Melly x Amarte : Resonantie

Kunstinstituut Melly and Amarte Fonds are delighted to announce Logan Hon Mua, S*an D. Henry-Smith and TiSiTi as the artists selected for the new sound and interdisciplinary art project, Kunstinstituut Melly X Amarte: Resonantie.

On Friday December 13, 2024, our galleries and public spaces will come to life with these artist project, in a one-night-only event. This festive, evening program will take place as part of the Kunstavond, when our exhibitions are free to all from 6 - 9PM. Stay tuned to our website and social media for more information.

These artist projects were unanimously selected by a jury from an exceptional round of proposals and are commended for their artistry and response to the current Kunstinstituut Melly exhibitions season. The jury comprised of Abdelhaadi Baadi (Innovation:Lab, Utrecht), Eliel Jones (Kanaal Pompidou, Brussels), Josephine Zwaan (Erasmus School of Philosophy, Rotterdam) and was chaired by Kunstinstituut Melly Research and Programs Manager Vivian Ziherl with the support of Programs Assistant Alexis Medina.

The three Resonantie artists:

Logan Hon Mua is a black artist, performer and DJ who uses their art to question European ideals and break down boundaries. Through documentary, sound, sculpture, and performance, Hon Mua explores the layers of identity and resistance. Each piece they create is a statement of strength, embracing freedom and self-expression. Hon Mua creates spaces where voices can be heard fully, breaking free from fixed ideas. In doing so, their art shows resilience and opens new paths to liberation. Hon Mua graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and has recently shown work at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, the Cooper Union in New York, and during DJ sessions with techno influences.

S*an D. Henry-Smith is an artist working primarily in poetry and photography, and, by extension, vocal and sonic performance and publishing. They are the author of Body Text (2016), Flotsam Suite: a strange and precarious life, or how we chronicled the little disasters & I won’t leave the dance floor til it’s out of my system (2019), Wild Peach (2020), the co-author (alongside Imani Elizabeth Jackson, with whom they collaborate as mouthfeel) of Consider the Tongue (2019), co-producer of twill split (2024) with Tavish Timothy, and the director of Lunar New Year (2021).

TiSiTi is a trio composed of Tara Reece, Ceola Tunstall-Behrens and Tisa World, established in 2022. Based in Rotterdam, the three young femme artists create vocal pieces that they perform as a trio as well as with Singing Club Rotterdam (SCR), an experimental anti-choir. Through their composition and conduction work during the sessions with the club, they work with bodies, voices and language in site- specific situations, leading workshops and encouraging experimentation and vocal improvisation. With their shared love for collective vocalisation, they bring fun, empowerment and collectivity into the sonic space.

Please stay tuned for further information on this program on our website and social media channels.