November 4 – Artist talk
Meet Ikram Abdulkadir and Jonelle Twum
Röhsska museum, at 17:00–18:00.
Meet photographer and artist Ikram Abdulkadir in conversation with Jonelle Twum, founder of Black Archives Sweden. Taking Abdulkadir’s artistic practice as their starting point, they explore Blackness and contemporary art, belonging, memory and visual language – and how new perspectives can challenge and broaden the art historical canon.
Places are limited.
The artist talk is included with museum admission.
For admission tickets and to book a place, visit the Röhsska museet website.
November 5 – Film screening, panel discussion and reception
We Were Here – The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe
Bio Roy, at 17:30–20:00.
Watch We Were Here – The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe by filmmaker Fred Kudjo Kuwornu. Through works of art, historical documents and personal reflections, the film explores the presence of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe.
The screening is followed by a panel discussion with Fred Kudjo Kuwornu, Ikram Abdulkadir and Jonelle Twum, moderated by art and media historian Åsa Bharathi Larsson. The discussion focuses on representation and the writing of history – which stories are represented in museums, archives and history books, and which have been left out?
The evening concludes with a reception.
The film screening and panel discussion are in English.
Tickets are available via the Bio Roy website.
In collaboration with Bio Roy.
