This exhibition is located aboard ferry F2 departing from Amsterdam Central Station.
from 15 Sep until 15 Nov 2025

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.

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.