Samboleap Tol

decolonization - Diaspora - sound - installation - performance

Samboleap Tol (b. 1990)'s practice focuses on unearthing the postcolonial diasporic psyche, with a central focus on questions of psychological inheritance. She explores ideas of dignity, love, and family that emerge after centuries of colonial brutality, and she delves into the role of reckoning through truth-telling, on both a personal and political level, in restoring faith and dignity in current, past, and future lives. She is currently developing a series of DIY instruments through creative coding, drawing inspiration from ancient Southeast Asian instruments.

She is a research associate at The Research Center for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (TrAIN), University of Arts London and a recent graduate of the Piet Zwart Institute, where she won the Piet Zwart Institute's Masters Research Awards. She was a resident at the Cemeti Institute for Arts and Society in Yogyakarta Indonesia from 1st of April until 30 of June 2023 and has been nominated for the Dolf Henkes Award 2023.

Artist Residency - Cemeti Institute for Art & Society (Yogyakarta)

Residencies / exchange

01-04-2023 t/m 31-05-2023
In collaboration with: Cemeti
Location: Cemeti Institute for Art & Society, Yogyakarta
3 month residency

there, there

Exhibition / presentation

27-08-2022 t/m 22-10-2022
Location: Greylight Projects, Heerlen
A group exhibition with works by Kristoffer Ardeña, Datu Arellano, Ratu R. Saraswati, Samboleap Tol and Tintin Wulia, curated by Roy Voragen. My haptic sound installation "Dharma Songs" is featured in this show, and I opened the show with a performance lecture.
https://greylightprojects.org/there-there/

A broken heart for a soulful lament - lecture performance

Performance

24-02-2023 t/m 25-03-2023
In collaboration with: Please Add Color
Location: DeSingel, Antwerp

A broken heart for a soulful lament - WDKA Research Awards

Reading

26-01-2023 t/m 26-01-2023
In collaboration with: Piet Zwart Institute
Location: Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam

Dolf Henkes Prize group show

Exhibition / presentation

08-09-2023 t/m 07-01-2024
In collaboration with: TENT
Location: TENT, Witte de Withstraat 5, Rotterdam
Nominated for the Dolf Henkes Prize 2023. I am showing 3 works: Dharma Songs v2 (an interactive sound installation), light boxes (co-created by Folke Janssen) and Tails of the Past, an inscription in Khmer script
https://www.samboleaptol.com/works/dharma-songs-v2

Lecture Performance Berlin

Performance

08-10-2023 t/m 08-10-2023
In collaboration with: Unthaitled, Soy Division
Location: Uferstudios für Zeitgenössischen Tanz , Berlin
In a raw and introspective sonic lecture performance, Samboleap Tol confronts her upbringing in the Netherlands as a child of a Khmer refugee family. Part of Wandering Salon festival curated by Unthaitled and Soy Division.
https://www.samboleaptol.com/works/blind

Your Heart is a Window to Another World - solo

Exhibition / presentation

22-09-2023 t/m 08-11-2023
In collaboration with: Het Gemaal op Zuid, Leana Boven
Location: Het Gemaal op Zuid, Rotterdam
A small solo show at Het Gemaal op Zuid called 'Your Heart is a Window to Another World' presented by Leana Boven. This show focuses on my digital drawings and has a small public program, including an in-situ performance by Ratu R. Saraswati. Opening: September 22, 2023 with DJ Kendra Amankwah.

Tanah Merdeka

Reading

10-10-2023 t/m 10-10-2023
In collaboration with: Non Native Native
Location: Framer Framed, Amsterdam
I was invited by Non Native Native to perform at the closing event of Taring Padi's show "Tanah Merdeka" show at Framer Framed in Amsterdam.

Rib art space

Residencies / exchange

16-10-2023 t/m 31-12-2023
In collaboration with: Rib
Location: Rib art space, Rotterdam
I am currently in Autumn/Winter Residency at RIB, where I will continue my research on Southeast Asian instruments. Watch a reel about it here

Acknowledgments

WDKA Research Awards
2023