MANUAL FOR THE DISPLACED
Poetry - Visual Storytelling - Cultural Heritage - Contemporary Arts
CREATORS
Visual Storytelling, Spoken Word, Cultural Heritage
Robin Block | Poet & Musician
Robin Block is a poet, musician and performer from Amsterdam. In his sensory performances he integrates language, sound and movement. Following his roots and family history, much of his work is related to the colonial past of the Netherlands and Indonesia, as well as to present-day Indonesian culture. Blocks poetry book Handbook for the Displaced (Atlas Contact, 2023) has won several literary prizes in the Netherlands and Belgium. The translated English version was published in Indonesia by KPG Gramedia. Some of the poems in this book were screened in the poetry film project Manual for the Displaced, a co-creation with cinematographer Jeremy Flohr. Their pilot film Jangan Lupa (Do Not Forget) won the Dutch Poetry Film Festival and the Weimar Poetry Film Festival and the Rome International Movie Award.
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As a musician Robin has released several albums of dreamy Indiefolk and has toured many venues and festivals. Following a music tour in Java, a new album is due with both English
and Indonesian songs.
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Jeremy Flohr | Visual Storyteller
Jeremy Flohr is a filmmaker, visual storyteller and audio producer. His work is at the interface of colonial history, personal stories and social themes. He has made films for, among others, New Dutch Connections, National Committee 4 and 5 May, Keti Koti Utrecht and PRIDE. For Mapping Slavery he produced the series Traces of Slavery together with Nancy Jouwe and Babs Gons in 2018. In 2020 he produced the documentary DIASPORA about the current significance of colonial heritage for a young generation with roots in various parts of Indonesia. His work has also been shown in museums such as the Jewish Historical Museum, Museon and The Hague Historical Museum. In co-creation with Read My World, he produces Gentrified Stories, a film project about the consequences of gentrification in various city districts in Amsterdam.
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​Artists and professionals that we worked with for this film:
Suzanne Rastovac - film production
Melisa Diktas - choreography and dance performance (Jangan Lupa)
Ezme Hatharia - choreography and production (Jangan Lupa)
Milan Mes - audioproduction and mastering​ (My Blood)
Hedy - actor (Shock Waves)
Reza Sahetapy - actor (Shock Waves)
Dido Michielsen - voice actor (Shock Waves)
Sven Hamerpagt - music, audioproduction and mastering (Jangan Lupa, Shock Waves, Tectonic Plates )
Alfian Emir Adytia - cello, music composition and performance (Jakarta)
Denis Angga Hermawan - camera and production (Jakarta)
Timoteus Anggawan Kusno - screenplay, (on-set) edit and direction (Tectonic Plates)
Jamaluddin Latif - actor and performer (Tectonic Plates)