The Quick + The Brave

In this episode, Marie-Anne speaks with Visual Artist Antonio Jose Guzman. One half of creative duo Electric Dub Station, Antonio’s creative journey has its roots in the punk scene in his native Panama before moving to The Netherlands and embracing the 90s warehouse rave culture as a photographer. Together with Serbian Painter and Textile Artist Iva Jankovic, Electric Dub Station explores the relationship between creolisation, migration, decolonising textiles and the alchemy of indigo, a sacred dye with deep significance in indigenous communities from West Africa to South America to India. The duo has exhibited at biennials worldwide including Dakar, Havana, Venice and Panama as well as museums and festivals from Miami to Amsterdam.Antonio talks anti establishment, finding advocacy in the arts and Electric Dub Station’s current offering, Concrete Roots, showing at Liverpool Biennial until 14 September 2025.****Follow Antonio Jose Guzman: https://www.instagram.com/guzmanvisualdiary/ Follow Iva Jankovic: https://www.instagram.com/iva_nije_tu/ Follow Liverpool Biennial: https://www.instagram.com/liverpoolbiennial/ Learn more about Electric Dub Station: https://www.aguzman.com/ Connect with The Quick + The Brave:https://www.thequickandthebrave.com https://www.instagram.com/thequickandthebrave Subscribe to TQTB on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@thequickandthebrave6776 Buy Paper Zero: Advocates + Allies featuring Electric Dub Station on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thequickandthebrave

In this episode Marie-Anne speaks with Writer and Director, Jon Madge (they/them). An audio sitcom enthusiast from South London, Jon is a life-long student of the creative process. A deep love for reading was further ignited as a child by BBC comedies and dramas, setting their imagination alight.Jon now channels this passion for storytelling and theatre into Keeping The Zoo, an audio sitcom based on their time working in a petting zoo. Due for release this summer, Keeping the Zoo is performed by cast members from Downstage Left, an international theatre group in Amsterdam bringing characters to life in front of a live audience.Jon talks simple yet elaborate sound effects, finding community through performance and the value of holding onto creative outlets.****Follow Keeping The Zoo: https://www.instagram.com/keepingthezooLearn more about Keeping The Zoo: https://keepingthezoopodcast.comFollow Downstage Left: https://www.instagram.com/downstageleft_amsterdamConnect with The Quick + The Brave:https://www.thequickandthebrave.com https://www.instagram.com/thequickandthebrave Subscribe to TQTB on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@thequickandthebrave6776 Buy Paper Zero: Advocates + Allies featuring Jon on Ko-fi:https://ko-fi.com/thequickandthebrave

In this episode Marie-Anne speaks with Artist and Meditation Guide, Malika Ali Harding (she/her). Hailing from Cleveland Ohio, multi-hyphenate Malika combines a deep love for writing, filmmaking, curating, photography, sound and performance, creating where – in her words – the sacred meets the profane. Malika shares the inspiration behind The Way Our Tongues Move, a series of performed portraits merging the micro and the macro to honour the legacy of her favourite uncle David – one of a generation of young gay men across the United States in the 80s and 90s who lost their lives to the HIV Aids epidemic.Malika talks digging into family archives, ancestral storytelling and her first experience diving into drag.****Follow Malika Ali Harding: https://www.instagram.com/storyrebels/ Learn more about The Way Our Tongues Move: https://www.malikaaliharding.com/ Connect with The Quick + The Brave:https://www.thequickandthebrave.com/https://www.instagram.com/thequickandthebrave/Subscribe to TQTB on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@thequickandthebrave6776/ Buy Paper Zero: Advocates + Allies featuring Malika on Ko-fi:https://ko-fi.com/thequickandthebrave

In this episode, Marie-Anne speaks with the Founder of MOTORMOND, Musoke Nalwoga (she/her).The Ugandan born, Amsterdam-based curator, researcher and writer Musoke takes her passion for Black queer artistic production from across the African continent and diaspora and distills it all into MOTORMOND – a pan-African non-profit art gallery and community space in the Dutch capital.Musoke talks Black queer liberation, her journey to become a curator, the artists from the community who inspire her and MOTORMOND’s first exhibition at contemporary photography fair, Unseen, featuring ‘Errant Black Girlhoods’ a series by Nella Ngingo.**** Follow Musoke Nalwoga: https://www.instagram.com/cyborgtruffel/ Follow Motormond: https://www.instagram.com/motormond/ Connect with The Quick + The Brave: https://www.thequickandthebrave.com/ https://www.instagram.com/thequickandthebrave/Subscribe to TQTB on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@thequickandthebrave6776/ Buy Paper Zero: Advocates + Allies featuring Musoke on Ko-fi:https://ko-fi.com/thequickandthebrave

