With responses by Kondo Heller, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Amira Zarari, Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç, Arijit Bhattacharya, Bruna Barros and Jess Oliveira, Alice Yuan Zhang, Sara Ehsan, Carla Abiles, Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu, Jumoke Adeyanju and you...

rongin shagor/রঙিন সাগর , translated from Bengali as “Multicolored Ocean” is an interdisciplinary artistic dialogue that begins with a poem by May Ayim and continues digitally with your artistic contributions.

Referencing the groundbreaking book titled “Farbe bekennen” (1986) by Afro German women under the editorial lead of May Ayim and Katharina Oguntoye, this dialogue is an interactive approach, interweaving artistic responses of all forms to keep our voices, memories and visions afloat as we explore the ocean and water as a crucial holder of memories and futures and a force that shapes realities of cultures, environments and people.  

On the 13th of November at 18.00pm we welcome you to the in-person launch of the digital platform and the presentation of selected artists’ work in response to the poem “community” by May Ayim. The event will open with a performance by Oxana Chi & Layla Zami and continue with time to listen to, engage with and take in the rongin shagor selected artists’ work.  

The digital platform will also be available from November 13, 2022 via www.ronginshagor.com available.

Tickets: Admission free

Timetable
17.30:XNUMX h | Doors
18:00 | May Ayim's Wor(l)ds-Making
Input talk, poetry, music by Layla Zami
Followed by Killjoy | Dance, choreography, sound by Oxana Chi Creative Reflections on topics of home, belonging, racism and resilience alongside May Ayim
18:30 | rongin shagor – selected artists
20.00:XNUMX | “Vortex” by Poetry Meets x rongin shagor 
20:45 h | DJ set + fade out