Homemade Seeds - Friday

During the third and final SALWA Gathering we will dive deep into the worlds of mundane everyday tradition and collective bodies, as a way of fictioning future narratives and creating other present-day realities.

What would a future that centers collective care and healing look like for diasporic and migrant communities? How can we move beyond the perpetual stigma of a static migrant identity, without assimilating into a homogenous group? How can our dreams of a better future guide us?

Everyday habits and routines are radical tools and methods for building fairer futures grounded in everyday life. As the last iteration of the SALWA Gatherings organized in 2022, Homemade Seeds aims to interrogate the notion of "a home away from home." We seek to create stories, connections and new kinships. With the peculiar circumstances that we are living in, imagining a future seems to be hard to reach. For us, the future is the presence of sharing a space, a meal and some gossip sessions. We want to gather so we can hold each other and feel heard. Inspired by our own personal experiences with agriculture and the preservation of food traditionally called "Mouneh", we want to develop with you care practices for the winter. Mouneh is the practice of preserving food through various techniques in order to make spring and summer crops last through the harsh winter. This process is disappearing due to excessive consumption, import industries and the thirst that society has for immediate products. We are gathering to ground ourselves. Through food, massage, celebration, failure and everyday living we create the near future. We hope that this last iteration can reach towards creating a community that cares and caters for one another, by sharing our resources similar to the process of Mouneh. It is about caring for collective bodies and stepping away from individual ones in order to survive and resist. We aim to collectively explore complex and challenging issues in an accessible and dynamic way.

Homemade Seeds will take place in Framer Framed on the 28th and 29th of October, for which we will collaborate with Andrea González, Diana El Halabi, Emirhan Akin, Luis Lecea, Mariana Jurado-Rico, Noiré, Julia Bande, Yaya Pucci (Anto & Yara Said) and Yara Ktaish. Music by Ragasa. We will engage with what we have harvested so far to look towards the future and think of ways to make these futures come alive.

Reservation for Julia Bande’s “Buddy Massage” workshop are limited in capacity. Only 12 spots are available for each day. Please RSVP in advance by reservering a free ticket in the ticketshop.

The ticket is 5 euros, but donations are welcome!

Money should never be in the way of your attendance. If you cannot afford a ticket, please email hello@salwa.nl

The Gatherings in 2022 are generously supported by Mondriaan Fonds and Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst (AFK). Our partners include: Goethe Institut Niederlande, The Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux, Casco Art Institute and Framer Framed.

Radio supported by ja ja ja nee nee nee.

Drinks are sponsored by Brouwerij 't IJ.

During the third and final SALWA Gathering we will dive deep into the worlds of mundane everyday tradition and collective bodies, as a way of fictioning future narratives and creating other present-day realities.

What would a future that centers collective care and healing look like for diasporic and migrant communities? How can we move beyond the perpetual stigma of a static migrant identity, without assimilating into a homogenous group? How can our dreams of a better future guide us?

Everyday habits and routines are radical tools and methods for building fairer futures grounded in everyday life. As the last iteration of the SALWA Gatherings organized in 2022, Homemade Seeds aims to interrogate the notion of "a home away from home." We seek to create stories, connections and new kinships. With the peculiar circumstances that we are living in, imagining a future seems to be hard to reach. For us, the future is the presence of sharing a space, a meal and some gossip sessions. We want to gather so we can hold each other and feel heard. Inspired by our own personal experiences with agriculture and the preservation of food traditionally called "Mouneh", we want to develop with you care practices for the winter. Mouneh is the practice of preserving food through various techniques in order to make spring and summer crops last through the harsh winter. This process is disappearing due to excessive consumption, import industries and the thirst that society has for immediate products. We are gathering to ground ourselves. Through food, massage, celebration, failure and everyday living we create the near future. We hope that this last iteration can reach towards creating a community that cares and caters for one another, by sharing our resources similar to the process of Mouneh. It is about caring for collective bodies and stepping away from individual ones in order to survive and resist. We aim to collectively explore complex and challenging issues in an accessible and dynamic way.

Homemade Seeds will take place in Framer Framed on the 28th and 29th of October, for which we will collaborate with Andrea González, Diana El Halabi, Emirhan Akin, Luis Lecea, Mariana Jurado-Rico, Noiré, Julia Bande, Yaya Pucci (Anto & Yara Said) and Yara Ktaish. Music by Ragasa. We will engage with what we have harvested so far to look towards the future and think of ways to make these futures come alive.

Reservation for Julia Bande’s “Buddy Massage” workshop are limited in capacity. Only 12 spots are available for each day. Please RSVP in advance by reservering a free ticket in the ticketshop.

The ticket is 5 euros, but donations are welcome!

Money should never be in the way of your attendance. If you cannot afford a ticket, please email hello@salwa.nl

The Gatherings in 2022 are generously supported by Mondriaan Fonds and Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst (AFK). Our partners include: Goethe Institut Niederlande, The Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux, Casco Art Institute and Framer Framed.

Radio supported by ja ja ja nee nee nee.

Drinks are sponsored by Brouwerij 't IJ.