KiG! Kultur in Graz
Insurgent Flows.
Exhibition
Marina Gržinić und Aina Šmid, Dissident Histories (2022), exhibition view, Loža Gallery, Koper, photo: Ernest Ženko
Dates
20.9.–11.10.2023
Location
KiG! Kultur in Graz, Graz
Part of
Partner Program
Production specifics
A coproduction with Piran Coastal Galleries, Conviviality as Potentiality (FWF-PEEK AR679), the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and Photon Gallery, Ljubljana/Vienna
Supported by the City of Graz–Department of Culture, Province of Styria–Department of Culture, and BMKÖS
A cooperation in the context of steirischer herbst ʼ23
The mixed-media installation Insurgent Flows. reflects on death and history after World War II. The wars of the present and recent past have entirely changed geopolitical relations. The capitalist imperial powers of the United States and its NATO allies, along with various regional powers, have destroyed Africa (Libya), the Middle East (Iraq), and Afghanistan with colonial appetites. Social and political space is disintegrating under the pressure of global capitalism. The recent “crises” fuel the perpetuation of the history of racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, sexism, and homo- and transphobia. They lead to a situation characterized by cruel erasure, displacement, discrimination, humiliation, and the denial of the rights of racialized people, migrant people, refugees, LGBTQI+ people, sex workers, and many others.
Curated by Anita Hofer and Eva Ursprung
Concept: Marina Gržinić, Tjaša Kancler, Jovita Pristovšek
Artists: Jill H. Casid, Bojan Đorđev, Marina Gržinić, Siniša Ilić, Tjaša Kancler, Jovita Pristovšek
Retrospective
Retrospective