BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7057@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Afrovism DTSTAMP:20261014T230051Z DTSTART:20250920T173000Z DESCRIPTION:Echoes of Home\n\nWhere memory lives\, and essence chimes in ev ery note\, strand\, and blossom.\n\nThis edition of Afrovism is a celebrat ion of memory\, identity\, and\nartistry—woven together through music\, vi suals\, and deeply personal acts of\ncreation.\n\nOn the night of Echoes o f Home\, guests will step into an immersive floral\nlandscape created by G arden of Nehemia\, transforming the space into a living\nartwork that blen ds nature with design.\nThe evening opens with a performance by Ranie Ribe iro\, a harpist who fuses\nclassical\, jazz\, and electronic influences in to a meditative live experience.\nAfter a short intermission\, Arno Sacco brings soulful vocals and heartfelt\nlyrics to the stage\, sharing music r ooted in emotion and storytelling. Guests\nare then invited to explore the space and its installations before the next act.\nPeter Somuah\, a Ghanai an trumpeter known for his warm tone and rhythmic flair\,\nperforms a genr e-blending set of jazz\, funk\, and West African sounds.\n\nThroughout the night\, attendees can experience Marianne Costade’s visual art\ninstallat ion exploring African hair traditions\, memory\, and self-representation\n through photography and performance. ByGoldiie\, a multidisciplinary jewel lery\ndesigner\, will present a pop-up featuring handcrafted pieces that r eflect her\nCaribbean heritage and personal storytelling—merging culture\, form\, and\nwearability. Fashion and culture collective Showroom Ams will host a curated\npop-up of books\, highlighting emerging talent at the int ersection of music and\ndesign.\n\n\nTIMETABLE\n\n18.30 Doors open\n19.30 Ranie Ribeiro\n20.00 Intermission\n20.15 Arno Sacco\n20.45 Intermission\n2 1.00 Peter Somuah\n\n\nABOUT AFROVISM\n\nAfrovism is an open source platfo rm that celebrates the Afro diaspora.\nThroughout every move\, the aim is to inspire and embrace shared experiences\,\ntraditions\, and values that bind the different cultures together.\n\n\nLINE-UP\n\nGarden of Nehemia | Art\nGarden of Nehemia is a floral studio founded by multidisciplinary cre ative\nNehemia\, known for her work in fashion. Garden of Nehemia extends her artistic\nexpression into the realm of floristry\, offering thoughtful ly curated floral\narrangements that reflect her unique aesthetic sensibil ity. Each bouquet is\ncrafted to tell a story\, blending natural beauty wi th intentional design. Garden\nof Nehemia serves as a space where art and nature converge\, providing clients\nwith floral pieces that are both visu ally striking and emotionally resonant.\nThrough this endeavor\, Nehemia c ontinues to explore new dimensions of\ncreativity\, bringing her distincti ve vision to life in every arrangement.\n\nByGoldiie | Pop up\n\nGoldiie i s a multidisciplinary artist who skillfully blends various forms of\ncreat ivity. Drawing inspiration from her surroundings\, family\,veveryday\ninte ractions\, and the stories that fill her world\, she transforms these\ninf luences into art. For her\, the creative process is a dialogue with her\ne nvironment—one that merges culture\, design\, art\, and music. Every piece Goldiie\ncreates tells its own story\, weaving together her Caribbean her itage with the\nrich and diverse influences of her life in The Netherlands .\n\nMarianne Costade | Art\nMarianne Costade is a Franco-Senegalese & Con golese visual artist and cultural\narchivist based between Paris and Dakar . Her work explores memory\, identity and\ncultural transmission through p hotography\, installation and performance. Since\n2021\, she has been deve loping a long-term body of work around ancestral and\ncontemporary African hairstyles\, using the photo booth as a ritual space of\nself-documentati on.\n\nShe often works with analog photography and the photo booth\, using repetition\,\nframing and texture as tools to reclaim Black narratives an d everyday rituals.\nHer work traces diasporic connections between African traditions and\ncontemporary identities\, weaving links across generation s and geographies.\nBy grounding her work in personal memory\, she highlig hts how the intimate\nbecomes political\, how hair\, touch and image carry weight\, silence and\nresistance. Through her visual practice\, she seeks to build an evolving archive\nof Black beauty\, care and memory\, one tha t refuses erasure and celebrates\nlegacy.