TALKING OBEJECT ARCHIVE LAUNCH

17.01.2025

We are happy to announce the launch of the TALKING OBJECTS ARCHIVE with a digital inauguration on January 17, 2025 – a livestream in three languages, uniting all thinkers and contributors of the archive. Read more

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Decolonize

UNEXPECTED LESSONS #2 – Decolonizing Nature

Session #2 focuses on the intersection of landscape and memory and nature as an archive. Chai Tayiana Maina's input is about the origins of place names in Kenya, the poet hn. lyonga reads his poem "Memories of Trees", Neo Musangi talks about dealing with the Nairobi National Park in her lecture… Read more

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Decolonize

UNEXPECTED LESSONS #2 – Decolonizing Nature

Video Documentation of Session #1: Harriet Chebet Ng’ok with an input on the Indigenous Forest, and in conversation with Njoki Ngumi, followed by a Digital Lesson from Nairoby by Patrick Maundu. TALKING OBJECTS LAB @Goethe Morph* Iceland. The three-day performative conference UNEXPECTED LESSONS #2… Read more

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Decolonize Film

Pumzi

PUMZI (2009) by Kenian filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu was screened as part of the UNEXPECTED LESSONS #2 film program on Sep 15, 2022 at Goethe Morph* Iceland at Nordic House Iceland. Read more

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Decolonize Film

The Conspicuous Parts

Assaf Gruber's film „The Conspicuous Parts“ will be screened as part of UNEXPECTED LESSONS #2 – Decolonizing Nature at Goethe Morph* Iceland on Sep 15, 2022. Read more

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Decolonize Film

Wild Relatives

WILD RELATIVES by Jumana Manna will be screened as part of UNEXPECTED LESSONS #2 Decolonizing Nature, Sep 13-15 at Goethe Morph* Iceland at Nordic House. The program on Sep 14 & 15 will be live-streamed from Reykjavik via the website of Nordic House. Read more

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Decolonize Film

Theatrum Botanicum

„Theatrum Botanicum“ by Uriel Orlow encompasses three individual short films and looks to the botanical world as a stage for politics at large through film, photography, installation and sound. Read more

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Talk Contemporary Art

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) on Dec 17, 21. Video recording see below. Read more

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Knowledge Memory Museum practices Talk

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 — Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin). Read more

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African philosophy Contemporary Art Knowledge Talk Decolonize Film

Video Talk: Natasha A. Kelly & Magnus Elias Rosengarten

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Decolonize Museum practices Memory Knowledge African philosophy

When the empire gets weary, the objects may return

Njoki Ngumi in conversation with Jim Chuchu Read more

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African philosophy Contemporary Art Decolonize Archive (Archive practices) Knowledge Memory Museum practices Performance/Artistic Intervention Talk

Healing, as we know it, is about following a holistic approach.

Interview with Curators Mahret Ifeoma Kupka and Isabel Raabe Read more

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Contemporary Art Memory Performance/Artistic Intervention Film

Video Talk: Elsa M’Bala and Magnus Elias Rosengarten

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