In the session, guided by André Lepecki, participants will discuss some recent critiques of “time”, coming from critical feminist studies of African descent, in the United States, and from thought quilombola of Brazil, which is a philosophy of life and a stance of resistance and countercolonization.

It will be identified how these critiques help to address a fundamental question about power relations: to whom does the movement belong?

André Lepecki is a writer, curator and editor. His research revolves around critical dance studies, performance theory, contemporary dance and performing visual arts. His curatorial works include his work as chief curator of the IN TRANSIT festival (2008 and 2009) at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin; his participation as co-curator of the Dance and Visual Arts archive since 1960s for the exhibition MOVE: Choreographing You, at the Hayward Gallery (2010); and his work as curator of the conference cycles Points of Convergence: Performance and Visual Arts (2014) and Off-Hinge Off Center: alternative histories of performance, for the Warsaw Museum of Modern Art (2014 and 2015).

In 2008, he received the AICA Award for Best Performance as co-curator and director of the authorized revival of 18 Happenings in 6 Parts by Allan Kaprow (commissioned by the Haus der Kunst in Munich in 2006; presented at Performa 07). He is the editor of several anthologies on performance, dance, movement politics, and other topics.