Projects
The artworks below are projects that represent several series of bodies of works. They are introductions to a Visual Map and Chapters of the projects, per country. All Chapters are realised and developed as ongoing projects under the artistic research project In Search of Ubuntu - Legacies of Imperial Projects, re-Remembering & re-Thinking “Empire” in relation to “Civilisation” the West and the Rest. https://sithabileinfryslan.wordpress.com
Heren XVII | VOC – Kamer Amsterdam,Rethinking Coen’s Vision Part 1
Empire Builders from the Chapter – Dutch Colonization of Indonesia
Founding Fathers of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade from the Chapter – The Portuguese Museum of Colonialism.
The French Museum of Colonialism
The Belgium Museum of Colonialism
Inter caetera – Rethinking Cartography and Papal bulls, from the Chapter – The Spanish Museum of colonialism
Insatiable – from the Chapter – Colonial Complicity,
Luxembourgers and the Belgian Congo
Common Wealth from the Chapter – the British Museum of Colonialism
Echos of Herero and Namaqua ancestors, from the Chapter – The German Museum of Colonialism
The study of others – from the Chapter -Of curiosity and the invention of the savage
Of Subjects/Objects and Viewers, Colonising Black Female Bodies in the Chapter – “Tools of the Empire”reflections on representation and power in the production, re-production, and maintenance of European colonial forms of knowledge.
Role Models from the Chapter - Human ZOOs
Foundations of Civilisation from the Chapter – TradeEchos of Ota Benga form the Chapter – The Hidden History of Scientific Racism
Moulding the world in our image from the Chapter – Residencial Schools
The Dutch Golden Age
Cash Cows from the Chapter – Commodification of “Black” Bodies
Rethinking the hidden history of Slave Breeding Farms
Pillars of the Empire and Delicate Flowers
Empire Builders from the Chapter – Dutch Colonization of South Africa
Echos of British Rhodesia from the Chapter – Of Colonialists, Businessman, Thugs and Politicians
Weapon of Choice from the Chapter: The citizen as consumer, facilitator and enabler of the reproduction of violence
The international Arm of the Dutch Republic from the Chapter – 17th Century Institutional innovations
Insatiable - from the Chapter - A Culture Thing
Surinamensium Part 1 – Rethinking the gaze of Maria Sibylla Merian
Shark island – from the Chapter – Reflections on the Reproduction of Violence, Concentration Camps and Genocide
Retracing the History of Slavery and colonialism in Amsterdam
Footsteps of Change
The Burst of Orson Welles
A Truly Dutch Creation, The Citizen as Investor and Stakeholder.
Warning! Over Consumption of God is Toxic, from the Chapter – Traditions that Matter
The Primitive State of Ernest Noirot – from the Chapter – The artist as accomplice
We all need to eat from the Chapter: 21st century Cash Cows
Heren XVII | VOC – Kamer Amsterdam,Rethinking Coen’s Vision Part 1
Empire Builders from the Chapter – Dutch Colonization of Indonesia
Founding Fathers of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade from the Chapter – The Portuguese Museum of Colonialism.
The French Museum of Colonialism
The Belgium Museum of Colonialism
Inter caetera – Rethinking Cartography and Papal bulls, from the Chapter – The Spanish Museum of colonialism
Insatiable – from the Chapter – Colonial Complicity,
Luxembourgers and the Belgian Congo
Common Wealth from the Chapter – the British Museum of Colonialism
Echos of Herero and Namaqua ancestors, from the Chapter – The German Museum of Colonialism
The study of others – from the Chapter -Of curiosity and the invention of the savage
Of Subjects/Objects and Viewers, Colonising Black Female Bodies in the Chapter – “Tools of the Empire”reflections on representation and power in the production, re-production, and maintenance of European colonial forms of knowledge.
Role Models from the Chapter - Human ZOOs
Foundations of Civilisation from the Chapter – TradeEchos of Ota Benga form the Chapter – The Hidden History of Scientific Racism
Moulding the world in our image from the Chapter – Residencial Schools
The Dutch Golden Age
Cash Cows from the Chapter – Commodification of “Black” Bodies
Rethinking the hidden history of Slave Breeding Farms
Pillars of the Empire and Delicate Flowers
Empire Builders from the Chapter – Dutch Colonization of South Africa
Echos of British Rhodesia from the Chapter – Of Colonialists, Businessman, Thugs and Politicians
Weapon of Choice from the Chapter: The citizen as consumer, facilitator and enabler of the reproduction of violence
The Coach will ride again when the Dutch Society is ready
The international Arm of the Dutch Republic from the Chapter – 17th Century Institutional innovations
Insatiable - from the Chapter - A Culture Thing
Surinamensium Part 1 – Rethinking the gaze of Maria Sibylla Merian
Shark island – from the Chapter – Reflections on the Reproduction of Violence, Concentration Camps and Genocide
Retracing the History of Slavery and colonialism in Amsterdam
Footsteps of Change
The Burst of Orson Welles
A Truly Dutch Creation, The Citizen as Investor and Stakeholder.
Warning! Over Consumption of God is Toxic, from the Chapter – Traditions that Matter
The Primitive State of Ernest Noirot – from the Chapter – The artist as accomplice
We all need to eat from the Chapter: 21st century Cash Cows
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