| Gladys Kalichini: ...These Gestures of Memory Contributor(s): Leykam, Daniela (Author), Tannert, Christoph (Author) |
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ISBN: 3862068544 ISBN-13: 9783862068548 Publisher: Kettler Verlag OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Women Artists - Art | Film & Video - Art | Individual Artists - General |
| Physical Information: 67 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Gladys Kalichini (born 1989 in Chingola, Zambia) is a contemporary visual artist and academic who investigates how women have been portrayed in relation to a dominant, colonial past. For example, the artist sheds light on instances in which women have been deleted from historical narratives and the collective memory of society. As a result of her extensive research, Kalichini has demonstrated that women were intentionally marginalized in the official representations of Zambia's and Zimbabwe's struggles for independence. In her elaborate multimedia installations and video art, which she often develops on the basis of research material and photos from archives, Kalichini highlights the omissions in the dominant representations of the two countries' fight for freedom. She thus expands the history of their liberation struggle by drawing attention to the deletion and invisibility of female freedom fighters. By reminding the public of several of these women, Kalichini creates a diverse and complex alternative narrative of national independence. |