Uriel Orlow’s exhibition ‘Memória Colateral / Collateral Memory’ proposes an investigation into the concept of restitution, a theme he has explored for more than two decades. Beyond the simple return of objects or artefacts, restitution needs to be taken as a collective responsibility to reintegrate marginalised memories into history. This concept gains expression in interventions that recover forgotten knowledge and propose new ways of narrating historical events. Emphasis is placed on listening to the resonances of suppressed narratives in the present and fostering an ethic of memory and reparation.

In English, the term ‘collateral damage’ broadens the idea of damage beyond the immediate and visible. This broader interpretation is in line with Orlow’s approach to legacies of violence and insidious erasures of knowledge systems. By illuminating events that remain on the margins of hegemonic narratives, Orlow proposes an inclusive reflection on reparation and responsibility.