Grada Kilomba (part 1): “It is fundamental to be radical. It can be extremely liberating and beautiful. Creation is an act of absolute radicality”

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Grada Kilomba (part 1): “It is fundamental to be radical. It can be extremely liberating and beautiful. Creation is an act of absolute radicality”

The global multidisciplinary Portuguese artist Grada Kilomba, with one foot in Lisbon and Berlin, presents the exhibition: “The Bottom of the World”, starting May 30th at the Albuquerque Foundation in Sintra. A collection of works by Kilomba never before shown in Portugal, which address the violence that is perpetuated: from slavery to colonialism, from multiple wars to climate crises, and current tragic genocides, in a dive into the reverse side of human ‘glory’, proposing a reflection through art. Listen to her in this first part of the podcast “The Beauty of Small Things”, by Bernardo Mendonça.

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