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Sasha Huber:
Demounting Louis Agassiz

2017

Sasha Huber, Karakia – the resetting ceremony, 2015 (video still). Featuring Jeff Mahuika (Kāti Māhaki, Poutini Kāi Tahu). Courtesy of the artist
Sasha Huber, Agassiz: The Mixed Traces Series. Somatological Triptych of Sasha Huber, 2010-15. Pigment on paper. KARAKIA - The Resetting Ceremony, 2015. Featuring Jeff Mahuika (Kāti Māhaki, Kāi Tahu). Video, 5 mins 20 secs. Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Sasha Huber, Karakia – the resetting ceremony, 2015. Photo by Daegan Wells.

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Sasha Huber is a visual artist of Swiss-Haitian heritage. Her work is primarily concerned with the politics of memory and belonging, particularly in relation to colonial residue left in the environment. In 2007, Huber joined the transatlantic committee Demounting Louis Agassiz, initiated by the Swiss historian and political activist Hans Fässler. This long-term project has been concerned with unearthing and redressing the little-known history and cultural legacies of the Swiss-born naturalist and glaciologist Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), an influential proponent of scientific racism who advocated for segregation and “racial hygiene.”

Part of the Demounting Louis Agassiz project was included in the 2016 Te Tuhi exhibition Share/Cheat/Unite. An exhibition in three parts, the show delves into the human psyche to consider how altruism, cheating and group formation appear to play a key role in shaping society, but not necessarily in the way we might assume.

This talk was presented in partnership with Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland.

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