September 24, 2025, at 5 pm

Location:
Botaki Factory
Albisriederplatz 8, 8003 Zürich
(Behind Koch Optik)
@botakifactory

We’re excited to share that the MinEastry of Postcollapse Art and Culture has been invited to take part in the upcoming colloquium Decolonial Aesthesis in Practice, happening on September 24, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. at Botaki Factory in Zürich.

This event is organized by Rebecca J. Squires (LUCA School of Arts / KU Leuven, Brussels) and moderated by Nitin Bathla (University of Zurich / ETH Zurich). It brings together artists, curators, researchers, and cultural workers to explore how decolonial aesthesis can be enacted through practice: in art, curation, publishing, and beyond. Drawing on Mignolo and Vázquez’s framing of decolonial aesthesis as “a non-normative space […] open to the plurality of alternatives,” the colloquium invites participants to reflect on and share practices that challenge dominant narratives and open space for new imaginaries.

Speakers:

• Andile Magengelele, Botaki Factory Collective
• Thabiso Phepeng, Botaki Factory Collective
• İlknur Demirkoparan (MPAC)
• Vuslat D. Katsanis (MPAC)

Moderated by:
Nitin Bathla, University of Zurich @nitinbathla

Organized by:
Rebecca J. Squires, LUCA School of Arts / KU Leuven, Brussels @squiresgrandtour

Hosted by: Botaki Factory

Colloquium held in English. Entrance is free.

We’re honored to be guests at this gathering and look forward to contributing to the conversation. Hope to see you there!