750 Amsterdam - Mokumgevoel
Agency
72 Collective
Performer
Cherella
Score
Awir Leon
Stories
Luke Naylor-Perrot
RoleLead Creative / Director
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2025 marked the 750th anniversary of the city of Amsterdam: the cause for much rejoicing and celebrating.
Whilst most of the celebration of the city’s history was set to highlight its famous culture, prominent figures and the 'glorious' parts of its past, we felt that it was leaving out essential parts of what makes up
Amsterdam’s character. Celebrating the city means seeing and embracing its legacy in its entirety, the good and the bad. The glory and the shame.
Mokumgevoel or How Not to Celebrate a City’s History is a short film introducing 12 lesser-known stories from Amsterdam’s past and present, centering characters from groups whose stories are usually not told.
Each is linked to an emotion, a time, and a location in the city. Each is interpreted and brought to life through a dance performance by multidisciplinary artist Cherella, scored by composer Awir Leon.
The movie's companion zine brings together photography and original texts by spoken word artist Djé-Rimo Holle, with additional archive imagery providing historical context to the stories.
Get the zine here