Ana Tomimori & Carlos Guzmán

BEHIND A CUP

07.12.2024 - 11.01.2025

Opening

7th of December from 17:00 to 21:00

guided tour with the artists at 18:30

Ana Tomimori and Carlos Felipe Guzmán spent seven years restoring a coffee farm in Cachipay, a small town in the mist forest of the Colombian Andes.

The Netherlands was once the center of the world coffee trade. The first arabica coffee plant to reach Europe was brought in 1616 by the Dutch VOC to the Amsterdam botanical garden. The Coffee market has the same age as capitalism and the world as we know it today. In Colombia it is related to sudden spurts of economic prosperity followed by decay in a history of rural social conflicts. The country drinks a small percentage of its harvests but has been a leader in the production of Arabica varieties for more than a century.

Through different media such as photography, video, silkscreens and a candle installation, the viewer will follow a non-linear narrative about issues related to the Colombian countryside. Coffee generates memories, the exhibition seeks to unveil them by showing a hidden history of this popular beverage.

Workshop: Coffee Tastes Like Coffee

• Sunday 8th December 
• Saturday 21st December
• Free entrance

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This project is realised with kind support of the City of Maastricht and Mondriaan Funds.

Conflict resolution

Doorlopend / continuously

NL
Conflict resolution is een jaar durende publieke interventie die zich enerzijds richt op de wijk "de Ravelijn" als historische locatie (een ravelijn is een driehoekig verdedigingsgebied, als deel van grotere vestingwerken), en anderzijds op de recentere geschiedenis van de woonschool, toen nog gelegen aan de rand van de stad.

Getekend met stoepkrijt op het nabij gelegen speelplein lopen militaire kaarten en stroomschema's in elkaar over, en raken contrasterende begrippen met elkaar verstrengeld.

Foto: Conflict resolution #1, 27 januari 2024.

EN
Conflict resolution is a year-long public intervention that focuses on the one hand on the "Ravelijn" district as a historical location (a ravelin is a triangular defense area, as part of larger fortifications), and on the other hand on the more recent history of the rehabilitation neighbourhood (a post-war Dutch system of model homes meant to rehabilitate people who were considered anti-social) then still located on the edge of the city.

Drawn with sidewalk chalk on the nearby playground, military maps and flowcharts merge, and contrasting concepts become intertwined.

Photo: Conflict resolution #1, January 27, 2024.