WS 2021/22 – SS 2022 / Research project and study trip around the project Maison Gbégbé in Agouegan, Togo

This project is set up in the context of postcolonial theory and in dialogue with the following pairs of themes: Original / Copy, Mutual Approach / Multiple Authorship, Appropriation / Exchange. Is it possible to overcome the separation of traditional culture and contemporary art that is constituted in the Western European exhibition business? In this project, we want to programmatically focus on the interstices and connecting elements of binaries focus. In Togolese Traditional Knowledge a distinctly collaborative and participatory understanding of art is lived. The participating students of my class work and rehearse around themes such as identity, distribution of tasks, and roles in collective and/or participatory projects.

With Workshops, evaluations, and discussions by lecturers Gregor Kasper & Musquiqui Chihying and Arlette-Louise Nkoze, and contributions o.a. by Abdel Amine Mohammed, Nanna Lüth, Anna Lauenstein, Jouliette Houssou, and an online meeting with Messanh Amedegnato, Rossila Goussanou, Nadja Ofuatey-Alazard, Anani Sanouvi, and dr. Ohiniko Toffa.