Opening Rememory

Save the date! On Friday 28 November at 7 PM, Garage Rotterdam will open the exhibition Rememory. 

Artists: Kenneth Aidoo, Susanne Khalil Yusef, Nazif Lopulissa, Agnes Waruguru and Aimée Zito Lema.

Rememory is a group exhibition by artists who rewrite forgotten or erased histories and reclaim them through memory. Inspired by Toni Morrison’s concept of rememory—the active retrieval of suppressed memories—this exhibition explores how memory can serve as a tool to reshape and reinterpret the past.

With a critical eye on dominant narratives and historiography, historical imagery, and archival material, the participating artists Kenneth Aidoo, Susanne Khalil Yusef, Nazif Lopulissa, Agnes Waruguru and Aimée Zito Lema highlight the forgotten aspects of cultural memory. Recurring themes include feelings of displacement and the experience of a cultural in-between space.

Materiality plays a central role in these artists’ work. Memories are explored and conveyed through paper, textiles, dried flowers, water, herbs and other media with a personal and cultural significance. In this way, remembering becomes not only a personal act but also a means to reorganize the past as an act of resistance, healing, and connection.

Following Unknown Landscapes, Rememory is the second exhibition of a three-part exhibition series. In this trilogy, curator Cynthia Jordens examines the meanings of the concept of “transformation” and artists’ ideas about a society that calls for it.

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