We had a momentous day at "Looking Back | Looking Forward: Culture in a Changing America" this Saturday sharing the work in progress of #MannahattaVR at Park Avenue Armory's Company M. It was uplifting to see old and new friends (it was a mini-Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics reunion and continuation of the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU vibe!), soak up inspiring and wise words from thoughtful panelists, and test out some ideas about digital smoke in our salon. #PAAInterrogations
Come experience Mannahatta VR at Park Ave Armory Saturday Feb. 17, 2018!
Dear all,
I am privileged to be co-hosting with Alecz Inca a salon featuring Mannahatta VR as part of “Looking Back | Looking Forward: Culture in a Changing America”at the Park Avenue Armory on February 17, 12pm - 8:15pm. Please visit our salon during the 1pm, 4pm, and 6pm sessions. I will be creating a new site-specific olfactory piece to complement this immersive experience.
"Artists, thinkers, activists, academics and community leaders gather for a day of performances, conversations and open studios exploring artistic, social and political perspectives on the 50th anniversary of the extraordinary world-changing events of 1968 and the promise of the next fifty years. Join the Aspen Institute, the Park Avenue Armory and ArtChangeUS for a day of reflection and exchange of ideas."
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Tickets can be purchased on the program event page
Hope to see you there!!!
Light and Warmth,
Beatrice
Asian Latin American Belonging
Rhunhattan: Tale of Two Islands travels to Amsterdam
Artist talk met Beatrice Glow in het kader van 350 jaar Vrede van Breda
Praktisch
Zaal open: 14.30
Entree: Gratis (een vrijwillige bijdrage wordt op prijs gesteld)
Visual artist Beatrice Glow uit New York houdt zich in haar werk bezig met de thema’s diaspora and indigeneity en de sporen van empire. Daarbij maakt ze gebruik van een breed scala aan technieken.
Zo bracht ze samen met de oorspronkelijke bewoners van het eiland Manhattan, de Lenape, het perspectief van de Lenape door middel van installaties onder de aandacht van de huidige bewoners van Manhattan.
Vanuit een fascinatie met het verhaal van de Vrede van Breda in 1667 waarbij onder andere Suriname, Manhattan en het Bandanese eiland Rhun betrokken waren, begon ze met het project Rhunhattan: waarbij ze de geschiedenis en actualiteit van Rhun en Manhattan met elkaar verbindt. Het project omvat onder andere keramisch werk, prints, video-installaties en virtual reality.
In 2016/2017 was Beatrice Glow artist in residence aan New York University.
Beatrice Glow spreekt over het Rhunhattan project. Voorafgaande zal historicus Wim Manuhutu een korte inlieiding houden over de geschiedenis van de Vrede van Breda.
14.30 : Inloop
15.00 - 15.05 : Welkom Nancy Jouwe
15.05 - 15.25 : Wim Manuhutu, de historische context van de Vrede van Breda
15.30 - 16.15 : Beatrice Glow, The Rhunhattan project
16.15 - 16.45 : Q en A met Beatrice Glow en Wim Manuhutu
16.45 - 18.00 : Informele gedachtenwisseling
Voertaal: Nederlands, Engels Meer informatie: w.manuhutu@manu2u.com
Bekijk de clip van het Rhunhatten project:
Deze bijeenkomst is mogelijk gemaakt door Manu2u.
The Banda Islands Anthology
Thrilled to receive my author's copy for my contribution to this hot off the press The Banda Islands Anthology! Amazing to be in the same publication with so many esteemed colleagues, inspirational thinkers and history's giants! #dream #amitavghosh#gilesmilton #desalwi @lookman_alibaba thank you @joella89 for trekking around the globe with this gift!!! thank you @kabarmediabooks for the invitation and @pradilagaluh for making the connection!!! #bandaislands #nutmeg#socialhistoryofplants #spice#Rhunhattan #treatyofbreda
American Arts Incubator Orientation in Silicon Valley, California!
I am emerging from orientation week in Silicon Valley in preparation for my one-month exchange where I will be supporting social inclusion of Indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian populations through sharing ways in which new media storytelling could help shift dominant narratives while being cognizant of millennia-old technologies my incubator participants will bring to the experience.
11/18 Artist Talk at Wave Hill
I will be co-presenting an artist talk at Wave Hill Sunroom Project Space this Saturday Nov. 18 @ 2pm with Julian Chams. We will be sharing the process behind our collaboration that included visiting the Wildlife Conservation Society at the Bronx Zoo, travels upstate and bringing it all back to our studios. Infusions made from Native plants will be served. Let me know if you are coming so that I can leave your name at the door. This event is part of Call & Response celebrating 10 years of the Sunroom Project Space.
Transportation: A city-ticket on Metro North to Riverdale or 1 train to 242 Street will connect you to free Wave Hill shuttle buses. Details here.
