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One hundred years after the founding of the Ecole Coloniale Superieure in Antwerp, the adjacent Middelheim Museum invites Sandrine Colard, researcher and curator, to conceive an exhibition that probes silenced histories of colonialism in a site-specific way. For Colard, the term Congoville encompasses the tangible and intangible urban traces of the colony, not on the African continent but in 21st-century Belgium: a school building, a park, imperial myths, and citizens of African descent. In the exhibition and this adjoining publication, the concept Congoville is the starting point for 15 contemporary artists to address colonial history and ponder its aftereffects as black flaneurs walking through a postcolonial city.
Due to the multitude of perspectives and voices, this book is both a catalogue and a reference work comprised of artistic and academic contributions. Together, the participating artists and invited authors unfold the blueprint of Congoville, an imaginary city that still subconsciously affects us, but also encourages us to envision a decolonial utopia.
With contributions by Pieter Boons, Sandrine Colard, Filip De Boeck, Bas De Roo, Nadia Yala Kisukidi, Sorana Munsya & Leonard Pongo, Herman Van Goethem, Sara Weyns, Nabilla Ait Daoud
Participating artists: Sammy Baloji, Bodys Isek Kingelez, Maurice Mbikayi, Jean Katambayi, KinAct Collective, Simone Leigh, Hank Willis Thomas, Zahia Rahmani, Ibrahim Mahama, Angela Ferreira, Kapwani Kiwanga, Sven Augustijnen, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Elisabetta Benassi, Pelagie Gbaguidi
Free ebooks English/Dutch and French available
Contents
ESSAYS
Forewords
Introduction
Sandrine Colard
Congoville: A Black Flâneur's Path through a Post-Colonial City
Filip De Boeck
Congoville-Putuville: Mirroring Models and Beyond in the (Post)Colonial World
Nadia Yala Kisukidi
In Congoville, the "Belgian-Negros" Never Saw the Light of Day: Travelling (Back) in Time
Bas De Roo
Masters in Colonization? The Colonial College of Antwerp and Its Legacies (1920-1960)
Sorana Munsya & Léonard Pongo
Congolese Resistance to Belgian Africa? The Colonial College of Antwerp (1920-1960)
EXHIBITION
About the Artists
Artist Interviews
Postface
About the authors
Colophon
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ESSAYS
Woord vooraf
Inleiding
Sandrine Colard
Congoville: een zwarte flâneur op pad door een postkoloniale stad
Filip De Boeck
Congoville-Putuville: voorbij de spiegelbeelden in de (post)koloniale wereld
Nadia Yala Kisukidi
In Congoville zagen de 'Belgo-Negers' nooit het daglicht: een (terug)reis in de tijd
Bas De Roo
Masters in de kolonisatie? De Koloniale Hogeschool van Antwerpen en zijn erfenissen (1920-2020)
Sorana Munsya & Léonard Pongo
Congolese weerstand tegen Belgisch Afrika? De Koloniale Hogeschool van Antwerpen (1920-1960)
TENTOONSTELLING
Over de kunstenaars
Interviews met de kunstenaars
Nabeschouwing
Over de auteurs
Colofon
