K21 Aktionstag #1: Handeln. Koloniale Kontinuitäten – Globale Gerechtigkeit – Alternative Ökonomien

In the organizer's words:

K21 Action Day #1: Act. Colonial continuities - global justice - alternative economies

Three days of action invite you - critically, collectively and artistically - to explore central dimensions of living together and to ask how we can think and shape land and soil differently.

11 am - 2 pm Permanent Red: A Workshop on Land and Protest
With Artist Grace Ndiritu in English
Ages 16 and up.
Registration required: service@kunstsammlung.de

11 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. Market of Opportunities
Exchange with associations and initiatives such as FEMNET e.V., Fairtrade Town Düsseldorf, Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie Düsseldorf and others.

11.30 - 13.30 Learn, Dig, Build
A program hosted by Cercle d'Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (The Congolese Plantation Workers Art League, CATPC), moderated by Kolja Reichert, Chief Curator K21
In cooperation with the Institute for Human Activities (IHA) and the Mondriaan Fund
in English

12 - 4 p.m. Clear the stage for cool dolls
Open upcycling workshop for children aged 3 and over and families:
In our open workshop, we transform old fabrics into new dolls and cuddly toys. Whether animal, human or superhero, you decide!
With artist Barbara Dörffler

12 - 4 p.m. "Carry me on - banners become companions"
Open upcycling workshop for adults
In this workshop, we transform disused event banners into individual bags, wallets or key rings.
or key rings.
Come along and give ephemeral posters a new, wearable life.
With fashion textile designer Laura Schlütz

12 - 16.30 Clothes swap party
Bring three pieces, take three pieces.

2 - 4 p.m. Walk: Düsseldorf and the world - colonial traces in the
city area
With Lukas Sievert, Department of Global History at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

2 - 3 p.m. Guided tour of the exhibition
"Land and soil"

3 - 4 p.m. Curator guided tour
with curator Kolja Reichert

16.30 Reading
Sinthujan Varatharajah: to all the places that lie behind us
"When I think of yesterday, when I think of today, when I think of tomorrow, when I think of soils, sands and earths, when I think of different building materials and building blocks, then I think of colonial violence. (...)"

More information can be found here: https://www.kunstsammlung.de/de/events/k21-aktionstag-1-handeln-koloniale-kontinuitaeten-globale-gerechtigkeit-alternative-oekonomien and in our calendar