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Exploring Visual Cultures - Newsletter #15

Exploring Visual Cultures - Newsletter #15

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🗞️ News‍letter #15 


Dear readers, supporters, contributors and friends of EVC,

 

 

We hope this message finds you well and inspired by the many conversations and collaborations happening across the EVC network. The past months have been rich with exchange, creation, and reflection – and we’re excited to share what’s been happening across our growing community!

 

Avi & Mina 

 


What's New on EVC? 


Welcome to new members of the Expert Panel

Isadora Canela (Brazil) and Elsa Cuissard (France), who initiated the New Futures residency in Johannesburg and will support the upcoming Young EVC initiatives. Based on EVC’s cooperation with the residency project “New Futures”  in Johannesburg in June/July 2025, they will restart the Young EVC efforts. 

 

Welcome aboard. We are excited and looking forward to it!

 


May 9, 2025: EVC at Minor Cosmopolitan / Berlin

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From 8 to 10 May 2025, the Minor Cosmopolitanisms research training group hosted an intervention in Berlin centred on the themes of repair and collaboration. Within the framework of EVC, Lize Kriel (UP), in cooperation with Co-Making Matters, organised a roundtable entitled...


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‍ ✏️ Research Project In Progress..


(Un-)told stories (2025)

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The (Un-)told narratives of African museum objects and beyond

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The approach of the (Un-)told Stories research project might be described with reference to the Sankofa bird, an Akan symbol denoting “to go back and get it”. The Sankofa bird is often...


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🖼️ Past Exhibitions & Events


Exciting and impressive events and exhibitions have taken place over the past few months. Missed them? No problem! We highly recommend exploring the photo documentation of the following events! 📸

 


April 7-9, 2025: Days of Art History in Douala, Cameroon

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African Days of Art History - Journées Africaines d’Histoire de l’Art - Conference Report 

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The inaugural African Days of Art History / Journées Africaines d’Histoire de l’Art conference took place from the 7th to the...


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June 21, 2025: Opening of the 'absent matter (s)' exhibition in Johannesburg

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absent matter(s) - from mine to ours ... opens with a question that is also a fault line: can we transform what matters by embracing what is absent? A practice that narrative theory describes as “unveiling the absent but implicit”.

 

In...


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Art Educator in Residence, Weingarten (2025)

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In cooperation with the art education network project Exploring Visual Cultures (EVC), the first Artist / Art Educator in Residence Program will take place at the University of Education, Weingarten from September 7 to 28, 2025.

 

The South African...


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‍👤👤👤 Expert Panel: Insights & Updates


September 17, 2025: 29th Meeting of the Expert Panel

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Minutes of the 29th meeting

 

Present: Juste Constant Onana Amougui, Patrique deGraft-Yankson, Osuanyi Essel, Mary Claire Kidenda, Lize Kriel, Lydia Muthuma, Jane Otieno, Christian RĂśmmelt, Avi Sooful, Bernadette Van Haute, Ernst Wagner

Apologies:...


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🌐 Stay Engaged!


Visit our website to stay updated on our latest projects, events and publications!

Thank you for being part of the EVC-Community. Together, we continue to explore the profound intersections of art, culture and society.

 

Ideas or contributions for the next newsletter?

‍If you have any news, ideas, or materials that you would like to publish in future newsletters, please feel free to contact us. We look forward to receiving your contributions!

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Exploring Visual Cultures (EVC) is an open, transnational network of stakeholders in the field of art, art education, visual cultures studies, and cultural anthropology founded in 2018. EVC promotes global dialogue with respect to global citizenship and sustainable development. EVC’s activities are funded by its member institutions.

 

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