The backslashes represent the colonial acts of land division and dispossession that founded the country and allowed for the commodification and privatization of housing, which in turn led to housing alienation, defined here as the condition of being separated from our fundamental connections to home. In this sense, the eclectic team of six curators draw a structural connection between historical acts of settler colonialism and contemporary forms of housing alienation.
This year’s show, titled ‘The laboratory of the future,’ addresses decolonization and decarbonization, heavily featuring participants from Africa and from the African diaspora