Can Humboldt Forum Play (It's) role?
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| Free admission |
| Seats: ticket booking required. Advance booking: 21 days in advance. Feel free to drop by even without a ticket – the Schlüter Courtyard offers many opportunities to linger! |
| The event will also take place in case of bad weather. If necessary, rain ponchos will be distributed. Please comply with the hygiene rules below. |
| Doors open: 19:00 |
| English, German |
| Accessible for wheelchairs |
| Ground Floor, Schlüter Courtyard |
| Belongs to: Airing Out. Open Air in the Schlüter Courtyard |
A diverse programme with live concerts, DJ sets, discussions, video art and performances offers the spotlight on artists whose work is a statement for a polyphonic, hybrid, and interconnected idea of culture, history and identity, regardless of their musical genres or countries of origin.
Together, they aim to create an interdisciplinary and cross cultural stage which intersects with a local and global community, inviting the audience to celebrate their talents and be part of a dialogue. The Berlin-based music curator Melissa Perales has created a programme of events on the main stage to invite a diverse community of musicians, artists, performers, thinkers and activists into the Schlüter Courtyard. Melissa Perales said of her programme: “The audience is invited to join us on a journey: Over the course of six weeks, the programme will bring together a group of talents who claim space, through their music and words for a critical dialogue. Who bring forth their individual stories, ask difficult questions, and give a voice to their ancestors. Our hope is that this spark will continue beyond the summer in discussions inside the Humboldt Forum spaces, and resonate beyond.”
The stage programme on 20 and 21 August features two days of talks and programme collaboration with Okhiogbe Omonblanks Omonhinmin, who was born in Benin City.
Okhiogbe Omonblanks Omonhinmin: “I will be playing music from my childhood, music representative of Benin and Edo State, an ode to where we come from, who we are, where we are and where we are going.”
Jumoke Adeyanju is a poet, dancer, author, curator and vinyl DJ. Her work touches on themes such as diaspora and nostalgia, memory and African spirituality.
Language: English
The curator Okhiogbe Omonblanks Omonhinmin will be posing questions to Michael Odeh Anderson, Maureen Mutheu and Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, and a panel of black and African artists and cultural creatives from both the continent and the Nigerian diaspora: Do institutions like the Humboldt Forum have a role to play in the redressing of injustices committed and the restitution of looted art, and what is the significance for African citizens of the bronzes, ivory objects and other artefacts that have left their continent; how does this loss influence not only their history, but also their daily lives today?
Okhiogbe Omonblanks Omonhinmin: „This programme is a pedagogy of conversation and performance as a medium into the possibilities that lie ahead. How can we look at the past, at the perpetrators of the atrocities committed and at those who suffered them? How can we address the current situation where, more than 100 years later, stolen artefacts from all over Africa are scattered across Europe, generating millions in revenue? When will Europe and the global West be ready to truly address the atrocities of their illegal invasion of Africa?”
English with translation into German.
Mariama was born in Sierra Leone, moving at the age of one to her mother’s home of Bergisch Gladbach. Her early musical education covered a broad spectrum, from Miriam Makeba and Jacques Brel to Cat Stevens. Today, her music takes its inspiration from her European and African roots – part of an ongoing quest for artistic freedom and independence, the songs on her record form tonal excursions into the soul of global folk and the electronic energy of modern R&B. Mariama’s lyrics and spoken word passages offer deep insights into her outlook on life, while her songs evolve from soft, melancholic melodies to vibrant, danceable sounds.
Hygiene rules
- Visitors are required to complete the accreditation process before attending the event using the Robert Koch Institute’s “Corona Warn-App” (available via the Apple App Store and Google Play), which requires each visitor to submit their personal information.
- All visitors who are within the premises are required to carry along a medical mask that covers their nose and their mouth.
- Home-made coverings, scarves, cravats and non-medical masks are not considered acceptable replacements for medical masks.
- Visitors are required to wear their masks in all areas of the event where it is not possible to maintain a minimum social distance of 1.5m from other visitors. Masks may be removed when visitors are seated.
- There is no requirement for visitors to be tested for Covid-19 before visiting the daytime or evening events.