The closing programme of state of us includes informal artist talks by participating artists Ciarán O’ Dochartaigh and Clíodhna Timoney, and a performance by Family Connection.

In the performance riba blòki ta trese rekuerdo / on blocks recalling memories, Family Connection reminisces on futures that may come for the Caribbean islands that share continued Dutch colonisation and occupation. In the spirit of the Rudy Plaate song Mi Ke Sa, the collective proposes pasts yet to take place with poetry, music and archival images. The performance invites the audience to rethink linear time, absences and agency.

18:00: Artist talks by Ciarán O’ Dochartaigh and Clíodhna Timoney

19:00: Performance riba blòki ta trese rekuerdo / on blocks recalling memories by Family Connection

20:00: Drinks

state of us is a project that comprises an exhibition at de Appel and a parallel series of screenings and performances, focusing on the inherited traumas of colonial violence and control that continue to shape social, mental and physical bodies across generations.

Thematically departing from Ireland – widely regarded as the first historical subject of the British colonial enterprise – state of us brings together artists who address Ireland or the Irish experience, alongside ongoing and historical struggles in places such as Palestine, Bangladesh and Curaçao. The research-based artworks trace how the everyday and insidious effects of colonialism and its legacies recur in aspects of memory, sexual relations, social behaviours and health dysfunctions, among other examples.