8. April 7, 2023
What Do We Want History to Do to Us? Freedom in Taiwan. Freedom around the world?
Zadie Smith, in an essay about the art of Kara Walker that accompanied an exhibition at the Tate, in London, October 2, 2019–April 5, 2020, writes:
“What might I want history to do to me? I might want history to reduce my historical antagonist—and increase me. I might ask it to urgently remind me why I’m moving forward, away from history. Or speak to me …