{"id":51532,"date":"2022-07-29T14:22:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T12:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/programm\/dauerangebot\/other-en\/leerstellen-ausstellen-51532\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T13:51:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:51:00","slug":"leerstellen-ausstellen","status":"publish","type":"event-permanent","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/dauerangebot\/exhibition\/leerstellen-ausstellen-51532\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibiting.Omissions."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The collection of the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin includes some 10,000 objects which are attributed to the area of \u200b\u200bpresent-day Tanzania. Most of the objects were acquired \u2013 often in violent ways \u2013 during the period of German and British colonial rule. The workshop exhibition Exhibiting.Omissions. Objects from Tanzania and the Colonial Archive questions, remembers, and reconsiders the museum\u2019s objects and their stories: to whom and where did the objects now in the museum\u2019s depot belong? What stories do they have to tell that remain untold or ignored to this day? Should these objects still be on display in Berlin today? And what omissions do we encounter when reflecting on these issues, what remains hidden?<\/p>\n

The objects\u2019 problematic colonial and racist past is addressed in several sections. For example, the exhibition includes four display cases in which original objects from the former colony of \u201cGerman East Africa\u201d are replaced with \u201csurrogate objects\u201d by contemporary artists, among others. Sensitive objects thus attain visibility and are subject to a new, contemporary approach. Even omissions and gaps \u2013 in archives, in historiography \u2013 are made visible: their trail is marked by blank text boxes and pink-coloured fields.<\/p>\n

In this exhibition, the curatorial team in Berlin explore sensitive objects from Tanzania, following a process of consultation with a team of critical companions. Viewed as a preparatory event for a collaborative project, the exhibition will culminate in a presentation curated jointly with the National Museum of Tanzania. The viewpoints of various joint partners and the curatorial team\u2019s new research findings will be integrated into the exhibition along the way. To take a few examples, from March to July 2023 visitors were able to see an intervention entitled “Mingled Living Forces” by students at the art school wei\u00dfensee kunsthochschule berlin, and since October 2023 the exhibition has included an intervention “Exhibiting.Omissions.Thinking” ahead by students attending the Exhibiting Colonialism seminar at the Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin\u2019s Institute of History, taught by Janis Nalbadidacis.<\/p>\n

At the end of the exhibition, a short documentary film and an accompanying workbook will be made available. Further information can be found below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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