Unlearning racism

Featured artists

How do we unlearn Racism?

“In this way, we can transform the museum from a physical place into a cultural space of dialogue, participation, and artistic creation, at the same time proposing a critical evaluation of the museum itself in the light of its postcolonial heritage.

Transcultural movements such as Black Lives Matter have recently shown us that it is possible and necessary to illuminate, address, and combat historical and conventional forms of xenophobia and racism. This interventionist exhibition tests a new strategy and critical approach to curatorial practice within an ethnological museum that aims to renew and expand understandings of equality and diversity in our society.

This complex question touches on political, ethical, and emotional issues that need to be considered from many perspectives.

Therefore, in this exhibition, artists speak for themselves not only through their works but also in texts. The introductory question is intended to be food for thought in the museum itself, which as a space with an explicit history has contributed to the construction of images of the so-called “other”.

On display are works by national and inter- national artists whose forms of expression and materials were focused exclusively thematically. They combine techniques such as wall painting, assemblage, sculpture, illustration, (light) installation, photography, video, performance, workshop and cultural education. Through the context of objects from the museum’s collections, we start a discussion about what it takes to visualize, question, and subvert institutionalized forms of racism.”

Nadja Haumberger, Jakob Kattner / Curators