Broken words festival

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our friends of Activism Today are organizing a week full of lectures, performances, workshops, accompanied by an exhibition, focusing on the activism of groningen in 2019! definetely a must-see if you enjoyed the last Broken Words.

!! there is also still place for performers, speakers, and workshop organisers to sign up

Meet .sos!

'My name is Celina and I study Fine Arts. I have 3 nationalities: Portuguese, American and Nicaraguan and I am of mixed descent. My various nationalities is source for various questions concerning identity and territory. This leads me to wonder about having to conform to certain cultures and to labels or stereotypes assigned to people of a certain nationality. Further more, these leads to ponder over other forms of identity and more specifically related to sexuality and gender. This is, therefore, how I have come to my more recent works, which mainly touch on the topic of stereotypes assigned to gender. My works have to do with the idea of the body as a landscape/territory which has been distorted by patriarchal and one-sided views of our society. And whether you embrace these images or feel uncomfortable with them is up to the viewer to decide.'

Amaya drawn by Geoffrey van Dijk

Listen to what they have to say about themselves and their art: "I come to this place to talk about your parents hitting you when you were a child, your favourite food, the lines in the face of that guy you don´t like, doors when they are semi-open, the grandma that invites you to take a bath in her milk. I come to this place to embrace you with your own feeling of loneliness but mostly I come to be your friend. What I search for in here, is that you feel a nice hand on your back right after the shower. And to achieve that, I make all kinds of works, telling you about my parents, my feelings, my past, and my favourite food."

Introducing our amazing team member Momo Byass!

Hear her in her own words:
"I'm an illustrator with an interest in storytelling and character design. I use watercolour, gouache and digital programmes. I am originally from the UK with Yoruba-Nigerian descendent but currently resides in the Netherlands. My work is influenced by Japanese comics, the golden age of illustrations, kawaii culture, horror and monsters."

Are you excited yet? Stay tuned!

OPEN CALL!
Broken Words Needs You!
For Broken Words Festival, Friday 7th September at 18:00-02:00, we are searching for participants!
Performance art, lectures, interviews, podcasts, poetry, music, exposition - anything is possible!
The theme of this year is Bodies.
Send us a dm or mail us at [email protected] to send in your proposal :)

photos from the first edition of the broken words festival 2017

NEW LOCATION!!!
Theater de Kapel is kind enough to let us use their space!!
address: emmastraat 15
we will still have the festival from 15:00 - 17:00 :)
http://theaterdekapel.nl/index.htm

SPOTLIGHT: TAMMY BLUE
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(NL) Tammy Blue is een dichter uit Groningen, met diepe spirituele teksten. Er is iets aan hen waardoor je wilt blijven luisteren.
Bekijk een optreden van Tammy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&v=Is3UNsmhIU8

(EN) Tammy Blue is a poet from Groningen, with deep spiritual texts.There's just something about them that makes you want to listen.
Watch a performance by Tammy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&v=Is3UNsmhIU8

art by Sterre Janmaat

SPOTLIGHT: LUC BRUGMAN
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art by Astrid Verbree

SPOTLIGHT: DESTA MATLA
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(NL) Desta Matla is een groningse taal- en beeldkunstaar, bezig met het tweede jaar van de Frank Mohr Madtech opleiding bij Minerva. Op het festival zullen blokjes te zien zijn, waar Matla 3d-printing, tekst en giethars heeft gecombineerd tot kleine kunstobjecten.

lees meer over Matla's onderzoek:https://alleherrie.wordpress.com/2017/06/16/experimenten-giethars-laatste-loodjes-voor-einde-van-het-jaar/

(EN) Desta Matla is a gronings textual and visual artist, doing the second year of the Frank Mohr Madtech studies at Minerva. On the festival you can see blocks, where Matla combined 3d-printing, text and epoxy into little art objects.

read more about Matla's research: https://alleherrie.wordpress.com/2017/06/16/experimenten-giethars-laatste-loodjes-voor-einde-van-het-jaar/

art by Michiel Teeuw

SPOTLIGHT: SILKE VAN WIJNGAARDEN
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(NL) Silke van Wijngaarden is een singer - songwriter uit Groningen. In 2016 won Silke Popsport Groningen en hen heeft daarna veel optredens gehad. Luister naar Silkes muziek: https://soundcloud.com/silkosound

(EN) Silke van Wijngaarden is a singer - songwriter from Groningen. In 2016 Silke won Popsport Groningen and they had a lot of performances since then.
Listen to Silkes music: https://soundcloud.com/silkosound

art by Gabriëlle Maria Nadine

SPOTLIGHT: SARA OMLOR
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(NL) Sara Omlor is een kunstenaar die net begonnen is met de Frank Mohr Madtech opleiding in Minerva. Sara maakt schilderijen, tekeningen en digitale werken. Hun werk gaat vaak over reizen, gedachten, tijd en de ervaringen van de mens, specifiek over leven met autisme en invloeden van omgeving. Op het festival zullen schilderijen te zien zijn.

Bekijk werken van Sara: http://saraomlor.com/

(EN) Sara Omlor is an artist that just started with the Frank Mohr Madtech studies at Minerva. Sara makes paintings, drawing and digital works. Their work handles travel, thoughts, time and the human experience, especially living with autism and influences by surroundings.

View Sara's works: http://saraomlor.com/

art by Gabriëlle Maria Nadine

SPOTLIGHT: MYRON HAMMING
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(NL) Na lang zoeken naar een geschikt medium, vond Myron Hamming hun medium in spoken word. Ga op reis met hun prachtige meenemende verhalen op het festival.
bekijk een interview met myron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16m3XROx_uw

(EN) After searching a fitting medium for a long time, Myron Hamming found their medium in spoken word. Take a journey with their beautiful captivating narratives on the festival.
watch an interview with myron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16m3XROx_uw

art by Sterre Janmaat

SPOTLIGHT: PHAPBI NGO
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(NL) Phapbi Ngo is een student dans aan de fontys dansacedemie. Hun doel is om een professionele danser te worden en hun weg in de wereld te vinden. Phapbi zal op een gedicht dansen op het festival.
Bekijk Phapbi's dagelijkse dansvlog: https://www.instagram.com/phaabs365/

(EN) Phapbi Ngo is a dance student at fontys dance academy. Their goal is to become a professional dancer and find their way in this world. Phapbi will dance to a poem on the festival.
Watch Phapbi's daily dance vlog: https://www.instagram.com/phaabs365/

art by Michiel Teeuw

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