Come and meet our current artists-in-residence!
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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.