25 October 2024
The program is a site of study as well as a space for sharing knowledge, practices, materials, and subversive strategies, that can function as a guide through the complexities of the restitution debate(s). In what ways does the discourse around restitution, policy-making, and notions of reparative futures mirror the systemic and structural colonial and racial status quo? Rehearsing together means examining existing practices, toolkits, strategies, and networks which either reinforce current power structures or challenge deeper structures of exploitation and domination. This involves a collective effort to understand how to (un)do or shift these dynamics, to foster a nuanced dialogue on the intricate interplay between knowledge, power, and societal structures. With Ring di Alarm, we intend to address the restitution debate from pluriversal geographies and positionalities beyond the binary of African and European contexts. What is needed to practice freedom and imagine otherwise?
Ring di Alarm is part of the collaborative research chapter of the multi-locational and multi-year research and artistic project Sustaining the Otherwise, initiated by curators and researchers Selene Wendt and Amal Alhaag. Sustaining the Otherwise takes an active approach to engaging with the topic of restitution by attempting to dismantle the hierarchical institutional status quo and focusing on artistic, design, research, and spatial practices that activate decoloniality in different sites and multiple temporalities.
Confirmed speakers include: Robert Machiri, Sabrine Ingabire, Kinsi Abdulleh, James Webb, Atabey, and Jackie Karuti.
Moderators: Amal Alhaag and Selene Wendt
The full program will be announced shortly.
