The exhibition Outspoken. Voices beyond the Archive is an attempt to challenge, rewrite and ultimately to outwit the hegemonic canon. It focuses on individuals, animals, objects and historical figures that find a way to assert their presence, despite being deliberately excluded from the (universal) archives. The framework issues an invitation to leave the confines of the dusty old library with its dark ghosts (authoritarian regimes, the Orientalist gaze and other structures of control, including those imposed by the State and the archives). It urges us to reclaim the right to re-inscribe everything that has been left out. The artists gathered here provide a glimpse into various methods that reveal the fragmented narratives of appropriation, manipulation and masking. 

The exhibition is realized with the kind support of the Dr. Klaus Schaffner Prize and the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony. SAHA provided support for Aykan Safoğlu, İz Öztat and Larissa Araz.

Curated by Naz Kocadere Ulu, and with works by Aykan Safoğlu, Chupan Atashi, Hamza Halloubi, İz Öztat & Zişan & BAÇOY KOOP, Larissa Araz, Maarit Bau Mustonen, the exhibition will be on view between October 26, 2024 and March 23, 2025. 

Image: İz Öztat, Sisters (After Claude Cahun), 2003
 

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