contested desires conference - let's talk about decolonisation
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The Word, South Tyneside, National Centre for the Written Word Market Place, South Shields, NE33 1JF
Thursday 17 July, 9.30am-5.30pm | BOOK YOUR PLACE (free but limited spaces) Find us in the Round, on the top floor As part of the CONTESTED DESIRES exhibition and wider conversation addressing decolonisation, we invite you to a day of thought-provoking discussions and connections around contemporary art, heritage and community. This is an inclusive event that will appeal to anyone seeking, enacting and advocating decolonial actions and ways of being across their day-to-day creative and professional lives. Guest speakers, including Padma Rao, Director Sangini; Malavika Anderson, Museum Manager, Great North Museum: Hancock, and Leona Vaughn, Contested Desires External Evaluation Expert and academic working across the fields of equality and human rights, will join the exhibiting artists Rafael Guendelman Hales (Chile), Elisabeth Efua Sutherland (Ghana), Isaac Nana Opoku (Ghana), Andreas Mallouris (Cyprus), Maria Luigia Gioffre (Italy), Patrick Ziza (UK) and Paul Nataraj (UK). Together we will unpack and question what we mean by decolonisation. Our aim is to build a shared understanding of it in the contexts of contemporary art, heritage and community, and the actions we can take to change the lens and narratives to foster the contested and untold truths. Find out more about the speakers here. |
Image: Isaac Nana Opoku, Dreamer 0013, 2023
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agenda
09:30
Arrivals with tea and coffee
10:00
Welcome and Introductions
Clymene Christoforou and Andrea Carter
10:30 - 12:00
Acts of Locating: Keynote from Padma Rao, Director of Sangini
Key themes of discussion:
Connecting colonial histories, postcolonial realities and women's activism
Day to day strategies of resistance and survival
Silenced and ‘othered’ narratives (causes and effects)
Rethinking our legacies/ navigating endangered legacies
Panel with Padma and artists (Elisabeth Efua Sutherland, Paul Nataraj and Maria Luigia Gioffre) each speaking to the key themes of the discussion through their practice.
Facilitated by Andrea Carter
12:00 - 13:15
Lunch by chicbites catering
Delicious warm vegetarian food by chicbites catering will be served in The Round.
During lunch a film of Patrick Ziza's performance Tracepace will be screened.
13:15 - 15:00
Contesting Heritage: Keynote from Malavika Anderson, Great North Museum
Key themes of discussion:
Grappling with the colonial sites and collections (discomfort, trauma, contestation)
Decolonial policies with heritage settings (development and delivery)
Audience interfaces
Actions towards restorative and transformational change (and how art can play a part)
Panel with Malavika and artists (Isaac Nana Opoku, Rafael Guendelman Hales and Andreas Mallouris) to each speak to the key themes of the discussion through their practice.
Facilitated by Dawn Felicia Knox
15:00
Short break with refreshments
15:30 - 16:30
Participatory workshop - details to be confirmed
16:30
Comfort break
16:45 - 17:30
Listening and Landing
Leona Vaughn
Keynote Listener Leona Vaughn will offer their reflections from the day linking back to areas of shared consideration.
Arrivals with tea and coffee
10:00
Welcome and Introductions
Clymene Christoforou and Andrea Carter
10:30 - 12:00
Acts of Locating: Keynote from Padma Rao, Director of Sangini
Key themes of discussion:
Connecting colonial histories, postcolonial realities and women's activism
Day to day strategies of resistance and survival
Silenced and ‘othered’ narratives (causes and effects)
Rethinking our legacies/ navigating endangered legacies
Panel with Padma and artists (Elisabeth Efua Sutherland, Paul Nataraj and Maria Luigia Gioffre) each speaking to the key themes of the discussion through their practice.
Facilitated by Andrea Carter
12:00 - 13:15
Lunch by chicbites catering
Delicious warm vegetarian food by chicbites catering will be served in The Round.
During lunch a film of Patrick Ziza's performance Tracepace will be screened.
13:15 - 15:00
Contesting Heritage: Keynote from Malavika Anderson, Great North Museum
Key themes of discussion:
Grappling with the colonial sites and collections (discomfort, trauma, contestation)
Decolonial policies with heritage settings (development and delivery)
Audience interfaces
Actions towards restorative and transformational change (and how art can play a part)
Panel with Malavika and artists (Isaac Nana Opoku, Rafael Guendelman Hales and Andreas Mallouris) to each speak to the key themes of the discussion through their practice.
Facilitated by Dawn Felicia Knox
15:00
Short break with refreshments
15:30 - 16:30
Participatory workshop - details to be confirmed
16:30
Comfort break
16:45 - 17:30
Listening and Landing
Leona Vaughn
Keynote Listener Leona Vaughn will offer their reflections from the day linking back to areas of shared consideration.