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TOWN, Issue 3, February 2010

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

town 3 announcement image

The third issue of Town engages with the Paramaribo SPAN project, a survey of contemporary art and visual culture in Suriname.

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A studio visit / Christopher Cozier

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

Dhiradj Ramsamoedj / Kwatta / Paramaribo

Adgi Gilas

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.

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