Stories of traumatic pasts : colonialism, antisemitism, and turbo-nationalism / edited by Marina Gržinić, Jovita Pristovšek, Sophie Utiz, and Christina Jauernik.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gržinić, Marina, 1958- editor, curator.

Pristovšek, Jovita, 1982- editor.

Uitz, Sophie, editor, curator.

Jauernik, Christina, editor, curator.

Weltmuseum Wien (Austria), host institution.

Language:

English

German

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Genocide in art--Exhibitions.

Genocide in art.

Colonies in art--Exhibitions.

Colonies in art.

Nationalism in art--Exhibitions.

Nationalism in art.

Antisemitism in art--Exhibitions.

Antisemitism in art.

Pain in art.

History.

Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938--In art--Exhibitions.

Austria.

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Art and the war--Exhibitions.

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995.

Belgium--In art--Exhibitions.

Belgium.

Democratic Republic of the Congo--In art--Exhibitions.

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Pain in art--Exhibitions.

Congo (Democratic Republic).

Genre:

Personal narratives.

Art and the war.

Exhibition catalogs.

Art.

Physical Description:

204 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Hatje Cantz [2020]

Language Note:

Translated from Bosnian, Croatian, French, German, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish; summary in German.

Summary:

"Belgian colonialism in the Congo. Antisemitism in Austria. Turbo-nationalism in former Yugoslavia. Over the last two centuries, these three historic lines of violence and annihilation (re)enforced a process of oblivion that to this day prevents a processing of the genocides they caused. Today involuntary or performed amnesia again threatens to destroy what has already come to a point of possible coexistence. This exhibition catalogue goes back to these traumatic events in history and the recent past, which had such a violent impact on communities and people, states and territories, and confront them with a system of interventions. The scars that remain after atrocities, although hidden and obliterated, are recovered through artistic, scientific, and political reflections"--back cover.

Contents:

Map of the exhibition / Christina Jauernik and İklim Doğan

Strategies of display / Marina Gržinić

The eye / Elisabeth Bakambamba Tambwe

Bedtime stories / Lana Čmajčanin and Adela Jušić

Topographies of emancipation and coercion / Bojan Djordjev and Siniša Ilić

Fields of neutrality (The last interview with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe) / Dani Gal

Österreich ist ein wunderbares Land (Austria is a wonderful country) / Martin Krenn

A Belgian is also defined by his relation with Congo / Monique Mbeka Phoba

Das wirst du nie verstehen (You will never understand this) / Anja Salomonowitz

Coloniality/conviviality? / Joëlle Sambi Nzeba and Nicolas Pommier

Decerocide / Arye Wachsmuth

The silence of the Balkans / Valerie Wolf Gang

Migration and European politics : are we approaching a new era of irresponsibility? / posters and works developed by students of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Workshop with Arye Wachsmuth

Connectivity. 1, Glossary / Jovita Pristovšek and Sophie Uitz

Connectivity. 2, Connecting territories : Belgium, Austria, former Yugoslavia / Marina Gržinić and Jovita Pristovšek

Decolonizing Belgium, decolonizing Belgian multiple identities / Pitcho Womba Konga

[exhibitofcrime] / Arye Wachsmuth and Sophie Lillie

Camps, genocide, and ethno-religious cleansing / Hikmet Karĉić

Connectivity. 3, The digital archive : countering the genealogy of amnesia / introduction, Marina Gržinić and Šefik Tatlić

Courting madness : reflections on pain, decoloniality, and institutions / Nomusa Makhubu

"We Jews cleaned the streets of Vienna thoroughly, accompanied by many kicks" : the "Anschluss" pogrom in Vienna / Michaela Raggam-Blesch

"Accumulate capital, make war, accumulate capital, and repeat!" / Marija Perković in conversation with Marina Gržinić and Šefik Tatlić

The artist as model : we are the assembly line / Joshua Simon

Moved by the oceans : the haunting presence of the disappeared / Claudia Tazreiter

The visitor : tracking a traumatic past in South Africa / Claudia Augustat

Einleitung / Marina Gržinić, Jovita Pristovšek, Sophie Uitz und Christina Jauernik

Präsentationsstrategien / Marina Gržinić.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Stories of traumatic pasts : counter-archives for future memories, Weltmuseum Wien, 8 October 2020 - 3 April 2021.

Includes bibliographical references.

Participating artists: Valerie Wolf Gang, Nicolas Pommier, Joëlle Sambi Nzeba, Adela Jušić, Lana Čmajčanin, Bojan Djordjev, Siniša Ilić, Dani Gal, Monique Mbeka Phoba, Anja Salomonowitz, Martin Krenn, Arye Wachsmuth, Elisabeth Bakambamba Tambwe.

Local Notes:

On the occasion of the exhibition "Stories of traumatic pasts - counter-archives fo future memories" held at Weltmuseum Wien, October 8, 2020 - April 3, 2021.

ISBN:

9783775748841

3775748849

OCLC:

1205589292