Eric Otieno Sumba

Eric Otieno Sumba is a writer, editor, and independent researcher with a background in social theory, political economy, postcolonial studies and art criticism. He is currently editor (publication practices) at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin. Recent editorial projects include "Destination Tashkent: Experiences of Cinematic Internationalism", and "Echos der Bruderländer: Visionen und Illusionen antiimperialistischer Solidarität" (both 2024, HKW & Archive Books). Recent curatorial projects (with Spazio Griot) include the exhibition and public programme "Riverberi" (2024) at Mattatoio in Rome. His writing has been published in Contemporary And, Africa is a Country, Lolwe, The Guardian, Griotmag, Frieze, The London Review of Books, Berlin Review, Texte zur Kunst, and Camera Austria, among others.

Clients

Dortmunder Kunstverein, Neue Nationalgalerie, Harvard Art Museums, Goethe Institut London, Kampnagel Hamburg, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Bremen, Member of the European Parliament (Greens/EFA), Ballhaus Naunynstraße, HAU Hebbel Am Ufer, Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart, Institut Francais Stuttgart, Literaturhaus Stuttgart, Akademie Tutzing, Literaturhaus Berlin, Each One Teach One-Berlin, Gropius Bau, apocalypse.dance, RAY Triennale Festival, Naxos Kino Frankfurt, Afrikavenir e.V, Internationaler Bund, Humanity in Action, Goethe Institut Dublin, Welkulturen Musuem Frankfurt, Photovogue, Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, Mattatoio di Roma, Deutschlandfunk, C/O Berlin, Zeit Stiftung Bucerius, The London Review of Books, Berlin Review

Skills

EditorialConceptualCuratorialModerationFacilitation