#Repost @futuresphotography with @make_repost ・・・ As part of HYBRIDS: Forging New Realities as a Counter Narrative, Futures and Melkweg Expo (@melkwegexpo) present a two-day programme of artist talks and panels, on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 September. Curated by Marina Paulenka (@marinapaulenka) and organised in collaboration with our 13 members, the conference invited artists, curators, researchers, and professionals from different fields. On Friday (17 Sept.), at 1PM (CEST), it’s time for the panel ‘Counter-narratives: using the past to shape a hybrid future’. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ What is the potential of the archive to be used for creating counter-narratives? How can history be re-told to suggest other futures? In this panel, we take a starting point in recent events such as the Black Lives Matter and the decolonising movements that have created ripples in academic institutions, gallery worlds and have made a marginalized topic into a public mainstream debate. We will look at the works by Futures artists who are all in some ways using past and present history to change the dominant narrative. We will discuss the possibilities of photography to visually interrupt and challenge national linear narratives by suggesting other hybrid stories and adding multiple layers leading to changing perspectives.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ For this panel, we invited the Futures artists Hien Hoang, Mark Duffy and Silvia Rosi, Dr. Rolando Vazquez Melken (Associate Professor of Sociology at University College Roosevelt and Cluster Chair at the University College Utrecht), Julia Gelezova (cultural producer and curator at PhotoIreland) and Richard Kofi (visual artist, artistic researcher and curator). The panel will be moderated by Dr. Nina Mangalanayagam (artist and a Senior Lecturer in Photography at HDK-Valand Academy, Gothenburg).⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ All talks and panels will take place at Melkweg, in Amsterdam (entrance at entrance at Lijnbaansgracht 234A, 1017 PH). Due to restrictions, we have limited seats, but all talks will be live streamed on YouTube (link in bio).⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ #Futures #FuturesPhotography #Hybrids #photofestival #photography⁠⁠