My Oma

The figure of the grandmother is the protagonist of My Oma. This female elder is approached as a real figure in some instances. At times, the grandmother is an imaginary character; a latent and already sentient figure; a specific position in time. The figure of the grandmother allows for various approaches to traditions, ancestry, and diaspora. It also welcomes the reconsideration of gendered and ageist determinations surrounding cultural and material legacy. As such, the project addresses grandmothers as plural protagonists imbued with agency, as well as the subject of social projections.

My Oma is designed to explore kinship, conflict, and legacy evoked in contemporary art shaped by oral histories, migration routes, and shifting gender roles. The exhibition will feature drawing, painting, textiles, video, and installation art. My Oma also includes a series of performances and event-based activities specially commissioned for the project. Embodied knowledge and micro-narratives are central to these, as much as to the curatorial project as a whole. The bilingual title —with the English my and the Dutch oma for grandmother—is meant to communicate this personal approach.

Participating Artists:
Yto Barrada, Funda Baysal, Maria Pask, Meriem Bennani, Nurul Ain Binti Nor Halim, Lia Dostlieva, Andrii Dostliev, Shardenia Felicia, Yoeri Guépin, Ola Hassanain, Melike Kara, Susanne Khalil Yusef, Charlie Koolhaas, Liedeke Kruk, Marcos Kueh, Berette S Macaulay, Raimundas Malašauskas, Hana Miletić, Jota Mombaça, Amanda Möstrom, Sijben Rosa, Anri Sala, Asa Seresin, Julia Scher, Kateřina Šedá, Buhlebezwe Siwani, Judy Watson, Sawangwongse Yawnghwe, Bruno Zhu, A Maior, Stacii Samidin, Sara Sallam, Silvia Martes, Sheelasha Rajbhandari

Curators:
Rosa de Graaf, Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy, Jessy Koeiman, Julija Mockute, Vivian Ziherl, Diana Campbell, Sun A Moon, Edward Gillman, Manuela Moscoso