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Wednesday 7 OctOber 2020

Meet local artist Natusha Croes:

“I'm an artist that creates from a sense

of deep reverence towards Aruba's

natural heritage”

more eco-friendly artistic interpretation of and safety regulations. Doing pop-ups
Aruba.” Creating a wellness oriented map across different available venues and
of experiences which takes the audience spaces on the island to make my artistic
into an in-depth exploration of Aruba's product available.” Croes and her team
landscape. However, with a concentra- are still in post-production and production
tion and sense of reverence for one loca- mode; finalizing the program and brand-
tion at the time. “From a simple touch I de- ing. She is creating on a multilingual basis
veloped CARICIA. A soothing and gentle to acknowledge the multiculturalism from
interaction that brings to you an in-depth which locals were bred into existence. She
artistic exploration to our first location on likes to start bridging towards the wider
the map of exploration, namely Daimari.” community regarding her process. “Show-
ing our visitors the internal and external
She aims to bring to the wider audience beauty that this place permits once we al-
its natural habitat; what grows there, what low ourselves to connect with it. Inciting a
lives there, and it's archeological, ecologi- sense of wellness.”
cal and geological value. But especially FARPA foundation, Unoca Aruba,
the songs and over all stories that this re- Maatschappelijke Bijdrage and Cultur-
connection produces. Delivering to you ismo are powering the artist’s project. q
an artistic interpretation that enables the
music from this engagement to be excret-
ed into existence. “I see myself as a trans-
mitter of the ancient wisdom that lives
within this first location. I have been using
the method of sampling and vocalization/
harmonization as a means to compose.
ORANJESTAD — “I'm led nicate. TACTUS, was a mu-
by a deep sense of long- sical and poetic transmis- Using mainly my voice and the landscape
as instruments.” Alongside the more cor-
ing and child-like curiosity sion, from the engagement
to play and create from an with the cacti organisms poreal formations that come from the ma-
teriality of the space she intends to express
immediate interaction with that exist here.” Activating
the landscape. Manifesting sonically its thorns and cre- this through a visual album that will be ac-
companied with short films. And this is the
from an urgency to recon- ating rhythms upon which
nect with the island from she sang and performed. method that she is choosing to engage
and continuously create.
which I originate,” Natusha From there on her curiosity
Croes, local artist shares grew. To create from what Showing the internal and external beauty
her story with Aruba Today. Aruba has to give. We may
After being gone for almost describe her as an emerg- “My intention is to share this, and to make
these artistic eco experiences available
a decade, reconnecting ing artist, writer, lover, well-
back with the organisms ness advocate and all the in live space. Curating life performances,
on a one-on-one basis maintaining health
that the landscape permit- labels that associate with
ted enabled her to come in the above mentioned
communion with a portal words.
that connects Croes with
everything that existed be- An eco-friendly artistic in-
fore and will continue exist- terpretation of Aruba
ing after her. A year ago Croes finished
her MA in Performance
Her first artistic produc- Making at Goldsmiths Uni-
tion that establishes this versity of London after
attempt was TACTUS. This obtaining a BA in Audio
is a short film and live per- Visual Fine Arts at Rietveld
formance that showcases Academy, Amsterdam.
Croes’ connection with “I came back after ob-
the cultural memory recon- taining my Masters of Arts
necting back with the is- degree in Performance
land ignited within. Croes: making to conduct an ar-
“Descending from a fam- tistic research. Which is
ily of avid musicians made developing into a business
this medium the most ac- proposal which will deliver
cessible for me to commu- to our visitors and locals a