Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Kunstverein Hannover, Germany (15.02. - 01.06.2020). Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Foreword / Foreword / Katja Gentric. Shifting punctuation marks:Kemang Wa Lehulere on education, learning and re-membering / Beyond identity-political attributions: an introduction to the exhibition Beyond the Black Atlantic / Sergey Harutoonian -- Black Atlantic, Afro Atlantico...: von der Ausweitung seiner Schauplatze und seinen vielfaltigen Verlagerungen = Black Atlantic, Afro Atlantico...: on the expansion of its locales and its manifold relocations / Christoph Singler -- von Unpacking Europe bis Beyond the Black Atlantic: Kritische Theorie and Neubetrachtung der Geschichte = From Unpacking Europe to Beyond the Black Atlantic: Critical Theory and revision of history / El Hadji Malick Ndiaye -- Sandra Mujinga. Dunkle Machte - Die Macht des Dunklen = Dark powers---The power of the dark / Barbara Vinken -- Paulo Nazareth. Paulo Nazareth: ein "Crack" mitten auf dem Feld = Paulo Nazareth: a "craque" in the middle of the field / Roberto Conduru -- Tschabalala Self. Von dieser Welt und auch nicht Ein Gesprach zwischen / Isabelle Graw und Tschabalala Self = Of this world and not: a conversation between / Isabelle Graw and Tschabalala Self -- Kemang Wa Lehulere. Sich verschiebende Interpunktionen: Kemang Wa Lehulere uber Bildung, Lernen und Erinnern/"Re-membering" = Shifting punctuation marks:Kemang Wa Lehulere on education, learning and re-membering / Katja Gentric.
Summary:
A groundswell of complex events around the globe have made discussion surrounding the Western Eurocentric, often prejudiced notion of Blackness even more relevant and controversial in recent years. Social conflicts in Western societies that were long thought to have been overcome such as those in the United States, for example have sparked new awareness among members of the Black community and simultaneously brought the idea of a global, polyphonic Black culture (the Black Atlantic) to the fore. Coined in the year 1993 by British sociologist Paul Gilroy his book The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double-Consciousness is considered a key work of contemporary research on the culture and politics of the African diaspora in the western world. Black culture is community-building, questions colonial amnesia and calls for a radical rethinking of our Western societies. All too often, Black artists have been regarded one-dimensionally as representatives of their community, a factor that has contributed to their marginalization. This publication aims to show a range of artistic positions that address issues relevant to society, including the complexity of identities, the ambivalence of visibility and transparency, and the repression of history in educational settings, to name just a few. Though the works can be considered against the historical background of the Black Atlantic, they also point far beyond it in terms of both form and content. Exhibition: Kunstverein Hannover, Germany (15.02. - 01.06.2020).
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