Not Rushing the Healing Process
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| free admission |
| German, Spanish |
| Mechanical Arena in the Foyer |
| Part of: Guestroom |
As part of the Gästezimmer series, multidisciplinary artist Samuel Baah Kortey presents early insights and developments from his research project “Not Rushing the Healing Process.”
“Not Rushing the Healing Process” explores the cultural and emotional significance of hair and haircare through the lense of the collections at the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst. In dialogue with African-German heritage, it emphasises oral histories and community contributions, aiming to challenge colonial legacies and promote healing through art and storytelling. The project serves as both an educational and discursive tool.
Samuel Baah Kortey is a graduate of Hochschule für Bildende Künste–Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main and KNUST – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana (Dept. of Painting & Sculpture). He was a 2023 Villa Romana Fellow and lives between Berlin and Kumasi, Ghana. Samuel is a member of the collective blaxTARLINES and a co-founder of the Asafo Black Collective.
Samuel Baah Kortey ist CoMuse Fellow am Ethnologischen Museum und dem Museum für Asiatische Kunst.
CoMuse – The Collaborative Museum is an initiative by the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst that aims to develop multi-perspective approaches to collection-based research and to test new formats of international collaborative processes in order to intensify the decolonization and diversification of museum practices in sustainable ways.
The CoMuse Fellowship programme is supported by Künstlerhaus Bethanien, which provides a studio for artistic and scientific research.