COPYRIGHT ASSERTION
A t-shirt with my piece "Banda Island Archipelago" has been spotted on sale in Indonesia. I am putting forth that this is a violation of my intellectual property and I do not approve of this bootleg version.
This knock off of my work violates my copyright
The original piece on view at the Duke House/ NYU Institute of Fine Arts
Artist Feature in LEAP Magazine's F/W 17 issue!
"From Beatrice Glow’s eye level, the horizon is visible to a distance of 4.7 kilometres. Beyond that we leave to the utopic imagination…Moving away from forms of media that rely solely on semiotic production, Rhuhattan in 360 gives the viewer the tools to explore these narratives through systems thinking. In integrating the stories told by native culture bearers, scholars, activists, artists, and ecologists, Rhunhattan teaches you to scrape the depth of your own imaginary oceans in a techno-cultural world. From the screen of the ocean to the screen of your device, the project probes an involvement with history that extends the ethical dilemma of always being involved in trading. The natural environment and media environment begin to produce each other, and the timing is off."
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: UNDERCURRENTS Walk with Beatrice Glow during SENSE AiOP 2017
“Without darkness we cannot appreciate light. Without light we would not know that we are in the dark.” In the months leading up to SENSE Beatrice took walks along 14th street with here eyes closed while being guided by a partner to engage with New York through her olfactory, auditory and tactile senses. She is sharing these experiences through audio that can be heard below. During the festival Beatrice will invite strangers to go on blind walks with her to experience blind walks themselves.
Banda "Spice" Islands in "Our Ocean Guide" at Venice Biennale with Map Office and Lightbox Group!
BANDA - Galeri Nasional Indonesia Group Show
Perjanjian Breda merupakan kesepakatan antara Inggris dan Belanda terkait penyerahan Manhattan kepada Inggris, dan sebagai kompensasinya Inggris menyerahkan Pulau Run kepada Belanda pada tanggal 31 Juli 1667. Perjanjian ini pula yang mengakhiri perang Anglo-Belanda kedua.
Pada tahun 2017 ini, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan, c.q. Direktorat Warisan dan Diplomasi Budaya pada tahun anggaran 2017 melakukan kegiatan Pendukungan Peringatan 350 Tahun Perjanjian Breda yang digagas oleh Yayasan Warisan Budaya Banda. Kegiatan ini akan dilaksanakan pada tanggal 20 September - 4 Oktober 2017 di Galeri Nasional Indonesia.
RANGKAIAN KEGIATAN
PAMERAN
"Banda Warisan untuk Indonesia: Pala dan Perjanjian Breda 1667-2017"
20 September – 4 Oktober 2017
Gedung C, Galeri Nasional Indonesia
Kegiatan ini merupakan bagian dari rangkaian pameran serupa yang diadakan sebelumnya di Erasmus Huis, Jakarta (31 Juli – 30 Agustus 2017) dan akan dilanjutkan di Banda mulai awal November 2017. Pameran ini juga didukung oleh Kedutaan Besar Belanda melalui Erasmus Huis, Galeri Nasional Indonesia dan Balai Arkeologi Maluku.
Pameran “Banda, Warisan Untuk Indonesia” yang mengusung sub tema: “Pala dan Perjanjian Breda, 1667-2017” menyoroti sejarah Banda sebagai penghasil rempah yang kaya dan bagaimana peran Banda sebagai pusat perhatian dalam perdagangan dan politik internasional. Pameran ini juga menghubungkan episode sejarah tersebut dengan Banda saat ini dan bagaimana Banda menjadi sumber inspirasi dalam karya seni kontemporer. Pameran ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kesadaran masyarakat, khususnya generasi muda akan perannya sebagai penerus sebuah bangsa besar yang sejak dahulu telah memiliki peran penting dalam sejarah perdagangan dunia. Dengan demikian diharapkan akan muncul kebanggaan akan jati diri sebagai bagian dari bangsa Indonesia.
Beberapa seniman nasional dan internasional seperti Hanafi, Titarubi, I Made Wianta, dari Indonesia; Beatrice Glow dari New York; Isabelle Boon dari Belanda; dan Jez O’Hare dari Inggris; yang terinspirasi oleh Banda turut berpartisipasi menampilkan karya seni mereka dalam pameran ini. Tim kurator yang terlibat dalam pameran ini adalah Wim Manuhutu, Sadiah Boonstra, Wieske Sapardan, dan Siti Halimah.
