GROEI & BLOEI
750 years of Amsterdam
The neighborhood of Sloterdijk is constantly changing and growing. This place is growing into a green and social neighborhood right before our eyes. The residents that live here now live amidst this growth. They can witness it and also alter it a little bit to their taste. We want to organize a series of projects over the upcoming two years that all cling onto this big theme of growth. They all discuss, show and contribute to the growth of the place Sloterdijk and of its residents living there. The results of these projects will be presented in a festive exhibition in the year of 2025. During this exhibition we want to celebrate growth and growing (up) together.
The team of the project: Rashel van de Schaaf, Kian Eslami and us, DAY Collective. Each participants contributes with a creative proposal. We, DAY Collective, make and host events in our studio. The monthly gatherings focus on creating connections beyond social or cultural categories. Their intention is both to create connections between people living and working in the Sloterdijk area as well as to attract new people to this area.
February concert by Emaline Delapaix
Emaline is a vocalist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who writes ethereal and haunting chamber folk pop songs on acoustic guitar, piano, celtic harp, and other bowed instruments. She also plays a handful of Nordic and Western European traditional songs exploring her ancestry. Her love of nature and being an only child led her to write poems, stories, and eventually, songs about the wild world around her. Her songs are authentic and raw at times; her lyrics are poetic, dealing with depression and mental health, healing nature, ancestor stories, animal welfare, love, chronic illness, human dignity, and self-worth. https://emalinedelapaix.com/tour.html
The first Groei en Bloei gathering — Handpan concert by Open Mike
“For me, music is an instrument to lose myself in the moment and express whatever wants to be expressed. When being totally present in the moment, it reminds the listener to do the same. This is the place where great Peace is found and where Magic comes alive. In my music, this is translated into a variety of beautiful and lively sounds: harmonious and uplifting, rhythmic or slow and flowing. Always played with great joy. My name is Open Mike and I play the Handpan.”
— Mike.
The Concert by Fralalai
Fralalai is a Harpist, Singer and Artist who awakens what is sacred, otherworldly and mythical in our profound essence. Through the shimmering strings of her harps, the beat of her drum calling, the angelic purity and emotional depth of her voice, she weaves melodies of ethereal elegance and grounded warmth, infused with hints of Celtic atmospheres and archaic chants. The delicacy and power of her astonishing singing voice, resonates from the high celestial dimensions to the depth of the earth, weaving incantations in a universal language which speaks to the soul. https://fralalai.com/
