BAK Community Portal presents . . .<\/p>\n
RAINBOW WARRIORS 22 October\u201310 November 2023 For Sint Maarten Parade 2023, Tools for Action<\/a>\u2014a non-profit organization that develops artistic interventions for political actions\u2014collaborates with Utrecht-based members of Filipino, Caribbean, and other communities to collectively dream a parade compartment.<\/p>\n Developed through a seven-day training cycle facilitated by Bambi van Balen, Carmen Branco van Gelder, and Christy Westhoven from Tools for Action, this parade compartment consists of inflatable light and sound sculptures with choreography. The Sint Maarten Parade\u2019s theme for this year, \u201cwater,\u201d is thus interpreted through the idea of (gender-)fluid solidarities.<\/p>\n How do we address and resist the weight of patriarchy within cultures of grassroots organizing? How can we develop visual language in public space that represents the rich difference of bodies and experiences involved in justice mobilization, including factors such as gender, race, class, cultural background, education, and ableness, among others? How can liquid, flowing connections be generated between communities whose struggles have many points in common? How do we want to respond to the context of the Sint Maarten?<\/p>\n This training cycle is named after an essay<\/a> by Filipino academic Marlon Lacsamana<\/a>, who conducted his academic research on how frontline Communist Party guerrilla fighters in the Philpinnes \u2014of diverse SOGIE (sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression)\u2014 experience queerness and femininity. Lacsamana discusses some of his research in a ritual lecture on day one of this cycle: see schedule for details.<\/p>\n SCHEDULE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n DAY 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DREAMWORK Tools for Action present their practice, show inspiration for the use of inflatables in protest and parades, and facilitate a collective brainstorm and dreaming session to come up with the concept for the inflatable sculptures and choreography of the parade compartment.<\/p>\n Marlon Lacsamana, Filipino academic, leads a ritual lecture and discussion group on his 2015 essay \u201cRainbow Warriors: Strategies of War in the Inclusion of Persons of diverse SOGIE in the Maoist Insurgency in the Philippines.\u201d<\/p>\n DAY 2\u20133\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INFLATABLES<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n Saturday\u2013Sunday, 28\u201329 October 2023 Inflatable sculpture prototyping session with Bambi van Balen and Carmen Branco van Gelder from Tools for Action.<\/p>\n DAY 4\u20135\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ELECTRONICS<\/strong><\/p>\n Saturday\u2013Sunday, 4\u20135 November \u00a02023 A session of coding responsive light and sound electronics and integrating them into the inflatables with Christy Westhoven from Tools for Action.<\/p>\n DAY 6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DRESS REHEARSAL<\/strong><\/p>\n Thursday, 9 November 2023 Open lab for fabrication opens at 12 hrs for the fabrication working group. Dress rehearsal begins at 17hrs.<\/p>\n DAY 7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PARADE!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n Friday, 10 November 2023 Meet at BAK at 15 hrs for finishing touches and then move together to the assembly point. The Sint Maarten Parade runs from 18 hrs until approximately 20 hrs.<\/p>\n HOSPITALITY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Free admission. NOTES FROM THE KITCHEN<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n On days one to five, collective vegan lunch is served at 12 hrs, care of the b.ASIC a.CTIVIST k.ITCHEN.<\/p>\n On days six and seven, free vegan merienda<\/em> (afternoon snack-meal) will be served at 16 hrs.<\/p>\n As much as possible, meal ingredients are harvested from the generous dumpsters and restaurant waste disposal cycles of Utrecht, recycling viable food that would otherwise go to waste. The variety and abundance of the menu depends on the luck of the dive.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Solid in the Streets, Fluid in the Skies<\/em><\/p>\n
12\u201318 hrs, generally
See schedule below for details<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Sunday, 22 October 2023
12\u201318 hrs<\/p>\n
<\/span>12\u201318 hrs<\/p>\n
12\u201318 hrs<\/p>\n
12\u201318 hrs<\/p>\n
15\u201320 hrs<\/p>\n
No registration required.
Complimentary vegan meal.
All activities are held on BAK\u2019s wheelchair-accessible ground floor.<\/p>\n