SEMINAR
"Banda Dulu, Kini dan Besok"
3 Oktober 2017
Ruang Seminar, Galeri Nasional Indonesia
Narasumber:
- Hilmar Farid, Dirjen Kebudayaan
- Sri Margono, Sejarahwan (tentative)
- Tanya Alwi, Pendiri Yayasan Warisan Budaya Banda
- Titarubi, Seniman
- Bonnie Triyana, Komunitas
Hilmar Farid, Direktur Jenderal Kebudayaan, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan membuka secara resmi pameran di Galeri Nasional Indonesia dan mengatakan “Banda merupakan bagian penting dalam wilayah NKRI yang dalam sejarahnya telah mengubah tatanan dunia sebagai penghasil rempah dan akar budaya maritim Indonesia”.
Rob Swartbol, Duta Besar Kerajaan Belanda untuk Indonesia mengatakan “Pameran yang digelar di Galeri Nasional membawa kita kembali ke 350 tahun yang lalu dan memberikan kita fakta dan pemahaman baru tentang apa yang terjadi pada saat itu. Saya senang bahwa pameran ini memperlihatkan berbagai perspektif tentang fakta sejarah. Selanjutnya, adalah hal yang menyenangkan untuk melihat bagaimana sejarah Banda dikaitkan dengan Banda yang kita kenal saat ini dan bagaimana sejarah itu menjadi sumber inspirasi bagi seni kontemporer”.
Tanya Alwi, Ketua Yayasan Warisan dan Budaya Banda Neira menambahkan, ”Pameran ini terinspirasi dari 350 tahun Perjanjian Breda. Kami berharap pameran ini dapat meningkatkan kesadaran dalam menghargai dan melestarikan kekayaan alam dan budaya Banda, dan memberikan inspirasi untuk membangun Banda berbasis kemasyarakatan agar Banda dapat memberikan dampak secara nasional maupun internasional”.
Cycles (Riverdale Study), new collaboration between Beatrice Glow and Julian Chams now on view at Wave Hill's Call & Response Show
New Collaboration between Julian Chams and Beatrice Glow now on view at Wave Hill
Empire of Smoke: the Legacy of Tobacco
Video documentation of "Empire of Smoke: The Legacy of Tobacco" that took place at James B. Duke House New York University Institute of Fine Arts on May 11.
Speakers: Kathleen Robin Joyce, Kristen Gaylord, George Stonefish, Dr. Gunja Sengupta and Beatrice Glow.
Circulating Undercurrents, Artist Feature, Cultural Politics Journal, Duke University Press
I'm thrilled to share this feature article of my recent work as well as my cover art "Banda Island Archipelago" gracing the cover of Cultural Politics Journal of Duke University Press. Check out the article and the issue here.
I want to acknowledge the generosity of curator Deborah Frizzell and the editors for inviting me to organize and share my thoughts on this platform. I also want to thank Jim Blasi for the gorgeous graphic design layout. And lastly, the beautiful convergence of August 2017 for having my Banda Island Archipelago print on the cover of Duke University Press' publication while also showing the actual silk print at the Jame B. Duke House (NYU Institute of Fine Arts)...all during the 350 year commemoration of the Treaty of Breda.
See the article here: http://culturalpolitics.dukejournals.org/content/current
#Rhunhattan #socialhistoryofplants #dukehouse #bandaislands
"Museology and the Mused" Workshop at the Metropoliton Museum of Art
I am reflecting upon an utmost transformative weekend at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York where I had the immense privilege to participate in goddess Rosanna Raymond , current Chester Dale Fellow’s workshop “Museology and the Mused” #MetMused. Seated in a round circle amongst an ecosystem of museum curators, public programs builders, education warriors, Indigenous culture bearers (local, global and diasporic), provocative artists and advocates, we put heart, trust, knowledge, wisdom and faith into asking “What protocols, practices and actions/activations should museums and cultural institutions embrace to center indigeneity in its narrative and positioning?” (that is my attempt at summarizing the plethora of complex questions and perspectives that were raised).
American Arts Incubator: Addressing Social Inclusion with Art and Technology in Ecuador →
Beatrice Glow’s exchange will focus on social inclusion by leveraging new media art to tell stories that shift dominant narratives. She aims to work with a variety of community members, including Afro-Ecuadorian and refugee populations, to help pinpoint the ecosystem of challenges they face. Her workshops will be centered on understanding local public policy and the restoration of environmental and community health.
Summer visits to "Beatrice Glow: Spice Roots/Routes" extended through end of summer!
This summer I've been bringing small groups to the Duke House NYU Institute of Fine Arts to view my show "Spice Roots/Routes" paired with aromas and previews of Rhunhattan VR (work in progress).
Honolulu Biennial Artist Interview →
After sleepless nights of installing Rhunhattan Tearoom at the Honolulu Biennial, I participated in this interview...I hope it's coherent!
MAY NEWSLETTER →
Read more here on my May 4 event at the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York University where I report back on my travel research to the Banda Islands of eastern Indonesia. I am also presenting a public program at the Duke House, Institute of Fine Arts at NYU on May 11 titled "Empire of Smoke: the Legacy of Tobacco."