DARKMATTER presents: Sapodilla
About the event
DARKMATTER Collective presents Sapodilla, an electronic music listening session at W139 Amsterdam during ADE. Local and international artists explore club culture from diasporic and indigenous perspectives. The event is part of the group exhibition The Nature of Remembering. Electronic music as cultural memory
Sapodilla is the regular program of DARKMATTER Collective, where electronic music takes center stage as an artistic and cultural statement. Local and international artists present a listening session that reimagines club culture as a space for experimentation and community. The name refers to the sapodilla, a fruit from tropical America with deep roots in indigenous knowledge and history.
Movement, migration and transformation
The fruit traveled through the Caribbean and further into the world — a symbol of cultural movement and change. From that perspective, Sapodilla connects electronic sound with themes such as colonialism, slavery, migration, and creolization. DARKMATTER places marginalized voices and diasporic perspectives at the center of the program.
Part of a larger exhibition in W139
Sapodilla takes place within The Nature of Remembering, a group exhibition at W139 Amsterdam, initiated by artist Lawil Karama and historian Megan Hoetger. The exhibition brings together multimedia research projects surrounding memory, environment, and non-human bodies. Are you interested in the broader program? Visit the W139 website for more information about the exhibition and the full line-up.
