Art Project Armazoen

Art Project Arma­zoen on Gov­er­nors Island is a dance film screened in a sea con­tain­er based on an excerpt from an entry in the Dutch slave ship Hof van Zee­land, mak­ing its first tri­an­gu­lar voy­age between Mid­del­burg, Ango­la and the Caribbean between 1732 and 1734. This excerpt from the ship describes five Angolan women who chose to jump over­board rather than be enslaved. These few sen­tences in the archive became the basis for Art Project Arma­zoen—an ode to their resistance. 

Con­ceived by Monique Duur­voort and Afra Jonker; sto­ry­line, design, chore­og­ra­phy, and direc­tion by Monique Duur­voort; con­cept, includ­ing theme and sub­ject mat­ter by Afra Jonker. 

The New York acti­va­tion is pre­sent­ed by Black Gotham Experience.

This pro­gram is sup­port­ed by the Dutch Film Fund, Cul­tu­ur­fonds, Ams­ter­dam Fonds voor de Kun­st, and by the Min­istry of Edu­ca­tion, Cul­ture and Sci­ence of the King­dom of the Nether­lands, and the Con­sulate Gen­er­al of the King­dom of the Nether­lands in New York.

On view Fri­day-Sun­days, 12 – 5pm, or by appoint­ment. To sched­ule an appoint­ment, reach out to experience@​blackgotham.​com.

Vis­i­tor note: the con­tain­er is locat­ed next to Build­ing 410, at the entrance to Colonels Row.