Sharelly Emanuelson reflects the feeling of life in the Caribbean in her work – the warmth, the island feeling – but at the same time exposes the underlying layer of the consequences of colonialism on the islands, effects that continue to have impact today

In different cities throughout Indonesia, particularly young people are frequenting Dutch colonial urban spaces, whether individual buildings or vast public spaces. They stroll along the local government-initiated pedestrianized streets in Kota Tua, the historical inner city of Jakarta, hang out at former post offices which have been redeveloped into multifunctional gathering places in Yogyakarta or Surabaya through private initiative, or have fashionable photoshoots in front of crumbling façades in Kota Lama, Semarang to fill their social media accounts.