Curatorial Programme 2025–2026: Interviews

For the 30th edition of de Appel’s Curatorial Programme we have welcomed four collectives who are learning and practising lumbung as a model and method for collective organisation. The programme is geared towards taking the lumbung practices of documenta fifteen as a case study. Lumbung during documenta fifteen developed into both a rhizomatic collective of collectives, and the practice of decentralised collective redistribution, transforming the art institution and its exhibitionary logic. This edition of the programme is dedicated to collectives whose art and curatorial practice is distinguished by its role as a conduit for the communities with which it engages. The programme is in collaboration with Sandberg Institute’s Temporary Master Programme and Gudskul’s Collective Study and extends into 2025/2026 as a fellowship. Tropical Tap Water interviewed the participating collectives.

Tropical Tap Waters are professional jammers, open for hire for birthday parties, weddings, exhibitions, mournings, festivals and what not. Our dream is to play in a conference. The members are Daniel Aguilar Ruvalcaba, Diana Cantarey, Julian Abraham “Togar,” and Simnikiwe Buhlungu.