Festive Closing Weekend Arus Balik–Shifting CurrentsFestive Closing Weekend Arus Balik–Shifting Currents

The programme is still in development but will include artist Dicky Takndare’s Ruang Tame Takeover: From bale-bale to para-para, as well as the Ruang Tamu Harvest Festival & Bazaar and the celebratory conclusion of the Collecting Otherwise project and a presentation on its afterlife. There will also be screenings of Kind Van De Tijd in collaboration with the Indonesian Diaspora Network and and the book launch of Tuning In: Darimana? Makers show their work-in-progress documentaries as part of To Be Continued, a collaboration with the WYSIWYG cinema platform and Indonesian art platform Indeks, followed by a discussion with practitioners and the audience.

Nieuwe Instituut, Museum Het Schip and Gudskul initiated the four-month programme Arus Balik – Shifting Currents in September 2024. This project aimed to bring together the architecture and design networks linking Indonesia, the Netherlands and their diasporas, recognising architecture and design as material witnesses to colonial histories and pathways to a possible shared present and future. Supported by DutchCulture, the Prince Claus Fund, the Marinus Plantema Foundation, Museum Arsitektur Indonesia, Berlage di Nusantara and others.

Based on the architecture collection managed by the Nieuwe Instituut, Collecting Otherwise explores the possibilities of an alternative architectural, heritage and archival practice that reflects a society in constant flux. After the previous editions Seen/Unseen (2021), Post/De/Colonial (2022) and The Tool Shed (2023), 2024 was once again dedicated to the Tool Shed – the resources that can help to develop new ways of acquiring, classifying and exhibiting heritage. From 2025, Collecting Otherwise lives on as a Research theme and catalyst for many spin-offs.