DAR DAYS 24/25: Hidden Stories — A Storytelling Method
Research practice Abhishek Thapar — Lakuna Kitchen
Social theatre maker Abhishek Thapar focuses the lens on invisible kitchen workers within the hospitality industry. Lacuna Kitchen is a community-arts project, bringing together theatre, gastronomy, community building and social activism in a long-term research and performance that touches both the intellect and the heart. A Kitchen Telling Event by Abhishek Thapar is organised once a month.
Lacuna Kitchen – Abhishek Thapar / Afra Tafri Creations
Indian-Dutch theatre maker and storyteller Abhishek Thapar creates visual and intimate performances on the borderline between documentary and fiction. He combines personal stories with big global themes. He is settling down in Arnhem for his latest project Lacuna Kitchen, which will premiere at Theater a/d Rijn in April 2025. It is neither an ordinary restaurant, nor a traditional theatre production, nor a community project, but a fusion, in which the kitchen transforms into a décor for change. Lacuna Kitchen creates a space in which the stories of others - especially those of kitchen workers from migrant backgrounds - are shared. Through shared experiences of food and stories, Abhishek Thapar aims to build cultural and emotional bridges and promote deep understanding and healing. During the research period, the public can join a number of Kitchen Telling Events.
Agenda*
* Once a month a Kitchen Telling Event by Abhishek Thapar is organized.
12 November 2024, 16.00 - 17.00, Theater aan de Rijn
No More! White Money
co-production of Afra Tafri Creations and Flinn Works
No More! White Money is a participatory performance about money, art and power. We are six collaborating artists from India, Nigeria, Russia, the Netherlands and Germany who seek to expose the neo-colonial structure of contemporary art funding. Tickets >>
13 November 2024, 20.00 - 21.00, Theater aan de Rijn
No More! White Money
co-production of Afra Tafri Creations and Flinn Works
No More! White Money is a participatory performance about money, art and power. We are six collaborating artists from India, Nigeria, Russia, the Netherlands and Germany who seek to expose the neo-colonial structure of contemporary art funding. Tickets >>
29 November 2024, 20.00 - 21.30, The Hub, Varkensstraat 4, Arnhem
My Home at the Intersection / Afra Tafri Creations
In the intimate setting of his performance, Thapar unfolds moments of a personal journey into a twisted past in dialogue with documents of an attempt at a ritual of ‘going back, to make sure you have forgotten the past’. The performance will be performed in English. Register via: fleur@residentiesarnhem.nl
27 January 2025 / closed meeting for ArtEZ studenten
in conversation with ArtEZ students
11 February 2025 / closed meeting for ArtEZ studenten
workshop for students DBKV ArtEZ Abhishek Thapar
For more information, please contact: fleur@residentiesarnhem.nl
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Arnhems Stadsatelier
These activities are part of the Arnhems Stadsatelier; a brand new collaboration between four Arnhem cultural organisations: Theatre a/d Rijn, Plaatsmaken, ArtEZ and The Hub. Five artists will be given the space and opportunities to conduct artistic research in all sorts of places in Arnhem over the coming months and share it with Arnhem residents, ArtEZ students and each other. The programme encourages special collaborations between people and organisations in Arnhem and breaks art boundaries through cross-disciplinary and innovative research. Read more about all activities of Arnhems Stadsatelier here.