My Garden’s Boundaries Are the Horizon

To See the Inability to See

To See the Inability to See is a collective that is formed at de Appel's Archive in 2019. They are known for their collectively written texts and their performative readings of a series of temporarily made triangular books.

To See the Inability to See’s collective writing rises from an effort to open up spaces, question borders and establish new connections between objects and stories. For extensive information please visit the website.

The exhibition

The exhibition encompasses different realms. One consists of artworks by the individual members of the collective developed alongside and parallel to the process of writing. A second realm includes historical objects from personal collections that are related to the content of the publication. A third realm comprises other artists’ works referenced in, or connected to the book. A fourth direction draws connections between the content of My Garden’s Boundaries Are the Horizon and de Appel's Archive, as it is from this archive that To See the Inability to See first started writing on visibility and invisibility, inclusion and exclusion in archiving practices. The title is a direct quote from Derek Jarman, referring to his fenceless garden at Dungeness.

Featured in the show are works by Arefeh Riahi, Martín La Roche Contreras, Maartje Fliervoet, Kader Attia, Kasra Jalilipour and Seba Calfuqueo, as well as a selection of historical objects.

During the exhibition there will be a public programme with film and video screenings by Derek Jarman, Kasra Jalilipour, Marcela Moraga and more titles to be announced, and performative readings with dash (-) collective, Constanza Mendoza, Giles Bailey, Lara Khaldi and Francisca Khamis Giacoman. The screenings are organised in collaboration with Kriterion.