In this project, we will examine the notions of autoethnography, memory, and forced migration, taking as a basis the work of Daniela Lehmann Carrasco; as well as different ways to explore issues surrounding the concepts of landscape, extractivism and cartography, following Marina Camargo’s practice. While Lehmann Carrasco recreates maps according to different spatial references and locations found in her research about her family’s archives, in Camargo’s work the maps lose their original meaning and form. They are foldable, soft and their structure resembles that of a skin or an empty body. Instead of giving an orientation in space, her maps question the official cartography, opening new interpretations of how to address territories.
"Mapping Space and Time" connects the idea of cartography and its temporality, and sheds light on how maps – once created to give orientation and divide territories, as part of colonial and imperialist agendas – have been changing in time due to different political and social circumstances, becoming more porous and fragile. One of the aims of this project is to reflect on current geopolitical shifts, such as the ones resulting from wars or climate change, which have given rise to migration movements in different parts of the world. At the same time, these movements have created new unofficial maps and routes, which are in constant transformation. We are interested in recalling historical accounts in which maps were intimately associated with colonial history, which started in the Americas in the fifteenth century, marking the beginning of modernity.
Participation in the programme is free of charge. However, registrations are mandatory. Please email us indicating which part of the schedule you wish to attend.
Registrations: enlaas.network[at]gmail.com
The project is supported by Forum Transregionale Studien and Bardo Projektraum.
Members of ENLAAS:
Dr Margarida Brito Alves is an Associate Professor with Aggregation of the Art History Department at NOVA/FCSH – Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal).
Dr Katarzyna Cytlak teaches Art Criticism at the University Nicolaus Copernicus in Toruń (Poland).
Dr Laura KarpLugo is a lecturer at Beaux-Arts Paris & Université de Lorraine (France).
Dr Giulia Lamoni is a researcher and lecturer at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHA-FCSH).
Dr Mara Polgovsky Ezcurra is a filmmaker and Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Art at Birkbeck (UK).
Dr Katerina Valdivia Bruch is an independent curator and researcher based in Berlin. She is the artistic director of the research platform on Latin American art "Rethinking Conceptualism: Avant-Garde, Activism and Politics in Latin American Art (1960s-1980s)."
