Myriam Amroun and Natasha Marie Llorens propose curatorial practice as a form of artistic research that goes beyond “metaphorizing decolonization.” The project has four principle aims: to centre the knowledge produced by the practice of curating (rather than that which it simply presents in the exhibition); to experiment with infrastructures that support “minor transnational” relationality; to experiment with institutional scale in relation to the exhibition; to work from and between two important margins of the European project—the Nordic region and North Africa—in an embodied manner that nevertheless acknowledges our distance from both.
“Decoloniality and Minor Transnationalism in Curatorial Practice: Notes on a Framework,” published on Contemporary Art Stavanger in July 2024, gives detailed background and the theoretical framework for the project. The first reference group includes Murtaza Vali, Lara Khaldi, Lisa Rosendahl, and Aude Christel. The first of several exhibitions will take place at Tromsø Kunstforening in 2026.
Funded by the Swedish Research Council. (2024–2026)