We would like to thank our partners Picha, Lubumbashi (especially Jean-Sylvain Tshilumba Mukendi and Lucrezia Cippitelli), Framer Framed, Amsterdam, Twenty Nine studio, Brussels and Reconnecting "Objects" (Technische Universität Berlin). The project Reconnecting "Objects" at the TU Berlin is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. Further information: https://www.atelierpicha.org/ https://framerframed.nl/ https://reconnecting.art
We would like to draw your attention to the programme of events accompanying the exhibition:
Mainz - Postcolonial: Walking Tours for and through the New Town of Mainz
The Mainz - Postcolonial tours aim to give people in Mainz a new, different approach to (their) city. The aim is to show that Mainz was involved in colonialism, to make its traces visible and to sensitise people to its continuing effects. The term "postcolonial" refers to the fact that colonialism is not merely a past era of conquest. It is a system of power, oppression and exploitation whose structures influence our present lives. In Mainz's Neustadt, there are numerous examples, from street and place names like Sömmeringplatz and Adenauer-Ufer to Mainzer Zollhafen, which we want to critically explore together.
Tours in German: 02/11, 12/11, 09/12 14/01, 18/02 - each at 3 pm
Tour with sign language interpreter: 25/11, 2 pm
Tour in French and English: 26/01, 3.30 pm
Participation in the tour is free of charge. Meeting point: Kunsthalle Mainz, Max. number of participants: 25. Please register three days before the tour at mail@kunsthalle-mainz.de.
Reflections
Feminist tour with Sakhile Matlhare (Sakhile&Me, Frankfurt) and Marlène Harles (curator Kunsthalle Mainz). In English.
Wed 13/12, 7 pm
Cost: included in admission
Curator's tour
With Yasmin Afshar and Dr. Boniface Mabanza Bambu Wed 10/01, 7 pm
Cost: included in admission
Bénédicte Savoy & Sammy Baloji
Lectures and discussion with art historian and co-author of the restitution report to the French government (2017) Bénédicte Savoy (TU Berlin) and Sammy Baloji, at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste - Städelschule in Frankfurt.
Thu 25/01, 7 pm
Cost: Free admission / Venue: Städelschule