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This March two members of CATPC, Ced'art Tamasala and Mbuku Kimpala, are in The Netherlands. Want to stay close to what's happening?
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11/03/2026
๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ธ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ Wereldmuseum Rotterdam
๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐ผ๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐
Mbuku Kimpala (CATPC) on sculpture, solidarity, and learning from the plantation.
Congolese artist and CATPC member Mbuku Kimpala will give an exclusive masterclass on Saturday 21 March at Wereldmuseum Rotterdam. In her sculptures, she places female figures at the centre as carriers of history, strength, and equality. Drawing from her experiences as a woman on a plantation, Mbukuโs work makes physical labour, exhaustion, and solidarity tangible through clay.
CATPCโs work goes beyond the symbolic. With the income from their art, the collective buys back land and restores the sacred forest.
During this afternoon session, you will be introduced to her artistic practice, watch a demonstration of clay techniques, and create your own small sculpture. The workshop concludes with a shared reflection and conversation.
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต: 13:00โ16:00 | 16+ | โฌ25 (museum entry included)
Language: French/English, with an English-speaking interpreter present.
Reserve your place via the ticket link: https://rotterdam.wereldmuseum.nl/nl/zien-en-doen/activiteiten/vier-de-vrouw
Image: Human Activities and CATPC.
๐๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ: ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฟ๐๐น๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ, ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐.
In 2024, CATPC visited Kopiisme in Indonesia, East Java, a community of plantation workers whose ancestors laboured on one of the plantations that financed the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
During the visit, we exchanged research into the museumโs history and shared the coffee grown on the plantation. In November 2024, we offered that same coffee to the museumโs director during a public event: as a gesture and an invitation.
The invitation was clear:
to acknowledge Kopiismeโs resistance,
to open a dialogue,
to build a relationship in the present.
Kopiisme stated:
โWe have a great deal to contribute to the debate on the museum.โ
In 2026, Kopiisme is still waiting. The Stedelijk Museum has yet to reach out to the plantation worker communities whose labour financed its foundation.
Museums choose to interrogate their origins with handpicked curators, researchers and artists, but avoid engaging with the very communities on the plantations who funded them.
Read the full article in ArtReview Magazine:
https://artreview.com/future-greats-2026-kopiisme/
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Van Abbemuseum Charles Esche
Mondriaan Fonds
05/02/2026
๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐.
โPak Saโi asked CATPC to submit an offering of coffee to the Stedelijk Museum and invited them to reach out to him and his community. The offering was presented to the Stedelijk Museum director in a public event in November 2024. A year later, they have yet to reach out.โ
โMuseums choose to interrogate their role in the world with handpicked curators, researchers or artists, but seem to avoid engaging with the very people on the plantations who funded and still sustain them.โ
https://artreview.com/future-greats-2026-kopiisme/
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
10/11/2025
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐บ
Today at the Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, Cercle d'Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise - CATPC will launch the Seven Easy Steps for Museums to Liberate the Plantations that Funded Them. In seven clear steps, this toolkit creates a framework for museums which have profited from the plantation economy to move beyond symbolic gestures toward genuine repair with plantation communities.
The Toolkit will be presented by Matthieu Kasiama, Mbuku Kimpala, and Cedโart Tamasala from CATPC in a keynote presentation at the Wereldmuseum Amsterdam during a seminar for museum professionals entitled HERE: Heritage Reflections. The event is focused on restitution and is initiated by the Mondriaan Fund, the public fund for visual arts and cultural heritage in the Netherlands.
Developed by CATPC and Human Activities, this toolkit draws from the perspectives of plantation worker communities and Western art institutions to help museums rethink their origins, responsibilities, and futures. It is especially designed to guide museums built with profits extracted from plantation worker communities.
The toolkit can be downloaded here ๐
https://www.humanactivities.org/en/iha-blank/catpc-launches-decolonization-toolkit/
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