Bubbling is one of the most inspiring and influential expressions of the Caribbean-Dutch heritage. This music genre with Caribbean soul, born on Dutch soil, is rousing and extremely danceable. Bubbling symbolises the freedom, culture, strength and ownership of the diaspora. A Sound that became the main subject of the film Bubbling Baby by Sharine Rijsenburg. By predominantly giving women a voice Rijsenburg brings a cheerful and feminist ode to the bubbling scene. The perfect embodiment of an emancipated way of life.

For MOMO, Sharine has curated the Bubbling Baby Expo inspired by her own film. By putting the focus on the archival materials she used in the film and bridging female artists from both Rotterdam and the Caribbean, this exhibition balances between the raw character of Rotterdam and the warm spirituality of the Caribbean.

Catrien Ariëns (1944)  has been a photographer since 1975. Her work has taken her to Curaçao, Haïti, and Suriname among other places. Driven by curiosity and fascination, Ariëns aims to observe, understand, and connect with the people and places she captures. This exhibition features a selection of the photos she has taken of the Curacao youth shot in the early 90s – from dancehall girls to street parties – the beginning of an era.

Raziyah Heath (1999) is a Dutch- Caribbean curator, programmer and DJ. For this expo she curated a sonic journey through the echoes of Bubbling — from the streets of Curaçao to Rotterdam’s concrete pulse, born in diaspora. Field recordings, archival fragments, and club textures trace its evolution: from pitched-up dancehall and Carnival horns to the ancestral weight of tambú rhythms. It rises again in glitched-up edits and future-facing bass —a sound still mutating, still alive.

Nadine Jongeling (1995) (VJ Era) is a visual artist. Her current work moves between identity, culture and rhythm, often mixing archival footage with contemporary perspectives. With a background in philosophy and visual culture, she approaches her practice both conceptually and intuitively. Nadine combined archival material from the early Bubbling club nights with video’s of traditional celebrations on the islands exploring the dynamic and ever changing character of Bubbling culture.

Helen King (1963) is a Rotterdam based Surinamese photographer. Helen King has been capturing the black nightclub scene since 1982. With an enormous archive containing photos taken at legendary places like Parkzicht, Nighttown and Imperium Helen has been one of the few who captured the rise of the Reggae and Bubbling scene up close. For this exhibition she is featuring a selection of her favourite photos, in which she captured the rise of an important part of our Dutch-Caribbean heritage.

Sharine Rijsenburg (1995) is a Dutch-Caribbean creative researcher and visual anthropologist. Her work delves into Dutch and Caribbean archives to investigate the relationship between (self)image, representation and colonial history. The short film Bubbling Baby is her directorial debut which premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025.

For a deeper conversation about the cultural significance of Bubbling, join us on Saturday afternoon for ‘Bubbling Baby: Talk‘.

The film Bubbling Baby will also be screened during the festival, with showings on Friday and Saturday at KINO.

The film Bubbling Baby (2025) is produced by mint2 and supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), Gemeente Rotterdam, het Cultuurfonds – thanks in part to the DNB Fund, J.E. Jurriaanse Stichting