The Last Place They Thought Of
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Lungiswa Gqunta, Soñ Gweha, Gaëlle Choisne, Godelive Kasangati, Lou Cocody-Valentino, Michèle Magema, Mónica de Miranda, Zohra Opoku, Maria Muehombo (M I M I), melissandre varin, Ophélie Mac Coco, Lungiswa Gqunta, Soñ Gweha, Gaëlle Choisne, Godelive Kasangati, Lou Cocody-Valentino, Michèle Magema, Mónica de Miranda, Zohra Opoku, Maria Muehombo (M I M I), melissandre varin, Ophélie Mac Coco, Lungiswa Gqunta, Soñ Gweha, Gaëlle Choisne, Godelive Kasangati, Lou Cocody-Valentino, Michèle Magema, Mónica de Miranda, Zohra Opoku, Maria Muehombo (M I M I), melissandre varin, Ophélie Mac Coco, Lungiswa Gqunta, Soñ Gweha, Gaëlle Choisne, Godelive Kasangati, Lou Cocody-Valentino, Michèle Magema, Mónica de Miranda, Zohra Opoku, Maria Muehombo (M I M I), melissandre varin, Ophélie Mac Coco, Lungiswa Gqunta, Soñ Gweha, Gaëlle Choisne, Godelive Kasangati, Lou Cocody-Valentino, Michèle Magema, Mónica de Miranda, Zohra Opoku, Maria Muehombo (M I M I), melissandre varin, Ophélie Mac Coco, Lungiswa Gqunta, Soñ Gweha, Gaëlle Choisne, Godelive Kasangati, Lou Cocody-Valentino, Michèle Magema, Mónica de Miranda, Zohra Opoku, Maria Muehombo (M I M I), melissandre varin, Ophélie Mac Coco, Lungiswa Gqunta, Soñ Gweha, Gaëlle Choisne, Godelive Kasangati, Lou Cocody-Valentino, Michèle Magema, Mónica de Miranda, Zohra Opoku, Maria Muehombo (M I M I), melissandre varin, Ophélie Mac Coco, Lungiswa Gqunta, Soñ Gweha, Gaëlle Choisne, Godelive Kasangati, Lou Cocody-Valentino, Michèle Magema, Mónica de Miranda, Zohra Opoku, Maria Muehombo (M I M I), melissandre varin, Ophélie Mac Coco, Lungiswa Gqunta, Soñ Gweha, Gaëlle Choisne, Godelive Kasangati, Lou Cocody-Valentino, Michèle Magema, Mónica de Miranda, Zohra Opoku, Maria Muehombo (M I M I), melissandre varin, Ophélie Mac Coco, Lungiswa Gqunta, Soñ Gweha, Gaëlle Choisne, Godelive Kasangati, Lou Cocody-Valentino, Michèle Magema, Mónica de Miranda, Zohra Opoku, Maria Muehombo (M I M I), melissandre varin, Ophélie Mac Coco, Lungiswa Gqunta, Soñ Gweha, Gaëlle Choisne, Godelive Kasangati, Lou Cocody-Valentino, Michèle Magema, Mónica de Miranda, Zohra Opoku, Maria Muehombo (M I M I), melissandre varin, Ophélie Mac Coco, Lungiswa Gqunta, Soñ Gweha, Gaëlle Choisne, Godelive Kasangati, Lou Cocody-Valentino, Michèle Magema, Mónica de Miranda, Zohra Opoku, Maria Muehombo (M I M I), melissandre varin, Ophélie Mac Coco, Lungiswa Gqunta, Soñ Gweha, Gaëlle Choisne, Godelive Kasangati, Lou Cocody-Valentino, Michèle Magema, Mónica de Miranda, Zohra Opoku, Maria Muehombo (M I M I), melissandre varin, Ophélie Mac Coco, Lungiswa Gqunta, Soñ Gweha, Gaëlle Choisne, Godelive Kasangati, Lou Cocody-Valentino, Michèle Magema, Mónica de Miranda, Zohra Opoku, Maria Muehombo (M I M I), melissandre varin, Ophélie Mac Coco, Lungiswa Gqunta, Soñ Gweha, Gaëlle Choisne, Godelive Kasangati, Lou Cocody-Valentino, Michèle Magema, Mónica de Miranda, Zohra Opoku, Maria Muehombo (M I M I), melissandre varin, Ophélie Mac Coco, Lungiswa Gqunta, Soñ Gweha, Gaëlle Choisne, Godelive Kasangati, Lou Cocody-Valentino, Michèle Magema, Mónica de Miranda, Zohra Opoku, Maria Muehombo (M I M I), melissandre varin, Ophélie Mac Coco,
Vernissage
13.dec.24, 18:00
Curators
- Sorana Munsya
Entitled “The Last Place They Thought of’, this exhibition featuring installation, photography, painting and drawing, aims to reflect on the possibility of a black conceptualization of geography, in opposition to what intellectual and essayist Kathrine McKittrick calls traditional geography.
Among other things, traditional geography renders space transparent, taking into account only the rationality and Cartesian identity of spaces. Giving exaggerated importance to the visible and the measurable, this vision leaves to the margin the idea of a certain opacity of spaces and their narratives. Drawing on the thinking and creations of these artists, the project seeks to explore and think about notions of territory and space from a black and female perspective. Each of these artists, in their work, draw lines of territory from their position as black women, offering stories rarely told, making the opacity of the margin the starting point for a reconsideration of the concept of geography, also through the idea that everything is in relation. Then, by thinking of the territory in terms of Relation, concepts such as the body, nature, landscape and fugitivity can be explored, and the very thing we call geography disturbed. Indeed, it would be transformed by the total integration of what black lives, and more specifically, the lives of black women, have to contribute to the reading and production of space and place.
As such, elements often considered subjective, such as imagination, dreams, care, spirituality, and tradition, play an important role in each artist’s work. They move beyond boundaries, connect personal stories with those left aside, and demonstrate that the specificity of their perspectives can be inclusive, while the uniqueness of their narratives invites the creation of new spaces.
About the curator: Sorana Munsya
Sorana Munsya is an independent curator and psychologist based in Brussels. She is interested in the notions of fugitivity, opacity and healing, and how they relate with blackness in the West and more particularly in Europe.
Focusing on contemporary visual arts created by African and black artists, she has organized, among others the solo exhibition by artist Leonard Pongo at the Bozar (2021), the latest solo show by artist Michèle Magema at Extra City (2021) and the group show “The Act of Breathing” (2022) in collaboration with the Kanal-Centre Pompidou.
She was assistant curator of the 5th Biennale d’art contemporain de Lubumbashi and has contributed to numerous art catalogs, including the catalog for the 12th Rencontres de Bamako and the catalog for Pascale Marthine Tayou’s last Belgian solo exhibition. She is a member of the Belgian curators collective Celador and a board member of The Constant Now organization. She is part of the editorial team of the Belgian art magazine ” GLEAN”.
With support of
The Flemish Government, Academie Mechelen, Erfgoedcel Mechelen, Hotel 3 Paardekens, Irène Laub Gallery, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery and Whatiftheworld Gallery.
Date
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Vernissage
13.dec.24, 18:00
Curators
- Sorana Munsya
Artists
- Lungiswa Gqunta
- Soñ Gweha
- Gaëlle Choisne
- Godelive Kasangati
- Lou Cocody-Valentino
- Michèle Magema
- Mónica de Miranda
- Zohra Opoku
- Maria Muehombo (M I M I)
- melissandre varin
- Ophélie Mac Coco
Brochure
Adress
De Garage
Onder-Den-Toren 12,
2800 Mechelen