MUME: Multiple Selves
17th edition
"Those who were cast out when the world collided, those who inhabit the gaps between languages, realities, nations, categories or genres, they were the ones who held the fragments together and those who may reconfigure everything again." Oscar Cueto
MUME (Museo Mexicano / Mexican Museum) is a nomadic anti-museum created by Oscar Cueto, aiming to provoke new narratives in the context of evolving geopolitical changes and global migration. It invites international cultural workers to present collaborative projects in Austria. For this occasion, creator Elisa Andessner (AT), driven by an interest in feminism and gender roles, has invited the artists Polina Porras (MX/RU) and Angel Alado (MX) to develop works on these topics.
While concepts such as center-periphery and self-other have aided in understanding postcolonial global political organization, the 17th edition of MUME has chosen to reflect on a world characterized by relative centers, disrupted binaries, mobile diasporas, and "multiple selves" -- Argentine philosopher María Lugones suggests that this is where the patriarchal / colonial system faces its greatest resistance. Perhaps, in a poetic twist of fate, the future of gender equality and new social organization lies with those who have chose or have been compelled to embody multiple "selves," challenging traditional notions of sexuality or family, speaking several languages, and inhabiting diverse worlds simultaneously due to forced migrations and exclusions based on gender, ethnicity, or social and geographical conditions.
MUME has invited maiz-collective, who will present "IN the beginning there was lust and sorrow: Kick-Off maíz 30th Anniversary!" a celebration that acknowledges the struggle for the rights of sex workers as one of the foundations of the collective.
This special edition presents a retrospective of the 16 previous issues of the Nomadic Museum through documentation and works from its collection created by Alpine Gothic, Álvaro Verduzco, Andrea Torreblanca, Ausländer, Camila Rhomberg, Carla Rippey, Carlos Palacios, Doris Steinbichler, Enrique Rashide, Frida Robles, Juanjosé Rivas, Juan Pablo Macías, Mai Ling, Manuela Picallo Gil, María Cerdá, Marissa Raygosa, Marko Dinić, Melquiades Herrera and RRD.
Text by Oscar Cueto
Opening: May 15, 7pm
Exhibition: May 15 -28, 2024
Kick-Off maíz 30th Anniversary: May 25, 5-9 pm
Location: Atelier Salzamt, Ob. Donaulände 15, 4020 Linz
The exhibition
Photo credit: Violetta Wakolbinger
Opening Night
Photo credit: Violetta Wakolbinger
Events during the artist residency
May 1st to June 3rd, 2024
Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz, Austria
Trafik Projekte, Brühl, Germany
Kunstpavillon, Burgbrohl, Germany
Artist Residency
Artist residency and collaboration with Austrian and Mexican artists working around the theme of Multiple Selves. Angel Alado, Elisa Andessner, Oscar Cueto and Polina Porras
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Performance Workshop
A one-day performance workshop by Angel Alado and Polina Porras
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Hybrid Shamana at Atelierhaus Salzamt
Performance by a Hybrid Shamana doing "limpias" - spiritual cleanings - at the sound of Motz's drums
Hybrid Shamana at Hauptplatz, Linz
Hybrid rituals at the center of the city
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The Blue Danube Festival
Walks, stories, pirate women, wedding dresses, and a box-man at the shore of the Danube. An impromptu performance festival at the rhythm of The Blue Danube waltz.
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Graffiti Wall
Paste-up art by Elisa Andessner, Angel Alado and Polina Porras at the graffiti wall in Linz
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Trafik Projekte
Exhibition and performances at Trafik Projekte in Brühl, Germany
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Kunstpavillon
Artist talk and performance walk at Kunstpavillon, Burgbrohl, Germany
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