Book launch and exposition
“What were the dreams of my aunts and uncles?” Based on this question, Matt Plezier delved into the world of the Moluccan teenage room from the 1970’s. A place for a generation in diaspora; far from their homeland, on the margins of Dutch society.
Dreams To Remember is a collection of hidden stories, overlooked legacies and cultural fragments told by the artifacts that populated these rooms. An act of remembrance where material objects, histories and spatial practices sustain a cultural memory—a space where identity, resistance, and memory converge.
In this exhibition, the artifacts form the building blocks for a spatial installation. Unfolding the complexity of a layered experience—from loyalty and assimilation to a longing of return—making it visible, without revealing everything.
The book has been acquired recently by the following libraries: The Met Museum (NYC), Pratt Institute Library (NYC), Archives Libraries (The Hague), Lady Liberty Library (Berlin), Common Imprint (Berlin) and Tisch Library (Boston).
Dreams To Remember is co-published by we make it (Berlin) and MonoRhetorik and was made possible with the help from Vfonds.
