Exhibition Opening: The Art of (Not) Forgetting | Olga Bubich
Schedule
Fri, 06 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Unit 4, Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street, B5 5RT Birmingham, United Kingdom | Birmingham, EN
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What do we remember most vividly — and what do we desperately try to forget? How can art help us resist the manipulation of memory and rebuild shared realities across borders, cultures, and lived experiences?These urgent questions lie at the heart of The Art of (Not) Forgetting, an ongoing artistic and research-based project by Berlin-based visual artist, essayist, and memory researcher Olga Bubich.
The exhibition brings together a selection of photographic portraits and personal texts created in close dialogue with Belarusian women and LGBTQ+ individuals. Through intimate conversations and collaborative storytelling, Bubich traces the fragile terrain of memory — where personal recollection intersects with political violence, displacement, silence, and survival.
At a time when narratives are weaponised and histories rewritten, these works insist on sincerity as a radical gesture. Memory becomes both a site of vulnerability and a form of resistance. The portraits do not monumentalise; instead, they hold space for nuance, doubt, grief, and resilience.
The Art of (Not) Forgetting invites viewers to reflect on how remembering can be an act of care — and how collective futures depend on our ability to confront, share, and protect lived experiences from erasure.
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Where is it happening?
Unit 4, Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street, B5 5RT Birmingham, United Kingdom, Dragon Tints, Birmingham, B5 5, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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