We have to create spaces for people to express their identities
NEO Lab fellows Antonia Stergiou & Konstantina Bousmpoura in conversation with journalist and filmmaker Wana Udobang. This is part 3 of a 5 part series.
Konstantina and Antonia are both researchers and activists, often thinking about inclusion and human rights in their practice. In their concept, they use spatial integration to foster a space of connection and belonging.
In this conversation, they discuss the integration of social movements and the importance of a community centred approach to the museum experience. For these fellows, belonging, identity and safe spaces are crucial to how art is created.
See their full conversation here
Konstantina Bousmpoura is an independent researcher, anthropologist, filmmaker and human rights activist. She has been researching, directing, and producing ethnographic documentaries on the subject of dance, politics and activism in Buenos Aires, Seville, and Athens since 2007. Her documentary films were featured in many international festivals and conferences. The long-lasting social impact and constructive dialogue with the dance community in Buenos Aires led her to the digital platform project “Chronicles of dance” to support further the dance sector. Since 2016 she has participated in educational and ethnography-based workshops in Greece. Konstantina is coordinator of the Gender Network in the Greek Department of Amnesty International.
Antonia Stergiou is a political scientist with a specialization in equality and accessibility policies. She is a writer for the leading greek LGBTQI+ Antivirus Magazine. She is a member of the Gender Network of Amnesty International in Greece and part of a research team with a primary focus on social issues. After working at Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center she is currently studying Gender Studies at Charles University Prague with a specialization in disability studies.
Wana Udobang is a storyteller whose work exists in writing, poetry, performance, filmmaking and curatorial projects.
This is part 3 of a 5 part series of conversations between Wana Udobang and fellows of the first NEO Collections Online Fellowship at MK&G Hamburg. Click here for the next conversation.
NEO Collections is funded by the Digital Culture Programme of the German Federal Cultural Foundation. Funded by The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
