#tropenmuseum

[royabymona]

Venetian beads, no 1 - 1018

Tropenmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands

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[amsterdaminpictures]

Looking towards the Tropenmuseum through The Muiderpoort in Amsterdam. It’s this city gate Emperor Napoleon entered Amsterdam on October 9, 1811 in a carriage drawn by eight white horses.

[outofeverythingthisnamewasleft]

[the-sunbird-chronicles]

Tropenmuseum Finds

So my good friend @thereferencegenerator and I went to the Tropenmuseum for the exposition about gender and look what we found!!

!!They included neopronouns!! (Sadly the shirt was €36,- so I couldn't buy it,, sad)

And twospirit people!! Also being represented!!

Muxe people too!! but sadly I didnt get a picture of it

As well as hajj (is that how you spell it? I'm going off of memory here)!!

You could also write down what you identify as!! I'm happy to report there were a lot of nb/queer people!! There were also other questions such as who are your gender role models and how do you play with gender/how do you break gender norms!!

It was amazing!!

Also Big Dick Energy was a thing!!

[hippography]

Soembaneesche transportmethode; de bagage wordt gebalanceerd op den nek van het paard. 

Cultuur: Sumba 1900-1940 (globaal) Materiaal: fotografische procedés glas (materiaal) 

Tropenmuseum.

[dutchjan]

January 06, 2019

[thisiscommonground]

Museum Wereldculturen

[worldart-brightonmuseums]

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery has just acquired the following outfit at part of it’s Heritage Lottery funded project Fashioning Africa.

These garments featured in the museum’s exhibition Fashion Cities Africa (April 2016-Jan 2017) as a look put together by Nairobi-based stylist Sunny Dolat.

(above image photographed by Tessa Hallmann)

This look draws from male silhouettes from the East African coastal regions, echoing the relaxed yet regal demeanor of the Swahili. The fitted sandstone jura shirt is reminiscent of a crisp kanzu, and offers a stark contrast to the kohl black scarf. The polished brass and the geode’s innate sparkle provide lustrous accents that enhance the distinguished appeal of this luxe ensemble.  

Jura shirt dress by Katungulu Mwendwa

Sandals from Afros by Emo Rugene

Black scarf by Memsaab Ltd

Caged Geode cuff by Ami Doshi Shah

Recycled sugar sack clutch bag with bone adornment by Adele Dejak

Antique Samburu pipe necklace by Katungulu Mwendwa

Tasseleted wrist piece by Ami Doshi Shah

Although Fashion Cities Africa is no longer on display at Brighton Museum, there is still an opportunity to see this outfit, together with some of Sunny’s other looks because the exhibition has gone on tour to The Tropenmuseum, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from 6 October 2017.

See: https://tropenmuseum.nl/en/exhibition/fashioncitiesafrica

Sunny Dolat is a Kenyan fashion stylist, creative director and production designer.

His background in visual arts set the stage for a career in evolving concepts in beauty and design everywhere from fashion shoot mood boards to TV/film sets, and luxury hotels of international repute.Sunny has designed interventions such as Stingo & Chico Leco to provoke dialogue on the improvement of the infrastructure and operations of the regional industry. 

He was the creative director of the fashion film “To Catch A Dream”, starring renowned Kenyan model Ajuma Nasenyana, and firmly believes in the role of film as both an extension and disruption of the catwalk. His online fashion intervention, Chico Leco, has grown from high fashion editorial work into a holistic brand representing the bold, eclectic aesthetic of an eternal Africa, shifting the narrative and expectation of Kenyan fashion beyond ankara, kikoy and kanga, and making unapologetic statements about the dignity of black skin.

 His latest project, a fashion book titled - Not African Enough, puts together ideas and images from a selection of emerging Kenyan designers who are contributing to the shifting aesthetic of our country. In this interrogation of what exactly qualifies as ‘authentically African’, we challenge narrow definitions of African design and showcase original, unencumbered thinking and practice in this challenging sphere. Not African Enough is a voyage into Kenyan contemporary fashion as an exploration of wider issues regarding Africa’s place in global cultural debates and dialogues.

Sunny is 1/10 of The Nest Collective, a multidisciplinary arts (http://www.thisisthenest.com)

collaborative that serves as a functional playground for artists,

thinkers and curious minds. He is also Creative Strategy Manager

and board member at HEVA, an East African creative economy catalyst fund,

interested in sustainable financing, business support and market

growth for creative professionals.

Not African Enough presents a collection of words and images from a selection of emerging Kenyan designers who are contributing to shifting the aesthetic of our country by challenging the narrow expectations of what African design looks like.

'Not African enough' is a derogatory term routinely lobbed at artists, creators and thinkers who step outside the narrow confines of what the world—and Africans—think it means to look, talk like, think like and be an African. The book is an attempt to dismantle—perhaps even distance from—this heavy, super concept 'African'; this assembly of words, images, sounds, ideas, weaknesses, histories and failings associated with the entire continent.

Collated by Steve Kisko, Collections Assistant, World Art with kind assistance from Sunny Dolat in Kenya.