Unstated (or, Living Without Approval)
30 Jan - 29 May 2016
Beeld/image: Stefanos Tsivopoulos, Geometry of Fear, 2012
Film still, met dank aan/courtesy of Stefanos Tsivopoulos en/and Kalfayan Galleries Athens & Thessaloniki
Film still, met dank aan/courtesy of Stefanos Tsivopoulos en/and Kalfayan Galleries Athens & Thessaloniki
UNSTATED (OR, LIVING WITHOUT APPROVAL)
30 January – 29 May 2016
Group exhibition and public program
BAK, Utrecht (NL)
Unstated (or, Living Without Approval)—part exhibition; part site for gathering, learning, and exchange—brings together perspectives from the geopolitical pressure points of various forms of statelessness. From Rojava to Palestine to Greece to the refugees in limbo in the Netherlands, the “unstated”—out of sync with the state: unable or unwilling to comply with its extant forms and demands—bear witness to their condition as one of both violent struggle and cautious possibility.
Unstated is inaugurated by the New World Summit, an artistic and political organization founded by artist Jonas Staal, convened for its sixth iteration under the title Stateless Democracy. An accompanying installation at BAK provides insights into the preceding summit in Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan), 2015, including a maquette of the Parliament for the political model of democracy without state, currently in construction.
30 January – 29 May 2016
Group exhibition and public program
BAK, Utrecht (NL)
Unstated (or, Living Without Approval)—part exhibition; part site for gathering, learning, and exchange—brings together perspectives from the geopolitical pressure points of various forms of statelessness. From Rojava to Palestine to Greece to the refugees in limbo in the Netherlands, the “unstated”—out of sync with the state: unable or unwilling to comply with its extant forms and demands—bear witness to their condition as one of both violent struggle and cautious possibility.
Unstated is inaugurated by the New World Summit, an artistic and political organization founded by artist Jonas Staal, convened for its sixth iteration under the title Stateless Democracy. An accompanying installation at BAK provides insights into the preceding summit in Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan), 2015, including a maquette of the Parliament for the political model of democracy without state, currently in construction.