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A film by Nnenna Onuoha
Since 2022, a special statue has been in the citadel's exhibition depot: the sculpture of a crouching African woman from the 1920s - without a head. The expressionistically exaggerated and racist statue (created by Arminius Hasemann (1888-1979)) was to be removed from public space in 2020 and brought to Spandau Citadel.
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KEY VISUAL The Memory Guardians
During the preparations, it was beheaded and smeared in June 2020. A political discussion followed as to whether the damaged work of art could be exhibited.
In her film, the Ghanaian-Nigerian artist Nnenna Onuoha processes the real questions and arguments through a speculative court case: the fate of the statue is negotiated before a court of memory guardians.
The kneeling woman herself is present and leads the second half of the film through a dream landscape in which she walks across the grounds and through the exhibition "Unveiled". Full of longing and hope, she explores her own history and that of other wounded statues.
The focus of the work is Onuoha's examination of the culture of remembrance, in which certain perspectives still dominate public space and certain histories, particularly those relating to German colonialism, are not visible.
Schaudepot - Bastion Queen
Opening Saturday 10 August at 6 p.m.
Speakers: Nnenna Onuoha (artist) and Dr. Urte Evert (museum director)
Opening times:
- Fri-Wed 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- Thurs 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.
- (Thurs 1 August + Thurs 29 August from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
Additional information
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Price: €4.50
Reduced price: €2.50
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