Kader Attia
Kader Attia is an artist whose work investigates the identity politics of historical and colonial eras, pointing out perpetual elements of tradition within modernity until today, in the light of our globalized world. For several years, Attia’s research has focused on the concept of “repair” as a constant in human nature. From culture to nature, gender to architecture, science to philosophy, all systems of life are in an infinite process of repair. In 2016 Attia founded La Colonie, a space in Paris to share ideas and to provide an agora for vivid discussion.
As of March 2021
Events
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Conference: Whose Universal?
Presentations, discussion
Jul 02–03, 2022
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Conference: The White West IV: Whose Universal?
Presentations, discussion
Jul 10, 2021
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political imaginista
Conference
Mar 16, 2019
Alle Veranstaltungen
Alle Veranstaltungen
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Countering Virtual Dispossession
Lectures, Films, Performances, Party
Jan 12, 2019
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The Three Tongues You Speak in Your Sleep
Lecture, Lecture Performances
Jan 11, 2019
The Readymade Century: Day 2
Symposium
Oct 13, 2017
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Kader Attia, Françoise Vergès – BODY
Lecture performance, dialogues, talk
Nov 3, 2016
Solidarity in Question
Talk
Apr 2, 2016
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Geographies of Collaboration I
Conference
Oct 4, 2013
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After Year Zero – Exhibition
Sep 19–Nov 24, 2013
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The Colonial Modern
International Conference
Oct 25, 2008
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In the desert of modernity - the exhibition
Aug 29–Oct 26, 2008