This World Is White No Longer
A Project with the Class for Photography and New Media, Mozarteum University Salzburg
Curators: Stefanie Grünangerl, Librarian, Museum der Moderne Salzburg; Jürgen Tabor, Curator, Generali Foundation Collection
Teachers of the Class for Photography and New Media, Mozarteum University Salzburg: Gregor Neuerer (Head), Sigrid Langrehr, Michael Mauracher, Peter Schreiner
Venue: Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Rupertinum, Generali Foundation Study Center
The exhibition presented works that grew out of a probing examination of different manifestations of racism.
Taking a wide range of approaches, the students reflected on everyday and structural racism, question social identities, and inquired into forms of the critique of power and avenues for self-empowerment. They drew connections to other forms of discrimination and addressed the mechanisms of social media as well as neo-colonialist practices in tourism.
Their own positions within cultures and economies in Austria and how they tie in with their perspectives on racism were a central concern throughout. The exhibition was conceived as a space of negotiation, changing over the course of its duration to illustrate an ongoing discussion that accommodated unanswered questions, fragmentary arguments, and changes of direction no less than finished works.
Class for Photography and New Media, Mozarteum University Salzburg
Alba Malika Belhadj Merzoug, Kevin Fagerer, Melanie Forsthuber, Pia Geisreiter, Magdalena Anna Heller, Hannah Luisa Sophie Imhof, Agnes Elena Kern, Vera Julia Kern, Leonie Mirjam Lindinger, Andrea-Charlotte Pann, Sabine Reisenbüchler, Eva-Maria Schitter, this world is Ego No longer, Angelika Wienerroither, Judith Zaunschirm, Sculpting Feminism Reading Group