Sara Blokland, Reproduction of Family, part 2 (2008) Collectie Nederlands Foto Museum. 11 Apr 2017 – 18:00
Lezing: Sara Blokland - Srefidensi and the reproduction of a family history
In March & April 2017, the chair of Dutch-Caribbean Literature (Prof. Dr. Michiel van Kempen) at the University of Amsterdam and Framer Framed will organise a series of open lectures on the influence of colonialism and Dutch imperialism on (the relationship between) literature and visual arts in the former Dutch colonies.
The next lecture in the series will be presented by Sara Blokland, a visual artist, independent researcher and curator of photography. This lecture will be in English. (For a full list of all the lectures, see below.)
Lecture Sara Blokland: Srefidensi and the reproduction of a family history
Sara Blokland will talk about her art work and the project SrefidensiFoto, photo archives and the role of memory and identity in her work.
The lecture will focus on Blokland’s body work over the past 10 years: the installation series Reproduction of Family, part 1 (2006) up to part 5, due in 2017 . In Reproduction of Family, the artist examines her Surinamese-Dutch roots with an emphasis on post-colonial history and visual representation. The project starts with Reproduction of Family part 1 (2006), which deals with photographic representation within the (post) colonial institution. It ends with the work Mother’s history – a library or language in 2014, about her mother’s jewish-Dutch history. She will also give a preview of the work Reproduction or Family part 5 – the collaboration project.
Inbetween the lecture about her autonomous work, Blokland will intertwine her latest research/curatorial project SrefidensiFoto. This project is a study into the photographic representation of resistance and emancipation of the Surinamese people before and around the independence of Surinam in 1975. Through a general introduction and some case studies, she will take a look at how photography shows (unintentionally) a changing relation to power, and examine photographs that were created to symbolise power and protest. Further she will look at images of demonstrations, and how photography plays a part preserving the voice of protest.
Upcoming lectures in this series
5 April: Rose Mary Allen – The culture of oral history in Curacao
7 April: The work of artists Charl Landvreugd & Patricia Kaersenhout
11 April: Sara Blokland – Srefidensi, photo archives, photo albums, memory & identity
14 April: Paul Faber – Contemporary art in the Caribbean
21 April: Ellen de Vries – Nola Hatterman and contemporary art in Surinam
Meer info
Open lezingenreeks: De invloed van kolonialisme op kunstuitingen in voormalige Nederlandse koloniën
- Srevidensi - Fotografische perspectief op Surinaamse geschiedenis
- Persoonlijke website van Sara Blokland
Links
Fotografie / Caraiben / Het levende archief / Koloniale geschiedenis /
Agenda
Lezing: Paul Faber - Moderne Surinaamse kunst in wording, 1945-1980
Lezing door kunsthistoricus, tentoonstellingsmaker en publicist Paul Faber, over moderne Surinaamse kunst.
Lezing: Het werk van Patricia Kaersenhout en Charl Landvreugd
Lezingen door kunstenaars Patricia Kaersenhout en Charl Landvreugd, waar zij ingaan op hun werk.
Lezing: Rose Mary Allen - Oral history as autobiography
Lezing door Dr. Rose Mary Allen, over oral history in de context van Curacao.
Lezing: Gábor Pusztai over het werk van László Székely
Lezing over het werk van kunstenaar László Székely, die woonde en werkte in de voormalige kolonie Nederlands-Indië.
Lezingenreeks: De invloed van kolonialisme op kunstuitingen in voormalige Nederlandse koloniën
De leerstoel Nederlands-Caraïbische Letteren van de Universiteit van Amsterdam en Framer Framed organiseren een reeks open lezingen in maart en april 2017.
Netwerk
Sara Blokland
Kunstenaar, curator
Magazine
Fotografie / Gedeeld erfgoed / Koloniale geschiedenis /
Indonesië /
Verslag: Lezing Gábor Pusztai - Het werk van László Székely
Indonesië / Koloniale geschiedenis /
Verslag: What is modern Indonesian art?
Museologie / Gedeeld erfgoed / Indonesië /