Category Archives: TD 2015-2016

Call for Applications: Researching on Marginality

Marginalia, Open Calls

In 2015 and 2016, Transnational Dialogues will specifically research about the topic of marginality, seen from the duplex perspective of those who find themselves in and struggle to come out of it, and those who expressly look for it in order to escape from an unsatisfying mainstream condition of which they do not share the values. Among the different outputs, one of the more relevant is going to be a publication in English (with subsequent translations in Chinese and Portuguese), consisting of a comparative study of theories, practices and policies around marginality in the artistic and cultural fields across the three regions.

THIS APPLICATION IS NOW CLOSED.
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S.a.L.E. Docks – Venice, 7 May 2015

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The videos of the speeches (in English) are now online!

In the opening days of the 56th Venice Biennale, Transnational Dialogues is participating in AB-STRIKE. This platform of events, set up by S.a.L.E. Docks and MACAO and taking place from from 1 to 8 May 2015 in Milan and Venice, is a practice of subversive imagination, a laboratory of commons, a hotbed of actions, artworks, talents and debates. Continue reading S.a.L.E. Docks – Venice, 7 May 2015 →

Call for Applications: Social Design Workshop and Residency – London, June 2015

Hack (y)our Borders, Open Calls

THIS APPLICATION IS NOW CLOSED.

Who: European Alternatives / Transnational Dialogues / Hack (y)our Borders are launching this open call for applications

What: We offer one full travel scholarship, which covers 100% of the costs of international return flight China-United Kingdom, visa, insurance, local transportation and accommodation.

Whom: We look for one participant from mainland China. Continue reading Call for Applications: Social Design Workshop and Residency – London, June 2015 →

maumau – Recife, 7 April 2015

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Join us  for an informal discussion around Transnational Dialogues 2015-2016 at maumau in Recife (Rua Nicaragua, 173 Espinheiro), on Tuesday 7 April 2015. Themes and ideas concerning this new edition of the project will be shared and openly discussed with those who attend. Luigi Galimberti will also present the Transnational Dialogues Journal 2014 with articles by Luiz Camillo Osorio, Hu Fang, Barbara Szaniecki, Jota Mombaça and many others. Continue reading maumau – Recife, 7 April 2015 →

Informal meeting TD 2015-2016 at Ponto Aurora

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Join us  for an informal discussion around Transnational Dialogues 2015-2016 at Ponto Aurora in São Paulo (Rua Aurora, 858, República) from 6pm to 9pm, on Wednesday 25 March 2015. Themes and ideas concerning this new edition of the project will be shared and openly discussed with those who attend.

Lorenzo Marsili and Luigi Galimberti will present the Transnational Dialogues Journal 2014 with articles by Luiz Camillo Osorio, Hu Fang, Barbara Szaniecki, Jota Mombaça and many others. Copies will be given for free as long as available.

Should you wish to attend, join our event on Facebook or drop us a message. The discussion will be in English and Portuguese. Many thanks to Ponto Aurora for hosting this meeting!

Afrofuturism

Articles and Reports, Marginalia 
Text written by Azu Nwagbogu for the exhibition Foam X African Artists’ Foundation, 19 May – 16 July 2017, at Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam. Também disponível em português!

“If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.” Genesis Chapter 11 Verse 6

When was the last time you saw a leading African, a black person, in a fictional narrative in which the character is enhanced and inspiring? Perhaps in a comic book, or as James Bond, in a major television series, surely in the movies? While you search, I present you three young global leaders from Africa disrupting this narrative. Mũchiri Njenga, Kadara Enyeasi, and Osborne Macharia are rephrasing our contemporary reality through fictional narratives using lens-based media. Continue reading Afrofuturism →