{"uid":"sHlP6BZbBXAWel7K","type":"curator","tags":[],"group":"yes","group_name":null,"project_title":"Never Spoken Again: Rogue Stories of Science and Collections","summary":"On a desk of the private study collection of the Museum fu\u0308r Naturkunde in Berlin, an old stuffed parrot guards a vast ornithology collection. An excited young scientist reads a story on the origins of the desiccated animal for the purpose of entertaining a group of visitors: it may have been the last \u201cspeaker\u201d of a dead Indigenous language from colonial Venezuela, or a German prince\u2019s gift to the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt. There is no clear understanding which of these versions, if any, might be true.\n\nNever Spoken Again: Rogue Stories of Science and Collections is an exhibition curated by David Ayala-Alfonso, and produced by Independent Curators International, that reflects on the birth of modern collections, the art institutions that sustain them and their contingent origin stories. Considering how collections organize our lives, Never Spoken Again brings together artists whose works open up a critique of material culture, iconography, and political ecologies. These practices examine not only the collected objects and the systems of distribution that facilitate their circulation but also the disciplines and subjects of study that they trade in.\n\nVariously, the works of photography, sculpture, video, and more shed light on myths, fake currencies, war games, and the slow violence of systematic racism that historically underpin collecting practices. Together they open the field for considering our agency in how our histories and futures may be constituted otherwise.","space":"A suggested exhibition space would be a gallery, or combination of galleries, totaling 3,000 to 5,000 square feet or more. There should be walls to hang artworks on and the ability to show video works. To further contextualize the exhibition, we also suggest an exhibition space with opportunities to connect and relate to a local collection of artworks and artifacts.","artists_proposal":"Morehshin Allahyari, Iranian, www.morehshin.com\nMaria Thereza Alves, Brazilian, www.mariatherezaalves.org\nFran\u00e7ois Bucher, Colombian, www.alarconcriado.com\/francois-bucher\nGiuseppe Campuzano, Peruvian, www.guggenheim.org\/blogs\/map\/museum-musex-mutext-mutant-giuseppe-campuzanos-transvestite-machine\nAlia Farid, Kuwaiti-Puerto Rican, aliafarid.net\nSofia de Grenade, Chilean, www.instagram.com\/sofiadegrenade\nLaura Huertas Mill\u00e1n, Colombian, www.laurahuertasmillan.com\nUlrik L\u00f3pez, Mexican, ulriklopez.cargo.site\nCarlos Motta, Colombian, www.ppowgallery.com\/artist\/carlos-motta\/work\nErkan \u00d6znur, Turkish, arteflora.org\/participantes\/erkan-oznur\/\nDavid Pe\u00f1a Lopera, Colombian, david.laveneno.org\nMichael Rakowitz, Iraqi-American, www.michaelrakowitz.com\nBeatriz Santiago Mu\u00f1oz, Puerto Rican, fabricainutil.com\nReyes Santiago Rojas, Colombian, rojosantiago.wixsite.com\/reyes-santiago-rojas\nDaniel R. Small, American, danielrsmall.com\nFelipe Steinberg, Brazilian, felipesteinberg.info","members":[{"names":"Becky","surname":"Nahom","email":"becky@curatorsintl.org","dni_type":"Other","dni":"52-10204081","address":"401 Broadway, Suite 1620","city":"New York","nacionality":"American","country_id":"236","birthdate":"1990-07-13T04:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1990-07-13T04:00:00.000Z","telephone":"+1 212 431 3937","web":"https:\/\/curatorsintl.org\/ \/ https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/curatorsintl\/"},{"names":"David","surname":"Ayala-Alfonso","email":"davidayala@gmail.com","dni_type":"PASAPORTE","dni":"AT082817","address":"Av Yucat\u00e1n 64, Apt 5, Roma Norte 06700","city":"Mexico City","nacionality":"Colombian","country_id":"145","birthdate":"1983-03-23T05:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1983-03-23T05:00:00.000Z","telephone":"+1 312 619 8963","web":"http:\/\/saic.academia.edu\/DavidAyalaAlfonso\/ IG\/TW: dayalaalfonso"}],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":null,"video_link":null,"audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":null,"cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"fileCount":24,"names":"Becky","surname":"Nahom","email":"becky@curatorsintl.org","dni_type":"Other","dni":"52-10204081","address":"401 Broadway, Suite 1620","city":"New York","nacionality":"American","country_id":"236","birthdate":"1990-07-13T04:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1990-07-13T04:00:00.000Z","telephone":"+1 212 431 3937","web":"https:\/\/curatorsintl.org\/ \/ https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/curatorsintl\/"}