PRESENCE OF AN ABSENCE

In conversation with different guests Ernst and Mehmood investigated the ways in which historical and contemporary social realities are shaped in Europe and Asia. The following topics were discussed: the role played by stories in the making of memory, identity and culture, colonial stories in a mediatised post-colonial world and stories, popular culture and aesthetic transformations.

Guests:

Shaheen Merali – artist and curator
Astrid Weij – Erfgoed Nederland
Leontine Meijer-Van Mensch – heritage studies, Reinwardt Academie
Wim Manuhutu – former director of Museum Maluku
Iftikar Dadi – Professor of Art History, Cornell University
Roy Villevoye – artist
Kitty Zijlmans – Professor of Contemporary Art History, Leiden