\n\n\nHer installations often inc lude live braiding\, soundscapes and gestures\,\ncreating spaces where the audience becomes part of the living archive. She\nrecreates immersive env ironments that echo the texture\, sound and memory of\nAfrican hair salons \, spaces of beauty\, resilience and shared knowledge.\n\n\nLees meer\n\nA rno Sacco | Vocalist\n\nArno Sacco is an emerging singer-songwriter from B elgium\, known for his\nheartfelt lyrics and intimate musical style. His s ound\, influenced by artists\nsuch as Frank Ocean and Daniel Caesar\, blen ds soulful melodies with personal\nstorytelling.\nArno’s music reflects hi s introspective nature\, offering listeners a glimpse\ninto his emotional world. With a presence on social media and a dedication to\nhis craft\, he continues to connect with fans and build his profile in the music\nscene. \n\nRanie Ribeiro | Harpist\n\nRanie Ribeiro’s artistic journey has taken on new dimensions and disciplines and\nhe has currently solidified himself as one of the Netherlands’ most unique\nharpists.\nHe’s performed live ac ross The Netherlands’ premiere venues and festivals\,\nParadiso\, Le Guess Who?2024 and TivoliVredenburg using the harp to experiment\nwith classica l\, electronica and jazz elements while creating and expanding upon\nexist ing compositions.\n\nFor Ranie\, the act of performing and transforming mu sic live is a meditative and\nvulnerable process inviting the audience to feel the same.\n\nLees meer\n\nPeter Somuah | Trompetist\nPeter Somuah is a gifted trumpeter who learned to play by listening endlessly to\nhis trum pet heroes Miles Davis\, Freddie Hubbard and Roy Hargrove. Somuah stands\n out with his warm and melancholic sound\, as well as the rhythmic prowess\ nreflecting his upbringing surrounded by the music styles native to West A frica.\nHe touches his audiences and makes them groove.\n\nIn 2021 Somuah won the Erasmus Jazz award for young jazz talent\, and in 2022 he\nwon the prestigious Edison Jazz Award with his debut album Outer Space. In June\n 2024\, Somuah worked on a project with the WDR Big Band playing his own\nc ompositions\, arranged and conducted by the musical cosmopolitan Michael\n Mossman. In his compositions\, Somuah explores the boundaries between jazz \, funk\,\nsoul and traditional Ghanaian music\, sprinkled with a hint of electronic music.\nHe has performed his music at many stages.\n\nLees meer \n\nShowroom Ams | Pop Up\n\nShowroom Ams connects brands and culture-orie nted media outlets with emerging\ntalent. They are rooted in fashion and m usic\, embedded in the underground\nnetworks of both scenes and work with some of today’s most interesting\nestablished and emerging artists. Their curation uplifts voices that challenge\nand redefine creative norms.\n\nFa ouziat Biera Faous\nFaouziat Biera Faous is a social media coordinator and I am a fashion stylist\nand the founder of Afrovism. Born in Burundi but raised in the south of Holland\,\nshe currently call Amsterdam home.\n\nDu ring the 8 years of studying fashion\, she began her career as a freelance \nfashion stylist\, earning features in publications such as Vogue\, Nataa l Media\nand more. After graduating the course Fashion and Branding\, Amst erdam Fashion\nInstitute\, she worked for brands such as Daily Paper\, Cal vin Klein\, The New\nOriginals and more.\n\nHer passion for art led her to establish Afrovism\, a platform where she\ncelebrates Arts and Culture. S o far\, she has been able to host 9 beautiful\neditions at venues such as Soho House\, Foam Museum Amsterdam\, Felix Meritis\nAmsterdam\, Oscam and Compagnietheater Amsterdam.\n\n‘’In everything I do\, my goal is to inspir e those I meet — I aim for every\ninteraction with people to feel like bei ng captivated in ways you’ll never\nforget.’’\n\nLees meer\n\nWould you li ke to attend this program\, but don’t have the means to pay for a\nticket? Send an email to info@felixmeritis.nl\, we can work something out. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/afrovism-1 GEO:52.3699902;4.884254 LOCATION:Felix Meritis - Keizersgracht 324\, 1016 EZ Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:afro,amsterdam-centrum,books,electronics,festivals,funk,jazz,kei zersgracht,live,music,performance,soul,stories,storytelling X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Echoes of Home

