Nina bell F. House Museum

Not only unveiling the archives of Casco Art Institute, but also cohabiting with them, Nina bell F. House Museum is an exhibition that plays with the idea of archiving entanglements and relations. The setting will be our office gallery space transformed, for the occasion, into a consultation site for the visitors to encounter, browse, listen to and reproduce materials telling the her/stories of collaboration that live through our collections. With this, the exhibition aims to practice an understanding of archiving as a verb, collaborative and relational, while serving and celebrating the ecosystem(s) growing in and out of Casco Art Institute–namely the spirit of Nina bell F.  

But who’s Nina bell F.? The figure was conceived around 2016 by (ex-)workers, artists, and cultural practitioners at Casco Art Institute out of a shared concern about what it means to care for and maintain the ongoing practice of commoning and unlearning with art beyond oppressive institutional boundaries and habits. Their/her name conjures up the artistic, black, feminist and political engagements of Nina Simone, bell hooks and Silvia Federici. As Nina continues to live on, the practices of many others are called upon, keeping her/them as a collective figure that transcends individual personhood and institution, as well as the ordinary divisions of artwork, labor and life.

Opening 27 May 2023, 15:00–17:00. With words by Aline Hernandez, Binna Choi, Donghwan Kam, Marianna Takou, Nuraini Juliastituti, and Ying Que, at 16:00.

Visiting hours
Every Tuesday and Wednesday throughout the exhibition period except the summer holiday period) from 12:00–18:00.

Every weekend from 28 May till 25 June from 12:00–18:00. Otherwise by appointment (please email nina@casco.art)