During Radical Space, Ancestor Work unfolded — a performance by movement artist and spiritual practitioner Desta Deekman and Damani Leidsman. Drawing on the Winti tradition and their deep knowledge of West African dance practices, the performance explored what happens when the primary audience is not the people gathered in Bookshop at International Theater Amsterdam, but the ancestors in the spirit world.

As we approach the end of the year, I would like to share some good news with you. In the coming year, The Museum of Black Futures will collaborate with the international platform for contemporary art, Contemporary & (C&).

Multidisciplinary artist Femi Dawkins and versatile composer and pianist Martin Fondse explore the power of the Wild Card: the unpredictable element, the joker that defies rules and moves freely between structures. In card games, the Wild Card is the trump card, the symbol of ultimate freedom. It can take on any role, break through playing patterns and bring unexpected twists.

This program specifically focuses on a quest for liberation from the afterlives of the colonial past and afterlives of slavery. During that time, divide-and-conquer mechanisms were structurally applied to legitimize exploitation and dismantle opposition, protest and revolt. Although slavery has been abolished, our thinking, our bodies, and thus our daily lives are still influenced by colonial traces, memories and behaviours.