un conditional
juul sadée
25 augustus 2019 - 15 september 2019
Opening Sunday, August 25, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
sound performance by Juul Sadée, performers Sonja Abraham-Tatipatta,
Frans Pattiwael, Elly Pattiwael-Theunisz, Sandra Saya-Tatipatta and
Leny Tatipatta-Sinaï, coaching Catoke Kramer
Finissage Sunday, September 15, 2019 – 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
4:15 PM – 4:45 PM – special performance
5:00 PM – closing speech Hedy d’Ancona, former Minister of Welfare, Public Health and Culture
Juul Sadée has been working for a long time with members of the Moluccan community in the Netherlands and Indonesia. Her work revolves around concepts such as ‘identity’, ‘integration’, and ‘women empowerment’. Together with Moluccan, Indonesian, and Dutch women, she explores the shared history of the VOC [the Dutch East India Company] and colonial occupation, and the resulting personal experiences and stories. The multitude of perspectives creates a different cultural-historical perspective, particularly regarding the position of women.
The project UN CONDITIONAL begins with Eva Ment [1606-1652], born in Amsterdam, wife and widow of Jan Pieterszoon Coen. Through her history, Juul Sadée makes visible the stories of known and unknown women along the textile and pearl trade routes from the 12th century onwards . It is these historically invisible Indonesian, Moluccan, and Dutch women who, in the context of trade and colonization, have been important social, societal, and economic factors.
Sadée’s multimedia installation revolves around these visible/invisible positions of women in a game of concealment and revelation. This site-specific installation consists of a collection of objects, video, and scents, and stimulates the visitors’ senses to create and share a web of experiences, associations, and meanings. The installation also forms the context for the fringe programming accompanying this exhibition. See the Bradwolff Projects website for announcements.
Juul Sadée has presented her work, including ‘The Gardener’s Last Song’, in cooperation with Your-space at the Van Abbemuseum studio. She previously exhibited at Sonsbeek2016 and has since collaborated with the curators’ and artists’ group ‘ruangrupa’ from Jakarta. In October/November 2019, she will participate as a speaker, performer, and artist in The World Literary and Cultural Fiesta, titled ‘Local Color and Wisdom, Facing Globalization’, organized by The Asian Writers Organisation, on Ambon and Banda. In addition to her visual arts practice, she is a Lecturer in Visual Arts at iArts, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Arts, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences Maastricht.
Bradwolff Projects thanks all those involved for their contributions to the exhibition and the follow-up exhibitions, and in particular all donors via Stichting Voordekunst, the Province of Limburg, the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, Olfactory consultant and designer Tanja Schell, Stichting TitanE, Stichting Moetiara Maloekoe, De Taalexperts, and the volunteers.