Joy Brandsma is a Dutch-Rwandese queer visual anthropologist, curator, and filmmaker. She has a bachelor's degree in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology from the University of Amsterdam and a master’s degree in Cultural Anthropology – Visual Track. The result of this master is the film Dancing in Captivity. It shows dancers that use 'queering' to radically question the heteronormative world. Currently, she is working on a documentary project called A Thousand Colors. This project bridges a gap between a younger and older generation of BIPOC queers and attempts to archive material from older generations of queer people. Brandsma is a researcher at the Academy of Theatre and Dance. Besides researching, she likes to dance. Her preferred dance style is waacking, a club dance that originated in the 1970s in Los Angeles.
Art & Spatial Praxis – The Climate Imaginaries at Sea festival took place from 19 April to 25 April 2024 in Amsterdam. An event for artistic and participatory research practices that speculate on possible futures in and around water. It was an exciting week with two exhibitions, an open studio day programme, the launch of the second issue of the Making Waves zine, a closing concert and more. In this article we look back on the festival and on the first year of the three artistic research studios of Climate Imaginaries at Sea.
Take a look at the photos from the Climate Imaginaries at Sea festival that took place from 19 April to 25 April 2024 in Amsterdam. An event for artistic and participatory research practices that speculate on possible futures in and around water. It was an exciting week with two exhibitions, an open studio day programme, the launch of the second issue of the Making Waves zine, a closing concert and more.
Art & Spatial Praxis – This is a video recording of the open studio day programme Studio Encounters on Water #2 of the Climate Imaginaries at Sea festival, at Perdu on 23 April 2024. With talks by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Mikki Stedler, Joy Brandsma, Janine Armin, Carlo De Gaetano, Femke Dekker (Loma Doom), Müge Yilmaz, Kim Spierenburg, Claudine Arendt, Katía Truijen & René Boer (Loom Collective) and Marialena Marouda.
Art & Spatial Praxis – The Climate Imaginaries at Sea coalition is excited to invite you to our upcoming festival in Amsterdam. An event for artistic and participatory research practices that speculate possible futures in and around water. Join us for an exciting week-long exploration with two exhibitions, an open studio day programme, the launch of the second issue of the Making Waves zine, a closing concert and more. Take a look at the programme below and get your free tickets here: eventix.shop/kuaujj4j