Black Imaginarium (2023)

During Welcome to our Guesthouse, Leocaria and Kofi present a series of visual and auditory collages. These collages are composed of drawings, notes, and recordings from their ever-growing story archive, which forms the foundation of their collaboration. Over the past few years, Leocaria and Kofi have undertaken several residencies and research trips, gathering stories about Black histories, mythologies, beliefs, and visions for the future. Through this process, they have created an archive of inspiration, which they call the Black Imaginarium. With this installation, Leocaria and Kofi transform the foyer into a physical manifestation of the Black Imaginarium, offering insight into their imaginative processes.

Track: Welcome To Our Guesthouse #7

The time has come for a new Welcome To Our Guesthouse (WTOG), the artist-in-residence program of Productiehuis Theater Rotterdam. In this edition, once again, we present questions, challenge the status quo, and promise an unforgettable evening. This year’s makers, Cherish Menzo, Djuwa Mroivili, and Joshua Serafin, will embark on their research journeys. The results will be presented during this track. The keyword of this edition is: gentle activism. Expect dance, movement, queerness, body poetics and politics, flashing lights, music, and many thought-provoking questions.