Membrane

The Akademie Schloss Solitude exhibition takes place parallel to the literature festival »Membrane – African Literatures and Ideas« in Stuttgart. In line with the festival exploration of permeability, flexibility and simultaneity it presents four artistic positions from within the international network of the Akademie. Using different artistic approaches and formats, the artists attempt to question the limits of knowability. In their installations and digital projects, the fellows Janine Jembere and Luiza Prado de O. Martins deal with power, writing and veiling, and with decolonial and gender theories. A sound installation by Lamin Fofana, participant of Membrane, and the artistic manipulation of German colonial photographic archives by Namibian artist Vitjitua Ndjiharine complement the exhibition.