The Production of Otherness
— Curated by Maite Borjabad at DHUB
24 October 2024 — 5 January 2025
This exhibition is an invitation to understand how the representation of the Other is intertwined with power systems that perpetuate inequality, discrimination, and dehumanization. Each piece urges us to deconstruct the fiction of alterity, restoring agency and political centrality to those who have been relegated to the margins of universal definitions of normality. By questioning the structures that shape the relationship between the Self and the Other, these artists invite us to think and desire beyond the duality of alterity, revealing the biases embedded in the standards of design, architecture, and art disciplines, and opening the door to new possibilities of resilience.
Curated by Maite Borjabad.
Artists: Khyam Allami (b. 1981, Iraqi-British, born in Damascus, Syria. Lives and works in Beirut, Lebanon.) BUZIGAHILL (founded 2022, Kampala, Uganda,) Bobby Kolade, founder (b. 1987 in Sudan to Nigerian-German parents. Grew up between Kampala and Lagos.) Sandra Gamarra (b. 1972, Lima, Perú. Lives and works in Madrid, Spain.) Daniel Gasol (b. 1983, Valls. Lives and works in Barcelona, Spain.) Saba Innab (b. 1980, Palestinian-Jordanian, born in Kuwait. Lives and works in Beirut, Lebanon.) Jessica Kairé (b. 1980 Guatemala City. Lives and works between New York and Guatemala.) Joiri Minaya (b. 1990, Dominican-United Statesian. Lives and works between New York and Santo Domingo). Tuan Andrew Nguyen (b. 1976 Sài Gòn, Vietnam. Lives and works in Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam). Lucia C. Pino (b. Valencia. Lives and works in Barcelona, Spain.) Fernando Portal (b. 1976, Santiago, Chile.) Youssef Taki (b. 1995, Oujda, Marruecos. Vive y trabaja en Cuenca, Spain.) Clarissa Tossin (b. 1973 Porto Alegre, Brazil.) Santiago Yahuarcani (b. 1960, Pucaurquillo. From the Uitoto nation, from the Garza Blanca clan. Lives and works in Pebas.)
Organized by FAD.