The Saudade exhibit is on the road! From August 1 – 31, 2018, visitors at Maastricht’s legendary Boekhandel Dominicanen can find Saudade amongst the store’s books and other wares. Saudade aims to explore how history can be made visible through a contemporary context. Ten artists each drew inspiration from individual collections held in our archive […]
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Visit the Saudade Exhibition
You are invited to the Saudade Exhibition this spring! The suitcase and its contents will be on display from April 11-15 at Twelve Twelve Gallery in The Hague.
Get Your Own Copy of the Saudade Book
The Saudade book is a companion to the Saudade project, and contains beautiful images of the art and archival pieces, conversations with the artists, and essays from artistic and historical perspectives, as well as the full story of the celebrated suitcase. The Saudade project celebrates the EAC’s 10th anniversary as an independent foundation, and 25 years since its earliest beginnings. […]
The Saudade Kickstarter is Live!
Our Kickstarter campaign is over, but you can still donate to help fund the Saudade project! Transfers can be sent using the following information: Stichting Expatriate Subject Line: 10th Anniversary + your email address IBAN: NL71ABNA0404476090 BIC: ABNANL2A Anyone who donates more than €30 will receive a copy of the book. If your gallery, archive, or […]
Il Cavaliere Mascherato (The Masked Knight)
It is evening, and I write from the waiting room near Gate 4 of Amsterdam Schipol International Airport. In a few moments I will embark on my flight to Milan, Italy. This morning I visited the Expatriate Archive Centre in The Hague. There, I met face-to-face with Fred Van Den Hoek, Alfons Vermeulen’s great-grandson. Alfons […]
BUAYA / CROCODILE
Just like I explained in my first blog my ‘working method’ is to take a quote from the memoirs and let my memories go. This time the quote from the memoirs is: Bagoes Koening was alleen een woonwijk aan de Musi (zeg Moesi), een rivier vol krokodillen … “Bagus Kuning was a residential area on […]
Artist Profile – Monique Prinsloo
We are excited to welcome our final artist to the Saudade project. Monique Prinsloo is a Fine Artist who lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa. After completing her Masters Degree in Fine Art (MFA) at Michaelis School of Fine Art in February 2012, she pursued a full-time career in the Film Industry as […]
Saudade Gains Backing from Mondriaan Fonds
The Expatriate Archive Centre and the Saudade Project are pleased to announce that the Mondriaan Fonds has agreed to fund Saudade! The Mondriaan Fonds is a foundation that supports visual arts and cultural heritage in the Netherlands and beyond. It promotes outstanding and innovative projects and activities involving artists, mediators (critics and curators), museums and other heritage institutions, […]
Artist Profile – Kevin Andrew Morris
We are delighted to introduce our next new artist, Kevin Andrew Morris. Born in Aberdeen UK, he lives and works in Glasgow and across Scotland. Morris graduated with a BA Hons in Ceramic Design in 2010 from The Glasgow School of Art. Since then he has gone on to exhibit his work nationally and internationally as well as […]
Memories of Indonesia – Euf Lindeboom
From the archive I chose the memoirs of a Dutch expat who lived from 1948 till 1954 with her husband (who worked for an international company) and children in Indonesia. They made their home in Bagus Kuning at Pladju, near Palembang, Sumatra. My own family has a similar story. In 1952 we came by boat (the […]