Send message to Contributors

Contribution short abstract

This curatorial collaboration is a call for a dialogue between symbolic representations of ancient foreign cultures and the way it is perceived nowadays, to develop a critical work upon the occidental postcolonial point of view by working on time and space, as a form of critique of power structures.

Contribution long abstract

This curatorial collaboration between a social scientist and a multidisciplinary artist, is a call for a multimodal intervention questioning the physical museum interface by confronting ethnographic reflection modes with contemporary reflexive approaches to art. As an inquiry on the limits of artistic creation towards a philosophical contemplation at the boundaries of “Being” and “Emptiness”, it suggests to work on time, space, life and its fragility as a form of critique of power structures such as commodification of life-forms within the modern consumer society.

The artistic production proposes to exhibit the unbounded creation simultaneously in public spaces and within the museum, directly engaging with the collections in dialogue with the urban environment and the museum's curatorial practices, by distorting or reassembling the materials from the research field. This includes displaying posters inside and outside and sculptures created for the occasion, displayed in showcases, incorporating museum scenographic codes, and offering a conceptual critique.

As a dialogue between symbolic representations of ancient foreign cultures and the way it is perceived nowadays, it develops a critical work upon the occidental post-colonial point of view, working among some specific pieces from Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, confronting our modern and contemporary idols through the ancient form and ancient exotic idols through contemporary modes and imagery submerged with plastic trashes and digital pollution.