Dialogues Vol. 1: History between persistence and criticism
Explore a selection of works that disorganize our understanding of reality and question collective perceptions.
By Collegium
Curator: Aldones Nino
View of the exhibition - History between persistence and criticism (2022-10-27) by Marcela Cantuária, Pieter Hugo, Mariana Tellería, and Mercedes AzpilicuetaCollegium
This exhibition in the church of San Martín encourages new readings of the works presented here, since, being far from the concept of the white cube and its aspiration of modern neutrality, they are instantly related to the ancient temple that now contains them.
View of the exhibition - History between persistence and criticism (2022-10-27) by Ai Weiwei, Tim Berresheim, and Alicja KwadeCollegium
The three axes that make up this exhibition are:
1) Ways of understanding history
2) Educational processes
3) Belief and the present
The Lieutenant-Nun Is Passing: An Autobiography of Katalina, Antonio, Alonso and More (2021) by Mercedes AzpilicuetaCollegium
1) Ways of understanding history
In The Lieutenant-Nun Is Passing: An Autobiography of Katalina, Antonio, Alonso and More (2021), Mercedes Azpilicueta presents an exercise in historiographic imagination: through the use of tapestry, commonly associated with female domestic work and subaltern knowledge.
Ibrahim Mahama, Untitled, 2014
In this work, Mahama presents a commentary on the historical economic relationship established by Ghana with other countries. The jute sacks, collected in the exchange markets of his country, used for the transport of grains distributed to America and Europe.
This Same World Over (2009) by Cinthia MarcelleCollegium
2) Educational processes
In the installation Sobre este mismo mundo (2009), Cinthia Marcelle appropriates elements of formal education. Marcelle reflects on the infinite writings and rewritings carried out over time and the processes of memory formation.
Abetare (Car) (2015) by Petrit HalilajCollegium
Petrit Halijaj, Abetare (Car), 2015
This installation is inspired by the drawings of children abandoned in the classrooms of an old school in a Kosovar village. It materializes hope and aspirations of the youth of their country, thus building bridges between different worlds and generations.
Tim Berresheim, Future Gipsy Antifolklore IV & VIII, 2010
Berresheim promotes a fold in the perception of gypsy culture: historically marginalized and not integrated into contemporary society due to discrimination, through his narratives we remember that other worlds have always been here, and with them we rewrite the future.
View of the exhibition - History between persistence and criticism (2022-10-27) by Marcela Cantuária, Pieter Hugo, and Mariana TelleríaCollegium
In this sense, educational processes and the way in which beliefs interact with our present take on an expanded dimension, as we think about the Collegium collection and the institution that begins to be delineated from it.
View of the exhibition - History between persistence and criticism (2022-02-27) by Zhang Huan and Iman IssaCollegium
Our mission as an institution is to open a dialogue between the Collegium collection and other works in order to sharpen our perception and provide us with tools that help us to dismantle hegemony and thus rethink our environment from a new perspective.
Texts by Aldones Nino and Andressa Rocha, and presentation by Aldones Nino
