“Antonio Jose Guzman and Iva Jankovic reinterpret the transatlantic colonial history of indigo-blue textiles”
Transatlantic Stargate - Antonio Jose Guzman & Iva Jankovic - House of World Cultures, Berlin
(Haus der Kulturen der Welt) - O Quilombismo - Of Resisting and Insisting. Of Flight as Fight. Of Other Democratic Egalitarian Political Philosophies - 2.6.–17.9.2023 - Curated by: Bonaventure Ndikung, Cosmin Costinas, Paz Guevara
Antonio Jose Guzman and Iva Jankovic reinterpret the transatlantic colonial history of indigo-blue textiles, which is deeply connected with the colonial and slavery history of the West. In their ongoing project Electric Dub Station the indigo color represents the diasporic, cultural, and economic history of textile trade and memories of ancient spirits that are woven or saturated into the fabrics. Moreover, indigo is thought to have sacred ancestral powers.