Masha Svyatogor talks about using her visual art to portray eccentricities and paradoxes of the everyday life in her homeland, Belarus. We learn about her collages combining elements from different historical and contemporary sources. Follow Masha on IG: @svyatogormasha  Masha is one of five recipients of the Prince Claus Seed Awards in 2021 who we spoke with at Unfair22. The Seed Awards support emerging cultural practitioners from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe dedicated to addressing societal themes and empowering their communities. Follow the journeys of the Seed Awardees with the Inspired Flight series on Instagram: @princeclausfund and @thequickandthebrave    We interviewed Masha at Unfair22  (@unfair_amsterdam) a contemporary art festival, where she was one of the five Seed Awardees invited to exhibit their work.        #inspiredflight

Recorded in French, this podcast features Aristote Mago, a visual artist from the Democratic Republic of Congo. We discuss his work themed around the climate emergency, queer expression and the impact of multinationals trading in Africa. A transcript is available in English at www.thequickandthebrave.com    Follow Artistote on IG @aristotemagofficiel   Aristote is one of five recipients of the Prince Claus Seed Awards in 2021 who we spoke with at Unfair22. The Seed Awards support emerging cultural practitioners from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe dedicated to addressing societal themes and empowering their communities. Follow the journeys of the Seed Awardees with the Inspired Flight series on Instagram: @princeclausfund and @thequickandthebrave    We interviewed Aristote at Unfair22  (@unfair_amsterdam) a contemporary art festival, where he was one of the five Seed Awardees invited to exhibit their work.        #inspiredflight

Sumi Anjuman is a visual artist and activist from Bangladesh, exploring the status of women in a conservative society and the LGBTQI+ community in her country. She gives insight on the reality of oppression both groups experience through her photography.   Follow Sumi on IG: @sumi_anjuman   Sumi is one of five recipients of the Prince Claus Seed Awards in 2021 who we spoke with at Unfair22. The Seed Awards support emerging cultural practitioners from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe dedicated to addressing societal themes and empowering their communities. Follow the journeys of the Seed Awardees with the Inspired Flight series on Instagram: @princeclausfund and @thequickandthebrave    We interviewed Sumi at Unfair22  (@unfair_amsterdam) a contemporary art festival, where she was one of the five Seed Awardees invited to exhibit their work.  #inspiredflight

Sallisa Rosa is an artist representing Brazil's indigenous communities. Through photography, video and participatory work she explores the themes of territory and nature from the perspective of indigenous communities. Follow Sallisa on IG @sallisarosa  Sallisa is one of five recipients of the Prince Claus Seed Awards in 2021 who we spoke with at Unfair22. The Seed Awards support emerging cultural practitioners from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe dedicated to addressing societal themes and empowering their communities. Follow the journeys of the Seed Awardees with the Inspired Flight series on Instagram: @princeclausfund and @thequickandthebrave    We interviewed Sallisa Rosa at Unfair22  (@unfair_amsterdam) a contemporary art festival, where she was one of the five Seed Awardees invited to exhibit their work.          #inspiredflight

A visual artist from Brazil, Jota started to paint as a high school student who depicts the reality of life as a young Black man in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro in his work.  Follow Jota on IG: @explicito___   Jota is one of five recipients of the Prince Claus Seed Awards in 2021 who we spoke with at Unfair22. The Seed Awards support emerging cultural practitioners from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe dedicated to addressing societal themes and empowering their communities. Follow the journeys of the Seed Awardees with the Inspired Flight series on Instagram: @princeclausfund and @thequickandthebrave    We interviewed Jota at Unfair22  (@unfair_amsterdam) a contemporary art festival in Amsterdam, where he was one of the five Seed Awardees invited to exhibit their work.  #inspiredflight