Where memory lives, and essence chimes in every note, strand, and blossom.

This edition of Afrovism is a celebration of memory, identity, and artistry—wo ven together through music, visuals, and deeply personal acts of creation.

On the night of Echoes of Home, guests will step into an immersive floral landscape created by Garden of Nehemia, transforming the space into a living artwork that blends nature w ith design.
The evening opens with a performance by Ranie Ribei ro, a harpist who fuses classical, jazz, and electronic influence s into a meditative live experience. After a short intermission, A rno Sacco brings soulful vocals and heartfelt lyrics to the stage , sharing music rooted in emotion and storytelling. Guests are then invite d to explore the space and its installations before the next act. Peter Somuah, a Ghanaian trumpeter known for his warm tone and rh ythmic flair, performs a genre-blending set of jazz, funk, and West Africa n sounds.

Throughout the night, attendees can experience Ma rianne Costade’s visual art installation exploring African hair t raditions, memory, and self-representation through photography and perform ance. ByGoldiie, a multidisciplinary jewellery designer, will present a pop-up featuring handcrafted pieces that reflect her Caribb ean heritage and personal storytelling—merging culture, form, and wearabil ity. Fashion and culture collective Showroom Ams will hos t a curated pop-up of books, highlighting emerging talent at the intersect ion of music and design.

Timetable

18.30 Doors open
19 .30 Ranie Ribeiro
20.00 Intermission
20.15 Arno Sacco
20.45 Inter mission
21.00 Peter Somuah

About Afrovism

A frovism is an open source platform that celebrates the Afro diaspora. Thro ughout every move, the aim is to inspire and embrace shared experiences, t raditions, and values that bind the different cultures together.

Line-up

Garden of Nehemia | Art
Garden of Nehemia is a floral studio founded by multidisciplinary creative Nehem ia, known for her work in fashion. Garden of Nehemia extends her artistic expression into the realm of floristry, offering thoughtfully curated flor al arrangements that reflect her unique aesthetic sensibility. Each bouque t is crafted to tell a story, blending natural beauty with intentional des ign. Garden of Nehemia serves as a space where art and nature converge, pr oviding clients with floral pieces that are both visually striking and emo tionally resonant. Through this endeavor, Nehemia continues to explore new dimensions of creativity, bringing her distinctive vision to life in ever y arrangement.

ByGoldiie | Pop up

Goldii e is a multidisciplinary artist who skillfully blends various forms of cre ativity. Drawing inspiration from her surroundings, family,veveryday inter actions, and the stories that fill her world, she transforms these influen ces into art. For her, the creative process is a dialogue with her environ ment—one that merges culture, design, art, and music. Every piece Goldiie creates tells its own story, weaving together her Caribbean heritage with the rich and diverse influences of her life in The Netherlands.

Marianne Costade | Art
Marianne Costade is a Franco-Se negalese & Congolese visual artist and cultural archivist based betwee n Paris and Dakar. Her work explores memory, identity and cultural transmi ssion through photography, installation and performance. Since 2021, she h as been developing a long-term body of work around ancestral and contempor ary African hairstyles, using the photo booth as a ritual space of self-do cumentation.

