Future Memories

FUTURE MEMORIES collects texts to the debate concerning art, public space and memory culture in Africa. The contributions originated during a conference bearing the same name in Addis Ababa.

Authors from Cameroon, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Germany, Kenya, Morocco, Senegal and South Africa, actively involved in the production of art and engaged in artistic process, curatorial and scientific experiences in public space, here find a platform for their voices. Their decidedly analytical and intervention-oriented interest highlights the significance of the arts as a critical tool of the social and political context as manifestly as their resolve to interact with public spaces so as to take part in shaping their future.

This publication FUTURE MEMORIES is published by Elke aus dem Moore, head of the Art Department at ifa (Institute for International Cultural Relations, Stuttgart), Berhanu Ashagrie Deribew, director of the Alle School of Fine Arts and Design at the University of Addis Ababa in tandem with the curator Marie-Hélène Gutberlet as editor-in-chief.