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Center of Unfinished Business

C& Centre for Unfinished Business, vue de l'installation “1 Million de Roses pour Angela Davis” au Lipsiusbau de Dresde, 10.10.2020 – 24.01.2021. Photo : SKD / Laura Fiorio.

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Le C& Center of Unfinished Business est une salle de lecture qui réunit une sélection extraordinaire, – parfois déroutante – d’ouvrages liés, de multiples façons, à la question du colonialisme. De la colonisation allemande à la mode congolaise, en passant par les marchés financiers du XXIᵉ siècle, la collection traverse divers domaines concernés.

Inaugurée en 2017, la salle de lecture a voyagé et tissé des liens de diverses manières avec des institutions de Cincinnati à Hong Kong, en passant par Berlin, Vienne, Toulouse, Athènes, Kassel et New York.

Vue de l’installation C& Center of Unfinished Business, ifa Gallery Berlin, Berlin, 2017. Photo : Victoria Tomaschko

En initiant des rencontres et des conversations ouvertes autour des rapports de pouvoir coloniaux persistants – y compris les enjeux d’accessibilité et de conscience historique – le Centre encourage la remise en question critique et invite les institutions artistiques à interroger leurs propres points faibles. Il contient des ouvrages issus de la collection de C&, mais aussi de l’institution hôte, et cherche toujours à inclure une organisation locale de base.

Le projet n’a pas pour objectif de constituer une bibliothèque cohérente et exhaustive sur le colonialisme – car quand cela pourrait-il jamais être le cas ? Le colonialisme est une affaire inachevée : il persiste, sous diverses formes.

Vue de l’installation, C& Center of Unfinished Business. Photo : Wes Battoclette, 2022. Image avec l’aimable autorisation du Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH.

Mise en relation des institutions

Lancée en 2017, la salle de lecture a voyagé à travers le monde, s’installant dans des centres d’art et des musées, et collaborant avec des institutions telles que :

  • 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 au Social Justice Hub, University Center, The New School, 18 mai 2023. Photo : Argenis Apolinario, avec l’aimable autorisation du 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 salle de lecture existe en plusieurs formats. Pour plus d’informations sur le concept, l’approche curatoriale et les coûts, veuillez nous contacter à l’adresse suivante :

mnegusse@contemporaryand.com

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