unwritten archives - a parade for the 21st century

meeting point: tba. / end: zeitraumexit @ T6/18 / Parade / english / no age restrictions /

“unwritten archives - a parade for the 21st century” takes a look back at 19th century German militarism and its traces in the former colony of German South West Africa. With guests from Namibia, the visual artist and director Sebastian Hirn brings together anachronistic and contemporary images of war in collaboration with the Mannheim composer Friedrich Stockmeier. The Ovaherero, Albertus Hangue, Richard Haith, Christaan April, Otniel and Josef Higard Apollus, dressed in the colonial uniforms of the soldiers of the German Reich, will commemorate the war crimes of the German-Namibian wars in a memorial procession through the city center of Mannheim to the Reiss-Engelhorn Museums. Prince Kamaazengi Marenga will evoke the flight and expulsion through the Omaheke Desert in a poem. Musicians accompanying the procession will question the pathos, the powerlessness, the consonance and the silence in the face of a “reconciliation agreement” that has still not been reached.  In cooperation with the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum (REM), an intervention on Toulonplatz makes the shared history and cultural heritage tangible and present.

Idea and Concept: Sebastian Hirn in collaboration with Johanna Baumgärtel. Ovaherero Equestrians: Albertus Hangue, Richard Haith, Christaan April, Otniel Higard Apollus, Josef Higard Apollus. Spoken Word Performer: Prince Kamaazengi Marenga. Composition: Friedrich Stockmeier. Provenance Research (REM): Jamie Dau. Project Assistance: Manuel Romano.

Photos: Sebastian Hirn