Fragments of Repair/Gathering VII

Kader Attia, Maria Hlavajova, Wietske Maas

Image: Exhibition Fragments of Repair/Kader Attia, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, 2021, photo: Tom Janssen / Design: Sean van den Steenhoven for Leftloft

Tickets available for both in person attendance at BAK, Utrecht and for online livestreaming. A ticket for the gathering allows free entry into the exhibition.

Taking place on Sunday 26 September 2021 in the context of the project Fragments of Repair, convened by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht with artist Kader Attia and decolonial forum La Colonie, the seventh and final gathering of  Fragments of Repair/Gatherings consists of a conversation between Kader Attia, BAK general and artistic director Maria Hlavajova, and BAK curator Wietske Maas, and marks the conclusion of the exhibition Fragments of Repair/Kader Attia with the opportunity to visit the exhibition in the presence of the artist.

The conversation reflects upon the multi-part project Fragments of Repair and especially upon its proposition of decolonial repair as a means to engage with the planetary urgencies of collective mental health in a world wounded by the Covid-19 pandemic. How do injury and pathways of repair—concepts which have driven Attia’s artistic inquiry over the last two decades—contribute to the ongoing struggles of decolonization both in and out of the viral and psychological pandemonium?

Video registration of this program:

Program
(All times are Central European Summer Time/CEST)

13.00–15.30 hrs
Opportunity to visit the exhibition Fragments of Repair/Kader Attia

15.30 hrs
Opening Words of Welcome
with Maria Hlavajova and Wietske Maas

15.45 hrs
Conversation
with Kader Attia, Maria Hlavajova, and Wietske Maas

17.00–19.00 hrs
Opportunity to visit the exhibition Fragments of Repair/Kader Attia

REGISTRATION

Important: “Coronatoegangsbewijs”
Please note: for this program, it is required to show a “Coronatoegangsbewijs” (Corona entry pass) at the door. This is an official proof of vaccination or recovery, or a negative test result. You can present this proof via a QR-code in the CoronaCheck app, or via a printed version from CoronaCheck.nl/print. Please also bring along a valid ID. More information about the “Coronatoegangsbewijs” can be found here on the website of the Dutch Government. Please also review our other Covid-19 guidelines here.

Registration for In-Person Tickets 
Want to join the gathering in person at BAK? Register tickets via the “Tickets (In Person)” button above. Please arrive 10 minutes before the program starts.
Options for In-Person Tickets:
Regular Ticket: €6
Student Ticket: €3
Solidarity Ticket: Free

Registration for Online Tickets
To join the program online, register tickets via the “Tickets (Online)” button above. 
There are several ways to join the gathering. Please join us free of charge by selecting the “solidarity ticket” option. If you are able and willing to support BAK’s program’s financially, please consider selecting a paid ticket option.
Options for Online Tickets:
Regular Ticket: €4
Student Ticket: €2
Solidarity Ticket: Free

After registration, you will be sent the link to the Zoom webinar.

Donate to BAK
Your donation helps support BAK’s programs, and our ability to offer solidarity tickets to those who otherwise would not be able to join our programs. In the check-out screen, donation options (starting from €2) to support BAK are available. 

Suggestions from the archive

Learning

10 May, 12.00–12 May, 18.00 2023

Complaint Making: Setting Up Conflict-Positive Spaces for Community Building Praxis

Vishnu would like to share feminist governance tools (FGT) focused on three of many tiers in community building praxis. FGT is based on the values of equity with an emphasis on creating psychologically safe environments, drawing on the use of consent. Decision-making processes, setting up conflict-positive spaces, and complaint-making as diversity work will form the body of this three-day training. Rooted in Vishnu’s autho-ethnographic practice, this work will explore the power dynamics that impact decision-making processes.

Community Portal

Performative

10 May, 12.00–12 May, 18.00 2023

The Diamond Mind II

In this dance training, the people will use a one-minute film of their own movement as material for a booklet—a sixteen page signature—that distributes their presence, their gesture, as an act of EQ. 

Community Portal

Learning

3 May, 12.00–4 May, 18.00 2023

Too Late To Say Sorry? 

A bad apology can ruin a friendship, destroy a community, or end a career. In this workshop, we will investigate the impact of apologies on our relationships and our worlds. Why and how do we make apologies? What can giving and receiving apologies teach us about values and integrity? Should you apologize for something you don’t really feel sorry for? We will explore conflict and how we like to be in conflict with others. We will dive into our own boundaries. We will seek to understand how honoring limits becomes an act of building (or freeing) better worlds capable of holding so many, many more of us.

Community Portal

Learning

28 April, 12.00–29 April, 18.00 2023

Huisje, Boompje, Beestje (D.A.F.O.N.T.)

In this rare masterclass, retired teacher and artist Glenda Martinus teaches participants a thing or two about painting with Microsoft Word. Martinus shares tips, tricks, and secrets on how to use this software to its unexpected potential as a drawing tool. Participants learn how to draw three basic objects—a house, a tree, and an animal—in a seemingly innocent exercise that perhaps contains more layered social commentary. Drawing the worlds we desire does not require expensive tools or education, simply a curiosity to understand how the monster’s tools can topple the house of the master.

Community Portal