African Diasporic Talks - Blackness, Beauty, and States of Being


“Conversations on Blackness, Beauty, and States of Being” is the second thematic discussion of the Conversation Series of Migration Memory Encounters project (MME) taking place on December 15:th at Konsthallen in Malmö, Sweden.

The aim is to create a platform for African diasporic talks that is dynamic, interactive, inclusive, and caring thus opening up a space for everyone to talk.

Migration Memory Encounters project (MME) was formed in 2017 to create a platform for the various art forms from migrant artists to showcase their work and begin a vital conversation with the Swedish society. At the beginning of the project, a dialogue was started on the forgotten artists who have seemingly been lost and those who have kept their work aside to pursue putting their lives back in order some continue working on new materials while some are not quite sure if to continue or not.

The second track aims in creating a thematic public discussion forum with arrangements on important political and social topics but based on literature, art, film, and activism. A series of conversations with a mix of authors, artists and activists. The purpose of which is to explore interesting intersections about identity, power, creativity, gender, sexuality, diaspora, and ethnicity in the face of the audience.

Afrophobia - Why I Am No Longer Talking About Race With White People?: Sonnie Gondwe, Yahneake Sterling, Fatima Osborne and Yannick Harrison. Moderated by Jason Dean Holness-Vandercamp.

Black Art in Contemporary Times: Cecilia Germain, Fatima Moallim and Makda Embaie. Moderated by Sarah Nakiito

The Viewing Room: Black Beauty & Aesthetic Trauma Temi Odumosu.

Music, Censorship, Harassment and Artistic Freedom: Cris Gera, Conversation with Jude Dibia.

The Gaze (2018): Video installation by Jeannette Ehlers.

Coordinated and hosted by Parvin Ardalan, Mamak Babak-Rad, Ana Maria Bermeo

När: 15 december 2018 12:00 - 15 december 2018 16:00

Var: Malmö Konsthall, S:t Johannesgatan 7 / Malmö

Arrangör: Migration Memory Encounters och Malmö Konsthall