As part of her manifestation to one day have a fantastic interview with her beloved Jordan Peele, our programmer Simone Zeefuik organized various BPTUnpacks editions about one of her favourite genres: horror. After seeing Sinners with Ira Kip (her partner in all things PaarsPaars) they were sure: it was time for another edition.
Inspired by the works of Peele, Coogler and choreographer Cherish Menzo they’re putting together an evening that will present and reconsider the answers to a question that has long been on their mind: “What would a social horror or thriller centered around the Netherlands’ colonial realities look like?”
As with previous editions, this evening will start with five opening statements imagining such a work. Aside from Kip and Zeefuik, Cape Town-based DJ and illustrator Grant Jurius will be one of the presenters. Jurius will discuss his ideas of a Dutch-fueled social horror in the context of South Africa.
Open call
To give both the audience and themselves an even broader scope of the possibilities of these NL-rooted social horrors, Ira Kip and Simone Zeefuik are putting out an open call. The story-entry they’ll choose will be presented as part of the program’s opening statements. For more info about this open call, please check PaarsPaars.nl.
Panel
Ira Kip
Ira Kip is a director (theatre & film), writer, storyteller, educator & someone’s auntie. She is co-founder of Kip Republic and a global connecter, collaborator & manifestor of all things. Her work is created in New York, Amsterdam and the Caribbean. Or, as Kip writes: “POTATO puhtatoe the world.”
Grant Jurius
Grant Jurius is a Cape Town-born and based sound artist, painter, and illustrator. His research and art focus on myth-building, textures, art history, architecture, and indigenous and global cultures. Jurius also illustrated the posters for the GembertheeSessies (Ginger Tea Sessions) and Anton de Kom Vandaag (Anton de Kom Today), the program we organize in collaboration with the Anton de Kom Chair at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Simone Zeefuik
Simone Zeefuik is an Afro-Dutch writer, Bijlmer-based cultural programmer, dramaturg and tea critic. Her work focuses on Blackity Black imagination and everydayness in theatre, film and visual art. She’s currently writing the script for Romana Vrede’s new play ‘Sisterhood’ (Theater Rotterdam) and has recently joined the team of coaches of Theater Bellevue’s trajectory for new playwrights. At Bijlmer Parktheater, she organizes and hosts the GembertheeSessies (Ginger Tea Sessions) and BPTUnpacks.
