Katy / Katayun

What have our hosts been up to over the past few months, aside from taking great care of our visitors? 👀✨🏡 Since the relaunch of Kunstavond @kunstavond , Benticklyn @benticklyn , Giu @pouise and Katy @katatohead have programmed this monthly free event. Inspired by the idea of the showroom as their home away from home, they explored a different aspect of hospitality with our visitors each time. From housewarming to trinketswap, the art of making people feel at home was at the heart of their comfy ‘n cozy experiments. To mark the end of this series, they will present the findings of their research at the place where all their activities come together: our showroom. This coming Friday, during Kunstavond, the final event of our Friday Night at Ours-series. Come join us! 18:00–21:00. Free entrance. Public presentation starting at 19:00.

🇬🇧 - Collective lino poster making: In November we will work on a collaborative lino poster making workshop where we will explore how knowledge is shared, shaped, and circulated. Together, we’ll think through making about how collective poster making can become a form of resistance, a way to challenge dominant narratives and imagine different ways to exchange knowledge. Sunday the 30th of November from 13h-15h. This project is possible with the help of cultuur concreet and Gemeente Rotterdam. 🇳🇱 - Collectief lino-poster maken: In november werken we aan een gezamenlijke workshop linoposter maken, waarin we onderzoeken hoe kennis wordt gedeeld, gevormd en verspreid. Samen denken we na over hoe collectief postermaken een vorm van verzet kan worden, een manier om dominante verhalen uit te dagen en verschillende manieren te bedenken om kennis uit te wisselen. Zondag 30 november van 13.00 tot 15.00 uur. Dit project is mogelijk gemaakt met de hulp van cultuur concreet en Gemeente Rotterdam.

You’re warmly invited to a Queer Migrant Picnic at Zandweg Garden on November 1st, from 15:00 to 19:00 🌿 We’ll spend the afternoon and evening making dumplings together, making each other into dumplings, sharing food and cozy vibes as the days get colder. Bring your favourite dumpling ingredients and let’s create a shared feast! ! We will provide the dumpling wrappers, soup and warm tea. Feel free to bring along something that you want to share with the group:)! 🧦☕🧸🧺 Sign up in the form above ❤️

Garden Assembly - Tuin Bijeenkomst Zondag 12 oktober, 15.00-21.00 uur Gratis toegang - iedereen welkom! Regen of geen regen, maar denk aan je kleding! 🌿 Cultuur & Campus Putselaan Putselaan 178, Rotterdam Kom naar de tuin van Cultuur&Campus Putselaan voor een dag vol activiteiten georganiseerd door @spin.collectiveee *! Breng je kinderen mee voor de workshop ‘Insect Town’ door kunstenaar, docent en NestBouwer Sam Niehorster en bouw samen met SPIN aan de allerhoogste enorme gigantische knoflooktoren! Om 17 uur gaan we barbecueën met de Wijkkeuken van Zuid en om 19h start de bijzondere film Une île et une nuit (100”) van het Franse collectief Pirates des Lentillères. Eén van de filmmakers van het collectief zal de film, die elf (!) talen en geen ondertiteling heeft, introduceren. *SPIN collectief is een groep kunstenaars en vrienden dat zich bezighoudt met hoe je een gemeenschap vormt. Het organiseert activiteiten en onderzoekt nieuwe manieren van leren. SPIN verzorgt een tuin bij Volkstuinvereniging De Zandweg en houdt zich momenteel bezig met samen tuinieren en het zelf uitgeven van boeken en prints. Het samen tuinieren en werken met tuinen, ziet SPIN als een zorgzame manier van met elkaar omgaan. — Zaterdag organiseert SPIN een besloten bijeenkomst voor makers en doeners die actief zijn in het groen op Zuid. Ervaringen en uitdagingen zullen worden uitgewisseld en er zal samen worden nagedacht over de komst van Cultuur&Campus Putselaan op Zuid. Dit tuinweekend is onderdeel van het Studio Programma Collective Learning for a Shared and Just City, georganiseerd door de Afrikaanderwijk Coöperatie voor Cultuur&Campus Putselaan.

