Lecture-Performance by Quinsy Gario

Quinsy Gario, a Caribbean-Dutch poet, visual artist, and performer, known especially for his performance Zwarte Piet Is Racisme (Black Pete Is Racism), continues his project of renewing historiography with his lecture-performance Tracing a memory pt. III.

 The starting point is historical footage of the Caribbean islands, captured on 35-millimeter black-and-white motion picture. These recordings were commissioned, shortly after World War II, by the Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst (Information Service of the Dutch Government) during the Indonesian War of Independence against Dutch colonial rule. In 2019, Quinsy Gario and his mother Glenda Martinus traveled to St. Maarten, one of the islands documented in the films. They visited the same places and filmed them again, this time on Super-8: tracing a memory.

Tuesday, 12.09.23, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, 13.09.23, 8 p.m.

Tickets available here.