BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:27170@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Decaramelism: On Sugar and Community DTSTAMP:20260909T003023Z DTSTART:20260917T150000Z DTEND:20260917T180000Z DESCRIPTION:On 19 September 2026\, Indonesian artist Arie Syarifuddin (a me mber of Jatiwangi\nArt Factory)\, joins Lara Khaldi (director of De Appel) \, Marieke van Rooy\n(initiator Ode aan de Gemeenschap) and Simon Kentgens (initiator Clublokaal) for\na conversation on JAF’s approach to community -based artistic practice and\nSyarifuddin’s long-term research into sugar production in Jatiwangi. This event\nis part of Ode aan de Gemeenschap\, a year-long programme at De Poorthuisjes\nbringing together professional ar tists and local residents.\n\nBased in Jatiwangi\, West Java\, Jatiwangi A rt Factory (JAF) is an art collective\nworking at the intersection of art and everyday life. For more than two decades\,\nthe collective has develop ed projects in collaboration with local communities\,\nresponding to the s ocial\, cultural and economic context of the area. The\nconversation explo res JAF’s approach to community-based artistic practice\,\ndrawing on Syar ifuddin’s six-week residency at De Poorthuisjes and his\npresentation IN D E KOST\, part of Ode aan de Gemeenschap/Klazien-o-theek\,\nalongside the p ractices of Clublokaal in Breda and De Appel in Amsterdam.\n\nThe second p art of the conversation focuses on Syarifuddin’s long-term research\ninto sugar production in Jatiwangi. Sugar has played a central role in the\nhis tory of the region and connects questions of colonialism\, land and labour \nwith the lives of local communities. Syarifuddin’s research examines the se\nhistories and the ways in which people in Jatiwangi continue to relate to and\nreclaim the land shaped by the sugar industry.\n\nThe conversatio n brings together perspectives from Jatiwangi and Amsterdam and\nconsiders the role of artistic research\, local knowledge and community-based\nprac tice in engaging with histories that continue to shape the present.\n\nAft er the conversation\, visitors are invited to a shared meal at De\nPoorthu isjes. Please register here\n[https://framerframed.stager.co/shop/default/ events/111692543].\n\nInfo & Credits\n\nFramer Framed\nOranje-Vrijstaatkad e 71\n1093KS\, Amsterdam URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/decaramelism-on-sugar-and-community GEO:52.3568405;4.9323245 LOCATION:Framer Framed - Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71\, 1093KS Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-oost,colonialism,community,dapperbuurt X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:On 19 September 2026, Indonesian artist Arie Syarifuddin (a member of Jatiwangi Art Factory), joins Lara Khaldi (director of De Appel), Marieke van Rooy (initiator Ode aan de Gemeenschap) and Simon Ke ntgens (initiator Clublokaal) for a conversation on JAF’s approac h to community-based artistic practice and Syarifuddin’s long-term researc h into sugar production in Jatiwangi. This event is part of Ode aan de Gemeenschap, a year-long programme at De Poorthuisjes bringing toget her professional artists and local residents.

Based in Jatiwangi, West J ava, Jatiwangi Art Factory (JAF) is an art collective working at the inter section of art and everyday life. For more than two decades, the collectiv e has developed projects in collaboration with local communities, respondi ng to the social, cultural and economic context of the area. The conversat ion explores JAF’s approach to community-based artistic practice, drawing on Syarifuddin’s six-week residency at De Poorthuisjes and his presentatio n IN DE KOST, part of Ode aan de Gemeenschap/Klazien-o-theek< /em>, alongside the practices of Clublokaal in Breda and De Appel in Amste rdam.

The second part of the conversation focuses on Syarifuddin’s l ong-term research into sugar production in Jatiwangi. Sugar has played a c entral role in the history of the region and connects questions of colonia lism, land and labour with the lives of local communities. Syarifuddin’s r esearch examines these histories and the ways in which people in Jatiwangi continue to relate to and reclaim the land shaped by the sugar industry.< /p>

The conversation brings together perspectives from Jatiwangi and Ams terdam and considers the role of artistic research, local knowledge and co mmunity-based practice in engaging with histories that continue to shape t he present.

After the conversation, visitors are invited to a shared meal at De Poorthuisjes. Please register here.

Info & amp; Credits

Framer Framed
Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71
1093KS, Amste rdam

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