Recap ✨ QUEER MIGRANT DINNER (part 2) @katatohead hosted a beautiful dinner in the art space. With jummy food, great conversations and awsome people it was a night to remember forever! The tablecloth we made together is now on display @troefleiden 👀 This event is part of the activity programme of the exhibition Our House. Full programm 👉 troefleiden.nl/agenda-1

Recap ✨ QUEER MIGRANT DINNER (part 1) @katatohead hosted a beautiful dinner in the art space. With jummy food, great conversations and awsome people it was a night to remember forever! The tablecloth we made together is now on display @troefleiden 👀 This event is part of the activity programme of the exhibition Our House. Full programm 👉 troefleiden.nl/agenda-1

We are staying home this summer! We invite you to our upcoming exhibition OUR HOUSE, where we explore the concept of “space”: What is space? When are you allowed to claim it? And when does a place feel safe? Through art and events, we’ll unravel what makes a house a home. 🗓️ Opening Night: Friday, June 13th ✨Curated by Claire Zandvliet ( @naaiclubnoord ) Featured Artists: 👉 Alana Wieland @studiohuhh 👉 Louise Wieland @studiohuhh 👉 Katayun Taraporevala @katatohead Throughout OUR HOUSE, we host a series of activities where we collectively explore more space. Stay tuned for updates! Check our link in bio for the full agenda. __ *Taxpayers support this exhibition, and @pictoright @cultuurfonds @gemeenteleiden @mondriaanfonds #OurHouse #InSharedAir #TROEFExhibitions #LeidenEvents #exhibitionopening

🐚🐚We are very excited to invite you to Sonic Grounds, our first radio broadcast from Michelle's garden part of @learn_inggrounds ! 🐚🐚 🔊🔊 📻📻Starting from the sounds of the garden we travel to different localities, from land issues in the Netherlands, to a collectively owned forest liberating land from industries in Jatiwangi (West Java, Indonesia). We share pieces about Land struggles from our ecosystem.  📅📅So we invite you to come to the Learning Grounds garden (dm for address) on Tuesday, June 3rd between 10am and 17pm, to read, listen to and digest the stories and texts of these different land struggles and resistance together. Lunch will be provided by Gudkitchen.  🕸️🕸️Check the link in our bio to listen online

GAAAAS for all our new friendsss!!!! @ruangsimpasio @indonesiaartmovement @mediapasirputih @riwanua @_makmurdjaja Thank you for all the people who have hosted us in this adventure <3 @jatiwangiartfactory (Majalengka), @tud_gam (Kuningan), @sinauart (Cirebon), @mediapasirputih (Pemenang, North Lombok), @gudskulstudikolektif (Jakarta) and love to our monsterdam friends @gertrudeflentge @franciscakhamis @holamarianolla @biquiniwax_tv @zilvervisjes010 @typography_worldwide @chad_cordeiro @levelfive.brussels @tara.jml @millemains_ @papaya_kuir @sound_camp @kaatemitchell @voedselpark_amsterdam @acipdas @eemjiee

