Ana Mendes

Ana Mendes, The People's Collection, printed media, 2014-on-going, exhibition view Toayuan International Award, Taoyuan Museum Fine Arts, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 2021 (image 1); Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2021 (photo 2); 'MAC International 2016', Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast, UK (photo 2, an3 4) and at Platform Arts, Belfast, 2017 (photos 4 and 5). photo: (c) Simon Mills.

 The People’s Collection is a project, initiated in November 2014, that involves an exploration of the various ethnographic museums around the world, and asks questions about post-colonialism, memory and identity. In this project, people originating from a colonised country are invited to visit an ethnographic museum and to rethink their identity on a post-colonial context. The project is completely independent from the museums. The work has explored the collections of museums worlwide, including: the British Museum, London, UK; MET Museum, NY, Dahlem Museum, Berlin, Germany; Bunjilaka/Melbourne Museum, Melbourne, Australia, Museum of Civilisation, Quebec-city, Canada, among others.