Legados coloniales - resonancias contemporáneas

I am currently in Paraguay to instal an exhibition of my work Layered Histories: Perspectives on Colonization from the Chaco, which deals with the colonization history of the Chaco region in Paraguay where I grew up as a descendant of German-Canadian Mennonites. The opening reception is on Saturday, May 24, at 7pm at the Museo del Barro in Asunción, along with three other exhibitions of all the artists who were part of the (long-distance) artist residency with the British Museum in 2022: Indigenous artist collective artes vivas, Indigenous photographer Lanto'oy' Unruh and the work of linguist and author Hannes Kalisch († 2023). Those of you who receive my newsletter in Paraguay, I would love to see you at the opening! It's been seven years since I was here last and it is a pleasure to bring this body of work to its intended audience. I have given two public presentations in German about my work here since I can't bring the show to my home community, which is five hours from the capital. I will give one more public presentation in Spanish at the Instituto Cultural Paraguayo-Alemán Goethe-Zentrum in Asunción on May 21 at 7pm together with my collaborator and fellow exhibition organizer Ursula Regehr, curator at the Museum der Kulturen in Basel, Switzerland. I look forward to seeing some of you there!