Aerolectics - Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński
Opening: 15.03.2025, 6 pm
Duration: 16.03 - 09.06.2025
Artist: Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński
Curators: Lucrezia Cippitelli, Simone Frangi
The solo exhibition Aerolectics presents Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński's works for the first time in Italy. In the context of the three-year program The Invention of Europe, the artist and author sheds light on a rarely considered chapter of South Tyrolean history: the missionary system. Based on the material metaphor of the Insubric Line, a juncture formed by the meeting of the African and European plates, Kazeem-Kamiński explores the intertwining of history and the present, particularly in relation to the African context.
Inspired by the story of Asue*, a young African girl who involuntarily arrived at the Ursuline convent in Bruneck/Brunico in January 1855 due to the missionary system, Kazeem-Kamiński unfolds a polyphonic and multimedia narrative.
Das Kunsthaus bleibt vom 10. bis 21. Juni aufgrund von Auf- und Abbauarbeiten geschlossen.
Die nächste Ausstellung
22.06 - 12.10.2025
Artists: AMAZON, Minia Biabiany, Marilyn Boror Bor, Carolina Caycedo,Ismael Condoii, Luigi Coppola, Etienne de France, Alexandra Gelis, Mazenett Quiroga, Laura Huertas Millán, Eliana Otta, Amanda Piña, Naomi Rincón-Gallardo, Sallisa Rosa, Samuel Sarmiento
Curated by: Lucrezia Cippitelli, Simone Frangi
The group exhibition Earthly Communities invites visitors to reflect on the farreaching consequences of European colonization of the indigenous territories of Abya Yala* since the 15th century. In multimedia artworks, eleven international artists explore the traces of colonial intervention in the environment and society. They focus on various areas: agriculture, urbanism, archaeology – as well as extractive processes that continue to cause and reinforce profound ecological and social inequalities to this day. Inspired by Achille Mbembe’s vision of an ‘earthly community’, the exhibition calls for a new, reparative attitude that includes humans, animals, plants, minerals, and spiritual beings alike. The works question the Western understanding of ‘nature’ and open spaces for alternative perspectives in which indigenous resistance, sustainable knowledge and a lived connection to the earth become visible. Local references – such as a return to earlier knowledge in South Tyrol – create a dialogue between global experience and regional responsibility. Earthly Communities thus artistically connects social and ecological justice.
* Abya Yala is an indigenous term for the Latin American continent, that from a decolonial perspective, symbolizes living earth and cultural self-determination.
Merano Arte goes to Venice
ALPS. ARCHITECTURE. SOUTH TYROL.
Palazzo Cavanis, Venice
10 May - 23 November 2025
Kunst Meran Merano Arte, together with the South Tyrolean Architecture Foundation and the South Tyrolean Artists’ Association, is pleased to present a new stage of the exhibition project New Architecture in South Tyrol 2018-2024. Following its initial presentation in Meran/o, where it was very well received by press and public alike, the exhibition will from 10 May be appearing under the new international title ALPS. ARCHITECTURE. SOUTH TYROL. in parallel with the 2025 Architectural Biennale in Venice’s Palazzo Cavanis.
Kunst Meran beteiligt sich auch diese Jahr wieder an der Aktion „Summer Museum. Freier Eintritt in die Museen mit abo+ 2025.“ Vom 14. Juni bis zum 7. September 2025 können Schülerinnen und Schüler mit einem gültigen abo+ Dutzende von Museen und Ausstellungsorte in ganz Südtirol kostenlos besuchen.
A house for contemporary art in the old part of Merano
Open all year round, Merano Arte presents changing exhibitions in the fields of fine arts, architecture, literature, music, photography, and new media on 500 square meters of exhibition space over three floors. The body responsible for the institution is the non-profit association Kunst Meran Merano Arte, which is financed by public and private funds.
Opening hours
Tuesday - Saturday: 10am-6pm
Sundays and public holidays: 11am-6pm
Closed on Mondays.
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Merano Arte is member of the national institutions and museums of contemporary art in Italy, "AMACI" www.amaci.org. (Associazione dei Musei d’Arte Contemporanea Italiani)