The welcome sign at the Tembe Art Studio. I’ve arrived at the Kibii Foundation residency program in Moengo (THE mining (small) city of Surinam) several days ago and we already went about town, exploring the likes of this city.
There are two other artist here; Wouter Klein Velderman (Netherlands) and Sheena Rose (Barbados). We are the first batch of artist to actually live in the house and work communally.
Sheena and Wouter
My stay will not be as long as Wouter's and Sheena's.
Marcel Pinas invited me two years ago when we did an installation together for the Wakaman project. Up until now my diary was packed but now I am here, ready to rock.
For now, we have been discussing the sculpture that will be made for the Moengo sculpture park. Initially the idea was to keep working with ceramics, however that may prove to be a problem in the long run. As the sculpture will be in public space there is no way it can be protected. My friend Ken Doorson, who is an active member of the Kibii Foundation suggested working with aluminum. The moment he mentioned it the idea hit home. As Moengo is the aluminum city it only seems logical to work with that material. The fact that it is a major step away from my ‘black on black’ aesthetics only makes it more interesting.
The fact that time is limited (one month) forces me to work fast and allow whatever happens to happen.
waiting for the boat to take us to Jodensavanne
The current time constraints have to do with the “Atlantic Transformerz” project that started during the BijlmAir residency. On April 9, 2011 the project will provide the surroundings for the BLOOM! Event in NYC. More details about that will follow soon.
Either way, in the 10 days back in NYC we photographed and filmed the footage that will be combined with the rest of the material and turned into a live performance.
Updates will follow soon,…. I’ll keep you posted!
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