Gods Moving in Places

Gods Moving in Places is a two-part exhibition exploring the political potential of the Caribbean and Guyanese imagination. It presents the memories, narratives and histories that have shaped this imagination – including indigenous mythologies and the violent conquest of the South American continent – through what Édouard Glissant (1928–2011) calls the tropical night and the spirits and figures that weigh on the shoulders.

Gods Moving in Places is inspired by the writings of the Caribbean author Wilson Harris (1921–2018), who, based on an indigenous worldview, developed an understanding of the world in which nature, humanity, flora and fauna all become part of the same being. He proposes that everything is connected by a collective unconscious, which can be unlocked through our creative imagination. According to Harris, admitting different orders of reality allows us to transform ourselves and our position within the world, thus unleashing the political potential of the imagination.

With Minia Biabiany, Karl Joseph, Mirtho Linguet, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Marcel Pinas, Pamela Colman-Smith, Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

Invited by Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc / initated by Lea Altner.

Exhibition opening

Thursday, 27 January from 14:00 to 22:00h.

Curator’s tour with Lea Altner

Fr 28.01.2022, 16.00

Find more info on the tour here.

ifa-Galerie Berlin

Linienstraße 139/140

10115 Berlin

Germany

Visiting hours:

Tuesday–Sunday 2–6pm,

Thursday 2–8pm

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