This work was produced at the Air Berlin Alexanderplatz residency wih support of Flanders State of The Art.
Short context
A history (tribute) is an attempt to conceive of recent political history (from 1963 onward) through cases of people who set themselves on fire as a form of protest, placing these individuals at the center of history, as it were. Constructing the passing of time and unfolding of events as happening around and through these individuals. What emerges is a timeline that — case by case — jumps from country to country, continent to continent. A timeline centered on individuals deeply intertwined with what they perceive as systems of oppression. It is a phenomenon in which many of the contradictions in how we perceive history and humanity run parallel.
Reflections on ‘Microhistory’ by Karl Appuhn
A summary of ‘Dying without killing: Self-Immolations 1963-2002’ by Michael Biggs
Reflections on ‘Symbolic objects in contentious politics’ by Dennis Zuev
Reflections on ‘Self-immolation, suicide and self harm in buddhist and western traditions.’ by Brendan D Kelly
Reflections on ‘situated knowledges by Donna Harraway
Email exchange Francis Gene-Rowe
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