TALKS & EVENTS

LA PALABRE #1 – CUTTING FRUITS

14.07.2023

An evening on decolonial theory and practice with Kavita Meelu, hn.lyonga, Celina Baljeet Basra, Daeng Khamlao and Magnus Elias Rosengarten on the 14th of July.

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RÉ-IMAGINER LE PASSÉ - LABoratoire @DAKAR

May 22-24, 2023 in Dakar: Artistic LABoratory and exhibition project in Dakar and Berlin in the frame of TALKING OBJECTS LAB.

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Talking Objects. On the Origin and the Future of Objects in the Museum

As part of the exhibition "The Collection of Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild" at the Museum Angewandte Kunst, there will be a talk with Dr. Katharina Weiler (curator), Dr. Mahret Kupka and Isabel Raabe (both conception and curation, Talking Objects Lab) on Wednesday, April 26 at 6:30 pm.

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TALKING OBJECTS ARCHIVE @DAKAR

17 & 18 Janvier, 2023

What is the potential of technology for African museums? How can a digital collection contribute to the mediation, re-evaluation, dissemination and research of objects? How to digitize, technically? And how to digitize, aesthetically?

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UNEXPECTED LESSONS #2 – Decolonizing Nature

13.-15.09.2022

TALKING OBJECTS LAB @Goethe Morph* Iceland. The three-day performative conference UNEXPECTED LESSONS #2 will take place as part of the festival Goethe Morph* Iceland at Nordic House in Reykjavik on September 13th - 15th, 2022.

Museum as Plantation, Ayesha Keshani, video still 2022
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Anti-Colonial Approaches to Nature

One-day workshop on 15 July 2022 on "Decolonizing Nature" with 15 experters from various fields to discuss about agriculture, food and related health systems, seed archives, climate change and landscpae as an archive of memories.

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Revisiter les Objets

Artist Residency /Presentation & Lecture Performance with Ibrahima Thiam on May 26th 2022 at Musée Théodore Monod in Dakar, Senegal.

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Lecture & Artwork by Caroline Gueye

Le Langage des Objets: Restitution de résidence

This lecture was held on the occasion of the TALKING OBJECTS LAB event «Le Langage des Objets» by artist Caroline Gueye at Musée Theodore Monod, Dakar, Dec 4, 2021.

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Le Langage des Objets

Video Documentation

TALKING OBJECTS LAB @Dakar. Discussion and Opening – Presentation by artist Viyé Diba within his residence at the Museum Théodore Monod. 4 December 2021, 17-19 h, Museum Théodore Monod in Dakar, Senegal.

Viyé Diba, 2021, Photo: Touré Behan
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... these practices are done in sharing her stories

Video Work by Gladys Kalichini

The video work »... these practices are done in sharing her stories« by Gladys Kalichini looks at the rituals of cleansing and caring.

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Deep Down Tidal

Tabita Rezaire

Talking Objects showed Tabita Rezaire’s brilliant video essay »Deep Down Tidal« (2017) in the context of the online event »Mapping Academia/The Pathways of Healing and Caring« in cooperation with 1014 New York on Dec 17, 2022. We are happy to screen it online (see below).

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Mapping Academia / The Pathways of Healing and Caring

Discussion, Artistic Contributions and Music – Digital event in cooperation with 1014 – space for ideas, New York City (In English) – Registration for the livestream from Dec 1 under 1014.nyc

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Le Langage des Objets

Discussion and Opening – Presentation by artist Viyé Diba within his residence at the Museum Théodore Monod. 4 December 2021, 17-19 h, Museum Théodore Monod in Dakar, Senegal.

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Talking Objects

July 7, 7 pm. A talk in the frame of the exhibition "La lumière qui fait la bonheur..." by Georges Adéagbo (28 March - 25 July 2021 at KINDL - Center for Contemporary Art, Berlin).

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