The podium discussion led by Araba Evelyn Johnston-Arthur and Topoke will focus on the Ritual - Procession - Performance VHZ 1896 - Legacies of the Healing in connection with the artistic work, research and practice that have unfolded in the preparation of this project hosted at WIENWOCHE 2023. They will also share their practice as artists and researchers around the thematic of Austria’s colonial past and the human Zoos.

Participants: 
Araba Evelyn Johnston-Arthur, human rights activist, social scientist, curator and actor
Patrick Bongola (Topoke), human rights activist, social critic, musician, artist, filmmaker and actor

Moderator: 
Denise Palmieri, Co-curator, WIENWOCHE

Streaming: Youtube

One of the recent additions to the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register are the archives of the First Summit Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) that took place 62 years ago in Belgrade. During the Cold War, the Yugoslav cultural policy was built on a horizontal exchange with the Global Majority. The NAM states shared a common (cultural) colonial experience and straightened their collaborations on the ideas of Anti-imperialism and Anti-eurocentrism. 

Cultural institutions of the post-Yugoslav states hold collections from the times or are directly initiated by/related to the NAM Movement. How were the collections conceived, how were the objects acquired? How did they reflect the official state policies then and what is the attitude towards the NAM heritage nowadays in the region (and beyond)?

Participants

Emilia Epštajn, Curator, Museum of African Art Belgrade
Ana Knežević, Curator, Museum of African Art Belgrade
Bojana Piškur, Curator, Moderna galerija, Ljubljana
Natalija Vujošević, Curator, Center of Contemporary Art, Podgorica

Moderator

Jelena Micić, Artistic director, WIENWOCHE

With support from the Slovenian Cultural Information Center SKICA.

Streaming

Youtube

Das Museum der Migration (MUSMIG) wird am 16.09.2023 im Rahmen der WIENWOCHE in der Aula der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien zum Leben erweckt. Begleitend dazu wird mit Mitarbeiter*innen zahlreicher Museen Wiens die Frage nach einem fehlenden realen Museum der Migration debattiert und das Verhältnis zu Themen wie Exil, Flucht, Asyl, Zwangs- und Gastarbeit in den bestehenden großen Häusern ausgelotet. Rassistische Ausschlussmechanismen sind mittlerweile für Museen und ihr Publikum zu einer zentralen Frage geworden, aber gibt es auch so etwas wie einen Antirassismus der Museen? 

Teilnehmer*innen

Matthias Beitl, Direktor Volkskundemuseum Wien
Matti Bunzl, Direktor der Museen der Stadt Wien
Martina Griesser-Stermscheg, Stv. wissenschaftliche Leitung, Technisches Museum Wien
Georg Hoffmann, Direktor Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Wien
Andreas Kranebitter, Wissenschaftlicher Leiter des Dokumentationsarchivs des österreichischen Widerstandes
Monika Sommer, Direktorin Haus der Geschichte Österreich
Barbara Staudinger, Direktorin Jüdisches Museum Wien

Inputs

Ljubomir Bratić, Philosoph und Sozialarbeiter
Gabriela Urrutia Reyes, Künstlerin

Moderation

Elena Messner, Universität Wien

Streaming

FM 94.0 | live-stream o94.at
Youtube