Ikat & Oiale: Living Heritage in Motion with Amalgam Fine Arts student Jolande Pansier

On 6 and 7 November, we warmly invite you to studio Weaving Worlds at the NDSM Wharf in Amsterdam for the gathering and opening of Ikat & Oiale: Living Heritage in Motion.

Together we explored seven circles of connection: our ancestors, nature, guardian animals, community, and our relationship with the IJ. With our hands and hearts, we wove stories into a living archive, a mural and an ikat textile stretching several metres.

During this gathering, textiles, Indigenous symbols, rituals, music, movement and encounters come together.

Come and look, listen, feel and experience. We look forward to welcoming you!

Programme

6 November
17:00 Ritual opening by the IJ with Martha Sabajo and Tulia Aben. Martha is the founder of the Wasjikwa Foundation and comes from the Lokono community in Surinam. Tulia is an artist with roots in Haitian and Benin, het practice channels energy and the spirits

Guided tour and conversation with Diana Campbell. Diana is an American curator and writer affiliated with Hartwig Proxy

18:00 Music and dance with Alvaro Pinto and company

7 November
12:00 Ritual opening by the IJ with Martha Sabajo and Esther-Claire Sasabone. Esther-Claire is a radio producer and founder of Club Geluk

13:00 Ikat sculptural movement by the IJ

14:00 A 1.782 metre walk along the IJ. This is the total length of tread used to create the IKAT

15:00 Let’s become entwined with the waters of the IJ

16:00 Closing

Both days ongoing expo with mural, living archive and podcast.

Makers group

Emi Tsutsushio - Esther-Clair Sasabone - Kalle Wijnans - Mei-Lin Oomes - Armando Ello - Monica Barraza Madariaga - jolande pansier - Tony Pierre - Polat Tekdimir - Mathilde van Beekhuizen - Ysatis Haumahu - Glenda Pattipeilohy - Karen van Oyen - Tulia Aben - Sarah Payton - Jerrold Saija - Danielle Lemaire - Martha Sabajo - Kakidea - Sera Koolmees - Louz Leatemia - Mylène Siegers