4 October - launch publication & performance
(more information will follow soon)

Saras’ departure point for her residency is a short story she wrote. She describes how the old Banyan tree (Pohon Beringin in Bahasa Indonesian language) took over the last remnants of the warehouses of Kasteel Batavia. The stones of this fort were collected by enslaved survivors of the Banda massacre under the colonial rule of VOC officer J.P. Coen. 

During this fellowship residency Saras will work towards a publication and a performance drawing from visits to Hoorn throughout the year. She employs her grandfather's magnifying glass in her quest to answer a recurring question he posed before his passing: "Apa kabarmu di Negeri Belanda?" or "How are you in the Netherlands?" She could never tell him how she really felt living here. Her fellowship will consist of a search for the story she could never tell her grandfather, delving into personal experiences in the broader context of colonial history, heritage and migration, with the old Banyan tree and the magnifying glass as protagonists.