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Crumbling Through Powdery Air
In her exhibition “Crumbling Through Powdery Air”, Otobong Nkanga (*1974 in Kano, Nigeria) probed and reflected on the multifaceted historic and contemporary phenomena related to the extraction and production of sparkling substances, and thereby...
Curvature of Events. Baroque. Romanticism. Video
Many contemporary art exhibitions in African countries are developed by German or European curators from an ethnographic perspective. The project “Curvature of Events. Baroque. Romanticism. Video” reverses this perspective. In cooperation with the...
Dance Dialogues Africa
There are a large number of new dance-artistic works coming from the African continent featuring a broad range of aesthetic approaches. While many young artists are settling in Europe because of more favourable production conditions, new dance...
Afritecture
We in Europe know very little about contemporary architecture in African countries. An exhibition headed by three German architectural historians at the Munich Pinakothek der Moderne aimed to change this. A number of African countries are currently...
Urban Africa - My future in 2020
The pop musicians of African metropolitan cities and townships are among the continent’s most celebrated stars. Be it Kwaito, Uptempo, Rap or HipHop, their music touches the masses and is an expression of everyday life in Africa. The artists address...
Africa in Solitude
Since 1990 the Akademie Schloss Solitude has supported over 1,000 young artists in the fields of architecture, fine arts, performing arts, design, literature, music/sound and video/film/new media, and in so doing, has built up a worldwide network of...
Africa Conference
Germany will commemorate the 130th anniversary of the Berlin Conference in 2015. At the invitation of the German imperial chancellor Bismarck, representatives from 14 nations met in Berlin where they signed the so-called “Congo Act” which provided...
Political Bodies
In June 2011, Senegal was shaken by mass protests, sparked by a resolution passed by the National Assembly which would allow presidential and vice-presidential candidates to be elected with only 25% of the vote. This resulted in the formation of the...
OSHI-DEUTSCH: The GDR Children of Namibia
The theatre production “Oshi-Deutsch” told the story of the so-called “GDR children” of Namibia. In 1978, the South West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) were fighting for independence from what was at that time South West Africa and its...
Obisike – The Heart of a Lioness
What is polis ? Who belongs to it and who is allowed to shape it – and who isn’t? What duties are demanded from members of a society? Can one balance one’s intuition and sentiment with one’s obligation to society? Can one challenge the “truths” of...
