"Contrary to what is usually believed, it is not general ideas and grandiose unfolding of great events that impress the mind during times of heightened historic upheavals, but rather the uninterrupted flow of little experiences, observations, disturbances, small ecstasies, or barely perceptible discouragements that make up day-to-day living." (Etel Adnan) 

ENCOUNTERS WITH HISTORIES OF CONTEMPORARY ART 

 

1

SEPTEMBER 18

Introductory Notes: Affected by Encounters and Ignorance


When and where did history hit you? Whose History? How Art? Where to Start? Which Questions?——The First Exhibition of the 21st Century?

  

2

SEPTEMBER 25 / 09:30 - 12:30

Histories of Reproduction as History of Contemporary Art

 

What happened .... in 1924?
Surrealism and Antifascism

What is Surrealism? What would it mean in 2025?

  

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OCTOBER 02 — FULL DAY (10:00 - 12:00 & 13:00 - 16:00) 

From Afro-Surrealism to Afro-Futurism

Histories of the Future: Loving the Alien 

 

Methodologies and Tools: How to narrate? What to carry on? How to activate and recirculate? How to transpose? How to display? How does history materialise? How does it become tangible? —— Timelines, Maps, Clusters, Constellations, Collage, Assemblage, Storage, Archives, Books, Biographies, Recordings etc.

 

5

OCTOBER 23 / 9:30 - 12:30 

A Visit to the Louvre 

and a Visit in Dahomey

 

6

OCTOBER 30 / 09:30 - 12:30 

What happened ....  in 1972? 

Networked through and across Fluxus 

 

 

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NOVEMBER 13 — FULL DAY (10:00 - 12:00 & 13:00 - 16:00) 

The Making of Visual Essays