SPAfrica: Tear Farm

Studio Julian Hetzel

Thu 16 Nov - Sat 18 Nov

Become a 'volun-tear': installation in the context of SPAfrica.

Past event

Thu 16 Nov

Sat 18 Nov

Past event

Thu 16 Nov

19:30

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 3

Past event
Fri 17 Nov

19:30

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 3

Past event
Sat 18 Nov

19:30

Frascati, Amsterdam

Frascati 3

Past event

Make me cry! In the context of the performance SPAfrica, Studio Julian Hetzel and Ntando Cele open the world’s first Tear Farm – at Frascati. Over the course of three days, tears will be harvested and collected. Become a “volun-tear” and cry for the arts: each tear contributes to a liquid art installation in the township of Langa (Cape Town, SA).

Make it rain! The art work proposes a symbolic exchange of resources and an ambiguous dialogue between liquids, to raise questions about empathy, agency, reparation and guilt. Water for tears, tears for water. Each “volun-tear” receives one bottle of SPAfrica – the world's first empathy drink – in exchange for their tears. SPAfrica addresses the extraction and capitalization of both natural resources and emotional resources and explores how closely racism is linked to capitalism through water and tears as conflict material.

Become a volun-tear

The Tear Farm is an installation art work designed to bring the topics addressed in SPAfrica to life. The installation opens an hour before the start of the performance. To participate, please reserve a timeslot free of charge on the Studio Julian Hetzel website. Each timeslot is 10 minutes. The Tear Farm is part of the SPAfrica program, which consists of the installation, the SPAfrica performance, and the Elephant in the room reading sessions.

The Tear Farm takes approx. 10 minutes per person.
Free access.
If you would like to become a volun-tear yourself, we advise to reserve your timeslot here.
The installation opens an hour before the start of SPAfrica.