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Alliances and Solidarities: On the Evolution and Reception of my Naked Life Performance Series (2004-16)
Arts and Culture ROMAMOMA

Alliances and Solidarities: On the Evolution and Reception of my Naked Life Performance Series (2004-16)

February 18, 2021
Taking as its point of departure research from the United Nations Human Rights Commission’s reports on violent deportations of Roma from the European Union, my project, Naked Life (2004-16) addresses the fate of Balkan, German, Scandinavian, Scottish, Irish and British Roma, Sinti, Gypsy and Traveller populations. In this framework, I produced a number of multimedia...
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We think… Recollections on Prefigurativity, Translocality, Trust, and a Museum of Roma Contemporary Art
Arts and Culture ROMAMOMA Uncategorized

We think… Recollections on Prefigurativity, Translocality, Trust, and a Museum of Roma Contemporary Art

February 3, 2021
The curatorial team of OFF-Biennale Budapest expands upon the notion of “RomaMoMA” as a platform to discuss, to imagine, and to “perform” a Transnational Museum of Roma Contemporary Art through discursive events, contemporary art projects, publications, and mediation. To challenge the notion of the museum and to engage the public in questions about cultural heritage...
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Open Call: Artist Residencies in Florence for Two Roma Contemporary Artists in 2021
Arts and Culture Event - Current

Open Call: Artist Residencies in Florence for Two Roma Contemporary Artists in 2021

February 1, 2021
Following the successful premiere of their collaboration in 2020, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) joins forces again in 2021 with the Villa Romana Artist Residency Programme, to offer two residencies to Roma contemporary artists. This exciting initiative draws upon the ground-breaking work, expertise, and vision of both institutions to realise a unique...
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How would you present the complexity of Sinti and Roma art and culture to make it easily understandable to a broad international audience?
Arts and Culture Media ROMAMOMA

How would you present the complexity of Sinti and Roma art and culture to make it easily understandable to a broad international audience?

January 28, 2021
The RomaMoMA interviews are back! (Part 4 of 5) This time, we have a more “practical” question regarding the actual implementation of a physical Roma museum: How would you present the complexity of Sinti and Roma art and culture to make it easily understandable to a broad international audience? Given the huge responsibility the museum...
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ERIAC commemorates the victims of National Socialism with the digital festival “Diaspora Europe”
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ERIAC commemorates the victims of National Socialism with the digital festival “Diaspora Europe”

January 26, 2021
  On the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of National Socialism on 27 January, ERIAC and Volksbühne invite you to a digital edition of “Diaspora Europe”. For five days, the audience will discover contemporary artistic perspectives of Roma, Sinti and Jews on Europe, its history and present time. In the form...
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Critical Reflection on the RomaMoMA Initiative
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Critical Reflection on the RomaMoMA Initiative

January 21, 2021
This critical reflection comprises a subjective questioning and mind-mapping woven into the analysis of the Sostar Collective’s video, entitled Rewritable Pictures, in which the author attempts to translate the issues raised by critical contemporary art into thinking about the institutional possibilities of a future imagined Roma museum. The following text is a succinct reflection of...
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Diaspora Europe Digital: Ferenc Snétberger – Solo Guitar Improvisations
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Diaspora Europe Digital: Ferenc Snétberger – Solo Guitar Improvisations

January 18, 2021
Video of the concert available here for free from 27.01.21, 11:00 am until 31.01.2021, 10:00 pm Jazz guitarist Ferenc Snétberger is known worldwide for his extraordinary art of improvisation. His compositions range from Hungarian gypsy jazz to Spanish flamenco, from classical guitar to jazzy episodes. He has recorded numerous albums and toured Europe, as well...
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Diaspora Europe Digital: Sinti_ze Jazz
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Diaspora Europe Digital: Sinti_ze Jazz

January 18, 2021
With Riah Knight, Rosenberg Trio, Sandro Roy & Jermaine Landsberger Trio feat. Giovanni Weiss, Lauenberger Quartett feat. TAYO Video of the concert available here for free from 27.01.21, 11:00 am until 31.01.2021, 10:00 pm Sinti_ze Jazz is a selection of the “bests” of Sinti Jazz. The concert series brings together the leading musicians mixing contemporary...
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Diaspora Europe Digital: Sinti_ze Jazz Special with The Rosenberg Trio
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Diaspora Europe Digital: Sinti_ze Jazz Special with The Rosenberg Trio

January 18, 2021
Video of the concert available here for free from 27.01.21, 11:00 am until 31.01.2021, 10:00 pm Guitarist Stochelo Rosenberg, with his Rosenberg Trio, is an icon of Gypsy Jazz. For over 25 years, the trio has displayed their skills at the most important jazz festivals and in the most renowned concert halls of the world....
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WHAT CONCRETE STEPS AND/OR OBSTACLES DO YOU ENVISION IN PREPARING A ROMA MUSEUM?
Arts and Culture Media ROMAMOMA Uncategorized

WHAT CONCRETE STEPS AND/OR OBSTACLES DO YOU ENVISION IN PREPARING A ROMA MUSEUM?

