Cut and Rescue, Gerobak Sablon Gerobak Sodor, 2016
In the neighborhood Malburger, one could encounter an unique means of transportation: Gerobak Sablon, 'cart with screen prints' in Javanese. This cart was made by artist collective Cut and Rescue from Indonesia. Did you have something to swap? Please pick a screen print, used for printing on a t-shirt, tote bag or sticker. These prints were based on the artists' experiences in Malburgen, where they stayed for a month. Gerobak Sablon, ‘karretje met zeefdrukken’ in het Javaans. Deze kar was gemaakt door kunstenaarscollectief Cut And Rescue uit Indonesië. Heb je iets om te ruilen? Kies dan een zeefdruk uit, Cut And Rescue bedrukte er een T-shirt, tas of sticker mee. De zeefdrukken waren geïnspireerd op hun ervaringen tijdens hun verblijf van een maand in Malburgen.
Cut and Rescue also organised a festival where games, popular in the neighborhood, were given a different meaning. An important aspect of capitalism, competition was further examined during the festival. Gerobak Sodor is a pun of 'Gobak Sodor', a traditional Javanese game.
Ruangrupa invited different collectives to explore different Arnhem neighborhoods, to draw attention to different places in the city. Cut and Rescue was one of them. In a multi-disciplinary way, they shared, researched and developed ideas to remind 'the public' that culture is still very much alive.
Malburgen became a new part of the city across the Rhine in the south after World War II. Ruangrupa and the ruru huis worked with different groups in this neighborhood, such as football club Arnhemia, in the run up to SONSBEEK '16.