#BetweenPersonalChroniclesandCollectiveMemory

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Artistic presentation “Between Personal Chronicles and Collective Memory: Artistic Perspectives on Memory, Oral History and Resistance from the Latin American Diaspora in Berlin.”

13 October 2022, 13.30 h (Bogotá), 20.30 h (Berlin), via Zoom

Participants: Katerina Valdivia Bruch, Daniela Lehmann Carrasco and María Linares

The event is part of the programme of the First Meeting of the Latin American Regional Group of the Memory Studies Association, held in Bogotá (in presence and online).

In this talk, Katerina Valdivia Bruch will speak about what inspired her to develop the exhibition Between Personal Chronicles and Collective Memory, and included a brief introduction to the exhibition.

The talk will continue with the participation of the artist Daniela Lehmann Carrasco, who will present her long term project on her family history, based on autoethnographic walks. Through these walks, the artist reflects on her family's memories and migrations (from Germany to Chile and from Chile to Germany) in two historical periods, the Second World War and the Pinochet dictatorship.

Afterwards, the artist María Linares will give an introduction of RENOMBREMOS EL 12 DE OCTUBRE, a participatory project that was created with the idea of giving a new name to the “Day of the Race” in Colombia. The project started in 2019, before the name of this commemorative day was changed in Colombia in 2021.

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“Between Personal Chronicles and Collective Memory” at Instituto Cervantes Berlin

Artists: María Linares, Daniela Lehmann Carrasco, Ana María Milán, Yoel Díaz Vázquez

Opening: 2 June 2021, 19:00 h

Exhibition dates: 2 - 9 June 2021

What do we remember? Are memories a reconstruction of the real? Are they built upon real facts or merely fictional stories? Is it possible to create a historiography based on personal narratives?

The exhibition “Between Personal Chronicles and Collective Memory” acknowledges the ephemerality of memories, examining their veracity as well as their inaccuracies and ambiguities. One of the ideas of the show is to portray different methods, such as collecting material, tracing paths, recording or reproducing oral histories, and address the importance of personal experiences in the (re)construction of an event. It also considers the recollection of multiple memories as valuable material for rewriting a history that has not been recorded by the official narratives. In this way, it brings to light personal stories that have generally remained unnoticed.

“Between Personal Chronicles and Collective Memory” focuses on oral history and the production of knowledge transmitted verbally over generations. It reflects on the circulation of memories and how these are kept alive through orality. Part of the process is the creation of a collective memory, often marked by experiences of resistance, violence, or traumatic situations.

Curated by Katerina Valdivia Bruch

Additional programme: 5 June 2021, 11:00 - 14:00 h

Workshops in the public space with María Linares, Daniela Lehmann Carrasco and Yoel Díaz Vázquez

Registrations via E-mail: contact (at) artatak.net

The exhibition is part of the programme of Rethinking Conceptualism: Avant-Garde, Activism and Politics in Latin American Art (1960s-1980s)

Address:

Instituto Cervantes Berlin

Rosenstr. 18, 10178 Berlin

Photos: San Felipe, © Yoel Díaz Vázquez, 2005-2018; Le Glück Quantitativ, Video Still © Daniela Lehmann Carrasco, 2010; Elevación, Video Still © Ana María Millán, 2019; RENOMBREMOS EL 12 DE OCTUBRE, © María Linares, 2019

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“Between Personal Chronicles and Collective Memory” at Instituto Cervantes Berlin

Artists: María Linares, Daniela Lehmann Carrasco, Ana María Milán, Yoel Díaz Vázquez

Opening: 2 June 2021, 19:00 h

Exhibition dates: 2 - 9 June 2021

What do we remember? Are memories a reconstruction of the real? Are they built upon real facts or merely fictional stories? Is it possible to create a historiography based on personal narratives?

The exhibition “Between Personal Chronicles and Collective Memory” acknowledges the ephemerality of memories, examining their veracity as well as their inaccuracies and ambiguities. One of the ideas of the show is to portray different methods, such as collecting material, tracing paths, recording or reproducing oral histories, and address the importance of personal experiences in the (re)construction of an event. It also considers the recollection of multiple memories as valuable material for rewriting a history that has not been recorded by the official narratives. In this way, it brings to light personal stories that have generally remained unnoticed.

“Between Personal Chronicles and Collective Memory” focuses on oral history and the production of knowledge transmitted verbally over generations. It reflects on the circulation of memories and how these are kept alive through orality. Part of the process is the creation of a collective memory, often marked by experiences of resistance, violence, or traumatic situations.

Curated by Katerina Valdivia Bruch

Additional programme: 5 June 2021, 11:00 - 14:00 h

Workshops in the public space and online with María Linares (online, September 2021), Daniela Lehmann Carrasco and Yoel Díaz Vázquez (online, August 2021)

Registrations via E-mail: contact (at) artatak.net

The exhibition is part of the programme of Rethinking Conceptualism: Avant-Garde, Activism and Politics in Latin American Art (1960s-1980s)

Address:

Instituto Cervantes Berlin

Rosenstr. 18, 10178 Berlin

Click here to read the interview with the artists by Hannah Katalin Grimmer

Photos: San Felipe, © Yoel Díaz Vázquez, 2005-2018; Le Glück Quantitativ, Video Still © Daniela Lehmann Carrasco, 2010; Elevación, Video Still © Ana María Millán, 2019; RENOMBREMOS EL 12 DE OCTUBRE, © María Linares, 2019