Jun 17 2024 32 mins 1
UNSILENCED is a series of conversations by Errant Podcast with artists, scholars, and activists that have been cancelled, disinvited or de-platformed in Germany over their show of support for Palestine. The goal of these conversations is not to talk about the cancelling per se (although we really need to talk about that too!), but rather about the activities that were cancelled. With this approach we hope to discuss and show the relation between the work these artists and scholars do and the struggle for Palestinian liberation.
First up is folaṣade adesanya of Studio AGD (a collaboration with Anaïs Duplan and Zoe Butler). Back in November 2023, their curated project on Afrofuturism within the exhibition We is Future. Visions of New Communities at Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany was suddenly cancelled because of some of the curators’ social media posts. In this conversation we talk about the relation between Afrofuturism and showing solidarity to all oppressed people everywhere, including Palestine. In light of this cancellation, it is also interesting to consider the ways in which the museum tried to steer Studio AGD’s interpretation of Afrofuturism from the start, particularly pushing for a message of a hopeful future. But what is hope in the presence of oppression and the work of healing and reparation that still needs to be done?
References:
- Studio AGD - https://worksofanais.com/about
- The Black Syllabus - https://www.blacksyllabus.com/
- Hyperallergic - https://hyperallergic.com/856774/german-museum-cancels-afrofuturism-show-over-curators-pro-palestine-posts/
First up is folaṣade adesanya of Studio AGD (a collaboration with Anaïs Duplan and Zoe Butler). Back in November 2023, their curated project on Afrofuturism within the exhibition We is Future. Visions of New Communities at Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany was suddenly cancelled because of some of the curators’ social media posts. In this conversation we talk about the relation between Afrofuturism and showing solidarity to all oppressed people everywhere, including Palestine. In light of this cancellation, it is also interesting to consider the ways in which the museum tried to steer Studio AGD’s interpretation of Afrofuturism from the start, particularly pushing for a message of a hopeful future. But what is hope in the presence of oppression and the work of healing and reparation that still needs to be done?
References:
- Studio AGD - https://worksofanais.com/about
- The Black Syllabus - https://www.blacksyllabus.com/
- Hyperallergic - https://hyperallergic.com/856774/german-museum-cancels-afrofuturism-show-over-curators-pro-palestine-posts/
