WE DEY archive
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Kandlgasse 24, 1070 Vienna
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In Vienna, Euro-American perspectives dominate the contemporary art scene. Artists of colour and Black artists are largely excluded from these spaces. On rare occasions, they are invited to exhibit their work within a specific framework designed to cater to white desires for ‘exotic’ art.
WE DEY X SPACE has set itself the goal of transforming these unequal power structures within Vienna’s art scene by creating a self-organised art space. In this space, Black artists and artists of colour have the opportunity to have their voices heard and to showcase their work from a self-determined perspective.
Biographies
■ Jaqueline Ejiji is historian and founding member of WE DEY. Currently she concentrates on social, political and economic conditions in the field of art and cultural production.
■ Sunanda Mesquita is a visual artist, curator and co-founder of WE DEY. In her artistic work she focuses on concepts of home, (be)longing and community.