Stories of reclamation, speculation and joy: An interview with Dutch-Surinamese Artist, Nazrina Rodjan

Co-editor of the Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies , Amar Wahab, interviews Dutch-Surinamese visual artist, Nazrina Rodjan, about her recent exhibition, Kala Pani:1873–2023 , which creatively intervenes in discourses about race, gender, queerness and indentureship in the Netherlands. Rodjan’s work is a critical response to the gendered racism within the Dutch archives and artworld, including its silencing of indentureship and its legacies. As such, the artist’s work is focused on ‘telling the stories and amplifying the voices of underrepresented communities,’ to counter the racism that... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Nazrina Rodjan
Amar Wahab
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Reihe/Periodikum: Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 112-126 (2024)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Pluto Journals
Schlagwörter: Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration / JV1-9480
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28985266
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.13169/jofstudindentleg.4.1.0112

Co-editor of the Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies , Amar Wahab, interviews Dutch-Surinamese visual artist, Nazrina Rodjan, about her recent exhibition, Kala Pani:1873–2023 , which creatively intervenes in discourses about race, gender, queerness and indentureship in the Netherlands. Rodjan’s work is a critical response to the gendered racism within the Dutch archives and artworld, including its silencing of indentureship and its legacies. As such, the artist’s work is focused on ‘telling the stories and amplifying the voices of underrepresented communities,’ to counter the racism that is embedded within Dutch nationalism and homonationalism.