Knowledge Evening – 21 January | An evening about dreams
About this activity.
However unpredictable and surprising dreams may be, we all have them. Do you keep a dream journal, or do you consider dreams important in your daily life? During this evening, we invite the audience to reflect with us on how we put dreams into practice, and how they can connect us with the landscape.
Date: Wednesday, January 21
Location: Village hall in Roderwolde, Hoofdstraat 21a
Start time: 7:00 p.m.
Dreams hold a special place in the culture of the Maya Tz’utujil people who live around the great crater lake Atitlán in Guatemala. The landscape there is shaped by lakes, mountains, volcanoes, clouds, and stone. It is through dreams that language, prayers, and knowledge are passed down from their ancestors. Artist Manuel Chavajay will speak this evening about the Mayab, the reciprocal system of knowledge and values of the Maya, and about how they communicate with their guardians and ancestors through dreams.
Now that the dark days have arrived, you might also find yourself curling up under the covers a bit longer. Some people believe that during the twelve holy nights between Christmas and Epiphany, the veil between this world and another becomes thinner than usual, which can lead to dreams that may be even more remarkable than normal. We invite the audience to share special anecdotes with dreams, perhaps we’ve all had a story with a dream that we paid extra attention to.…
You can also expect another mystery guest who will enrich our view of the dream world!
Manuel Chavajay is an artist based in San Pedro La Laguna on the shores of Atitlán. His artistic work is deeply rooted in nature, and he uses his Tz’utujil language—which also encompasses sound, colour, scent, and taste—to bear witness to the many moments spent with Mother Nature. He creates images, actions, and objects as a poetic form of protest and to reclaim his culture.
Manuel Chavajay will take part in Into Nature: Haunted by Waters (1 August – 25 October 2026) at the invitation of Eva Posas. Eva lives and works in The Hague as a curator, writer, and editor. She is interested in the politics of language, the power of subtlety, memory and histories of resistance.
Into Nature.
Location.
Dorpshuis Roderwolde
Hoofdstraat 21a
9315PA Roderwolde