Stones Have Laws - a hybrid documentary film project by Dutch artists Lonnie van Brummelen and Siebren de Haan and the Surinamese theater maker and poet Tolin Alexander. The film presents the colonial history that the Netherlands and Suriname share from the perspective of the Maroons – descendants of Africans [...]
Tour van Stones Have Laws in het Surinaamse binnenland met vertoningen in Pikin Slee, Asindohopo, Jaw Jaw, Lebi Doti en Moengo, en een vertoning in TBL cinema in Paramaribo, maart 2019. 'Dee Sitonu a Weti’ [sic] goed ontvangen, door Euritha Tjan A Way, De Ware Tijd Online, 24 maart 2019 "Overal [...]
distribution: ICA London Stones Have Laws
SCREENINGS 2019-2020 Plein Theater i.c.w. Cineblend, Amsterdam 20 augustus 2020, 21:30 - 23:30 uur, openlucht voorstelling, nagesprek met Van Brummelen & De Haan en Ghamte Schmidt, moderator Guilly Koster meer info Cinema of the Dam'd Amsterdam (uitgesteld vanwege Corona) 4, 12, 15, 18 maart 2020 meer info Artishock Soest maandag [...]
scroll down for English AASIVISSUIT Voertaal: Nederlands Tijdens museumnacht 2019 toont Jasper Coppes fragmenten van zijn nieuwe film Aasivissuit in het Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam. De film combineert verschillende perspectieven op het veranderende landschap van Groenland. Jasper zal inzichten delen van de lokale bewoners van Groenland die hij tijdens het maken [...]
scroll down for Dutch film screening Cactus Flower and research conversation with artist / director Hala Elkoussy "Balancing magical realism with wistful drama," this is how Mark Adams characterized the poetic and hopeful debut feature film Cactus Flower of visual artist Hala Elkoussy in the Screen Daily. The film tells [...]
Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, 28 October 2021, Eye 2: 14–16 hrs, screening of Stones Have Laws and book launch of Drifting Studio Practice. Stones Have Laws (Dee Sitonu a Weti) is an immersive initiation into the life of a Maroon community in the former Dutch colony of Suriname. Combining stories of African ancestral traditions and [...]
Book launch Drifting Studio Practice with screening Stones Have Laws (Dee Sitonu a Weti) Book presentation, film screening and conversations around participatory documentaries with communities, with Lonnie van Brummelen & Siebren de Haan, Tolin Alexander, Rehana Ganga, and Olivier Marboeuf, moderated by Vincent Meessen. Bozar, Brussels in collaboration with Jubilée [...]
The Filmhallen, June 30, 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. (Dutch text below) From 2018 to 2020, VRIZA collaborated with Jasper Coppes on the production of his short film Aasivissuit (23 min.), shot in a territory inhabited by Inuit in Greenland. In the film two park rangers explore glaciers, mud plains and [...]
Fragments from Shallow Lake Platform POST, Van Oldenbarneveltstraat 63A, Nijmegen i.c.w. VRIZA Curated by Youri Appelo Opening: October 28, 2022, 8 p.m. Exhibition: October 29 - December 11 What are the ecological consequences of dumping contaminated soil into public waters? And can toxicity lead to new nature? Jasper Coppes' solo [...]