PRESS RELEASE
Post-Colonial Gold: A Counter-Archive of Value
On Wednesday, April 1, Post-Colonial Gold, a new immersive exhibition by artist and curator Annelies Nuy, will open. The project can be experienced online via the immersive environment:
In this project, gold shifts from an economic symbol to a carrier of meaning. Nuy approaches the material not as an object of possession, but as a medium in which history, identity, and lived experience converge. In doing so, she raises a fundamental question: what does value mean when it is no longer defined by accumulation, but by what is lived and embodied?
Post-Colonial Gold develops as an alternative system of value, structured around nine core principles — Connection, Origin, Memory, Knowledge, Identity, Dignity, Attention, Repair, and Presence. Together, they form a counter-archive that resists financial and institutional definitions of worth.
The works take shape as wearable sculptures: not autonomous objects, but forms that exist in relation to the body. The body does not function as a carrier in a fashion sense, but as a site where meaning becomes visible. Art shifts from the exhibition space into the realm of experience.
Within this framework, a dialogue emerges with artists who embody these values, including Kara Walker, Louise Bourgeois, Ana Mendieta, Doris Salcedo, Yoko Ono, and Sophie Calle. Their presence operates not as reference, but as active resonance within the project.
The exhibition is conceived as a compact, immersive environment in which accessibility and independence are central. Without reliance on large institutional structures, Nuy proposes a model in which art can be directly experienced, shared, and activated.
