Archivkompliz*innen x Radialsystem

A conversation about archival practice, ghosts of memory and the Western canon with Alex Hennig and Ismail Fayed.

As part of the cooperation project “Encounters meets Archivkompliz*innen -Tanzarchive in Bewegung” of Radialsystem and Tanzarchiv Berlin, dramaturg Alex Hennig (Frankfurt, DE) led a conversation with curator and dramaturg Ismail Fayed (Cairo, EG) on the practice of archiving and the institution of the archive.

This dialogical interview is a critical exchange from an international and intersectional perspective on examples of archival practice and the critique of colonialist-influenced systems of power inherent in the concept of the archive in the Western world.

The conversation is part of the publication “Encounters -Embodied Practices” by Radialsystem Berlin, Archive Books 2023.

Shortened and edited transcription of the Zoom conversation pdf | 254 KB
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A black and white photo shows the portrait of a white person read as a woman. The person is looking directly into the camera. Her hair is tied into a loose plait at the nape of her neck. She is wearing a top made of a semi-transparent mesh fabric decorated with black tulle at the shoulders. The ruffles of the tulle frame the portrait at the lower edges of the picture.

Alex Hennig

    The black and white picture shows the profile of a person with a bald head and three-day beard. She is wearing a black long-sleeved T-shirt. The background is blurred and the outlines of furniture can be seen.

    Ismail Fayed

      The picture shows the rear exterior facade of the Radialsystem building. In the upper part of the picture is the sky, blue with some white clouds, in the lower part of the picture is the Spree.

      Radialsystem