agenda performances
 
05.04.’24 Circle Sessions,
Theater Zuidplein, Rotterdam
(Speelse)

13.04.’24 My Oma, Melly, Rotterdam
(Tyler & Sebastian Koudijzer)

15.05.’24 Mensen Zeggen Dingen, Verkadefabriek, Den Bosch
(Tyler & Sebastian Koudijzer)

01.06.’24 Tell’em, Poetry Circle, Rotterdam
(Speelse)

agenda exhibitions
 
 t.b.a. | Fotodok, Utrecht
t.b.a. | Depot Boijmans van Beuningen, unit Verhalenhuis Belvédère, Rotterdam
t.b.a. | Bibliotheek Rotterdam

I grew up as a half-blood, a child from different races. An outdated therm that has often been used to identify me as person. As a child I was surrounded with 2 great-grandmothers, 2 grandfathers, 3 grandmothers and uncountable aunts and uncles, only from my Javanese side of the family. My work is an attempt to bring the disappearing traditions, values and spirituality back into my own reality. The camera functions as an exploration tool, in search of the nostalgic feeling of: Gotong Royong*.

* Gotong = carrying a burden using one’s shoulder, Royong = together or communally.

My work has been exhibited at various spaces including Stedelijk Museum, Nederlands Fotomuseum and Concordia. Recently my work has been published in Trigger Fomu, de Volkskrant & Tijdschrift Article.


Together with my brother, I form the artistic duo: Tyler & Sebastian Koudijzer. Where my brother specialises in the written and spoken word. Our most recent project is De Gesuikerde Onderneming

In addition to visual art, I perform with dance and spoken-word and do so partly under the name Speelse.

- Sebastian Iksan Koudijzer

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