Travelling Back: Reframing a Munich expedition to Brazil in the 19th century
This one-day conference explores the contributions of artists and scholars working with archives (and their silences) on public memory and history writing.
By taking the exhibition Travelling Back: Reframing a Munich expedition to Brazil in the 19th century as a starting point, it draws on concepts such as Saidiya Hartman‘s ‘critical fabulation’ to inquire about fiction and visual imagery as means of knowledge production about past and present.
Program:
- 14:30 – 15:00 // Welcome coffee
- 15:00 – 15:30 // Opening remarks and Introduction
Burcu Dogramaci (director, Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect)
Sabrina Moura (fellow, Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect) - 15:30 – 16:30 // Panel 1 | Artists, archives and public memory
Frauke Zabel (artist), Munich, and Yolanda Gutiérrez (artist), Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect, chaired by Sebastian Huber (curator), Munich - 16:30 – 17:00 // Coffee break
- 17:00 – 18:30 // Panel 2 | Critical fabulation and history writing
Micheliny Verunschk (writer), Recife/São Paulo, and Karen Macknow Lisboa (historian) Berlin/São Paulo, chaired by Sabrina Moura, Käte Hamburger Research Centre global dis:connect - 19:00 // Exhibition opening followed by a reception
The event is free of charge. You can find more information and the link to Zoom on the website of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte.