DEPARTURES
3 September – 21 October 2021

At the exhibition Departures at MAMA in Rotterdam, Doina Kraal will present her installation Touche-à-Tout. During the opening Kraal will look back on the journey she made with Touche-à-Tout and peer into the future, in a musical performance.

Departures investigates whether it is possible to bid farewell to the current tourism industry and the relationship between tourism and present-day (neo-)colonial power relations. The works in this exhibition have their individual geographies. The artist has already made a journey and takes the visitor with them. Through their approach and creative process, we discover what their respective starting points have been. Some works speak of tourism’s visual culture; others reflect on the tourism industry from a decolonial perspective or offer a ‘tool’ to broaden your view. This travel agency operates along these different departure points. The works activate sensory and contemplative forms of travel that initiate a different experience of place, context and navigation.

Artists: Alexandra Martens Serrano, De Ansichten Club, Doina Kraal, Irene de Andrés, Marina Planas, Sofía Gallisá Muriente, Waèl el Allouche

Witte de Withstraat 29 – 31, 3012 BL Rotterdam