Publication

The publication was published in the frame of the exhibition and event series Precarious Art: Protest & Resistance,  which took place between September and October 2015  at alpha nova & galerie futura.

Edited by Stacie CC Graham, Katharina Koch und Marie-Anne Kohl, with contributions by: Bahati, Melody LaVerne Bettencourt, Chantel C, Christa Joo Hyun D’Angelo, Dr. Dr. Daniele Daude, Dr. Stacie CC Graham, Karina Griffith, Katharina Koch, Dr. Marie-Anne Kohl, Julia Lemmle, Sandrine Micossé Aikins, Njideka, Dr. Onur Suzan Nobrega, Iris Rajanayagam, Lerato Shadi.

The project Precarious Art: Protest & Resistance addressed structural and everyday racisms as well as sexisms in Berlin’s cultural sector in the form of an exhibition, film presentations, spoken word and music events, and a two-day symposium. In particular, Black women artists and curators as well as artists and curators of color are in this, with few exceptions, neither decision-makers nor are there a weighty number of self-designed spaces in which they can present themselves or feel represented. Based on the question of possibilities of appropriation, infiltration or the production of alternative contexts, a dialogue emerged about the different strategies how culturally active Black women and women of color can counteract structural racism, everyday racism, sexism and the experiences of non-representation in the white art establishment. At the same time, there was discussion about the extent to which (art) spaces can enable real inclusion and which practices of solidarity are a prerequisite for this.

Further information on the exhibition and event series Precarious Art: Protest & Resistance: https://www.galeriefutura.de/prekaere-kunst-protest-widerstand/