"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 is Surrealism? What would it mean in 2025?

3/4

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

Surrealist Insurrections

From Afro-Surrealism to Afro-Futurism

Histories of the Future as Histories of the Present: 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 / 10:00 - 13:00 > at Cinemateket

A Visit to the Louvre—together with Cézanne, Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub

and visiting Dahomey, directed by Mati Diop

6a

OCTOBER 30 / 09:30 - 12:30 

Postwar, part I

1945-1955

6b

NOVEMBER 06 / 09:30 - 12:30 

Postwar, part II > Coldwar & entangled, networked histories 

1955-1975 

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

The Making of Visual Essays