Fragments of Repair

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Today’s entwined crises—from ecological catastrophe to the state of permanent warfare—reveal deep-seated wounds that issue from historical colonialisms and present-day authoritarianisms, economic disparity and growing racial violence, and the abuses inflicted on vulnerable populations and the planet. As a counter to this disquieting chaos, Fragments of Repair offers a collection of textual and visual essays and conversations on decolonial repair as both a tool for and a method of engagement with the current state of the world. A comprehensive examination of the concept of repair, the publication prompts tactical political imaginaries—in and through art, thinking, and concrete action—as the means for prefiguring and enacting pathways toward a socially and ecologically just society.

With contributions by Norman Ajari, Kader Attia, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Maria Hlavajova, Wietske Maas, Catherine Malabou, Olivier Marboeuf, Achille Mbembe, Wayne Modest, Omedi Ochieng, Matteo Pasquinelli, Rachael Rakes, David Scott, Rolando Vázquez, Françoise Vergès, Elena Vogman, and Eyal Weizman.

2025
Edited by Kader Attia, Maria Hlavajova, and Wietske Maas.
Printed by robstolk
Published by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst and Jap Sam Books.