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Fidelio Faustino
Tapsei

Foam proudly presents Tapsei by Fidelio Faustino in collaboration with sQuare and the Amsterdam Ferry Festival. This exhibition is a public space intervention on the GVB ferry and serves as a contemporary response to the historical exhibition Yere Mi Sten by Augusta Curiel.

‘Tapsei’ is a word from Sranantongo that literally means ‘upwards’. In the context of Suriname’s interior, it also refers to a way of orienting oneself, navigation through landscape, memory, and community. In everyday usage, ‘tapsei’ is also commonly used as a term for the Surinamese interior itself.

Vanety, from the series Tapsei, 2025 © Fidelio Faustino
Joel, from the series Tapsei, 2025 © Fidelio Faustino
Kaaja Paati, from the series Tapsei, 2025 © Fidelio Faustino

About the exhibition

Fidelio Faustino’s new analogue work draws on memory, spirituality, and imagination. Faustino explores feelings of nostalgia and belonging deeply rooted in the Afro-Caribbean experience. His practice aims to contribute to the representation of Black and Indigenous communities from a perspective grounded in lived experience.

‘Tapsei’ is a word from Sranantongo that literally means ‘to search’. In the context of Suriname’s interior, however, it signifies more than a physical search; it also refers to a way of orienting oneself, a form of navigation through landscape, memory, and community. In everyday usage, ‘tapsei’ is also commonly used as a term for the Surinamese interior itself.

Untitled, out of the series Tapsei, 2025 © Fidelio Faustino.

This project is a collaboration between sQuare, Amsterdam Ferry Festival, and Foam. It reflects a shared commitment to nurturing talent by supporting and showcasing the work of makers who forge their own professional paths beyond the conventional routes of the art world.


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Fidelio Faustino
Tapsei