particular, green, green, grass, is more consciously experienced.
Choir recital: 'A tune for grass, attuned to grass'
Choir recital led by Marinet Koeman
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 17:00-18:00
(no reservations needed, everyone is welcome)
OPENING: Sveske Ourø, 'Green, green, - grass!'
Join us during the opening of Sveske Ourø’s exhibition Green, green, - grass! on 31 May, from 16:00 to 19:00.
Reservations are not necessary. Everybody is welcome.
ON VIEW: Sveske Ourø, 'Green, green, - grass!'
Visit the exhibition Green, green, - gras! by artist Sveske Ourø during opening hours, Thu-Sat, from 13:00 to 17:00.
In the cinema: Sveske Ourø, 'Surrendering to Domesticated Pieces of Grass'
As part of het project Green, green, - gras! by Sveske Ourø, her video-performance Surrendering to Domesticated Pieces of Grass is on view in the cinema from 18 April to 30 May.
Sveske Ourø, 'Green, green, - grass!' - Presentation in growth
Visit Hotel Maria Kapel during our opening hours (Thu-Sat, 13:00-17:00) to watch Sveske Ourø’s project Green, green, - grass! grow.
Sveske Ourø, Meet & greet w/ collective planting and sowing
Meet artist Sveske Ourø and get to know the project Green, green, - gass! during the Meet & Greet.
We will learn more about her ongoing research into grass, and its domestication over the past centuries — and how these have led to the parcelled landscape we are so familiar with. The artist will also talk more about how cultivating our landscape has contributed to the biodiversity crisis, farmers' strikes and global warming.
Afterwards, we will collectively sow grass in the soil beds Sveske has placed in the chapel. Join us!
FINISSAGE: Kwinnie Lê, 'The land of the tattooed; ungodly beasts'
Join us for the closing event of The land of the tattooed: ungodly beasts by Kwinnie Lê, on 8 March: 15:00-19:00.
15:00 - doors open
16:00 - performance with Nash Caldera
17:00 - performative dinner with Fileona Dkhar
19:00 - end
For their residency at Hotel Maria Kapel, artist Kwinnie Lê investigates the erasure of tattoo traditions under colonial rule, and the subsequent demonization of its practices in the years since. An installation of suspended tapestries covered with semi-fictional writings will set the arena for meetings, performances and private tattooing rituals with guest-participants Joe Patty Sabandar (traditional tattoo artist), Fileona Dkhar (visual artist) and Nash Caldera (visual artist), thus investigating their cultural heritage and the way it has been excluded from the modern tattoo industry.
PRIVATE SESSIONS: SUNTIPEDE w/ Nash Caldera
Between 3 and 6 March, you can make an appointment for a private session with Kwinnie Lê and Nash Caldera.
SUNTIPEDE is a sacred space for Queer/BIPOC in which tattoos are used as a reclamation of your own body.
For more information and appointments, please send an email to suntipede@gmail.com.
EXHIBITION: Kwinnie Lê, 'The land of the tattooed; ungodly beasts'
Visit the exhibition The land of the tattooed: ungodly beasts by Kwinnie Lê.
For their residency at Hotel Maria Kapel, artist Kwinnie Lê investigates the erasure of tattoo traditions under colonial rule, and the subsequent demonization of its practices in the years since. An installation of suspended tapestries covered with semi-fictional writings will set the arena for meetings, performances and private tattooing rituals with guest-participants Joe Patty Sabandar (traditional tattoo artist), Fileona Dkhar (visual artist) and Nash Caldera (visual artist), thus investigating their cultural heritage and the way it has been excluded from the modern tattoo industry.