Okwui Enwezor 2023 - Kültürhane: Hope in the Age of Compost
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For the third time, the Cluster of Excellence organised the Okwui Enwezor Distinguished Lecture in July 2023. Established in the memory of late art curator Okwui Enwezor, each year the lecture series presents a prominent artist, curator, or scholar who engages with ground-breaking contributions to the rethinking of arts in a global perspective.
On July 19 2023, the Okwui enwzeor distinguished Lecture featured the founders of Kültürhane, an activist community in Turkey. The lecture was entitled "Hope in the Age of Compost"
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- Okwui Enwezor 2023 - Kültürhane: Hope in the Age of Compost
- Language
- English
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- Okwui Enwezor Distinguished Lecture
- Date
- August 20, 2024
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- sorry R I'm GNA film you again saying your words uh dear guests dear friends I'm uh quite excited and quite honored to welcome you today for the lecture at iala house uh I remember the days uh we walk together uh side by side at the campus of Maron University wearing these t-shirts like you cannot see this t-shirt I guess but you will remember it uh I'm wearing this t-shirt today again uh and uh we were chanting that we want wanting peace is not a crime uh peace freedom rights resistance autonomy democracy that was the University and the country we dreamed of uh and 2002 212 the number of the academics who signed the peace petition uh we were very few because our colleagues were afraid to stand with us uh even though they believe that signing the peace petition is not an act of terrorism uh but we were never alone thanks to the solidarity we created together uh and cter H is a great example of that that solidarity uh that hope actually and also uh curean is a great example uh what arant described as the right to have rights uh my dear colleagues including bis andash here created culture H after we lost our positions at the University claiming that the campuses are not the only spaces we can reach the public uh students we can continue researching or creating art uh and uh also at that uh very moment we were punished with the Civic death uh the government and its supporters assumed that no nobody would listen to us anymore uh nobody would even see us and we wouldn't exist in the eyes of the public anymore but cter H created a very Vivid space of art culture resistance research and commment so that we can reach even more people uh than when we were researching and teaching at universities with the viid energy of cultur which stemed from solidarity we exercise our rights to the public Fair uh to create Commons after we lost our public spaces and Commons in our cities uh after we have been punished to Civic that U actually we all uh manage that uh with your energy I'm… Read the full text about 10,862 words
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