Books, records and the country left behind

DJ Jairzinho played his records, writers signed their books.

The Kotomisi Shop invited the audience to its livingroom of Surinamese cultures.

Visual artist Valerie van Leersum and composer Gerco Aerts allowed the audience to travel to Surinam, Morocco and Indonesia in their interactive installation.

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Date and time Saturday 13 January 2007 20:00 tot 23:55 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - foyer

An apparent pause in the theatre was the foyer. DJ Jairzinho played his records, writers signed their books. The Kotomisi Shop invited the audience to its livingroom of Surinamese cultures. Visual artist Valerie van Leersum and composer Gerco Aerts allowed the audience to travel to Surinam, Morocco and Indonesia in their interactive installation, listening to stories of a country left behind, future and desires, family and traditions.

DJ Jairzinho

(1973) in daily life is known by the name of Jaïr Tchong. Right now he works as a project leader world music with Muziek Centrum Nederland and is a member of the supervisory board of Global Dance Lab. In the past he was, among other things, world music programmer at the Melkweg and chair of the commission on internationalisation at the Fonds Podiumkunsten. In addition to being a dj Jairzinho is also a world music journalist. He has an Aruban-Chinese father and a Dutch mother. From the age of fifteen music has been his passion, sussessively punk, new wave, soul, jazz, funk, African, Brazilian and Salsa/Latin. In 2000 he started working in Amsterdam as a dj and freelance journalist with OYE Listen, Het Parool, De Groene Amsterdammer, Nieuwe Revu, Preludium, Ontdek Afrika and NIW. Jairzinho mainly plays afro-latin: all kinds of black dance music have his interest. In addition he increasingly uses East European and oriental music in his eclectic mix. Jairzinho performned among other venues at Oerol, in the Bloemendaalse Republiek, RASA in Utrecht and at the Bimhuis, Bitterzoet, Melkweg and Paradiso in Amsterdam.
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Valerie van Leersum en Gerco Aerts

Valerie van Leersum is a visual artist. Together with composer Gerco Aerts she built the interactive installation Anker Land (Anchor Land). They invite their audience to travel with them to Surinam, Morocco and Indonesia on the basis of some objects. They tell stories of a country left behind, a journey, of the future and desires, of family and traditions.
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