Disobedience Archive (Canopy for Broken Time) at Migros Museum Zürich
The Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst in Zürich presents Disobedience Archive (Canopy for Broken Time), the most comprehensive iteration of Marco Scotini's ongoing video archive initiated in 2005. Featuring fifty documentary and art films, the exhibition explores resistance, social struggle, and collective self-organization at the intersection of art and activism. The selection responds to ecological crises, political polarization, technological acceleration, and global conflicts. Raqs Media Collective was invited to engage with the archive, introducing the shamiana—a temporary canopy from South Asian everyday life used for gatherings, protests, and rituals—as a spatial metaphor for shared time and community. The exhibition runs until May 25, 2026, curated by Scotini with Nadia Schneider Willen, Tasnim Baghdadi, and Yasmin Naderi Afschar. Artists include Samir Abdallah, Ravi Agarwal, Wang Bing, Ursula Biemann, Harun Farocki, Zanele Muholi, and many others.
Key facts
- Disobedience Archive (Canopy for Broken Time) is on view at Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich until May 25, 2026.
- The archive was initiated by Marco Scotini in 2005 and comprises over one hundred documentary and art films.
- This presentation includes fifty film documents, making it the most comprehensive to date.
- Raqs Media Collective was invited to respond to the archive, using the shamiana as a central spatial concept.
- The exhibition addresses ecological crises, political polarisation, technological acceleration, and global conflicts.
- Curated by Marco Scotini in collaboration with Nadia Schneider Willen, Tasnim Baghdadi, and Yasmin Naderi Afschar.
- Artists include Samir Abdallah, Ravi Agarwal, Wang Bing, Ursula Biemann, Harun Farocki, Zanele Muholi, and over 50 others.
- Works from the Migros Museum collection by Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Ursula Biemann, and Graciela Carnevale are also included.
Entities
Artists
- Marco Scotini
- Raqs Media Collective
- Nadia Schneider Willen
- Tasnim Baghdadi
- Yasmin Naderi Afschar
- Paula Thomaka
- Alessia Riva
- Mirta Gianocca
- Samir Abdallah
- Ravi Agarwal
- Navjot Altaf
- Petra Bauer
- Ege Berensel
- Ursula Biemann
- Wang Bing
- Seba Calfuqueo
- Simone Cangelosi
- Libia Castro
- Ólafur Ólafsson
- Mao Chenyu
- Sim Chi Yin
- Ali Essafi
- Marcelo Expósito
- Harun Farocki
- Andrei Ujica
- Maria Galindo
- Alberto Grifi
- Raphaël Grisey
- Bouba Touré
- Barbara Hammer
- Khaled Jarrar
- Sara Jordenö
- Sanjay Kak
- Bani Khoshnoudi
- Pedro Lemebel
- Silvia Maglioni
- Graeme Thomson
- Angela Melitopoulos
- Carlos Motta
- Zanele Muholi
- Pınar Öğrenci
- Daniela Ortiz
- Paloma Polo
- Oliver Ressler
- Mia Eve Rollow
- Caleb Duarte
- Güliz Sağlam
- Tita Salina
- Irwan Ahmett
- Roy Samaha
- Mohanad Yaqubi
- Želimir Žilnik
- Basel Abbas
- Ruanne Abou-Rahme
- Graciela Carnevale
Institutions
- Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
- Atelier d’Architecture Autogérée (AAA)
- Atelier Impopulaire
- Bernadette Corporation
- Black Audio Film Collective
- Cooperativa Cráter Invertido
- Critical Art Ensemble
- Chto Delat
- Grupo de Arte Callejero
- Grupo Etcétera…
- Karrabing Film Collective
- LIMINAL
- Border Forensics
- Mujeres Creando
- Urbonas Studio
Locations
- Zürich
- Switzerland
- South Asia