Theatrum Botanicum
Screening of three video works from Uriel Orlow's Theatrum Botanicum series, followed by a conversation between the artist and Isabel Raabe. At Spore Initiative, Hermannstr. 86, 12051 Berlin. In English & free Admission.
Memory of Understanding 2
Sound Performance & Conversation with the Artist moderated by Ibou C. Diop. At the KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art (M0) Am Sudhaus 3, Berlin-Neukölln. In English & German, Free admission.
“Critical thinking is the slow cooking of the soul”
“Critical thinking is the slow cooking of the soul”: Lecture by Nikita Dhawan (Political scientist, Berlin) and María do Mar Castro Varela (Political scientist, Berlin). At KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art (in the exhibition Ré-imaginer le passé, M2), Wednesday, May 8, 19:00 h. Am Sudhaus 3,…
The Concept of the Imaginary
Conversations with the artists and curators of the exhibition Ré-imaginer le passé at the KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art. Sunday, March 24, 14.30-16.30 h, Am Sudhaus 3, Berlin-Neukölln, Free Admission.
Interactive Temporary Monument
TALKING OBJECTS LAB @KOTTBUSSER TOR
What can knowledge be today? TALKING OBJECTS LAB is invited to create a Temporary Monument at Kottbusser Tor, Berlin – using the space of an advertising column. APRIL 26 - MAY 5, 2022.
Opowu
Poetry Performance by Stefanie-Lahya Aukongo
UNEXPECTED LESSONS — Decolonizing Memory and Knowledge, June 11-12 2021 at Academy of the Arts, Berlin, in Nairobi and online. Poetry Performance »Opowu« by Stefanie-Lahya Aukongo (poet, curator, singer)
Nathalie Anguezomo Mba Bikoro
Where Is Your Fire
«Where Is Your Fire» (2021) is a mourning ritual drawing on archival material of Black Abolitionist women retracing the story of a lost 19th century court case of the murder of a Herero Princess and a stolen African German theatre script. The artist follows the multiple routes of Black Feminist…
Elsa M'Bala
Sound Performance
Artist Statement by Elsa M'bala: For the performance as part of Unexpected Lessons – Decolonizing Memory and Knowledge, I will be live recording the talks that happen prior to my performance and will live arrange it into a musical piece. In this way, I will deal with and address the direct knowledge…
