Opening: Another Island
Join us to celebrate the opening of Another Island, the new exhibition by researcher and audiovisual artist Janilda Bartolomeu. Through this film installation, Bartolomeu offers a personal and poetic reflection on the dreams of the Cape Verdean diaspora communities in Rotterdam and Dakar.
4 December 2025 17:00 - 20:00
From 18:00, you are welcome to join us for a drink and a bite, and accompanied by a live percussion performance, the exhibition will officially open. Janilda Bartolomeu and special guest Filly Gueye, visiting from Dakar (curator Programme at RAW Material Company), will give welcome speeches at 18:30. Nieuwe Café will be open throughout the entire evening and will feature a live DJ set!
Language: English | Location: Nieuwe Instituut | RSVP (Free)
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Bartolomeu suggests that a new island emerges wherever the diaspora settles. Due to their sizeable Cape Verdean communities, both Rotterdam and Dakar in Senegal are referred to as the 'other islands' of the archipelago. The installation focuses on the dreams and imagination that connect the twelve islands. Read more about the exhibition here.
About Janilda Bartolomeu
This exhibition is part of the long-term research project Another Island: As We Surrender to the Tides. Bartolomeu is working on this project as part of her residency at the RAW Material Company in Dakar, where her work was previously featured as part of the public programme Archipelagoes of Bond, a collaboration between the Nieuwe Instituut and the RAW Material Company. Her work has been supported by the Creative Fund NL, the Amarte Foundation, and the City of Rotterdam.