She often works with analog photography and the phot o booth, using repetition, framing and texture as tools to reclaim Black n arratives and everyday rituals. Her work traces diasporic connections betw een African traditions and contemporary identities, weaving links across g enerations and geographies.
By grounding her work in personal memory, s he highlights how the intimate becomes political, how hair, touch and imag e carry weight, silence and resistance. Through her visual practice, she s eeks to build an evolving archive of Black beauty, care and memory, one th at refuses erasure and celebrates legacy.

Her installations oft en include live braiding, soundscapes and gestures, creating spaces where the audience becomes part of the living archive. She recreates immersive e nvironments that echo the texture, sound and memory of African hair salons , spaces of beauty, resilience and shared knowledge.

Lees meer

Arno Sacco | Vocalist

Arno Sacco is an emergin g singer-songwriter from Belgium, known for his heartfelt lyrics and intim ate musical style. His sound, influenced by artists such as Frank Ocean an d Daniel Caesar, blends soulful melodies with personal storytelling.
Ar no’s music reflects his introspective nature, offering listeners a glimpse into his emotional world. With a presence on social media and a dedicatio n to his craft, he continues to connect with fans and build his profile in the music scene.

Ranie Ribeiro | Harpist

Ranie Ribeiro’s artistic journey has taken on new dimensions and discipli nes and he has currently solidified himself as one of the Netherlands’ mos t unique harpists.
He’s performed live across The Netherlands’ premiere venues and festivals, Paradiso, Le Guess Who?2024 and TivoliVredenburg us ing the harp to experiment with classical, electronica and jazz elements w hile creating and expanding upon existing compositions.

For Ranie , the act of performing and transforming music live is a meditative and vu lnerable process inviting the audience to feel the same.

Lees meer

Peter Somuah | Trompetist
Peter Somuah is a gifted trumpeter who learned to play by listening endlessly to his trumpet heroe s Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard and Roy Hargrove. Somuah stands out with hi s warm and melancholic sound, as well as the rhythmic prowess reflecting h is upbringing surrounded by the music styles native to West Africa. He tou ches his audiences and makes them groove.

In 2021 Somuah won the Erasmus Jazz award for young jazz talent, and in 2022 he won the prestigio us Edison Jazz Award with his debut album Outer Space. In June 2024, Somua h worked on a project with the WDR Big Band playing his own compositions, arranged and conducted by the musical cosmopolitan Michael Mossman. In his compositions, Somuah explores the boundaries between jazz, funk, soul and traditional Ghanaian music, sprinkled with a hint of electronic music. He has performed his music at many stages.

Lees meer

Sho wroom Ams | Pop Up

Showroom Ams connects brands and cultur e-oriented media outlets with emerging talent. They are rooted in fashion and music, embedded in the underground networks of both scenes and work wi th some of today’s most interesting established and emerging artists. Thei r curation uplifts voices that challenge and redefine creative norms.

Faouziat Biera Faous
Faouziat Biera Faous is a so cial media coordinator and I am a fashion stylist and the founder of Afrov ism. Born in Burundi but raised in the south of Holland, she currently cal l Amsterdam home.

During the 8 years of studying fashion, she began her career as a freelance fashion stylist, earning features in publicatio ns such as Vogue, Nataal Media and more. After graduatin g the course Fashion and Branding, Amsterdam Fashion Institute, she worked for brands such as Daily Paper, Calvin Klein, The New Originals and more.

Her passion for art led her to establish Afrovism, a platform w here she celebrates Arts and Culture. So far, she has been able to host 9 beautiful editions at venues such as Soho House, Foam Museum Amsterdam, Fe lix Meritis Amsterdam, Oscam and Compagnietheater Amsterdam.

‘’In everything I do, my goal is to inspire those I meet — I aim for every inte raction with people to feel like being captivated in ways you’ll never for get.’’

Lees meer

Would you like to attend this program, but don’t have the means to pay for a ticket? Send an email to info@felixm eritis.nl, we can work something out.

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