BijlmAIR, Heesterveld, Amsterdam Southeast, Netherlands

CBK Zuidoost in Amsterdam selected my proposal Bijlmersymfonie for realisation during a BijlmAIR residency at Heesterveld. I was artist-in-residence in Februari-March 2024 and prepared a performance as a public event and a video installation leading from that event. Both works feature a monumental highrise apartment building in Amsterdam Southeast, Geldershoofd, and its residents with diverse cultural backgrounds. Finding a symphony in the mix of different music styles is what I aspired to with Bijlmersymfonie, during the performance as well as in the video installation. Next to CBK Amarte Fonds, Cultuurfonds, Stadsdeel Zuidoost, Stichting Niemeijer Fonds, Mondriaan Fonds and Rochdale support the project.

In the event Bijlmersymfonie on Sunday July 7, 2024 Dutch hiphop, jazz, Afrobeats, bubbling, Afghan and Surinamese music etc - suggested by participating residents - were heard from four speakers on four balconies. I composed where and when which song was played by the participants on the balconies. During the performance, I was in front of the flat in the garden assisting conductor Humphrey Howard.