Events — 11, Oct 12, 2024

Textiles are vital in our lives. Not only does it protect us from outside influences, but it also tells us a lot about who we are and how we view the world. As part of the exhibition Unravel, the Stedelijk is hosting the symposium Thread Weaves the World. Featuring several artists, speakers, a panel discussion, a film screening and artist-led tours, the symposium will offer depth to two main themes in the exhibition, Borderlands and Ancestral Thread.  

Price
Museumticket + 3 EU
Location
Auditorium & exhibtion Unravel
Time
Oct 11, 11 am until 5 pm
Oct 12, 11 am until 5.15 pm
Main language
English
Admission
Tickets

The symposium offers a more in-depth exploration and innovative perspectives on these two topics. The artists featured in the Borderlands section interrogate how borderlands can serve as sites of significant creativity, subvert the language and aesthetics of borders and transcend them. Ancestral Threads centers on the reclamation of ancestral knowledge by artists from diverse backgrounds. By critiquing colonially imposed ways of being - including imposed boundaries, notions of identity and the devaluation of certain kinds of knowledge - the symposium will evoke journeys through both space and time.  

This event is the first part of a two-day symposium of Unravel, featuring a diverse program full of interesting speakers and activities.  On the first day, before the program in the auditorium begins, artist-led tours will be hosted by Mercedes Azpilicueta and artist duo Antonio Jose Guzman and Iva Jankovic. A separate ticket is required for the tours.

Afterwards, writer and curator Miguel A. Lopez launches the program in the auditorium as keynote speaker, followed by a panel discussion with Mounira al Sohl, Mercedes Azpilicueta, Margarita Cabrera and Miguel A Lopez himself. Concluding the first day, Christel Vesters engages in conversation with Antonio Jose Guzman and Iva Jankovic as an introduction to the screening of the performance Messengers of the Sun. 

During the second day, the final session of Margarita Cabrera's workshop will take place in the entrance hall and Ibrahim Mahama will be in conversation with director Rein Wolfs and curator of Unravel, Amanda Pinatih. The second day will conclude with a Q&A and a screening of the trailer of Mahama's documentary.

program 11 Oct

11.00
Artist-led tour by: Antonio Jose Guzman & Iva Jankovic & Mercedes Azpilicueta
12.00
Second round artist-led tour
13.00
Doors open Auditorium 
Introductie by Amanda Pinatih 
13.30
Keynote from Miguel A. Lopez
14.25
Panelconversation with Miguel, Margarita, Mounira, Mercedes
15.30
Break
15.45
Talk Christel Vesters x Antonio Jose Guzman en Iva Jankovic with film screening
17.00
End of program

program 12 Oct

11.00 – 16.00
Workshop Margarita Cabrera in the entrence hall
14.00 – 16.30
Introductory lectures
15.45
Doors open Auditorium
16.00
Introduction Rein Wolfs
16.10
Conversation Rein Wolfs x Ibrahim Mahama
16.40
Conversation Amanda Pinatih x Ibrahim
17.00
Q&A with audience
17.15
End of program: screening of trailer documentary

biographies

Miguel A. López

Miguel A. López (Lima, 1983) is a writer and curator. In his practice, he focuses on the role of art in politics and public life, collective work and collaborative dynamics, and queer and feminist rewritings of history. He is a co-curator for the 2024 edition of the Toronto Biennial of Art. From 2015 to 2020, he worked as Chief Curator, and later Co-director at TEOR/éTica, Costa Rica. 

Mercedes Azpilicueta

Mercedes Azpilicueta is a visual and performance artist from Buenos Aires living and working in Amsterdam. Her artistic practice gathers various characters from the past and the present who address the vulnerable or collective body from a decolonial feminist perspective. In fluid, associative connections she counters rigid narratives of history in an attempt to dismantle them and make room for the affective and dissident voices to emerge.