Wednesday with… Aruna D’Souza

Wednesday with…
Aruna D’Souza – Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in 3 Acts

September 02, 2020 I 7.00 pm
Hegelgasse 14, 1010 Vienna

With Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in 3 Acts, the third reading circle critically reflects on the art world and it’s struggles with the politics of race, and the way that these struggles have influenced how museums, curators, and artists wrestle with notions of free speech and the specter of censorship. By examining three exemplified incidents in the history of the American art scene, Aruna D’Souza asks: When we speak of artistic freedom and the freedom of speech, who, exactly, is free to speak?

Realized within the discursive series Wednesday with… the reading circle aims to support the BLACK LIVES MATTER movement. It is organized in cooperation with ARA – Afro Rainbow Austria, and hosted by Faris Cuchi Gezahegn (representative of ARA) and Katja Stecher (studio das weisse haus).

No reading beforehand is required, as we will read the selected text together. Due to the limited number of participants, we kindly ask you to register latest until September 01 at studio@dasweissehaus.at. Admission free, language: English