EVENTS
PROBLEMATISING REALITY
Encounters between art and philosophy
Seminar 3
SANKOFA, what happened to Solidarity?
with Jihan El Tahri
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Sala 3, Zona de Congressos
07.–08.05.2024, 11h–13h,14h–17h
© Jihan El Tahri
The notion of Solidarity has recently returned to the forefront of political and cultural debates. The seminar examines the reasoning, conditions, alliances and implications of Solidarity movements of the 1950’s and 60’s, why they were deemed necessary and how they faded into oblivion by the end of the 1970’s. What happened to notions like “Internationalism” that underpinned solidarity between freedom fighters worldwide? We interrogate how and when terrorists are reckoned as liberation warriors or deemed as terrorists? By looking at the tectonic shifts that have occurred in our current World Order since the end of Colonial Empires and end of the Cold War, how do we redefine such concepts? Are they obsolete or are they today more relevant than ever?
Sankofa is the name of the Adinkra Symbol which portrays a mythical bird flying forward with its head looking back. In African Akan culture the symbol translates to: “recognizing the importance of looking to the past to make a better future.” The proposed discussion will highlight how archival narratives – or the lack of them – what Saidiya Hartman would refer to as “Critical Fabulations” and “Missing Frames” are an essential factor in allowing us to reassess the way forward at such a critical juncture in world history. We will dissect some archive footage, picture collections and share anecdotes that have nourished our collective imaginary and become the foundation of some political mythologies. The seminar will Zoom in on the year 1979 as a crucial historic turning point. This eventful year will serve as our point of departure allowing us to emulate Sankofa as a methodology to reconnect the links of the chain between past and present, hoping to unravel pathways that provide us with an alternative grid to plot the future.
Jihan El Tahri (Egypt/France) is a filmmaker, visual artist, writer and producer. Her work has been presented in museums, biennials and other spaces, including: Dak'Art (Dakar), Bamako Encounters, Berlin Biennial, Centre Pompidou (Paris), HKW-Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), The National Museum of Norway (Oslo), Clark House (Bombay), San Ildefonso (Mexico City) and Museum of Modern Art (Warsaw). Her award-winning documentaries include Nasser (2015, premiered in the official selection of TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival), Behind the Rainbow (2008), Cuba, an African Odyssey (2007) and House of Saud (2004, nominated for an Emmy). As well as being a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences (Oscars), he has sat on several selection committees, including of the Locarno Film Festival, Jeune Creation Francophone and Le Fond Franco-Tunisien. She has taken part in numerous film festival juries, including as President of the Documentary Jury at FESPACO.
Registration is free but limited to the number of seats available. Please send an email with a short CV to info@problematisingreality.com by 06.05.2024. Confirmation of registration will be sent by email. The seminar will be in English.
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Maumaus
Avenida António Augusto de Aguiar, 148 - 3º C
1050-021 Lisboa, Portugal
Monday to Friday, 10h00 to 13h00,
14h30 to 19h00
Tel: + 351 21 352 11 55
maumaus@maumaus.org
Current:
Upcoming:
Talk:
Dimitris Athiridis and Adam Szymczyk, moderated by Luísa Santos
CAM – Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian, Estúdio, 23.10.2024 | 19h00
Film:
exergue – on documenta 14 (2024) by Dimitris Athiridis
Culturgest, Auditório Emílio Rui Vilar
21.10. | 14h15 - 18h45 | Chapters 1 - 4
22.10. | 14h00 - 20h00 | Chapters 5 - 10
23.10. | 10h30 - 15h30 | Chapters 11 - 14
Upcoming:
Problematising Reality
Programme 6
Beyond the White Screen
Film:
Les mains libres (1964) by Ennio Lorenzini
Discussion:
Émilie Goudal, Zineb Sedira
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Auditório 3, 31.10.2024 | 18h30
Current:
Seminar
Amanda Boetzkes
Realism Without Authority
01.04, 04.04.2022
10h–13h, 14h–17h
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Registration is free but limited to the number of seats available. Please send an email with a short CV to admin@maumaus.org by 24.03.2022. Confirmation of registration will be sent by email. The seminar will be in English.
Lumiar Cité
Rua Tomás del Negro, 8A
1750-105 Lisboa, Portugal
Wednesday to Sunday, 15h00 to 19h00
or by appointment.
Tel: + 351 21 755 15 70
lumiar.cite@maumaus.org
Loretta Fahrenholz
Circle Navel Nil
24.04. – 27.06.2021
24.06 | 18h00 Online conversation with Sabeth
Buchmann, Loretta Fahrenholz and Jürgen Bock
Current:
Luisa Cunha
ODD
28.09. – 22.12.2024
20.01 | 16h00 Opening of the exhibition
16.03 | 17h00 Talk between Dozie Kanu
and Simon Thompson
Current:
ONCE IN A HUNDRED YEARS
Sid Iandovka & Anya Tsyrlina with Leslie Thornton & Thomas Zummer
A combined exhibition between
Lumiar Cité and Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg.
Lumiar Cité
27.04. – 28.07.2024
Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
18.05. – 28.07.2024
27.04. – 28.07.2024 | Lumiar Cité
18.05. – 28.07.2024 | Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
A co-production by Lumiar Cité
and Artium Museum
14.10 | 17h00 Book launch with talk between
Alejandro Cesarco and
Miguel Wandschneider
| 18h00 Opening of the exhibition
Current:
Artium Museum, Vitoria-Gasteiz
24.03. – 24.09.2023
Upcoming:
Lumiar Cité
14.10.2023 – 14.01.2024
Collaboration:
The Educational Web
Kunstverein in Hamburg
01.04. – 06.08.2023
Closed 24, 25, 31 December and 1 January
Arne Kaiser and Jürgen Bock
In cooperation with Lumiar Cité:
Tiffany Chung
Thu Thiêm: an archaeological
project for future remembrance
08.06. - 08.09.2019
Johann Jacobs Museum
In co-production with Lumiar Cité:
Alejandro Cesarco
Other Recent Examples
24.03. - 24.09.2023
Artium Museum
The Educational Web
31.03. - 06.08.2023
Kunstverein in Hamburg
Maumaus/Lumiar Cité is funded by República Portuguesa – Cultura/Direção-Geral das Artes. With the support of Câmara Municipal de Lisboa and Junta de Freguesia do Lumiar.