During MOMO Festival 2023, we curated the themed program UNIFIED that showcased creatives and artists with a bicultural background, in order to dive into their world and mixed identities.

Many bicultural people can relate to the experience of not fitting into one box. A feeling that many, not only bicultural people, also feel on a daily basis. Outsiders in cultures, unified in the feeling. Because not everything is as easily explained as putting it in one box. How we form our identity, and what makes us who we are, is fluid. Identity is fluid, a collection of our social and cultural interactions. It’s influenced by family, school, friends, work, experiences, ethnicity, nationality, race, class, generation, gender, environment, interactions and so on. We take bits of these factors and create our own identity.

The UNIFIED program showcased work by Doubleblooded, Joya Mooi, Anne-Fay, Serana Angelista, Naomi He-Ji, Fragmented and Rotterdam Ballroom Arena. Some of the guests discussed the subject in conversation with Evita de Roode, dive into it with our podcast MOMO Talks.