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Natasha Becker

is an independent curator and co-founder of Assembly Room, a new curatorial, exhibition, and programmatic platform in New York City.

Where Does My Heart Reside?

By Natasha Becker

I am fascinated by the lives of different generations South Africans: what are their hopes? how are they thinking about freedom? in the afterlife of apartheid, how have different people’s lives changed? what kinds of lives are they trying to live now that they are “free”?

Gabrielle Goliath, Elegy Performances, 2015, Elegy—Eunice Notombifuthi Dube. 1 hour performance. Image courtesy of Gabrielle Goliath

Pushing through a Public Memorial

By Natasha Becker

McCallum’s pictures can be felt as singling the viewer out, implicating the viewer in the movement of its testimony to Foley’s experiences and to the people whose lives are caught in the conflict. The force of this testimony is felt as an encounter between the image and the viewer with indeterminate, yet potentially significant resonances.

Bradley McCallum, <em>Brothers (Libya, August 12, 2011, 12:32 am)</em>, 2018.Oil on linen, toner on silk, 36.5 x 50.5 inches. Image courtesy of the artist.
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