Ramesch Daha’s exhibition at Index, titled I AM HEALTHY, I CANNOT WRITE THIS LETTER MYSELF presents a process of working with and through a personal –and inherently political– archive of pain. A brown cardboard box, kept secret for many years, held the documents and letters which gave traces of a relative’s final years inside three concentration camps in Nazi Germany.
Ramesch Daha has worked with this archive, reproducing the letters and documents with the utmost care through drawing and painting. These gestures reveal an artistic process of research, and archive Daha’s own position within this complex family narrative.
Ramesch Daha (born Teheran 1971, lives and works in Vienna) has presented her ongoing work UNLIMITED HISTORY internationally and in a variety of formats, including a limited edition publication.
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February 2020

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![]() This event is organised and presented by curators Sarah Heuberger and Elias Kautsky as part of Index internship with focus on the archive. More |
![]() In the case of Maria and Sigmund Klein – presented in Ramesch Daha’s exhibition – we can read his words but not hers; we must read between the lines to imagine and interpret the words of Maria. How to write a complete history when some parts have been systematically deleted? How to rewrite it to bring characters back? This talk is organized in collaboration with Stockholms Kvinnohistoriska (Stockholm Museum of Women’s History). More |
![]() Kathrin Becker is a curator and author based in Berlin. In February 2020, she was named the new Artistic Director of the KINDL – Center for Contemporary Art in Berlin. This conversation is organized in collaboration with Goethe-Institut. More |
![]() Joining together to create a network, we will share approaches to working with young people, democratic processes and new publics. The aim is to test new formats, learn from each other and define methods for including and emboldening young people in conversations about art, criticality and language. As part of our collaboration, both Index Teen Advisory Board and PRAKSIS Teen Advisory Board will take a ferry trip to Helsinki, building new frameworks to discuss art experiences with young people. Watch this space. More |
![]() Rosana Antolí works with rhythm and flow, with the tides of social choreography, eternal loops and feedback of the body in society. In this exhibition Antolí takes a dive into the aqueous as a state-of-mind. Through deep artistic investigation, Antolí expands aesthetic and movement-based understandings that question what is human. Drawing upon the current and urgent conversations of the state of planetary ecologies, A Golden Age considers the limits and demarcations of bodies in these times. More |