Guest DJ - Michael Cooper Libre (TT)

Wajang Diskotheque is an evolving curatorial conversation among a group of creators and curators based in Belmont in Trinidad's capital Port of Spain, with various forms of outreach in Hamburg, New York and London. Wajang Diskotheque revolves around shared interests in music and expanding to include film, street art, conversation.

What’s a Wajang?

Wajang in Trini language refers to a woman with non-traditional ideas about her sexuality that could be described by some as immoral. The word expands to include any behaviour that challenges social norms.

The  wajang is the person who says what he or she feels, and remains unhindered by prevailing ideas of decency, order and respectability.

Wajang Diskotheque is a repurposing of the word wajang to mean culture disruptor.

Wajang Diskotheque sees the artist/maker as central to the disruption of cultural convention, through free interactions of music, film, public art and writing and an underlying interest in art as a tool for social justice.

Wajang Diskotheque is also concerned about documentation, archiving and the revival of lost or disappearing forms of cultural production.