Broken words festival

23/04/2019

our friends at Glitterbomb Glamarchy are looking for participants for their next party! Sign up now

Use this form to sign up as a participant of the Afterparty of the Nights of Arts and Science, hosted by Glitterbomb Glamarchy. DEADLINE: 8 may

19/02/2019

our friends of Activism Today are organizing a week full of lectures, performances, workshops, accompanied by an exhibition, focusing on the activism of groningen in 2019! definetely a must-see if you enjoyed the last Broken Words.

!! there is also still place for performers, speakers, and workshop organisers to sign up

30/08/2018

Meet .sos!

'My name is Celina and I study Fine Arts. I have 3 nationalities: Portuguese, American and Nicaraguan and I am of mixed descent. My various nationalities is source for various questions concerning identity and territory. This leads me to wonder about having to conform to certain cultures and to labels or stereotypes assigned to people of a certain nationality. Further more, these leads to ponder over other forms of identity and more specifically related to sexuality and gender. This is, therefore, how I have come to my more recent works, which mainly touch on the topic of stereotypes assigned to gender. My works have to do with the idea of the body as a landscape/territory which has been distorted by patriarchal and one-sided views of our society. And whether you embrace these images or feel uncomfortable with them is up to the viewer to decide.'

30/08/2018

Amaya drawn by Geoffrey van Dijk

Listen to what they have to say about themselves and their art: "I come to this place to talk about your parents hitting you when you were a child, your favourite food, the lines in the face of that guy you don´t like, doors when they are semi-open, the grandma that invites you to take a bath in her milk. I come to this place to embrace you with your own feeling of loneliness but mostly I come to be your friend. What I search for in here, is that you feel a nice hand on your back right after the shower. And to achieve that, I make all kinds of works, telling you about my parents, my feelings, my past, and my favourite food."

25/08/2018

Introducing our amazing team member Momo Byass!

Hear her in her own words:
"I'm an illustrator with an interest in storytelling and character design. I use watercolour, gouache and digital programmes. I am originally from the UK with Yoruba-Nigerian descendent but currently resides in the Netherlands. My work is influenced by Japanese comics, the golden age of illustrations, kawaii culture, horror and monsters."

Are you excited yet? Stay tuned!

12/08/2018

OPEN CALL!
Broken Words Needs You!
For Broken Words Festival, Friday 7th September at 18:00-02:00, we are searching for participants!
Performance art, lectures, interviews, podcasts, poetry, music, exposition - anything is possible!
The theme of this year is Bodies.
Send us a dm or mail us at [email protected] to send in your proposal :)

17/09/2017

photos from the first edition of the broken words festival 2017

14/09/2017

NEW LOCATION!!!
Theater de Kapel is kind enough to let us use their space!!
address: emmastraat 15
we will still have the festival from 15:00 - 17:00 :)
http://theaterdekapel.nl/index.htm

14/09/2017

SPOTLIGHT: TAMMY BLUE
english below

(NL) Tammy Blue is een dichter uit Groningen, met diepe spirituele teksten. Er is iets aan hen waardoor je wilt blijven luisteren.
Bekijk een optreden van Tammy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&v=Is3UNsmhIU8

(EN) Tammy Blue is a poet from Groningen, with deep spiritual texts.There's just something about them that makes you want to listen.
Watch a performance by Tammy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&v=Is3UNsmhIU8

art by Sterre Janmaat

13/09/2017

SPOTLIGHT: LUC BRUGMAN
english below

art by Astrid Verbree