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Center of Unfinished Business

C& Centro de Asuntos Inacabados, vista de la instalación “1 Millón de Rosas para Angela Davis” en Lipsiusbau Dresden, 10.10.2020 – 24.01.2021. Foto: SKD / Laura Fiorio.

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The Center on C&

El C& Center of Unfinished Business es una sala de lectura que reúne una selección extraordinaria —a veces desconcertante— de obras vinculadas, de múltiples maneras, a la cuestión del colonialismo. De la colonización alemana a la moda congoleña, pasando por los mercados financieros del siglo XXI, la colección atraviesa diversos ámbitos relacionados.

Inaugurada en 2017, la sala de lectura ha viajado y tejido vínculos de múltiples maneras con instituciones desde Cincinnati hasta Hong Kong, pasando por Berlín, Viena, Toulouse, Atenas, Kassel y Nueva York.

Vista de la instalación C& Center of Unfinished Business, ifa Gallery Berlin, Berlín, 2017. Foto: Victoria Tomaschko

Al propiciar encuentros y conversaciones abiertas en torno a las relaciones de poder coloniales persistentes —incluidos los desafíos de accesibilidad y conciencia histórica—, el Centro impulsa la revisión crítica e invita a las instituciones artísticas a interrogar sus propios puntos ciegos. Contiene obras de la colección de C&, pero también de la institución anfitriona, y busca siempre incluir una organización local de base.

El proyecto no pretende constituir una biblioteca coherente y exhaustiva sobre el colonialismo —¿cuándo podría serlo?—. El colonialismo es un asunto inacabado: persiste, bajo diversas formas.

Vista de la instalación, C& Center of Unfinished Business. Foto: Wes Battoclette, 2022. Imagen cortesía del Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.

Connecting Institutions

Launched in 2017, the reading room has travelled to art spaces and museums around the world, connecting with institutions such as:

  • ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen), Berlin
  • Museum Ludwig, Cologne
  • Les Abattoirs Musée, Toulouse
  • Para Site, Hong Kong
  • Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
  • Vera List Center, New York

Tending Toward Liberation en el Social Justice Hub, University Center, The New School, 18 de mayo de 2023. Foto: Argenis Apolinario, cortesía del Vera List Center for Art and Politics.

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Center Gallery

A modular light wood bookshelf holds numerous books in a bright room with reflective walls.
An exhibition space with multiple glass display cases filled with books and magazines, and a white circular table with colorful notes.
A gallery room with books displayed on shelves on a dark blue wall, accompanied by text for a "CA Book Residency."
A modern bookstore interior with three tall wooden display shelves full of books, and three small wooden stools with red geometric patterns.
A white room features two tall glass shelves filled with books, a desk with a computer, and various posters on the walls.
A metal bookshelf filled with diverse books, including "Gauguin und Tahiti," "Red Africa," and "Whitney Houston," with a street visible in the background.
A woman reads a book next to modern display shelves filled with media, with other people and a large screen in the background of an event space.
A modern, multi-level metal pipe bookshelf filled with books and a monitor, stands in front of a large black-and-white mural of people.
A multi-sided dark metal and light wood bookshelf display filled with books and a central informational panel in a gallery.
An innovative, multi-level book display with several people browsing its contents in a modern gallery.
A modular shelving unit displaying books, magazines, a plant, a printer, and tablets, in front of large windows.
A large, dark modular bookshelf filled with books in a room with a "RAKETE" sign and an arched glass door.
A modular shelving unit with books, plants, and headphones, features a TV showing a person balancing a bowl on their head, set against large windows.
A gallery display with books on a wooden grid shelf, a black and white photo mural of a workshop, and stacks of publications on foreground tables.
A unique interlocking wooden bookshelf filled with books stands in a modern interior space.
A lime green room with a large wooden bookshelf packed with books, a table displaying more books, and a white informational panel.
Man reading on a stool by two minimalist light wood bookshelves in a modern room with a large window view of a city street.
An exhibition space features a white banner reading "Welcome to the C& Center of unfinished business" next to an L-shaped metal shelf with books, frames, and a TV, with a black folding stool in front.
A modern interior space with books and magazines on white shelves and wood-paneled walls.
L-shaped wooden shelving unit displaying books and a monitor in a spacious room with brick walls.
A large pink-framed bookshelf and desk with two stools stand in a brick-walled room with concrete pillars, next to a TV showing a person in a VR headset.
Interior of a room featuring display cases and a table with a green chair. A large window with green text on the glass offers a view of a street with parked cars.
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Center of Unfinished Business?

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La sala de lectura está disponible en varios formatos. Para más información sobre el concepto, el enfoque curatorial y los costos, por favor escríbenos a:

mnegusse@contemporaryand.com

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