Remembering Across Borders
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| free admission |
| German |
| Mechanical Arena in the Foyer |
| Part of: SPÄTI |
How can different forms of remembrance coexist through respectful mutual recognition? The performance “Remembering Across Borders” and a discussion about the project of the same name approach this question in different ways.
The performance explores creatively, musically, and participatively the idea that remembrance is not a zero-sum game. Excluding or pitting against one another those affected by racism and antisemitism leads to a dead end. “Remembering Across Borders” proposes new ways of thinking about the remembrance of colonialism and the Holocaust in a universalist and solidaristic manner, while also keeping present-day German society in view.
The discussion introduces the project together with its participants. Afro-German and Jewish voices are brought into the conversation, making visible the experiences, connections, and tensions that shape remembrance.
Participants
David Dibiah is a Berlin-based multidisciplinary artist whose work spans performance, graphic design, music, and education. A graduate in graphic design and a member of the Verein Berliner Künstler since 2010, Dibiah is a key figure in Berlin’s cultural scene.
His notable work It Lies in Public Spaces at the Humboldt Forum critically explores colonial legacies through rap, prayer, and poetry. Currently, he is developing Berlin Reconference, a performance addressing 140 years of colonialism through storytelling, music, and philosophy.
As an educator, Dibiah teaches art in Berlin’s Jugendkunstschulen and works as a guide since 2001 for the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, fostering deeper engagement with art and culture. His work challenges narratives and inspires future generations.
Julian Keck is an actor, audiobook director, and theatre educator. From 2007 to 2011, he studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. He subsequently worked, among other engagements, at the Nuremberg State Theatre.
Keck has also appeared internationally in productions such as Diamante and Los Años by Mariano Pensotti, which were presented at venues and festivals including the Ruhrtriennale, the Vienna Festival, and the Teatro San Martín in Buenos Aires.
As a freelance educator at the Ethnological Museum / Humboldt Forum, he leads the school workshop “Entangled Memories: Traces of the Shoah and Colonialism in the Berlin Palace and the Ethnological Collections.”
Olena Lekkoduch is a trained art educator and works as an art teacher at an art school as well as in other educational projects. There, she teaches painting, creative arts, and sewing, and develops her own art and sewing projects together with children and young people. Her artistic practice also includes mural painting, sculpture, costume design, and videography.
Under her stage name Rebecca le Dove, she works as a burlesque performer and dancer. Drawing on her experience in classical dance and ballet, as well as her focus on storytelling, she creates her own stage characters, narratives, and costumes, which she designs and sews herself. In her performances, she combines dance, visual art, and narrative burlesque. Her work explores themes of overcoming challenges, female empowerment, self-determination, and connectedness. She encourages women to make their own strength visible, stand up for one another, and support each other.
Alex Stolze is a Jewish-German violinist, composer, and producer known for fusing modern classical music with electronic elements. Using a custom five-string electro-acoustic violin, he creates soundscapes that combine Middle Eastern scales, polyrhythms, and odd time signatures into danceable grooves.
He has collaborated with Bodi Bill, Dictaphone, and Unmap, and founded Nonostar Records, releasing music by Anne Müller, Ben Osborn, Qrauer, and Field Kit. In October 2024, he released his third album, Raash ve Ruach (Noise and Wind), with Neue Meister, exploring classical-electronic hybrids and themes of transformation.
He develops programs for Dagesh – Jewish Art in Context and runs DELTAHAUS, a cultural center in Brandenburg hosting global artists for workshops, festivals, and retreats.
Andrea Scholz is curator for transcultural collaboration in the Ethnologisches Museum and Museum für Asiatische Kunst in Berlin. She is a trained anthropologist with a focus on Amazonia and has been working in various collaborative projects with Indigenous communities and educational projects, mainly in Latin America.
Patrick Helber studied history and political science in Tübingen and Dublin and received his doctorate in modern and contemporary history in Heidelberg in 2014. He then worked as a trainee at the Museum Neukölln and as a research assistant for education and outreach at the German Historical Museum in Berlin. Since 2021, he has been curator for education and outreach at the Ethnologisches Museum in Berlin at the Humboldt Forum, where he and his colleagues are responsible for the collaborative outreach project “Intertwined Memories. Traces of the Shoah and Colonialism in Berlin Palace and the Ethnological Collections”, which develops education programs in collaboration with partners from Rwanda, Namibia, Jamaica, Israel, and other countries.