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Resisting Erasure: Gentrification, Art and the Work of Burning Museum in Woodstock, Cape Town
IN CONVERSATION WITH ROBYN AUSMEIER This article discusses the increasing gentrification of Woodstock, Cape Town in the light of the double role of the arts as having simultaneously the possibility of enabling and resisting this process of gentrification. In particular, the article focuses on the art collective Burning Museum, who highlight the need for collaborative action to break the silences around gentrification and to challenge the forced displacement of already…
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Practicing Equality-in-Difference
IN CONVERSATION WITH TERRA CRITICA The audio-clip is a recording of a Terra Critica ReadingRoom session, and part of a series (held in 2017) called un/learning: the p/re/distribution of knowledge. As you can hear, different voices overlap and respond to each other, none is exclusive or more important than the others. In tune with MOED’s objective, we practice an affirmative combination of equality-in-difference in each ReadingRoom meeting, hoping to…
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The Companion Species as Artist
IN CONVERSATION WITH GIJSJE HEEMSKERK AND WISKE Gijsje Heemskerk discusses the installation work that she made together with canine companion Wiske for the Artistic Research Graduation Show ‘‘50/50: I don’t like common ground as a title for anything”. Companion Species The sculptures depicted here are made in collaboration with my canine companion Wiske. Wiske is not a ‘pet’ or a ‘companion animal’. Wiske is, like myself, a companion species. A…
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CFP Stedelijk Studies: Towards a Museum of Mutuality
IN CONVERSATION WITH STEDELIJK STUDIES Stedelijk Studies welcomes contributions on the theme ‘Towards a Museum of Mutuality’. Find the full call for papers here. THEME OUTLINE Engendering integration while acknowledging differences is one of the biggest challenges facing museums globally today. Institutions must reconceptualize the relationship between their collections and the engagement with (new) audiences at all levels. In response, there has been a shift in the museum model, both…
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Review of Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America’
IN CONVERSATION WITH LEANA BOVEN Donald Glover, also known by his alias Childish Gambino, created a truly original piece of work with his newly released music video ‘This is America.’ Although many praise his work, negative criticism has also been expressed at Glover. Where does this critique come from? And what is the importance of this music video in contemporary times? These topics will be discussed in this latest edition…
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Watching Black Panther in the Netherlands
IN CONVERSATION WITH RACHEL GILLETT Black Panther – the Utrecht Experience. On February 14th, 2018, my partner surprised me with a Valentine’s day film date to see Black Panther, the Marvel film starring a black superhero, a black anti-hero, and a mostly black cast. [1] I was thrilled. I study race, popular culture, and representation, and I had been following the advance hype for the film obsessively. As a personal…
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Decoloniality in Relation to Museums and Curatorial Practices
IN CONVERSATION WITH LEANA BOVEN The museum’s colonial foundation One could look at the museum as being an active entity, or an urban actor. The museum could be seen as agitator and the space it occupies as a place where political activism can develop. Museums can engage in acts of representation as intervention, and – at least in the Netherlands – lectures and debates concerning societal issues are more and…
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Feathers to Feminism: on Animal Rights and Women’s Rights
IN CONVERSATION WITH CHLOE DIVERS With the MOED team I visited Atria, the institute of Gender Equality and Women’s History and one of MOED’s partners. Because MOED aims to draw attention to the interrelatedness of different struggles for equality, I decided to delve into the archives of Atria to find out more. Art and cultural production are central to MOED, which is why I focused my research on a specific…
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Forms of Representation and Protest: Compromiso Político by Matthijs De Bruijne
Compromiso Político in BAK is offering a critical approach to current issues in the Netherlands regarding workers’ rights. In this exhibition Matthijs de Bruijne, a visual artist who is well known for his political art, connects social struggles with art and illustrates the potential of artistic interventions for the cause of greater representation of domestic workers and cleaners (who often have a migrant background).
