Conversation: Syowia Kyambi, Mareike Späth, Eike Walkenhorst
Tue, 13 Jun
|Virtual Event
Syowia Kyambi, Mareike Spaeth, and Eike Walkenhorst in a conversation around the different practical and theoretical considerations that go into co-creation and developing a deep understanding of artistic practices in various institutional contexts.
Time & Location
13 Jun 2023, 19:00 – 21:00 EAT
Virtual Event
About the event
Syowia Kyambi is joined by Mareike Späth and Eike Walkenhorst in an online conversation on the ongoing exhibition, KASPALE, at NCAI.
Mareike's work focuses on historiography and practices of the past in the present. She is particularly interested in entangled histories and heritage of Africa and Europe, their (non-)representation in archives, public places and public history, as well as marginalized narratives. Mareike Späth received formal academic training in Social and Cultural Anthropology, and after some years of researching and lecturing she swopped university for the museum. This was sparked by her interest in joining the broader movement to reconceptualize working with historical, colonial, ethnographic collections. She had the honor to witness Kaspale’s coming into this world while hosting Syowia at the MARKK Hamburg as assistant curator for the museum’s Africa department and she is now working as curator for the ethnographic collection at the Landesmuseum Hannover, Germany.
Eike Walkenhorst is…