How lumbung Is Rice Academy?
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How lumbung Is Rice Academy?
A conversation with damdam, a collective of collectives, moderated by Hamza Badran
Tuesday, 26 August, 17.30
Rijksakademie Reading Room
Entrance free, RSVP here
With this half-joking, clickbait title (and yes, there’s a reason, come and find out), we invite you to a conversation with damdam, a collective of collectives formed by participants of an educational programme organised by the Sandberg Instituut (Amsterdam), de Appel (Amsterdam), and Gudskul (Jakarta).
This interconnected ecosystem of collectives is committed to learning and practicing together, particularly through the concept of lumbung, the communal rice barn, as both method and metaphor.
In this talk, members of damdam will share the genealogy of their collective process, reflect on the challenges of operating in Amsterdam, and building translocal solidarities. They will also unpack key terms inherited from documenta fifteen, and consider how these ideas continue to shape their current work. From logistical labour to shared ideological resistance and embodied experience, this session opens up a discussion on collective cultural work, particularly within structures not designed to support it.
Dinner option: 18.30 – 19.30
After the talk, our Cantina will be open for dinner. Please let us know if you will join for dinner by checking the option in the RSVP form by Monday 25 August 13.00 hours at the latest.
We ask for registration in advance to be sure there is enough for everyone, and no food is wasted.
Price:
€6 small dinner
€7.50 big dinner
damdam
damdam is an interconnected web of collectives emerging from de Appel’s Curatorial Programme, the Lumbung Practice Temporary Master Programme at Sandberg Instituut, and Gudskul’s Collective Study Programme in Indonesia. Building on 25 years of lumbung experiments culminating in lumbung at documenta fifteen, damdam works with collectives to practice sustainable economies, develop shared infrastructures, and exchange practices, resources, and values. Their curatorial approach prioritises process over isolated outputs and is rooted in the politics of friendship, interdependence, trust, and collective joy, with deep engagement in Amsterdam and local contexts in Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, France, Belgium, Russia (and in countries of exile), and the Netherlands.
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