Maja ∀. Ngom - Colonial structures in non-colonial countries

2022-02-21

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# 24 - in conversation with multidisciplinary artist from Poland and Senegal, Maja ∀. Ngom. Maja's body of work is shaped by her unique experience of coming from an intergenerational and multi-ethnic family and explores issues of identity in the context of belonging and displacement. The conversation circulated around Maja's mixed media installation 'The Sweet Taste of Otherness', her unique relation to writing, colonial structures operating in non-colonial countries, as well as about European museums and ways of decolonizing th...

# 24 - in conversation with multidisciplinary artist from Poland and Senegal, Maja ∀. Ngom.

Maja's body of work is shaped by her unique experience of coming from an intergenerational and multi-ethnic family and explores issues of identity in the context of belonging and displacement.

The conversation circulated around Maja's mixed media installation 'The Sweet Taste of Otherness', her unique relation to writing, colonial structures operating in non-colonial countries, as well as about European museums and ways of decolonizing them.

References:

Romuald Demidenko in conversation with Maja ∀. Ngom

Biennale Zielona Góra

Obieg Magazine

Mixed-race in a phenomenological context: Naomi Zack, Linda Martin Alcoff and Tina Fernandes Bott

Grada Kilomba: Plantation Stories

Irruptive Chora (curatorial platform)

Tragic mulatto

@Black is Polish (insta profile)

'Don't Call Me Murzyn' (Time article)

#Don'tCallMeMurzyn (YouTube)

Favourite home food: Polish Barszcz and Senegalese Thieboudienne