• Symposium

Kunsthalle Conversations

On structural racism and white supremacy

Dates

  • Sa 18.03., 15:00–19:30

Artists

  • Candice Breitz
  • Oliver Hardt

Language

  • German

To the exhibition

To accompany the exhibition Candice Breitz - Whiteface, the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden invites you to a symposium on structural racism and white supremacy.

The day is an invitation to our visitors to learn more about whiteness, white supremacy and racism in order to become more aware of life in a diverse, post-migrant society. Because structural racism is a structural problem that above all requires visibility and awareness.

The day's program will include contributions from filmmaker Oliver Hardt, artist Candice Breitz and academic Anna Greve. As the Kunsthalle would also like to connect the discussion on a regional level and is interested in linking theory, activism and social practice, talks with local initiatives from Baden-Baden and Baden-Württemberg are also planned.

Curated by Sandeep Sodhi

Program:

  • 15:00 Welcome and introduction to the day (Çağla Ilk, Misal Adnan Yıldız, Sandeep Sodhi, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden)
  • 15:15 Oliver Hardt (filmmaker, lives and works in Frankfurt/Main) gives an introduction to the music video Advanced Chemistry: Fremd im eigenen Land (1992) and his film Black Deutschland (2006)
  • 15:25 Screening of the music video Advanced Chemistry: Fremd im eigenen Land (1992)
  • 15:30 Screening of the film Black Deutschland (2006)
  • 16:30 Panel discussion between the artist Candice Breitz and the filmmaker Oliver Hardt
  • 17:00 Coffee break
  • 17:15 Lecture by Prof. Dr. Anna Greve (Focke-Museum, Bremen State Museum of Art and Cultural History)
  • 18:00 Local anti-racist initiatives present themselves and their work - including Länge x Breite (Baden-Baden) and Black History in Baden-Württemberg e.V.
  • 18:30 Lecture by Dr. Mahret Ifeoma Kupka (Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt/Main)
  • 19:00 Final discussion on structural solutions to racism in Germany - with Candice Breitz, Oliver Hardt, Anna Greve, Mahret Ifeoma Kupka, Sasha Koura (Länge x Breite), Samrawit Araya (Black History in Baden-Württemberg e.V.) and Hanna Panther (Diversity and Integration Officer, City of Baden-Baden) - moderated by Sandeep Sodhi (Kunsthalle Baden-Baden)

With the format Kunsthalle: Conversations, the Kunsthalle would like to provide a discussion platform and invite to participate in a discussion, which, also with regard to German colonial history and the Germanization of the National Socialists in the 20th century, calls for more awareness in dealing with structural racism and seeks local solutions.

The symposium will be held in German. You are cordially invited to join us on this day, we look forward to your visit.