LKCAtelier: The Museum of Black Futures - A place for healing and reparation (2024)

We can only enforce repatriation and reparation if we are the owners and make the community shareholders.

PRETU: Zwart in het Nederland van de 21ste eeuw (2024)

De tentoonstelling Pretu ‘Zwart in het Nederland van de 21e eeuw’ met context programma is te zien van zaterdag 29 juni tot zondag 15...

Water Holds Memory (2024)

Junadry and I had the honor of participating in the residency program Water Holds Memory of the Terra Foundation in Giverny, France.

Keti Koti (2024)

On June 30th, I curated a programme for Keti Koti at the International Theatre Amsterdam (ITA), focused on the liberation from the...

Mi Pret'i Wowo (2024)

Mi Pret’i Wowo is an interdisciplinary rhythmic exploration of connection and healing.

Lieve Stad: A KABA (2024)

We kicked off the Lieve Staf Festival, a collaboration between ITA and Meervaart. With the programming of Lieve Stad we try to shake up...

Museum of Black Futures: an open letter to the Congregation (2024)

Shortly after the recording of our very first Museum of Black Futures event I was contacted by the Congregation of the Holy Spirit.

Museum of Black Futures pt. 2 (2023/2024)

The Netherlands will soon get a mew museum of Black art, culture, science and innovation: The Museum of Black Futures. Something needs to...

Black Imaginarium (2023)

Over the past few years, Leocaria and Kofi have undertaken several residencies and research trips, gathering stories about Black histories.

Johan Fretz: ‘WIJ ZIJN ALLEMAAL VERANTWOORDELIJK VOOR EXTREEMRECHTS’ (2023)

The term ‘existential security’ became central to recent political debates, initially appearing as a common good.

Everyday Dignity (2023)

This fall, the incredible film maker Ida Does presented her new film 'Everyday Dignity'. The documentary follows Philomena Essed. Essed,...

Mi Alma (2023)

Junadry's dance—a fusion of West African styles, Curaçaoan tambu, waacking, and contemporary —embodies our ancestor's resilience.

Sjako de Meesterboef (2023)

Living in 18th-century Amsterdam, Sjako was a notorious thief who, after his death, gained a Robin Hood-like status.

THIRD. (2023)

In this video, artists Richard Kofi and Christian Guerematchi try to connect with their ancestors in the Dutch ridge of hills called...

The Non-Aligned (2023)

Invited by artist Richard Kofi, DJ Chinnamasta and performers Christian Guerematchi and Suzooki Swift explore the Afro-European identity.

Jakarta Post: La Sirene, the mermaid fighting oppression

An interdisciplinary exhibition, themed La Sirène, with a combination of folklore about mermaids.

La Sirene (2023)

La Sirene is an interdisciplinary art project by Junadry Leocaria and Richard Kofi in collaboration with Kommunitas Salihara and the Erasmus

‘ECOFASCISME’: EXTREEMRECHTS, GROEN EN LENIG (2023)

The amazing One World magazine challenged me to dive into the scariest of rabbit holes, for their article on eco-fascism!

Opgroeien in armoede: Met een paar stuivers (2022)

Poverty isn’t just a modern issue. For years, children have been going to school without breakfast and missing out on birthday parties.

Feministe met een scherp pincet (2022)

Donna Haraway, renowned for her influential "Cyborg Manifesto," has significantly shaped modern feminism.

Museum of Rejected Alter-Ego's (2022)

Tijdens de Museumnacht verandert het Bijlmer Parktheater voor even in The Museum of Rejected Alter-Ego’s. Deze avond staat in het teken...

Museum of Black Futures pt. 1 (2022/2023)

A group of Afro-Europeans has decided to invest their share of the payments in a unique museum project: The Museum of Black Futures.

KAP MET DUURZAAMHEID, WEES RECHTVAARDIG (2022)

Shivant Jhagroe calls for radical climate justice, challenging the notion that "sustainability" is anything more than a green façade.

Research trip: Paris with Old Friends and the Invisibilized Narratives of Tavares Strachan

Thanks to Ayaan Abukar I was part of a Dutch delegation of artists and researchers that investigate the Black Diaspora in Europe.

RICHARD

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