This week we first want to express our solidarity to all who suffer from oppression, racism and inequality. We, as human beings, artists and as an art institution, have a long way to go and therefore we hope to contribute with our programme to the conversation and actions needed for change, although we are aware that it is a small contribution. We all must remain aware of our imperfections, blind spots, and the work we still have to do to move forward in this fight for human rights.
Must Read: The Lies That Bind Us, Kwame Anthony Appiah
In light of the protests currently taking place around the world, we would like to share Kwame Anthony Appiah's book, The Lies That Bind Us. A must read for anyone who wants to gain more insight into the misery that identity politics and box thinking entail and how we can escape. More >
Nancy Jouwe @ The Roadmap to Equality in the Arts in the Netherlands (18 January 2020, ArtEZ Arnhem)
Must See: A Case for Intersectional Thinking and Doing in the Arts, Nancy Jouwe
Furthermore we urge you to watch Nancy Jouwe’s keynote on institutional racism and sexism in the Dutch Art scene for the Conference The Roadmap to Equality in the Arts in which she makes a case for intersectional thinking and doing in the Arts. This week we could hear Nancy in the Dutch media point out the need for the Netherlands to acknowledge that we have a problem and that this stems from our history as being the market leader in the slave trade. 'Where America has a long tradition of critical race studies or ethnic studies, we don't have that.' She is convinced of the role of education in this, and of research and the collection of hard data that goes with it. More >
Graag nodigen we je uit voor de online lunchbijeenkomst met Léon Kruijswijk. Vorige week kon deze helaas niet doorgaan vanwege een storing in de software van onze streaming service. Woensdag 17 juni 12.00 uur dus alsnog aandacht voor de vraag wat de rol van kunst kan zijn bij het zichtbaar maken van ongelijkheid en het stimuleren van verandering. Moderator Lieneke Hulshof en curator van KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlijn) Léon Kruijswijk bespreken de parallellen en verschillen tussen de HIV/Aids en de COVID-19 epidemie, en gaan in op thema’s als sociale stigmatisering, politiek mismanagement, emancipatie, kunst & activisme, en de urgentie en kracht van lhbtiq+ gemeenschappen. Meer informatie en aanmelden >
Also in this newsletter something completely different. A 'poetic, musical, artistic' intermezzo: 8102, an exercise in free thinking in times of lockdown, curated by the artist duo K&A (Karla Isidorou & Alexandra Bellon) and Dennis Gaens (Radio ArtEZ). Students, teachers, alumni and other creatives sent us their messages through all time barriers, from Earth and directly from space (we don't need Elon Musk and Crew Dragon for that 😉). We present the messages now to you: do they confront us with prophecies, dreams or dystopias? Be carried away by voices from the future, voices from 8102.
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