🥗A long table, clad in canvas fabric, prepared for dinner with plates, pens, and bowls of colourful vegetable sticks, surrounded by chairs in different shapes and colours welcomed our guests in the (by now former) space of Queer Rotterdam. Together with artist and organiser Katayun Taraporevala and Queer Rotterdam member Sofia Carnelli we presented the three course literary menu of the evening. While sharing homemade bread and carrots, celeriac and cucumber dipped in guacamole, tzatziki, and bean paste, we discussed who gets a seat at the table. Together, we wondered if we necessarily needed to sit around a table, where the number of chairs is always limited, or if we could gather on the floor instead. Between each course, we played a round of musical chairs to mix up the seating order, while adjusting the game so everyone would get a spot. Underneath their spoon, people could find quotes from texts responding to the role of food in queer communities: communal cooking as a way to provide for each other’s needs and to nurture forms of kinship alternative to the nuclear family. People silently read their quotes and reached across the table to exchange snippets of texts. While enjoying the main course, rice and pumpkin stew, we exchanged thoughts on the quotes we encountered and spoke about our own chosen families and the different struggles we are involved in. Throughout, people doodled and scribbled on the table cloth, creating a tapestry of images and words. After changing seats again, dessert was served: rawa, an Indian sweet semolina pudding, with different toppings like chocolate, nuts, raisins, and jams. Over dessert, we played a game of broken telephone with excerpts from Audre Lorde’s Women Redefining Difference, which speaks about how Capitalism tries to divide us by hierarchizing human differences. Quotes were whispered from ear to ear, filtered through people’s experience, transformed each time, until reaching the last person who spoke the altered quote out loud. We noted that the quotes got simplified in the process, making it easier to understand, but in some cases the meaning also shifted from the original intention. Photos by @lea.novi

FUNDRAISER FOR PALESTINE 🇵🇸 MaMA Team invites you to a two-day fundraising event on 8th and 9th of February. Join us to our hangout space where we’ll raise funds to support Palestinian humanitarian and social organizations through sharing clothing, art, and drinks. What you will find during the fundraiser: A Clothing swap - everyone is invited to bring the clothes they don't need and take from all of the donated clothing Art market - a number of artists will sell their pieces (artworks, prints, zines, posters, etc) for a donation with a fixed minimum price Media/music area - a sitting area for people to rest, listen to the music played by Dj @eglita.papacita and watch a selected documentary Drinks and snacks - non-alcoholic drinks will be available for donation: mulled wine, juice, tea, coffee as well as some snacks Auction - On Saturday from 16:00 five special items will be auctioned off Event opening times: Saturday 14-19 Sunday 12-17 All donations will be split between two organizations: The Palestinian Children Relief Fund and alQaws for Sexual & Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society. This event is organized by @pouise @katatohead @benticklyn , the showroom hosts, with the aim of providing a tangible support to the reconstruction of Palestine while hosting a space for conversation and sharing for the Rotterdam community. For more information about the event and the charities check the link in bio.

Queer Migrant Dinners: Fall 2024 series🍂🍴 Join us for a series of special gatherings in Rotterdam! Each event is a chance to connect, share food, stories, and become part of a wonderful queer migrant community. Here's the schedule: 18.10 Essentials’ Dinner @verenigingpoortgebouw Rotterdam 🕓 16:00 - 21:00 Inspired by @himhili , we’ll come together to prepare a dinner using all our pantry essentials and creatively make a tablecloth from food scraps. Let’s play, talk, and share! 24.10 Cookbook Session with AirButch @dokhuis_rotterdam 🕓 16:00 - 21:00 Join me and @airbutch to create a collective queer migrant cookbook. We’ll cook, eat, and compile our recipes into a beautiful book that tells stories of our experiences. Sign up in the link in bio 08.11 A Forager’s Friend’s Adventure with Loui @ Zandeweg Garden ⏰ Time: 11:00 - 14:00 A foraging adventure with @wiccvnt Learn about native plants, our relationship with the land, and the connection between queer migrants and nature. 16.11 A Seat at the Table @ Queer Rotterdam ⏰ Time: 17:00- 20:00 Gather with @queer.rotterdam and @readingrhythmsclub to read, reflect on queer liberation, and build community over food. Message me to join! Date change! 24.11 Knowledge Market with SPIN @ Zandeweg Garden 🕓 16:00 - 21:00 @spin.collectiveee invites you to join a queer migrant knowledge market inspired by @serrum_studio . Share embodied knowledge, personal stories, and building community together. Sign up in the link in bio Sign up in the link in bio @katatohead ! If the sign-up isn't there yet, feel free to DM me! 🌈 This project is funded by @donadariarotterdam 's initiative locket ❤️