💬 Upcoming Curator Talk:
Dark Adaptation: A Conversation.
8 October 2026, 16:00–16:45 ✨
Join exhibition curator Abirami Logendran and Malmö-based curator and writer Tawanda Appiah for a conversation on the ideas behind Dark Adaptation, and what it means to curate from a position that does not demand full legibility.
Édouard Glissant’s “right to opacity” holds that one can and should be allowed not to be completely understood, and to simply exist as different. Taking that as a starting point, how does the exhibition hold the tension between opacity and transparency through its aesthetic choices? What does that ask of the viewer?
The two curators will discuss how they work with visibility, archives and images, and what opacity means now, when so much of seeing is carried out by machines whose own workings stay hidden.
The talk will take place in the Visitor Centre and is free with admission to Kistefos. Places are limited. Please register at invitasjon@kistefosmuseum.com.
Tawanda Appiah is a Zimbabwean curator, writer, and researcher based in Malmö, Sweden. He is the Artistic Director & Curator at Skånes konstförening, alongside his independent practice. Recent exhibitions include Remnants (Tensta konsthall, 2026), Tremble (2026), Object of Devotion (2026), and Reading James Baldwin (2025) in Malmö.
Abirami Logendran is a curator, writer and artist based in Oslo. She will take up the position as artistic director of Fotogalleriet in Oslo from January 2027. Logendran has curated exhibitions and programs in both Norway and internationally.
Innstall images: Istvan Virag/KUNSTDOK
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