Le CELAT vous invite à la conférence « Entanglements in curatorial practice. Responses to the social and environmental crisis in two Colombian museums » que la commissaire et chercheuse Cristina Lleras présentera le mercredi 21 février 2024 au CELAT-UQAM (salle DC-2300). Mme Lleras est partenaire du projet Localities of Resistance, Communities of Care de nos membres Jennifer Carter et Constanza Camelo.
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Résumé de la présentation
« The people of the locality of Ciudad Bolívar, in Bogotá, are no different to about half of the population of Latin America. They have carved out their place in the world and built their homes and communities on the outskirts of the planned “modern” city and on the margins of political and economic power. Despite their tenaciousness, when a museum was to be inaugurated on this territory, they were originally not called upon to participate in its content development. But what stories would be meaningful to them? Between 2020 and 2021, a group of staff at the Museo de Bogotá led by me (Curator) set off to answer this question. In this presentation, I will highlight the ways in which the answers to our questions intertwined discrimination and stigmatization with environmental injustice, and how the museum responded. To do so, I will draw upon previous work at the Museum of Memory of Colombia, as well as critical reflections stemming from the SSHRC Partnership Engage Localities of resistance, communities of care project. »
Notice biographique
Cristina Lleras, PhD, is a Colombian curator who has worked in institutions such as Museo de Bogotá, Museo de Memoria de Colombia, Museo Nacional de Colombia. Her work brings together art, memory and history exhibitions developed on the present silences and meanings about the forgotten past. Her academic research has focused on reflexive writing on her own curatorial practice, national museums, symbolic reparation and activism.