January 14, 2021
The RomaMoMA interview series continues! (Part 3 of 5) What concrete steps and/or obstacles do you envision in preparing a Roma Museum? What exactly is required in order to create a respectful Roma museum? It is no secret that creating a Roma museum is a great challenge, as it refers to an ethnic group rather...
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Achille Mbembe: The Global Present
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Achille Mbembe: The Global Present

December 17, 2020
This video was first published on post, The Museum of Modern Art’s online resource devoted to art and the history of modernism in a global context. This presentation was part of The Multiplication of Perspectives, which took place in April 2019 at The Museum of Modern Art, and brought together scholars, artists, and curators from around...
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Diaspora Europe at ERIAC Space
Arts and Culture Event - Current

Diaspora Europe at ERIAC Space

December 15, 2020
Diaspora Europe Image: Detail of the artwork © Gypsyland. Roma Da Da. Damian Le Bas (2015)   Exhibition: 15.12.2020 – 17.03.2021 ERIAC Space Reinhardtstr 41-43, 10117 Berlin Organized in the framework of the German Council of Europe Presidency during 2020 Artists: Daniel Baker | Kálman Várady | Damian Le Bas | Gérard Gartner | Alfred...
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Diaspora Europe Opening
Arts and Culture Event - Past Exhibition Media

Diaspora Europe Opening

December 11, 2020
On 10 December 2020, the International Human Rights Day, we opened the Diaspora Europe Festival via livestream at Volksbühne Berlin with the ceremony for the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights. The Roma components of the Diaspora Europe Festival were curated by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture as part of the Germany’s Chairmanship...
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The Body as Archive, Archiving One’s Self
Arts and Culture ROMAMOMA Uncategorized

The Body as Archive, Archiving One’s Self

November 26, 2020
Meghan Forbes considers the work of RomaMoMA as related to memory production and preservation, through the process of recording, archiving and exhibiting. This essay emphasises the relevance of the new museum as a model for an anti-racist, decolonial museum practice so needed in our contemporary moment. She also considers the work of one artist who...
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Diaspora Europe: Ferenc Snétberger – Solo Guitar Improvisations
Arts and Culture Event - Upcoming Uncategorized

Diaspora Europe: Ferenc Snétberger – Solo Guitar Improvisations

November 23, 2020
In view of the current infection situation and in accordance with the decisions of the federal and state governments of 25 November, the Volksbühne Berlin is extending its event cancellations until 2 January 2021. All events on the big stage during this period are cancelled. This affects also the Diaspora Europe Festival. The concert below...
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Diaspora Europe: Sinti_ze Jazz – The Rosenberg Trio
Arts and Culture Event - Upcoming Uncategorized

Diaspora Europe: Sinti_ze Jazz – The Rosenberg Trio

November 23, 2020
In view of the current infection situation and in accordance with the decisions of the federal and state governments of 25 November, the Volksbühne Berlin is extending its event cancellations until 2 January 2021. All events on the big stage during this period are cancelled. This affects also the Diaspora Europe Festival. The concert below...
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Diaspora Europe: Sinti_ze Jazz
Arts and Culture Event - Upcoming Uncategorized

Diaspora Europe: Sinti_ze Jazz

November 22, 2020
In view of the current infection situation and in accordance with the decisions of the federal and state governments of 25 November, the Volksbühne Berlin is extending its event cancellations until 2 January 2021. All events on the big stage during this period are cancelled. This affects also the Diaspora Europe Festival. The concert below...
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Diaspora Europe: Family Archives
Arts and Culture Event - Upcoming

Diaspora Europe: Family Archives

November 22, 2020
10 December 2020 – 7 January 2021 Group Exhibition Glaspavillon, Volksbühne   The Family Archive/Diaspora Europe exhibition is a counterpoint to research into the State Archives. This research is carried out with the participation of Sinti, Roma and Jewish public figures, who have volunteered to share their own family collections, connecting to questions of memory,...
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