Archive of Forgetfulness

Stories of pan-african movement, archival imaginaries and remembering across borders; Funding @goethejoburg lead co-curators @hudatayob and @konabongani

[Archive of Forgetfulness @AOForgetfulness]

The Archive of Forgetfulness is LIVE at https://t.co/oro0PtVbFq

The online platform is an archive of mobility and infrastructure; it holds together acts of remembering; and it is a collaborative project long in the making.

[HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa @huma_africa]

Join us tomorrow both in-person & online | 1PM SAST | A conversation with @HudaTayob & Bongani Kona on @AOForgetfulness

📍 HUMA Seminar Room | Humanities Building

Register to attend online: https://t.co/C2sV6lq9ht

[UTA-Do African Cities Workshop @UTADO_Africa]

Applications are now open for UTA-Do African Cities Workshop (Jan, 2024). This year, we are in Dar. Scholars, artists and activists, apply!

[Goethe-Institut JHB @goethejoburg]

(2/2) The conversation will be followed by a DJ set by @nombusomathibel. The @AOForgetfulness project brings into conversation the work of 56 artists, cultural producers, curators and researchers from the African continent & beyond.

Reserve your seat: https://t.co/qmxv6qvVw3

[Goethe-Institut JHB @goethejoburg]

(1/2) LAPA is thrilled to host the Archive of Forgetfulness book launch.

An archive of mobility & infrastructure, the catalogue is a physical record with excerpts from the online exhibition platform @AOForgetfulness published by @JacanaMedia & supported by @goethejoburg.

[Archive of Forgetfulness @AOForgetfulness]

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[Shaheed Tayob @shaheed_tayob]

‘We question how thinking through deep and recent histories, across water or through the skies, might reveal alternative ways of living? And how dreams of freedom, and other worlds that might have been possible, haunt our present, and suggest other futures?

[Archive of Forgetfulness @AOForgetfulness]

We are excited to hold a launch event for the Archive of Forgetfulness catalogue at LAPA in Brixton, published by @JacanaMedia . Join us for a conversation with contributors followed by a DJ set by Nombuso Mathibela @NombusoMat . Rsvp: https://t.co/DwMaCMOJN0

[Archive of Forgetfulness @AOForgetfulness]

The project includes the work of fifty-six artists, cultural producers, curators, creative thinkers and researchers from the African continent and diaspora.

[Archive of Forgetfulness @AOForgetfulness]

The Archive of Forgetfulness catalogue is now available @JacanaMedia - a print sampling of online exhibition, essay and podcast series online at https://t.co/oro0PtVbFq

[Archive of Forgetfulness @AOForgetfulness]

Archive of Forgetfulness was led by Huda Tayob, Bongani Kona, with 6 regional curators: Ali Al Adawy (Egypt), Eric Ngangare (Rwanda), Jumoke Sanwo (Nigeria), Omnia Shawkat (Sudan), Princess Mhlongo (South Africa) and Zoubida Mseffer (Morocco).

[Archive of Forgetfulness @AOForgetfulness]

Zoubida Mseffer is an independent consultant and coordinator of projects based in Morocco. She is interested in vulnerabilities and projects at the intersection of culture and creation, social sciences, and social action. @zoubidamseffer

[Archive of Forgetfulness @AOForgetfulness]

The 6th Regional project curated by Zoubida Mseffer: https://t.co/MiKE6Q5leY

[Archive of Forgetfulness @AOForgetfulness]

The archive presented here is an attempt to hold onto fragments of Yasmin’s life, against forgetfulness.

[Archive of Forgetfulness @AOForgetfulness]

Curator - Ali Hussein al-Adawy is a curator, researcher, editor, writer and critic of moving images, urban artistic practices, and cultural history. @el_kontessa @M_Abdel_Karim

[Archive of Forgetfulness @AOForgetfulness]

The 5th regional project is curated by Ali Al Adawy https://t.co/1eFP4SWxHU

[Archive of Forgetfulness @AOForgetfulness]

and the essay سمعنا من الواردين / “We heard from those who came before us”by Haitham Shater is accessible in Arabic and English online at https://t.co/oro0PtVJuY