Samboleap Tol

dekolonisatie - Diaspora - geluid - installatie - 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 Centre 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 is nominated for the Dolf Henkes Award 2023.

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

Residenties / uitwisseling

01-04-2023 t/m 31-05-2023
In samenwerking met: Cemeti
Locatie: Cemeti Institute for Art & Society , Yogyakarta
3 month residency

there, there

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

27-08-2022 t/m 22-10-2022
Locatie: 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 samenwerking met: Please Add Color
Locatie: DeSingel, Antwerpen

A broken heart for a soulful lament - WDKA Research Awards

Lezing

26-01-2023 t/m 26-01-2023
In samenwerking met: Piet Zwart Institute
Locatie: Willem de Kooning academie, Rotterdam

Dolf Henkes Prijs groepshow

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

08-09-2023 t/m 07-01-2024
In samenwerking met: TENT
Locatie: TENT, Witte de Withstraat 5, Rotterdam
Genomineerd voor de Dolf Henkes Prijs 2023. Ik toon 3 werken: Dharma Songs v2 (een interactieve geluidsinstallatie), lichtboxen (mede gemaakt door Folke Janssen) en Tails of the Past, een inscriptie in Khmer schrift
https://www.samboleaptol.com/works/dharma-songs-v2

Lecture-Performance Berlin

Performance

08-10-2023 t/m 08-10-2023
In samenwerking met: Unthaitled, Soy Division
Locatie: Uferstudios für zeitgenössischen Tanz , Berlijn
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

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

22-09-2023 t/m 08-11-2023
In samenwerking met: Het Gemaal op Zuid, Leana Boven
Locatie: 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 programme, including a in-situ performance by Ratu R. Saraswati. Opening: 22 September 2023 with DJ Kendra Amankwah.

Tanah Merdeka

Lezing

10-10-2023 t/m 10-10-2023
In samenwerking met: Non Native Native
Locatie: 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

Residenties / uitwisseling

16-10-2023 t/m 31-12-2023
In samenwerking met: Rib
Locatie: 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

Erkenningen

WDKA Research Awards
2023