The Ethics of Ethnographic Photography

Grace Ndiritu is a British-Kenyan artist using shamanism and practices of sharing and healing to break down established boundaries and dualisms. From 2020 to 2021, Ndiritu established The Year of Black Healing, an artistic response to politicians’ attempts to co-opt Black Culture.

Robert Maharajh is Editor at Large of the Gropius Bau. A writer and curator who grew up between London and the Caribbean, he studied literature and philosophy in the UK. He was co-founder and curator of the artist-run east London-based gallery T12, where he worked with numerous artists and thinkers including Gustav Metzger, Otto Muehl, Simon Critchley and Hans Ulrich Obrist. He was commissioning editor for "Not Evenly Distributed", an online project reflecting on the themes of the 20th Biennale of Sydney. London is the place for him, except insofar as it isn’t. He once met Curtis Mayfield, on a rainy day, in Brixton.

This event is part of Breathe, a discourse programme that unfolds in echo to the upcoming exhibition YOYI! Care, Repair, Heal​​​​​​​ and explores how different power relations impact our ability to breathe. The programme is curated by Magnus Elias Rosengarten.