Out Of Time Embassy, dumama + kechou and others
Curated by Melissa Perales
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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, No language skills required |
| 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.”
Born in Nürnberg with Togolese Roots, Puma Kossi combines tribal West African sounds with electronical Cumbia and Latin Grooves.
The performance by the two musicians dumama & kechou is inspired by their question of “what if museums gave it all back? – The statues, the art, the offerings, the spirits, the time, the effort.” Together with guests the musicians invite the audience to attend an evening of imaginary decolonial musings of how things could be different.
dumama + kechou: ” What if you gave it all back? Most of these artefacts are presented as objects of aesthetic and cultural significance, in doing so, they have been stripped of spiritual and societal context in their places of origin. In our performance at the Humboldt Forum we want to meditate on the grave impact these losses have had not only on the cultures, people and spaces that were violated and looted; but also the spiritual debt and clouded energy those forces that took and kept now carry.”
Language: English
Out Of Time Embassy (OOTE) is a multicultural group of curators from Berlin which was born from the desire to create a community. “Microcosms of the local and migrant scene coalesced in an attempt to heal a state of internal anxiety in response to global chaos.” (OOTE). After the performance kick-off, the programme will move into one of their legendary formats – the weekly ritual and pop-up concert of global trance music that is Sonic In(ter)ventions takes over the Schlüterhof. Sonic In(ter)ventions are open air sessions of high-energy musical improvisation that seek to re-imagine public spaces as interactive venues for free artistic expression.
Out Of Time Embassy (OOTE) – Sonic In(ter)ventions (YouTube)
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.