Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network Presents
Exhibition Opening: "To Be - Named" at Haus Kunst Mitte
Friday, June 30, 2023
Haus Kunst Mitte (HKM)
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1
The Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network invites the Bard College Berlin community to the exhibition opening of "To Be - Named" at Haus Kunst Mitte. The exhibition is produced in cooperation with the Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network and curated by Dr Dorothea Schöne, Artistic Director Kunsthaus Dahlem.6:00 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1
About the Exhibition
Names are an important aspect of our cultural and personal identity. They shape our self-image and the way we live. A name not infrequently determines whether people are understood or misunderstood, whether they experience affection or rejection, whether they are supported or disadvantaged. It is also not uncommon for institutions to use names to define and categorize origins.
Our names are carriers of our lines of descent and knowledge of our mother tongue. Naming and naming can signify abuse of power and oppression. Renaming of streets or institutions are important aspects of the decolonization process.
In Berlin, the exhibition focuses in particular on the traces of colonial history and colonial injustice that have manifested themselves over decades through naming, image appropriation or one-sided forms of historiography.
The cultural politics of naming and being named was the starting point for an open call addressed to artists from all over the world, with the invitation to engage with this theme regardless of their cultural backgrounds and identities. From the submissions, 6 artistic positions were selected to form the nucleus of a touring exhibition that will be shown in Athens (Greece), Mexico City (Mexico), Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) and Hudsonville (USA) after Berlin. Each exhibition venue will supplement the selection of "traveling" art positions with just as many local positions - on the one hand to promote a dialogue between the participating artists and on the other hand to respond to the specific discourses on the exhibition theme in the respective countries.
For more information, call 845-758-6822,
or visit https://to-be-named.org/exhibition/berlin/.
Time: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm CET/GMT+1
Location: Haus Kunst Mitte (HKM)