Festive Closing Weekend Arus Balik–Shifting Currents

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Nieuwe Instituut, Gudskul and Museum Het Schip will conclude the programme Arus Balik – Shifting Currents as well as Collecting Otherwise.

<h3>After four months of exploring the relationship between design and architecture in Indonesia and the Netherlands, the Nieuwe Instituut, Gudskul and Museum Het Schip will conclude the programme Arus Balik – Shifting Currents as well as the project Collecting Otherwise. Join us for two fun-filled days of film screenings, cookery, music, harvest celebrations, karaoke, creativity, conversation and more.</h3>

The programme will include artist Dicky Takndare’s Ruang Tame Takeover: From bale-bale to para-para, as well as the Ruang Tamu Harvest Festival &amp; Bazaar and the celebratory conclusion of the Collecting Otherwise project and a presentation on its afterlife. There will also be screenings of Kind Van De Tijd in collaboration with the Indonesian Diaspora Network and and the book launch of Tuning In: Darimana? Makers show their work-in-progress documentaries as part of &lt;to be continued&gt;, a collaboration with the wysiwyg cinema platform and Indonesian art platform Indeks, followed by a discussion with practitioners and the audience.

Please note that the programme part Book launch: Tuning In: Darimana? has a separate Eventbrite where you can register: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/1117891576799?aff=oddtdtcreator" title="https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/1117891576799?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">go to the Eventbrite</a>.

Arus Balik - Shifting CurrentsNieuwe Instituut, Museum Het Schip and Gudskul initiated the four-month programme Arus Balik – Shifting Currents in September 2024. This project aimed to bring together the architecture and design networks linking Indonesia, the Netherlands and their diasporas, recognising architecture and design as material witnesses to colonial histories and pathways to a possible shared present and future. Supported by DutchCulture, the Prince Claus Fund, Mondriaan Fund, the Marinus Plantema Foundation, Museum Arsitektur Indonesia, Berlage di Nusantara and others.

Collecting OtherwiseBased on the architecture collection managed by the Nieuwe Instituut, Collecting Otherwise explores the possibilities of an alternative architectural, heritage and archival practice that reflects a society in constant flux. After the previous editions Seen/Unseen (2021), Post/De/Colonial (2022) and The Tool Shed (2023), 2024 was once again dedicated to the Tool Shed – the resources that can help to develop new ways of acquiring, classifying and exhibiting heritage. From 2025, Collecting Otherwise lives on as a Research theme and catalyst for many spin-offs.

Day 1: Sat. 1 Feb. 2025

Ruang Tamu Harvest Festival & Bazaar

Please note: for this programme element, you need to register via the separate Eventbrite. The link can be found in the event description. //  Writer Tineke E. Jansen and editors Tamara Hartman and Tabea Nixdorff read from the book Tuning In: Darimana? This book collects the testimonies of Indonesian-Chinese women who migrated to the Netherlands in the 1950s and 60s. 

Book launch: Tuning In: Darimana?

In the documentary Kind Van De Tijd (2024), director Huibert van Wijk explores the family history between his adopted, Indonesian brother Tim and father Lex, in the 1970s. Whose interests are served in international adoption? The film sketches out the complexities and contrasting perspectives that are embedded in the intentions and consequences of adoption.

Screening ‘Kind Van De Tijd’ with Indonesian Diaspora Network

Drinks & karaoke in the GUD Instituut Living Room 

Day 2: Sun. 2 Feb. 2025

documenta fifteen was a large-scale collective experiment in creating a commons using the art system. How did its lumbung community experience it? What went wrong, and what can we take away from it? Departing from a radio conversation, Simon Kentgens and Florian Cramer ruminate on their experiences as peripheral participants in documenta fifteen.

Talk “Lumbung, Commons and Lumbung, Commons and Community Art

<to be continued> invites film-making artists and enthusiasts to share, reflect, and receive feedback on unfinished film projects. In an intimate setting, the exchange of perspectives can feed back into ideas, projects and practices.

<to be continued> with wysiwyg and Indeks

We’re excited to share that Collecting Otherwise will transition in 2025 from a project to a Research Theme line, with several independent spin-offs. Collecting Otherwise concludes its 4-year run as project with a celebratory moment - looking back and reconnecting with past initiatives.

Collecting Otherwise Closing moment

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