K.SON+IMAGE

What is an image of decolonisation? How do images exist, travel, show different realities make appear a common, shared history beyond national differences? The exhibition Shared History/
Decolonising the Image seeks to extend the understanding of ‘decolonisation’ in a historical, geographical and conceptual sense. It brings together various artists and filmmakers who reflect upon decolonisation as a working concept, a historical reality and a contemporary situation inherited from the past.

Exhibition curated by Delphine Bedel and Sophie Berrebi,. Participating artists: Tiong Ang, Dineo Bopape, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Cláudia Cristóvão, Fendry Ekel, Mounir Fatmi, Johan Gri-monprez, Sigalit Landau, Otobong Nkanga, Jayce Salloum, Renée Ridgway, Jean Rouch, Kwang-Ju Son. Venues: Arti & Amicitiae 06 May – 04 June ,W139 13 May – 04 June 2006.

This part of the exhibition further underlines the necessity of employing multiple perspectives in order to reflect upon the complex issue of decolonisation and its images. Through documentary, fictional narratives and artists’ films. It will show contemporary view­points from the Middle East, Indonesia, South Africa, Turkey, New Zealand, Algeria and other countries. International artists researchers, curators and film collectives were invited to selected three films. Most of these videos have never before been screened in the Netherlands. All the DVDs of the programme are available for viewing at Arti &Amicitiae from 13.00 to 18.00.

Videos selected by Francesco Bernardelli (Torino), Dana Gilerman/Digital Art Lab (Holon), Daniel du Bern (Wellington) & Tessa Giblin (Auckland/Am¬sterdam), Ratiba Hadj-Moussa (York University, Toronto), Steve Pil¬lar/Off Stream (Jakarta), Greg Streak/Pulse (Durban), Ruangrupa (Jakarta), Basak Senova/Nomad (Istan¬bul) and a selection of films including Melvin Moti (Rotterdam) and Susan Youssef (New York).