Feliciano Lana, 2019, untitled, watercolour on paper
© Feliciano Lana / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / digitale Reproduktion: Thiago da Costa Oliveira & Claudio Aparecido Tavares
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How does an Indigenous artist convey colonial history through images? In this workshop, participants will use the “see-think-wonder” method to engage with the series of paintings “The Story of White People” by the artist Feliciano Lana (1937-2019). Told from an Indigenous perspective, the series addresses the encounter between white and Indigenous peoples in the context of Brazil’s colonial history. A key focus of the analysis would be on Lana’s work as a medium for decolonial historiography.

In the second part, participants will reflect on their own lifetimes. Which events have shaped the past few years? Whose perspectives have gone “unheard” in media reports or history books? Working in groups, the students will be using collage techniques to shed light on these perspectives.

"Let's Code" Kick-off of Berlin Code Week, Workshops at the Academy
© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Foto: Frank Sperling
To Participate – for everyone
discover our workrooms on the 1st floor
© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst und Ethnologisches Museum, Fotos: Claudia Obrocki; Martin Franken; Philipp Jester / Jens Blank
Visit the collections on the 2nd and 3rd floor
In the Humboldt Forum's foyer there is a 17 meter high media tower, called "cosmograph". It gives visitors comprehensive information about their visit and can transform into an art and light installation.
© SHF / David von Becker
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