Welcome to the first episode of The Quinsy + Axmed Show on The Quick + The Brave.  Ahead of Keti Koti, hosts Quinsy Gario and Axmed Maxamed speak with one of an up and coming political voice in St Maarten, Solange Ludmila Duncan MP.  Our hosts talk with Ludmila about the importance of 1 July as a day of commemoration, decolonisation and the ways in which the Kingdom of the Netherlands relates to the repercussions of slavery and colonisation.  Plus Quinsy and Axmed get into their own mix of Q and As: Quotidian and Analog news, Asterisks (things that make you go ‘Hmmm?’) and Qualifieds (things that get the Quinsy + Axmed seal of approval). A transcript of the show will be available soon at www.thequickandthebrave.com. Had a listen and want more background on the topics covered? Hit up these links: Bonaire Human Rights: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQJj8r_F0_m/ Keti Koti will be spread over two days this year in Arnhem (Dutch): https://www.gelderlander.nl/arnhem-e-o/keti-koti-wordt-deze-maand-herdacht-en-gevierd-in-arnhem-ook-deze-stad-heeft-sporen-van-slavernij~a1b8988f/ Member of parliament Solange Ludmila Duncan will champion legislation that will make Community Councils public bodies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Em12RHMEss&t=505s Passages from the book Aftershocks of Disaster: https://twitter.com/axmedamiinmax/status/1394716259221135361 Sint Maarten celebrates Emancipation Day: https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/sint-maarten-celebrates-emancipation-day Sint Maarten lawmakers filed a petition with a U.N. special rapporteur on racism accusing the Netherlands of “racial discrimination” and “violations of international rights.”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/coronavirus-sint-maarten-netherlands/2021/03/10/d2f58bea-80e9-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html National Ombudsman says to the Dutch government, that failing water supply on St. Eustatius unacceptable: https://www.theioi.org/ioi-news/current-news/national-ombudsman-failing-water-supply-on-st-eustatius-unacceptable  St. Maarten’s Intangible Cultural Heritage: http://www.sintmaartengov.org/government/ECYS/Pages/Intangible-Cultural-Heritage-Inventory.aspx UEFA tries to claim the rainbow colours mean something they don't mean: https://twitter.com/axmedamiinmax/status/1407665219804012544 Black S*x Workers conference organised by The Black S*x Workers collective: https://www.blacksexworkercollective.org/home2 Slavery in Utrecht: https://twitter.com/NancyJouwe/status/1406908518670782465

Let’s Get Active y’all. Self-care is what we need right now – and physical wellness plays a big part. In episode 010, we talk with Coach Hernsy. If you’ve been to one of his fitness classes in Amsterdam or Dubai, you know he brings a unique energy to each and every workout. We ask him how he got into fitness, why it’s important to keep moving during lockdown and the transition from in-person to virtual coaching. Plus, hear a bit about the workout series he’s making for TQTB, Let’s Get Active. Credits: Obi Mgbado, Marie-Anne Leuty

‘Wellness with Haroun’ is a mini-series from The Quick + The Brave exploring wellbeing and self-care during the coronavirus lockdown. In this first episode, Marie-Anne speaks with psychologist Haroun from BraveKey Therapy about adjustment and working from home. From the macro to the micro, they discuss the psychological impact on society at large to the individual, through to what routines can help to create an effective – and safe – day working from home. Credits: Obi Mgbado, Marie-Anne Leuty, Armina Stepan Disclaimer: All TQTB productions at this time respect measures related to social distancing as outlined by the Dutch authorities.

As the Dutch government extends special measures to flatten the curve until 28th April 2020, Obi and Marie-Anne talk about what we’re seeing in the Netherlands and across the globe and how we continue to process the effects of coronavirus. Plus a call to action to creatives as The Quick + The Brave looks to support them with an outlet – while staying physically distant – right now. Disclaimer: All TQTB productions at this time respect measures related to social distancing as outlined by the Dutch authorities.

Marie-Anne and Obi try to articulate some of the whirlpool of thoughts we (and likely, you) have had over the past few weeks due to COVID-19. What paradoxes have come about due to this pandemic? How do we protect and support our most vulnerable people? What on Earth, generally, is going on? We can’t answer ANY of these questions. But we’re chatting about it anyhow.

Marie-Anne interviews Sharri, founder of inclusive music agency Delia Bookings, based in Amsterdam. She champions the weird and the wonderful in electronic music. Her many musical influences combine with core values about inclusivity and representation. The result? A damn good party and a roster of artists from London to Glasgow to Nairobi. Plus, get a sneak peek of what Delia Booking’s first time at the ADE festival. Music cred: @KMRU

Londoner Obi talks to Stella and Trish about their first ever Notting Hill Carnival.  We get the lowdown on the parades, sound systems, wardrobe malfunctions and how to properly ask a women to dance (courtesy of Stella). Get a pen and paper, you'll want to write these down.

Marie-Anne interviews stylist Stella.  A native New Yorker living in Rome with a sixth sense for sniffing out a bargain, Stella talks about her favourite Amsterdam spots for unique thrift finds, top tips for flea market success and – of course – takes on a styling challenge. Will Stella deliver and find a vintage triple denim outfit?  Find out right now… Music: Chocolate Wolf

Renee and Obi re-cap the buzz of Afropunk Paris.  Renee jumped on the Thalys to the French capital to soak up the music and culture of one of the most exciting events in Europe's Afrocentric calendar.  Get your shaku shaku on.

Marie-Anne and Cuba chat about Kwaku Festival.  What started as a community football tournament in the 1970s has morphed into one of the Netherlands' biggest festivals, attracting 300,000 visitors per year to south-east Amsterdam.  The BBQ ain't bad either.

Welcome to the first podcast from The Quick + The Brave. Marie-Anne and Cuba re-cap King's Day 2019 (yeah, we inundated you with orange on Insta) and touch on what TQTB is all about: culture, diversity, music and self-care.