TOWN, Issue 3, February 2010
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010The third issue of Town engages with the Paramaribo SPAN project, a survey of contemporary art and visual culture in Suriname.
The third issue of Town engages with the Paramaribo SPAN project, a survey of contemporary art and visual culture in Suriname.
Dhiradj Ramsamoedj / Kwatta / Paramaribo

Dhiradj Ramsamoedj’s Adji Gilas ( photo Christopher Cozier )
Notes from Paramaribo Span September 2009
A few examples of Dhiradj Ramsamoedj’s Adji Gilas cups are placed on the red-oxide-coloured floor of his studio. This is a typical painted floor for a house in Kwatta, west of central Paramaribo, and this looks like a typical cup. We could be in Trinidad or Guyana. He is explaining to me that “adji” means maternal grandmother, and that these aluminium mugs were from her once-active business renting wares for festivities and other events.